[Taxacom] Symposium on linking phylogeny and biodiversity data, TDWG2018 - Call for Abstracts

[Guanyang Zhang]

*Dear Taxacomers,We are calling for abstract submissions to a symposium
titled “Linking biodiversity data through phylogenetic knowledge” at the
Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) conference, August 25 - September
1, 2018, Dunedin, New Zealand. A description of the symposium is available
here: https://tdwg.github.io/conferences/2018/sessions/S14
<https://tdwg.github.io/conferences/2018/sessions/S14>**We will be able to
provide a limited amount of funding to offset expenses where needed and on
a competitive basis.**The symposium aims to illuminate opportunities
offered by integrating phylogenetic knowledge with biodiversity data,
examine the methodological and computational challenges of doing so, and
highlight approaches addressing these challenges. We especially encourage
submissions that span the domains of evolutionary biology, bioinformatics
(i.e. phyloinformatics) and biodiversity informatics to address the themes
of this symposium. Symposium keynote speaker: Dr. Susan Perkins (American
Museum of Natural History).To register your intent to submit an abstract,
share demographic information, and/or to apply for funding, please go to
this site and fill in the Google form:
https://goo.gl/forms/bPhYCLSxakcEyBZe2
<https://goo.gl/forms/bPhYCLSxakcEyBZe2> Even if you don’t require funding,
registering your intent to submit and sharing your demographic information
will help us to foster a diverse group of speakers that provide a variety
of perspectives on the symposium’s subject.The deadline for abstract
submission is Mar 12, 2018, but for the above reason we would appreciate
hearing about your intent and receiving your application as early as
possible. Please contact Dr. Guanyang Zhang <gyz151 at gmail.com
<gyz151 at gmail.com>> with any questions.Thank you,Guanyang Zhang*, Emily
Jane McTavish+, Gaurav Vaidya*, Hilmar Lapp^, Nico Cellinese** Florida
Museum of Natural History, University of Florida+ University of California,
Merced^ Duke University*


Guanyang Zhang, PhD
Postdoc Research Associate @ The Cellinese Lab
Florida Museum of Natural History - University of Florida
1659 Museum Road
PO Box 117800
Gainesville, FL 32611
somanyinsects.org
Email: gyz151 at gmail.com gzhang at floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Tel (mobile): 812-320-2619