The Distributed European School of Taxonomy is offering a five day training course on BIOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE at the MNHN in Paris. This training will provide an overview of the history and epistemology of biological nomenclature, and a discussion of the relationships between phylogeny, taxonomy and nomenclature. The zoological and botanical codes will be presented in detail, the other codes more briefly. Recent problems and projects of nomenclature, including alternative systems, will be discussed. The training will combine lectures with practical exercises on zoological and botanical nomenclature and on transforming phylogenetic data into a taxonomy and a nomenclature.
Deadline for registration is approaching: 1 March 2012
Course dates: 28 May – 1 June 2012
Course venue: Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
Tutor: Prof. Alain Dubois
Target audience: MSc students, PhD students, early career researchers; from Europe as well as outside of Europe
Detailed information and registration at:
http://www.taxonomytraining.eu/content/biological-nomenclature-0
Furthermore, several new training courses within the Expert-in-training programme are open for registration:
http://www.taxonomytraining.eu/content/expert-training-traineeships-2011-2012
Training courses within this programme last between one and four weeks, and aim at enhancing practical research skills (morphological and molecular techniques, bio-informatics, etc.) through on-the-job-training. The programme includes a wide variety of subjects, from insects and lizards up to primates.
Have a look now as registration deadlines are getting near.
New training providers are most welcome to participate in training delivery within the Distributed European School of Taxonomy. For more information, please mail us at dest-training@naturalsciences.be or have a look at:
http://www.taxonomytraining.eu/content/interested-training-delivery
Thank you for spreading the word,
Hendrik Gheerardyn
Isabella Van de Velde
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DEST Training
dest-training@naturalsciences.be
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussel
Tel. 32 2 627 43 34 (336)