Transcript Center for Environmental Informatics and Synthesis (EIS)

D2K: Data to Knowledge Institute – Natural and Human System
Responses to Environmental Change
Genomics and
Bioinformatics
D2K
Environmental Data,
Analysis and
Synthesis
Sustainability,
People, and Policy
D2K builds on UNM’s unique strengths
• Rich cultural diversity and deep human history
• Arid region, energy-rich, federal presence
• International Border
• Urban hubs in a rural, agrarian matrix
• Strong tradition in interdisciplinary research and scholarship
• High-end technological capabilities
• Biological, geological, and cultural archives, artifacts and objects
• Investment in data integration and synthesis
D2K: interdisciplinary and innovative research on impacts
of environmental change
• Technologies and applications to study change from elements to ecosystems
• Genomic/environmental data management, integration, and synthesis to address
fundamental questions and catalyze new areas of inquiry
• Cross-disciplinary interactions across UNM, National Labs, and Industry
• Opportunities for integrative student education, research and training
• Sustainability for coupled human and natural systems, especially in arid lands
• Global health and emerging infectious diseases
D2K – Partners and Applications
Genomics and Bioinformatics
• Anthropology, Biology, Cancer Center, Chemistry & Chemical Biol, Comp Sci, CARC, CETI, DataONE, School of
Engineering, Geography, HSC, Math & Stats, Museum of Southwestern Biology, Physics and Astronomy, UNM
Libraries, Sandia and Los Alamos National Labs, NCGR
• Applications: DNA chemistry and sequencing technology, environmental DNA, gene function discovery, global
health, emergent infectious diseases, bioinformatic algorithms and computation
Environmental Data, Analysis, and Synthesis
• Anthropology, Architecture and Planning, BBER, Biology, CARC, DataONE, School of Engineering, Earth and
Planetary Sciences, EDAC, Economics, EPSCoR, Geography, Math & Stats, MSB, Maxwell Museum, Physics &
Astronomy, Sustainability, UNM Libraries, Utton Center, Sandia and Los Alamos National Labs
• Applications: biogeochemistry, remote sensing, biofuels, environmental monitoring, isomapping, LIDAR,
hydrological modeling, climate change forecasting.
Sustainability, People, and Policy
• American Studies, Anthropology, BBER, Biology, Civil Engineering, Economics, Global Health, History, HSC, ISI,
ISR, Geography, LAII,RWJF, MSB, Maxwell Museum, Sustainability, Utton Center, Sandia, Los Alamos, State of
New Mexico
• Applications: Interactions of natural and human systems, sustainable resource development, science to policy
initiatives, international network development, global health, rural medicine
D2K Institute – Laboratories and Facilities
• Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics
• Center for Environmental Analysis & Synthesis
• Cyber-enhanced meeting and classroom spaces
Successful Models
• Harvard University
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Kansas
• University of Florida