BioDATA - is an international project on developing skills in biodiversity data management and data publishing. Undergraduate and postgraduate students from Tajikistan, Belarus, Ukraine, and Armenia will have an opportunity to take part in the intensive courses, gain practical skills and familiarize themselves with international research data infrastructures such as the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), international data standards (Darwin Core), software on data improvement, data publishing with the Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT), and preparation of data papers. Working with databases, creating datasets, managing data for statistical analyses, and for publishing research papers are the everyday tasks of a modern biologist. At the same time, these skills are rarely taught in higher education. Most of the contemporary professionals in biodiversity have to gain these skills independently, through colleagues, or through supervision. In 2018-2021, BioDATA offers to undergraduate and postgraduate students from Tajikistan, Belarus, Ukraine, and Armenia, a unique opportunity to take part in the intensive courses (2 ECTS) to become certified professionals in biodiversity data management. The project is coordinated by the University of Oslo (Norway) and supported by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). The project is funded by the Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (DIKU).
BioDATA - международный проект по обмену опытом и наращиванию навыков в управлении и публикации данных по биоразнообразию. Магистранты и аспиранты из Таджикистана, Беларуси, Украины и Армении смогут принять участие в интенсивных курсах и получить представление о международных инфраструктурах, таких как Глобальная Информационная Система по Биоразнообразию (GBIF), международные стандарты данных (Darwin Core). Студенты получат практические навыки в использовании программного обеспечения по повышению качества данных и по публикации данных Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT), а также навыки в подготовке статьей о данных (data papers). Работа с базами данных, создание датасетов, подготовка данных для статистического анализа и публикации научных статей - повседневные задачи современного биолога, в то же время эти навыки редко преподаются в ВУЗах. Большинство современных профессионалов в области изучения биоразнообразия вынуждены осваивать эти навыки самостоятельно, через коллег или научных руководителей. В 2018-2021 гг., BioDATA предлагает магистрантам и аспирантам Таджикистана, Беларуси, Украины и Армении уникальную возможность принять участие в интенсивных курсах (2 ECTS кредита) и стать сертифицированными специалистами в области управления данными по биоразнообразию. Проект координируется Университетом Осло и Научной школой по Биосистематике ForBio (Норвегия) при поддержке Глобальной Информационной Системы по Биоразнообразию (GBIF) и финансовой поддержке Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (DIKU).
Planned activities
Date | Activity | Location |
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September 25-26, 2018 | Kick-off meeting | Oslo, Norway |
February 18-22, 2019 | Train-the-mentors workshop | Minsk, Belarus |
June 3-7, 2019 | Course: Data skills in biodiversity education and research | Shambari, Tajikistan |
November 11-15, 2019 | Course: Data skills in biodiversity education and research | Kamenyuki, Belarus |
June 15-18, 2021 | Course: Publication and use of molecular data in GBIF | Online - Georgia & Armenia |
May 1-5, 2022 |
Course: Data skills in biodiversity education and research | Dilijan, Armenia |
August 15-19, 2022 (online) |
Course: Data skills in biodiversity education and research |
Online |
11-12 November, 2022 | Closing seminar | Oslo, Norway |
14-18 November, 2022 |
Open Science course, two students from each BioDATA partner country (to-be-selected) | Finse, Norway |
Partners
- University of Oslo, Natural History Museum, Department of Research and Collections, Oslo, Norway
- Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan, Institute of Botany, Plant Physiology and Genetics, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
- Zan va Zamin, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
- National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Institute of Genetics and Cytology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Laboratory of the Ecological Genetics and Biotechnology, Minsk, Belarus
- National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus on Biological Resources, Laboratory of Terrestrial Invertebrates, Minsk, Belarus
- Armenian National Agrarian University, Department of Science, Yerevan, Armenia
- V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Department of Mycology and Plant Resistance, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Course curriculum
Biodiversity data mobilization https://docs.gbif.org/course-data-mobilization/en/
Financing
BioDATA is funded by the Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (DIKU project CPEA-LT-2017/10049).
News: This first BioDATA (2018-2021) will be continued with the BioDATA Advanced (2021-2025) - "accelerating biodiversity research through DNA barcodes, collection and observation data". Partners (2021-2025) include the University of Oslo Natural History Museum (host for GBIF Norway); Altai State University South-Siberian Botanical Garden; South African Biodiversity Institute - SANBI (host for GBIF South Africa); and with support and coordination from the secretariat of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility - GBIF.org.