Monday, December 10, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Sunrise, Meeting House, First Floor (Town & Country)

Symposium: From Field to Screen: Digital Imaging Technology in Entomology

Organizer(s): Katja Seltmann, seltmann@scs.fsu.edu
Matthew L. Buffington, mbuffington@sel.barc.usda.gov
1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM0664Digital field photography on a $200 budget
David Ahrenholz, dhahrenholz@yahoo.com
1:50 PM0665Field photography and the democratization of arthropod taxonomy
Steve Marshall, samarsha@uoguelph.ca
2:05 PM 0666Fossil imaging: Much more than scratches on rocks
Seth M. Bybee, Seth.Bybee@gmail.com, Marc Branham, mabranham@ifas.ufl.edu
2:20 PM0667Digital illustration in insect taxonomy: Application, versatility, and methods
Ralph W. Holzenthal, holze001@umn.edu
2:35 PM 0668Advanced imaging techniques II: Specimen choice and preparation for high-magnification digital imaging
Matthew Buffington, matt.buffington@ars.usda.gov
2:50 PM0669Remote sampling and collection of arthropods for low temperature scanning electron microscopy
Ethan Kane, Ethan.C.Kane@aphis.usda.gov, Eric Erbe, erbee@ba.ars.usda.gov, Ronald Ochoa, ron.ochoa@ars.usda.gov
3:05 PM Break
3:20 PM0670Automated classification of butterflies based on parts representation
Rui Li, ruili@ee.ucr.edu, Bir Bhanu, bhanu@ee.ucr.edu, John Heraty
3:35 PM0671Using collaborative Web tools: A few examples using Morphbank and others
Katja Seltmann, seltmann@scs.fsu.edu
3:50 PM0672Hit the road, Jack: Trials and tribulations of imaging type specimens in the museums around the world
Norman F. Johnson, johnson.2@osu.edu
4:05 PM0673Automated optical 3D imaging of specimens and holotypes
Thomas Friedlander, tjfriedlander@aol.com
4:20 PM 0674From analog to high definition: Using multifocal images to voucher 3-D morphology and build jargon-free identification keys for challenging organisms
Melissa Yoder, melissay@ucr.edu, Jill Brady, jillb@ucr.edu, Eamonn Keogh, eamonnk@ucr.edu, Michalis Faloutsos, michalisf@ucr.edu, Christiane Weirauch, christianew@ucr.edu, Paul De Ley, pauld@ucr.edu
4:35 PM0675A view from afar: Remote imaging and the benefits of NOT being there
Mike Schauff, Mike.Schauff@ARS.USDA.GOV, Quentin Wheeler, quentin.wheeler@asu.edu
4:50 PM0676What does that hair do? Remote-access scanning electron microscopy and the evolution of the Bugscope project
Ann M. Ray, annray@life.uiuc.edu, Chas Conway, cconway@life.uiuc.edu, Scott Robinson, srobinson@uiuc.edu
5:05 PM Discussion
5:20 PM Concluding Remarks

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