This blog post introduces the BioKIC Academy program, led by Anne Basham, and focused on promoting literacy and understanding of our biodiversity via collection-based pedagogy. The goals are to connect learners of all ages with natural history collections through hands-on activities, community programs, and innovative learning tools and resources for the classroom. You can register and participate in courses and workshops.
Blog posts related to the ASU-SoLS seminar "Current Topics in Systematics" (BIO 494 / EVO 598), formerly posted here (with 53 posts), are now migrating to the BioKIC blog. This Spring 2016 semester we started off reading paper on biodiversity informatics. This is the paper to read and discuss for next week's session:
This is our new BioKIC social media icon, developed by Jo Ramirez of the SoLS VISLAB, and available for use in any social media context. You can see an example of the icon in use on the BioKIC Twitter account. This blog post serves as resource for downloading the icon.
Philanthropic support of the ASU Natural History Collections can be made through the ASU Foundation.
Your donation will go toward infrastructure, outreach activities, and general curatorial support including supplies and student training programs.
If you would like to support the Biodiversity Information Knowledge Center (BioKIC) by volunteering in the ASU Biocollections, please send us an email here.
The ASU Natural History Collections are available for visits.
Biodiversity Informatics & the ASU Biocollections
Check out our BioKIC Instagram Account.
Explore our work on biodiversity informatics associated with each of the ASU Biocollections.
Biodiversity informatics
Our biodiversity informatics research activities include the Symbiota software platform.
Evolutionary informatics
Several BioKIC-affiliated lab groups focus on phylogenomic and evolutionary informations and data science; including the Cartwright lab, Rosenberg lab, and Wilson-Sayres lab.
Overview of informatics at BioKIC
BioKIC's research activities span the areas of phylogenomic, evolutionary, biodiversity, and educational informatics. We design, implement, and promote a wide range of concepts and tools.