Dear all,
The Distributed European School of Taxonomy (DEST, www.taxonomytraining.eu) continues to provide high-quality training to future taxonomists. Courses are open to participants from both inside and outside of Europe.
Upcoming courses within the Modern Taxonomy programme: http://www.taxonomytraining.eu/content/modern-taxonomy-course-programme-2012-2013
– DNA-Barcoding course (Paris, 1-5 April 2013): registration open soon
– Zoological Nomenclature (Paris, 20-24 May 2013): registration deadline 31 January 2013
Upcoming courses within the Expert-in-training programme (Registration deadline 31 January 2013): http://www.taxonomytraining.eu/content/expert-training-programme-2012-2013
– Tropical Plant Identification Course (Kew, U.K.)
– Systematics of freshwater subterranean Malacostraca (Ljubljana, Slovenia) – Family level identification of Coleoptera (London, U.K.)
– Entomological research in protected areas (Firenze, Italy) – Training in Entomology (special. Hymenoptera Symphyta) (Ferrara, Italy)
– Elasmobranch teeth enameloid microstructure (Copenhagen, Denmark)
For both programmes, DEST is offering a number of grants to help defray expenses associated with course attendance, travel and accommodation. In allocating grants, priority will be given to selected participants coming from economically less-favoured regions.
Thank you for spreading the word,
Dr Hendrik Gheerardyn
Dr Isabella Van de Velde
— DEST Training www.taxonomytraining.eu
dest-training@naturalsciences.be
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussel
Tel: 32 2 627 43 34 (336)
http://www.naturalsciences.be
Dear all,
As the world didn’t end December 21 there’s no reason why you shouldn’t
register and submit your abstracts for the third annual ForBio meeting before
the deadline January 20.
Below is the invitation again – hope to se you all!
The research school in biosystematics – ForBio – is happy to welcome you to
its third annual meeting March 4-6 2013 at Quality Hotel 33 in Oslo.
Our aim is to bring together scientist in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark from a
variety of backgrounds, all working with biosystematics. Leading experts in
several fields will give talks, and we invite you to use this meeting as an
opportunity to present and discuss your own research.
The meeting is open to anyone interested in biosystematics, and we especially
encourage ForBio members and their supervisors to participate. This year the
meeting will span three days in an attempt to accommodate all ForBio members
who want to give an oral research presentation.
ForBio will cover travel and accommodation costs for ForBio members who present
their research (oral or poster). There is no conference or dinner fee.
Please note that the conference will be followed by a bioinformatics workshop
(March 7-8) and you can register for the workshop when you register for the
annual meeting. More information on the workshop can be found at
http://www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2013/bioinfoworkshop.html.
Registration and abstract submission deadline is January 20, 2013. Please find
more information about the ForBio meeting and how to register at
www.forbio.uio.no/events/meeting/2013/index.html
Confirmed invited speakers:
Dr. Malin Strand, Sven Lovén Centre of Marine Sciences Tjärnö, Sweden
Dr. Julia Sigwart, Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Dr. Sarah Bourlat, Gothenburg University, Sweden
Dr. Susan Weller, University of Minnesota, USA
All welcome!
ForBio
The Research school in biosystematics – ForBio invites members and associates to participate in field courses on Greenland 2013.
We offer a terrestrial course covering vascular plants and arthropods July 15 – August 1, and a marine course September 9 – 27.
More information can be found at http://www.forbio.uio.no
Questions regarding the terrestrial course can be directed to Heidi Solstad (heidi.solstad@ntnu.no) and Christiane Todt (Christiane.Todt@um.uib.no) can answer questions about the marine course.
Registration deadline is January 31.
The Distributed European School of Taxonomy (DEST) erbjuder regelbundet teoretiska kurser
i modern taxonomi och systematik och praktiska kurser i art- och organismkännedom. Programmet 2012/13 har just släppts, och många kurser är öppen för registrering.
