BioGeoSCAPES

EGU General Assembly: Session 3.1: Understanding ocean ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles and their responses to climate change
2024-04-17 - 2024-04-18 | Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria
Join us in Vienna, Austria, April 17 and 18, 2024, for the EGU General Assembly, Ocean Sciences Session 3.1: Understanding ocean ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles and their responses to climate change. This session invites submissions, from both observations and modeling efforts, that address the impact of historical variability and climate change on net primary production, biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and oxygen, and the ocean carbon cycle, including cascading effects for marine ecosystems to modulate biodiversity and ecosystem services.
BioGeoSCAPES Fellow, Meriel Bittner, will present a poster, “BioGeoSCAPES: Ocean metabolism and nutrient cycles on a changing planet”, on Wed, 17 Apr, 16:15–18:00 (CEST) Hall X4 | X4.27.

Apply now to be a BioGeoSCAPES Fellow!
2024-04-12 - 2024-06-15
We are excited to announce the launch of a second BioGeoSCAPES Fellows cohort funded by the NSF AccelNet award. This program brings together an international, interdisciplinary cohort of early career (postdocs and senior graduate students) researchers working in the areas of ocean metabolism, biogeochemical cycling, biological oceanography, chemical oceanography, and marine microbiology. We encourage applicants from both experimental and modeling backgrounds. Each Fellow will each receive a professional development award that can be used for travel related to laboratory exchanges, courses, workshops or conferences. Fellows will participate in monthly networking events for at least one year, as well as an in-person workshop in summer or fall 2025. Postdoctoral researchers and senior graduate students from any nation who are working on BioGeoSCAPES-relevant research are eligible to apply.
Application requirements:
Fill out Google Form application and send abbreviated (2-page) CV to info@biogeoscapes.org. Applications are due June 15, 2024. Applicants will be informed by August, and cohort activities will begin September, 2024. Applications will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

Applicant’s readiness level to benefit from professional development activities of the Fellows Program
Quality, novelty, and relevance (to BioGeoSCAPES mission) of applicant’s research activities to date
Applicant’s authentic experience and/or interest in interdisciplinary research endeavors
Applicant’s leadership experience and/or potential to help advance the BioGeoSCAPES mission

OSM24 Town Hall: Accelerating Toward an International BioGeoSCAPES Program
2024-02-20 13:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | New Orleans Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd., Second Floor, Room 225-227, New Orleans, LA, 70130, United States
Join us at Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024! This town hall will report BioGeoSCAPES activities associated with: 1) An international workshop held in November 2023 to develop the BioGeoSCAPES science plan. 2) Education and training activities, funded by a US NSF AccelNet award, including the launch of the first cohort of a BioGeoSCAPES fellows programme, webinars and summer schools. The town hall will disseminate information, build community engagement, and gather feedback on BioGeoSCAPES progress and plans.

International BioGeoSCAPES science planning workshop
2023-11-06 - 2023-11-09 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The NSF-funded Accelnet Development of an International Network for the Study of Ocean Metabolism and Nutrient Cycles on a Changing Planet (BioGeoSCAPES) convened an international BioGeoSCAPES science planning workshop on 6-9 November 2023 at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (with hybrid option).
The objectives of this workshop were to:
1) Facilitate community building and collaboration across nations and disciplines
2) Identify the scientific rationales for future international BioGeoSCAPES science activities and outline the BioGeoSCAPES science plan
Find related national and other program reports on the RESOURCES page.
Agenda
Location: Clark Lab 5th Floor, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
View the workshop agenda
Participation
Registration is closed.
In-person participation is capped at ~80 people with representation across nations, disciplines, etc., to ensure that we are able to have focused discussions that will inform the delivery of the workshop goals. There will also be a series of virtual brainstorming sessions spanning different time zones leading up to the workshop to enable even broader input ahead of the workshop.
Partial travel stipends will be available on an as-needed basis, and more details will be provided as the date draws closer.

