[Taxacom] CETAF-DiSSCo Covid-19 Task Force presentation

[Wouter Addink]

After three months of intensive collaboration, the CETAF-DiSSCo Covid-19
Task Force <https://cetaf.org/covid19-taf-communities-taking-action> will
present preliminary results of the work of more than 60 international
dedicated scientists and bioinformatics professionals. The Task Force has
convened weekly since April 3rd to identify how our community can better
contribute to preventing pandemic outbreaks, focusing on four critical
areas: 1) animal virus carriers, 2) construction of a pandemics knowledge
base, 3) preservation of viral evidence, and 4) metadata registration
practices.

Following a keynote by Dr. Pam Soltis
<https://biodiversity.institute.ufl.edu/about/dr-pamela-s-soltis-director-of-biodiversity-institute/>
(curator of Molecular Systematics & Evolutionary Genetics
<https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/soltis-lab/> at the University of
Florida Museum of Natural History
<https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/?utm_source=Cox%20Media&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=EA-C-26875-Florida%20Museum%20of%20Natural%20History%20-%2075%20mile%20radius-SEM>
and Director for Research Activities for iDigBio <https://www.idigbio.org/>),
the four activity leaders will present their work. After the presentations,
you will have the opportunity to engage with the COVID-19 Task Force
volunteers.

Please join us online Friday July 17th at 14:00 pm CEST on Zoom
<https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85473663519>!