Daniel Mosquin

Bioinformatics and Web Manager
University of British Columbia
Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research
6804 Southwest Marine Drive
Vancouver BC
V6T 1Z4 Canada
http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/

Daniel Mosquin received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1997, specializing in plant taxonomy. He accepted a position at University of British Columbia Botanical Garden in 2000 and is presently employed as the Bioinformatics and Web Manager. Daniel is currently working on the provision of the scientific and archival information at UBCBG for both research and public audiences, using a number of open source technologies and data standards. Many of the plant records at UBCBG are supplemented by Daniel's photography, which aims to document plants both scientifically and aesthetically.

Daniel is a recipient of a Canadian Professional Scholarship to MW2005.

Daniel will demonstrate Weblogs, On-line Forums and RSS - How a Small Garden Engages a Global Community.