Maria Catalina's Colleagues

View All

Maria Catalina's Groups

Education, outreach* and…

33 members

View All

Maria Catalina's Page

Latest Activity

Maria Catalina replied to Karen James's discussion 'Citizen Science, Education and Outreach at the 4th International Barcode of Life Conference' in the group Education, outreach* and citizen science

Hi Karen, I actually have 3 distinct abstracts I could submit. 2 for citizen science and my Chile project on the UN site is appropriate for a general plenary session because it will include announcement for funding from the Chilean government for…

Jun 16, 2011

Maria Catalina replied to Karen James's discussion 'Citizen Science, Education and Outreach at the 4th International Barcode of Life Conference' in the group Education, outreach* and citizen science

I would like to contribute my experience of an internship at the J. Craig Institute last summer and how to implement astrobiology in the classroom using Barcode of Life, but I am a 7th grade teacher who has no money for travel and accommodations.…

Jun 9, 2011

Education, outreach* and citizen science

Share ideas, experiences, protocols and materials on the engagement of non-experts in DNA barcoding. (*'education' & 'outreach' are now usually called 'learning' & 'public engagement' but not everyone knows that yet so I stuck w/ the former)See More

Maria Catalina joined Karen James's group Aug 27, 2010

16 Comments

Maria Catalina and Kris Jett are now colleagues Aug 26, 2010

Maria Catalina is now a member of Connect.BarcodeofLife.net Aug 26, 2010

Welcome Them!

Profile Information

Institution/Organization: The Astronaut Teacher Alliance

Title/Position: Researcher/Faculty member

I’m involved in, or am interested in the following barcoding initiatives: DNA Barcoding Initiative for Conservation

I’m involved in or interested in the following iBOL Working Groups: WG1.7 Freshwater Bio-Surveillance, WG1.9 Terrestrial Bio-Surveillance, WG2.1 Barcoding Biotas, WG4.2 Mobile Barcoding

Keywords about my barcoding projects (separate each choice with a comma): k12, middle school, Salk Intsitute, J Craig Venter,

I’m involved in the following aspects of barcoding:: Fieldwork/specimen collecting, Labwork/generating barcode sequences, Other

If Other area, please specify: DNA extraction, amplification, culturing, pcr

Comment Wall (1 comment)

You need to be a member of Connect.BarcodeofLife.net to add comments!

Join Connect.BarcodeofLife.net

At 8:44am on August 31, 2010, Matthew Sileo said…: Hello and welcome!

Thank you for taking the time to join. Here are a few things that you can do in the community.

After completing your online profile, please add yourself to the member map. Next, invite your colleagues and search our members for people you know and invite them to be your colleague in the network. Or browse our Forum and ask a question.

Please join a Group or start your own, as groups are a great way to express your special interest, be it a taxonomic group, a regional or organizational affiliation.

Have a question? Ask one of our hosts.

A few more...
Please contribute to our Blog. Simply choose “Add a Blog Post” under Blogs.
If you already have a blog, you can share it through RSS either on your page or on our rss pages. Just ask me how.

Or create a group and invite colleagues to join. Use “Send Message to Group” to email everyone in your group, start discussions specific to your group’s interests, add widgets and more.

For assistance, don’t hesitate to contact me.

Again, thank you for joining our growing online community. I look forward to connecting with you soon.

-Matt Sileo