These are the slides from a talk I gave last Friday to the Duke University Marine Lab on the Darwin and the Adventure project in Brazil. I don’t read off of slides, so alot of info is lacking but you get the drift. Darwin and the Adventure: Sailing, Science and Outreach in South America View . . . → Read More: Darwin and the Adventure: Sailing, Science and Outreach in South America
By Kevin Zelnio, on  October 1st, 2009 Conferences, Expeditions, Organisms Barcode of Life, Beagle Project, Brazil, CBOL, CoML, Darwin and the Adventure, DNA Barcoding, ISS, Magellan, NASA, Paraty, Tocorime, Victoria, Workshop Monday, Sept. 21, was a big day as it was the workshop that we had been preparing for. The goal of the workshop as stated on The Beagle Project’s website was to “… join scientists from South America, UK and USA to identify key opportunities for using sailing vessels for modern research with a focus . . . → Read More: Darwin and the Adventure – The Workshop
By Kevin Zelnio, on  September 24th, 2009 Expeditions, Scientist! Beagle Project, Brazil, Cuchaca, Darwin and the Adventure, International Space Station, ISS, Paraty, South America As promised, here are some pictures from last Saturday. We are back in business now, held our last day of the event and will spend tomorrow collecting all of our thoughts. In my view it was a tremendous success. Our link up to the International Space Station worked and the children got to ask their . . . → Read More: Darwin and the Adventure Day 3 (Pictures)
By Kevin Zelnio, on  September 20th, 2009 Education, Expeditions, Scientist!, Uncategorized Beagle Project, Brazil, Darwin and the Adventure, Paraty, Simon Boxall, Tocorime On Friday we were picked up in the morning by a very nice, and patient, driver from Paraty Tours, who deciphered from my pidgin spanish that two of the intended party was not able to make it on time due to plane connection problems in Paris. So it was just Karen and I and the . . . → Read More: Darwin and the Adventure Day 2
Duke News and Communications just put up a press release about the Beagle Project! “In an inspiring mix of 19th and 21st Century technologies, a Duke Marine Lab researcher will play the role of Charles Darwin on an upcoming oceanographic cruise off the coast of Brazil.”
By Kevin Zelnio, on  September 15th, 2009 Expeditions, Scientist!, Social Sciences Beagle Project, Brazil, CBOL, CoML, Darwin, HMS Beagle, International Space Station, ISS, NASA, Paraty, Science Missionary, Science Outreach, South America The fabulous Karen James and I will blogging and tweeting the “party in Paraty” starting this Thursday! There is an exciting line up of events which will include: A celebration of Darwin and to put his work in context with the work of international collaborations like Census of Marine Life and Consortium for the Barcoding . . . → Read More: Join DSN and the Beagle Project in Brazil
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