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  • 1.  Citizen Science: Have you used it? Why or Why Not?

    Posted 09-29-2020 03:26 PM
    This was a term I had not heard of until last week and, truthfully, I misunderstood what it meant at first. Interested in learning about your experience or thoughts regarding Citizen Science. 

    • Have you used it?
    • Has it been helpful?
    • What are the pitfalls?
    • If you have not use it, why not?
    • Is it a mixed bag of help/hinder?


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    Suanne Determan
    Membership Coordinator
    SLAS
    Oak Brook IL
    6302567527
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  • 2.  RE: Citizen Science: Have you used it? Why or Why Not?

    Posted 09-29-2020 04:36 PM
    Hi Suanne,

    What a great topic!

    In my opinion, biobanking is the closest to crowd-sourced science that I get to in my professional life. We ask a diverse group of people to contribute tissue and data so that life science research moves forward effectively and quickly. That is citizen science!

    In my personal life I spend a lot of time in the woods. I am a member of iNaturalist who with their companion app Seek, ask members to identify and post photos of wildlife to the community who then verify or suggest proper classification. The app records location so provides lots of detail to scientists and environmental groups. Most recently we used it to record the emergence of the dreaded lanternfly in our region.

    I also participate in monitoring and reporting of vernal ponds and their inhabitants in my immediate area.

    To me, citizen science is more a function of monitoring, reporting and contributing so that trained scientists can use that data.

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    Andy Zaayenga
    Managing Director, SmarterLab
    www.smarterlab.com
    LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/andyzaayenga
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  • 3.  RE: Citizen Science: Have you used it? Why or Why Not?

    Posted 10-01-2020 08:40 PM
    That is great, Andy how you are involved with citizen science!

    In an informal way, I first got introduced to it in Galena Wilderness, Great Basin Institute by the AmeriCorp Community Interpretive Outreach Coordinator, Katherine Osborne.  She provided training to volunteers creating a new program Galena Go-Getters, and I along with other volunteers got to experience citizen science, where we collected data on the birds' behavior, identifying and counting the birds.  It was fun to share our findings among volunteers as we walked through the Galena wilderness and we made new friends besides getting to know our birds better.



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    Navjot Kaur Ph.D.
    Associate Director Marketing & Software Products
    Biosero
    San Diego CA
    8588807376154
    navjotkaur@biosero.com
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