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The Delftia Project

Lauren Ramilo

Jan 16, 2021

The Delftia Project: Engaging Citizen Scientists in Collaborative Knowledge Creation

Authors: Lauren Ramilo, Daiza Norman, Rabeya Tahir, Tanasha Lertjanyarak, Carlos Goller Presented at the 2021 Mid-Atlantic SENCER Conference Narratives in Science What is Collaborative Annotation? Collaborative annotation is the practice of annotating electronic materials alongside a group. Annotations are visible to anybody in the group. Collaborative annotation allows people to work together to extract and…

Dec 1, 2020

Delftia WikiEDU

WikiEDU is a nonprofit organization that serves to incorporate Wikipedia into education. From August to November 2020, 17 undergraduate volunteers enrolled in the Delftia WikiEDU class. Our goal was to improve the accessibility of Delftia research, improving information equity and catalyzing future research. Students prepared for Wikipedia editing through virtual lessons and reference collection. The proposed content was…

Nov 28, 2020

Pathogen Case Study

Here’s the case studies we looked at to learn about Delftia as a pathogen. Check out the full blog post to see what we found! Learn more about the Delftia Hypothes.is Group — Join us on Hypothes.is *You must join the Delftia Hypothes.is Group to see Annotation links

Nov 25, 2020

#CitSciChat Recap

One of our undergraduate researchers, Lauren Ramilo, hosted a #CitSciChat on Twitter recently. These events were pioneered by Caren Cooper, and use a Q&A-style format to drive a fast-paced conversation among panelists and others. Lauren’s #CitSciChat delved into a new corner of citizen science, where participants are doing hands-on research about microbes, biotechnology, and more!…

Oct 30, 2020

Meet the Researcher: Daiza Norman

Hi, I’m Daiza Norman. I am a Biotechnology Research Assistant at the BIT program and I am a biological science major with a concentration in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. I have worked on many Delftia related projects with the BIT program. I have worked on projects such as the “Where’s Delftia?” project. In addition,…
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Oct 27, 2020

Annotation Focus: Delftia as a Pathogen

Delftia has been of keen interest to those interested in biotechnology as of late, due to its ability to recover gold from solution. However, it has also been of some concern to those in medicine. Although Delftia is a rare opportunistic pathogen, it can be hard to identify and effectively treat. Some scientific literature has been published…