Datathons: fostering equitability in data reuse in ecology
Trends Microbiol. 2024 Mar 21:S0966-842X(24)00050-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2024.02.010. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTApproaches 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.PMID:38519354 | DOI:10.1016/j.tim.2024.02.010
Source: Trends in Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Datathon 2022 Consortium: Stephanie D Jurburg Mar ía J Álvarez Blanco Antonis Chatzinotas Anahita Kazem Birgitta K önig-Ries Doreen Babin Kornelia Smalla Victoria Cerecetto Gabriela Fernandez-Gnecco Fernanda Covacevich Emilce Viruel Yesica Bernaschina Source Type: research