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Dmitry Schigel
University of Helsinki
Species, habitats and skills:
teaching boreal biodiversity
and data across borders

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Outline
• What I do in GBIF and in the University of Helsinki
• Why bother teaching
• Education networks: managing time and money
• Teaching experiences 2013-2015
• Teaching plans & invitations 2016

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GBIF.org
dschigel@gbif.org

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GBIF BY THE NUMBERS
652,948,064
species occurrence
records
15,882
datasets
804
data-publishing
institutions
• http://www.gbif.org | 01 APR 2016

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Dmitry Schigel: 2012-2015
Academy of Finland
Colonization gates and establishment
of wood-decaying fungi in European Spruce
X =
2014 -> GBIF

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Approaches and outlook:
e.g. Population Biology in Fragmented
Landscapes, Biodiversity in Dead Wood
Skills: Sample preps for NGS,
Microscopy, Bioinformatics, Databases
Facts: Species diversity &
identification, morphology

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University of Helsinki
Finland
Moscow State University
Russia
Swedish University
of Agricultural Sciences
2016: Nordic – Russian Boreal Biodiversity
and Data Education Network

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Education and outreach
• Polypores of the Białowieża forest Oct 2013
• Biodiversity in dead wood, Helsinki Nov 2013
• Next-gen seq sample prep course, Uppsala Jun 2014
• Biodiversity informatics and data management Jul 2014
• Polypore course, Russia Aug 2014
• Polypore course, Finland: ForBio Sep 2014
• Dead wood meeting, Lammi: SIU May 2015
* * *
• Dead wood meeting & course Lammi Aug 2016
• Polypores as tools in forest conservation Lammi Sep 2016
• Biodiversity data skills Tartu Nov 2016

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Courses
2013

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Amaze &
inform

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Teaching materials are publications
that matter

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Biodiversity in Dead Wood
2013 course
• An introductory course for graduate and advanced
undergraduate students, 1 week
• Cover various aspects of the habitat, organism groups and
ecological processes connected with dead wood
• Guest experts on dead wood provide deeper coverage of
research field
• Present dead wood research
1. 15 h lectures (5 days x 3 h), learning diaries = 2 ECTS
2. optional 5 h journal club, essays = 2 ECTS
3. optional book exam = 3 ECTS
7 ECTS =

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BDW course programme

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BDW course programme

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Kilpisjärvi
• Subarctic ecology and
biogeography
• Accomodation for 66
• Lecture and meeting
rooms
• Vans and boats
• Lake-side sauna
University of Helsinki
www.helsinki.fi/kilpis
ForBio:
Data management
course
2014

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Data management course
Specimens Observations Names Bibliography
ImagesDNA Directives
Maps Projects
People

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published record (existence approved by
scientific community, a bibliographic
reference in peer-reviewed paper exists)
collected (at least one reliably identified specimen in
a clearly designated private or public collection)
recorded, not collected (e.g.with the identifiable photo, video, sound
recording) ?Anax imperator
observed

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Education and outreach
• Polypores of the Białowieża forest Oct 2013
• Biodiversity in dead wood, Helsinki Nov 2013
• Next-gen seq sample prep course, Uppsala Jun 2014
• Biodiversity informatics and data management Jul 2014
• Polypore course, Russia Aug 2014
• Polypore course, Finland: ForBio Sep 2014
• Dead wood meeting, Lammi: SIU May 2015
* * *
• Dead wood meeting & course Lammi Aug 2016
• Polypores as tools in forest conservation Lammi Sep 2016
• Biodiversity data skills Tartu Nov 2016

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Polypores as tools in forest conservation:
species ID course
• Teachers: O. Miettinen, O. Manninen, T.
Niemelä
• Target group: MSc students, biology /
forestry
Time: 19-23 September 2016
• Place: Lammi biological station, Finland
• Quota: ~ 15 people
• Test: identification exam
• Reading in advance required: Wikipedia
page, kelo tree paper, Finnish, Swedish and
Russian indicator species guides.
2016

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Biodiversity data management and open data:
data skills course
• Teachers: U. Kõljalg, K. Abarenkov, H. Koivula, (D. Schigel)
• Target group: MSc students, biology
• Time: 1-5 November 2016
• Place: Tartu, Estonia
• Quota: ~ 15 people LUCY (2014)
2016

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http://blogs.helsinki.fi/deadwoodmeeting
registration until 20 May, may close earlier
2016

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Lammi
• Forests and lakes
• 120 km from Helsinki
• Accomodation for 100
• Large and small rooms
and labs
• One e-mail booking
• Lake-side sauna
University of Helsinki
www.helsinki.fi/lammi
ForBio:
Dead Wood
Course 2016,
Polypores as tools

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Thank you!