Virtual Panel/Webinar on International Data Management and Repository Collaborations for BioGeoSCAPES.
2023-08-30 11:00 (America/Halifax)
BioGeoSCAPES Data Management and Informatics Webinar
Data Management Strategies and Challenges in Large Programs

Summary:
One of the challenges facing large research programs is the ability to manage and archive datasets. In this panel we will gather experts with experience in data management for oceanographic research programs and hear about their experiences. We will have a discussion with the community about the challenges they have faced and what challenges an interdisciplinary program like BioGeoSCAPES will face. Audience participation will be invited to collect ideas from the community using online tools. A future webinar will be focused on data integration and management strategies. Together these webinars will help contribute to a workshop on data management and informatics. Register to access the zoom link .

Overall Theme: What can we learn from other ocean, data-rich programs to help create a successful international BioGeoSCAPES data model?

Panelists:
Stéphane Pesant – European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)
Reiner Schlitzer – Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Danie Kinkade – Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office
Karen Stocks – CLIVAR and Carbon Hydrographic Data Office (CCHDO)

2nd Canada National Workshop
2023-05-01 - 2023-05-02 | Halifax
2nd Canada National Workshop: May 1-2, Halifax, organized by and Erin Bertrand and Maite Maldonado

Virtual Panel/Webinar on International Data Management and Repository Collaborations for BioGeoSCAPES.
2023-04-01
Virtual Panel/Webinar on International Data Management and Repository Collaborations for BioGeoSCAPES. April 2023. More Information Soon.

The Netherlands National workshop
2023-02-28, 2023-01-23
The Netherlands National workshop is occurring at the end of February, organized by Rob Middag and Susanne Wilken.

Organizing Intercalibration Efforts for BioGeoSCAPES: a Panel Discussion.
2023-01-25 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Halifax)
Overview: Producing data that can be effectively compared across space and time is a critical aspect to developing an international microbial biogeochemistry collaborative program. Intercalibration activities, involving validation of precision and accuracy and the development of intercomparison standards, are foundational to the production of interoperable data. With BioGeoSCAPES aiming to launch mid-decade further progress must be made to ensure high quality data collection. This virtual panel will hear perspectives from a variety of communities (nucleic acids, metabolomics, proteomics, rates) and encourage brainstorming through small group discussions. This panel discussion initiates the pre-work effort building towards an eventual in person BioGeoSCAPES workshop in the coming years.

The US National BioGeoSCAPES Workshop report
2023-01-18
The US National BioGeoSCAPES Workshop report was released in January of 2023

National Community Interest Meetings have occurred in Japan, the UK, Canada, China, and France
2022-10-25

Marine Microbes in a Changing Climate meeting
2022-09-12 - 2022-09-13
The Marine Microbes in a Changing Climate meeting occurred Sept 12-13 2022, organized by the London International Royal Society

Pan-European workshop
2022-06-15
A Pan-European workshop, EU 2022 Euromarine, to further foster BioGeoSCAPES collaborations occurred in June of 2022 in Zagreb, Croatia

BioGeoSCAPES had a major presence at the 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting Virtual Meeting
2022-02-04 - 2022-03-04
BioGeoSCAPES had a major presence at the 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting Virtual Meeting, February 24 – March 4, 2022, with 44 submissions distributed into 5 sessions and 80-100 participants attending each session. The session was titled: “Towards BioGeoSCAPES: Linking cellular metabolism with ocean biogeochemistry” under the topic Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry.

US National Biogeoscapes Workshop
2021-11-10 - 2021-11-12
A US National Biogeoscapes Workshop supported by OCB November 10-12, 2021

OCB Ocean Metaproteome Intercomparison Effort
2021-09-16 - 2021-09-17
OCB Ocean Metaproteome Intercomparison Effort September 16-17th, 2021

BioGeoSCAPES Sessions were included at the ASLO 2021 Aquatic Sciences Meeting in Palma de Mallorca, Spain (June 22-27)
2021-06-22 - 2021-06-27

There were multiple Biogeoscapes Sessions and Posters at the 2020 Ocean Sciences Meeting in the San Diego, CA (Feb 17-21, 2020)
2020-02-17 - 2020-02-21

OCB Ocean Nucleic Acids ‘omics Intercalibration and Standardization
2020-01-16
An OCB Ocean Nucleic Acids ‘omics Intercalibration and Standardization Workshop occurred in January of 2020. The workshop report provides an overview of the current status of nucleic acid ‘omics approaches and proposes future activities towards community intercalibration and standardization efforts.
