Diatom Web Academy online seminars

by Sarah Spaulding |

The Diatom Web Academy is hosted by members of the Diatom Taxonomic Certification Committee: David Burge, Mark Edlund, Sarah Spaulding, and Sylvia Lee. Seminars are open to everyone, held via zoom, and recorded for later viewing. For more information, see: https://diatoms.org/news/diatom-web-academy-23

ZOOM LINK: https://umn.zoom.us/j/98329532220?pwd=K2RCMkd0Vk9JbWl3MFlyazcyaHdEZz09

UPCOMING

Tuesday March 14
10 – 11 AM (mountain time, US and Canada)
18:00 Central European Time
Diatom Taxonomic Certification Committee
Open Discussion

Description: To follow up on the February 28 presentation on the Level 2 Diatom Species Exam, we will hold an open discussion with the committee. We invite the diatom community to join and provide your thoughts on the Level 2 Exam. As emphasized by Sylvia Lee, our goal is to ensure taxonomic consistency in surveys – not to make your life more difficult! Have we met that goal? If not, how can certification support you in your professional life? We want to hear your thoughts.

Target Audience: This webinar will be of interest to analysts, students, freshwater ecologists, and taxonomists.

Tuesday March 28
10 – 11 AM (mountain time, US and Canada)
18:00 Central European Time
Daniel Conley, Lund University
Perspectives on the emergence of diatoms and their impact on the global biogeochemical cycle of silica

Tuesday April 11
10 – 11 AM (mountain time, US and Canada)
18:00 Central European Time
Regine Jahn, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem
How to name diatom strains from taxonomic studies – integrating type information, morphology, and sequence data

Tuesday April 25
10 – 11 AM (mountain time, US and Canada)
18:00 Central European Time
Rosalina Stancheva, California State University
Identification of Cocconeis from streams in California: a mission (im)possible?

Tuesday May 9
10 – 11 AM (mountain time, US and Canada)
18:00 Central European Time
Jasmine Saros, University of Maine
Title coming soon

Tuesday May 23
10 – 11 AM (mountain time, US and Canada)
18:00 Central European Time
Diatom Taxonomic Certification Committee
Preparing for the Society for Freshwater Science meeting on taxonomic QA/QC