Datathons: fostering equitability in data reuse in ecology

Approaches to rapidly collecting global biodiversity data are increasingly important, but biodiversity blind spots persist. We organized a three-day Datathon event to improve the openness of local biodiversity data and facilitate data reuse by local researchers. The first Datathon, organized among m...

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Main Authors: Jurburg, Stephanie, Álvarez Blanco, María, Chatzinotas, Antonis, Kazem, Anahita, König-Ries, Birgitta, Babin, Doreen, Smalla, Kornelia, Cerecetto, Victoria, Fernandez-Gnecco, Gabriela, Covacevich, Fernanda, Leoni, Carolina, Garaycochea, Silvia, Terra, José, Fresia, Pablo, Figuerola, Eva Lucía Margarita, Wall, Luis Gabriel, Covelli, Julieta Mariana, Agnello, Ana Carolina, Nieto, Esteban Emanuel, Festa, Sabrina, Dominici, Lina Edith, Allegrini, Marco, Zabaloy, María Celina, Morales, Marianela Estefanía, Erijman, Leonardo, Coniglio, Anahi, Cassán, Fabricio Dario, Nievas, Sofia, Roldán, Diego, Menes, Rodolfo, Vaz Jauri, Patricia, Marrero, Carla Silva, Montañez Massa, Adriana, Morel Revetria, María Adelina, Fernández-Scavino, Ana, Pereira-Mora, Luciana, Martínez, Soledad, Frene, Juan Pablo, Viruel, Emilce
Format: info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2024
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/17414
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966842X24000507
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2024.02.010
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Summary:Approaches to rapidly collecting global biodiversity data are increasingly important, but biodiversity blind spots persist. We organized a three-day Datathon event to improve the openness of local biodiversity data and facilitate data reuse by local researchers. The first Datathon, organized among microbial ecologists in Uruguay and Argentina assembled the largest microbiome dataset in the region to date and formed collaborative consortia for microbiome data synthesis.