CAREER: Evolution in the Eastern Mediterranean Campanulaceae - Integrating Information Management and Scientific Workflows in Daily Research and Teaching

职业：东地中海桔梗科的进化-将信息管理和科学工作流程融入日常研究和教学本项目将探索地中海盆地桔梗科（桔梗科）的生物多样性和植物地理学，以了解处于人类和动物巨大压力下的大陆岛屿的植物种群动态。复杂的地质历史和人类对环境的巨大压力极大地塑造了该地区的生物多样性。许多特有物种局限于有限的地方，受到威胁，高度依赖于生境保护。此外，不断增长的需要扩展系统发育分析，以额外的标记和类群强调了一个巨大的挑战，信息学和计算科学。因此，这项研究将通过开发一种新的研究环境来整合科学和技术，在这种环境中，生成的数据将自动处理到相关的分析工作流程中。这种科学分析方法更有效，但如果没有技术技能和适当的基础设施，很难实现。这项研究的结果将对保护规划产生影响，使研究人员、教育工作者、政策制定者和决策者更好地了解地中海等生态系统中的物种动态（例如，在加州）。一个基本的优势是科学和技术研究与K-12和高等教育的培训和课程开发相结合。将通过在佛罗里达自然历史博物馆举办的博物馆展览向公众宣传。该项目将提高技术能力，不仅作为一个试验平台，而且更重要的是，作为一个基础图书馆，生物科学家，教育工作者和其他人可以使用。

CAREER: Evolution in the Eastern Mediterranean Campanulaceae - Integrating Information Management and Scientific Workflows in Daily Research and TeachingThis project will explore biological diversity and biogeography of Campanulaceae (bell flower family) in the Mediterranean Basin in order to understand plant population dynamics in continental islands that are under extraordinary pressure from humans and animals. The intricate geological history and the significant human pressure on the environment have dramatically shaped the biodiversity of this region. Many endemic species are confined to restricted localities, and are threatened and highly dependent on habitat conservation. Moreover, an ever-increasing need to extend phylogenetic analyses to additional markers and taxa underlines a grand challenge for informatics and computational sciences. Therefore, this research will integrate science and technology by developing a novel research environment where the data generated will be automatically processed into relevant analytical workflows. This approach to scientific analyses is more efficient, but hard to achieve without the technical skills and appropriate infrastructure.The results of this research will have an impact on conservation planning by better informing researchers, educators, policy and decision makers about species dynamics in ecosystems like the Mediterranean (e.g., in California). A fundamental strength is the integration of science and technology research with training and curriculum development for K-12 and higher education. Outreach to the public will be through a museum exhibit developed at the Florida Museum of Natural History. This project will increase technology capacity and will serve not just as a test-bed but also importantly, as a foundational library that biological scientists, educators, and others can use.