@dschigel.bsky.social
@GBIF Lead scientific officer, Associate Prof. (Docent) @helsinkiuni. Data, fungi, beetles, trees, books & dead wood. Mix of work, research and personal posts
As International Data Week has just finished, if you didn't make it to Brisbane here is a brief write-up of my highlights and what I thought were some of the main themes this year open.substack.com/pub/scedmund... #IDW2025
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π£ #CatalogueOfLife (COL) enhancement supports improved global taxonomic reference for GBIF!
The enhancement expands the taxonomic sources for species information to include global, regional, national, management and digital literature data sources (checklists). π¦
πhttps://gbif.link/COL
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Master's student Esteban Marentes of #Colombia has been named as a GBIF Graduate Researcher's Award winner! β
πͺ²Estebanβs research focuses on using machine learning models to predict beetle species diversity across Colombiaβs Antioquia province. π
π: gbif.link/GRA_esteban
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PhD student Kumdet Panshak Solomon of #Nigeria has been named as a 2025 GBIF Graduate Researchers Award winner! π₯³
π¦ Panshakβs research advances biodiversity informatics in West Africa by leveraging GBIF-mediated data collected through BirdPlus π²
π: gbif.link/GRA_panshak
DNA metabarcoding data on saproxylic fungal communities inhabiting fine woody debris in boreal forests of northern Finland: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
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β° 3 weeks to go until #LivingData2025!
The presentation deadline has been extended to 14 October π
πIf you're a presenter, check inbox for further instructions! βοΈ
See you in BogotΓ‘ or online! πβ¨
#DatosVivos2025 @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org #InstitutoHumboldt
Thanks for the post, Sabina, abstract submitted
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old photograph of the early gbif governing boards
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π Happy 24th birthday to us! π₯³
This month we're celebrating our 24 years of the Global Biodiversity information Facility, π but did you know that we almost weren't called GBIF?
Take a brief look at some of GBIF's fascinating history π
Big thank you to Steve Young for sharing his knowledge!
Guide out! Connecting ecology & monitoring data to be FAIR and @GBIF. Guide for data-intensive research and for policy , incl. indicators, EBVs, and cubes for decision making. Developed with Kate Ingenloff's leadership, everything is ready for quantitative data to become discoverable through GBIF!
23.09.2025 13:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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π¨Have your say on the new conceptual model and Data Package Guide for #DarwinCore
The @tdwg.org Darwin Core Maintenance Group has opened a 90-day public review and comment period for the new conceptual model and Data Package Guide.
ποΈ 17 September β 16 December 2025
π www.tdwg.org/news/20...
It's a pro con
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Thatβs a wrap! π¦π
The GBIF task group on biodiversity data for human diseases has completed its second term, with the release of the new guide to publishing biodiversity data on disease vectors, hosts and pathogens! π
Check out the story and explore the guide:πgbif.link/vector_tas...
Thanks for posing! I will try to tune in, though registration seem to only offer onsite options... Would be nice to find out how to get a working link on time. Thanks!
06.09.2025 13:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
A pointer and index finger holds up a very small piece of bark with two tiny, flower-shaped fungi growing on it. The fungi are a fraction of the size of the person's fingernail.
A pointer and index finger holds up a very small piece of bark with two tiny, flower-shaped fungi growing on it. The fungi are a fraction of the size of the person's fingernail.
A pointer and index finger holds up a very small piece of bark with two tiny, flower-shaped fungi growing on it. The fungi are a fraction of the size of the person's fingernail.
TINY FUNGUS. Absolutely magical. Specifically, Cannonball Fungus (Sphaerobolus stellatus).
π· ezatars on iNaturalist
π Latvia
π: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it:
rdcu.be/eEcIt
The Path
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Come work with us!
Fully funded #PhD position in global change ecology - working in a cross-disciplinary cohort of 8 PhD students studying mountains in transition. π§ͺπποΈ @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social @cesam-uib.bsky.social
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Get the latest GBIF headlines straight to your inbox! βοΈ
β Subscribe to the GBIF newsletter and stay up-to-date with events, opportunities, news and more!
π gbif.link/subscribe
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β Four projects have been selected for funding through the 2025 Capacity Enhancement Support Programme (CESP)!
π¦The annual grant programme encourages collaboration, mentoring and knowledge-sharing across the GBIF Participant network.
Read more:πgbif.link/CESP_2025
ΠΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅ Π΄ΠΎΡΠ»ΠΈ! Excellent news
24.07.2025 07:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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𦩠Have your say on the new #guide for publishing biological survey data to GBIF!
The guide supports data holders in structuring and making biological survey data openly accessible.
β Community review is open until 20 July 2025
π gbif.link/survey-dat...
More Things That Editors Dislike - hype. Words such as 'groundbreaking', 'breakthrough' and 'transformative' are anathema. Good data analysed properly should speak for themselves.
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π A case study from #PathOS project has demonstrated the value and impact of #UniProt, the universal protein resource. πͺ Findings of this case study strengthen the case for sustainable funding for π global #openscience resources.
Read the news π https://loom.ly/Rcpa8cU
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π This week Tsiky Rabetrano and Paloma Shimabukuro co-hosted a workshop on data sharing for vector-borne disease control in #Ghana as part of the 5th Annual #WAASuN Meeting!
They covered topics such as biodiversity data standards, data cleaning and preparing datasets for publication on GBIF.
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π¦ Community review is open until 30 June for the GBIF new guide on publishing data about disease vectors, hosts and pathogens!
The guide aims to reduce barriers to sharing and accessing vector data π
gbif.link/vectors-guide
GRIIS appears working for me at griis.org
18.06.2025 20:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Nice! I would like to use a datalogger that measures basic weather data but also light at the camera location. What would be a good choice so the camera produced data could be go neatly with datalogger's (without major syncing pains etc). Did not use dataloggers since 2013, tech has evolved a bit...
11.06.2025 18:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
A red flower on a green stem withe the words: BHL Call for support now open overlayed.
π’ The #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary is entering a bold new chapter β and we need your help! Today we release our official Call for Support. Weβre seeking new hosts for BHLβs staff, infrastructure, and services. Learn more: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/06/tran... #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL
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π£π¦ The third call for data papers describing datasets on #vectors of #humandiseases is closing this week!
GBIF has collaborated with #TDR, and Gigabyte Press for a special journal issue in @gigabytejournal.bsky.social.
π Deadline: 6 June 2025
πgbif.link/Vector-Pap...
π¦ >3.4 million insect records based on DNA metabarcoding of bulk samples from #Sweden and #Madagascar have been mobilized to GBIF thanks to collaborative efforts of research institutions led by the #NaturhistoriskaRiksmuseet! π§¬
πgbif.link/insect_dat...