The course aims to present the DNA barcoding technique for species identification/taxonomy/keys/species descriptions/estimates of biodiversity etc. The concept, the techniques, databases, theory, applications e.g. monitoring, larvae,
gut content, customs, pitfalls, drawbacks and advantages. Sessions will contain e.g. laptop exercises, discussions, an ecologists view on species ID and monitoring/management/diversity index. We will broadly cover different organism groups (fungi, plants, inverts, verts, marine org. and protozoa).
Where? Naturicum, Uppsala: Bäcklösavägen (direction Gottsunda).
Confirmed teachers so far:
Per Sundberg and Sarah Bourlat: introduction, concept of barcoding and MOTU:s
Tomas Lyrholm: case study from Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
Torbjörn Ekrem: NorBOL, databases & laptop exercises
Target group: PhD students with a general background in biology
Working language: English/Scandinavian
Recommended course credits: 1.5 ECTS
Fee: No course fee. For members of ForBio (Research School in Biosystematics: http://www.forbio.uio.no/) and STIRS (Swedish Taxonomy Initiative Research school) travel and accomodation costs get refunded. Other participants pay for travel and accommodation.
Registration: Registrations, which should be accompanied by a short CV (indicating the nature and stage of your research project) can be sent til Oct 26. Priority will be given to those PhD-students enrolled in the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative’s Research School
and members of ForBio if the maximum number of course participants is exceeded by the number of registrations.
Number of participants: Maximum 20.
Registration: Malin Strand, Coordinator STIRS (Swedish Taxonomy Initiative Research School: http://www.slu.se/en/collaborativecentres-
and-projects/artdatabanken/the-swedish-taxonomy-initiative/research/research-school/), e-mail: malin.strand@gu.se, tel: +46(0)705-654246
ForBIO coordinator: Christiane Todt, PhD, e-mail: Christiane.Todt@um.uib.no
Dear all,
On behalf of the research school in biosystematics – ForBio – I am sending a reminder about the course ”Biosystematics methods and biodiversity” that will be held July 30 – August 4, 2012 at Skibotn field station, Troms, Norway .
Expertise in collecting natural history specimens, gathering data associated with them, their identification based on morphological characters, and preservation for natural history collections is rapidly disappearing in many countries. This course aims to provide field experience for PhD students and post-docs in biosystematics who want to gain increased knowledge of specimen and data collection, specimen identification, and preservation for taxonomic research.
The registration deadline is June 15, 2012, but please see important registration information at http://www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2012/bio8001.html or contact Sergei Drovetski directly at sdr00@uit.no
The course is arranged by the Research School in Biosystematics – ForBio. There is no course fee, and PhD students/postdocs registered at Swedish or Norwegian universities can become ForBio members and will then have their travel and accommodation costs covered. For information about ForBio and its membership, please see http://www.forbio.uio.no/
This course will cover birds, vascular plants, and bryophytes.
Hope to see you at Skibotn, Sergei Drovetski.
Read the entire article here: http://www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2012/bio8001.html
Dear All,
We are happy host Dr. Nicolas Lartillot (University of Montreal, Canada) for a one day workshop on Bayesian phylogenetics here at the Museum of Natural History (Stockholm).
Nicolas will lead a morning software session (PhyloBayes software) and give a talk (”Bayesian Integrative Models for Macroevolutionary Studies”) in the afternoon.
Date: Tuesday June 5.
Venue: Natural History Museum, Stockholm.
Time: 9am – 12pm (software session), 3:00pm – 4:30pm (seminar)
More information can be found on www.phylogenomics.se.
Nicolas home page:
http://www.biochimie.umontreal.ca/bottin411/Enseignants/lartillot_n.html
PhyloBayes software:
www.phylobayes.org
/JN
The course aims to present illustration techniques for identification keys and species descriptions. It will include lectures and practical sessions on drawing (different techniques) and photo handling.
Target group: PhD students with a general background in biology. Curators, museums.
Working language: English/Scandinavian
Recommended course credits: 2.5 ECTS
Fee: No course fee. For members of STIRS (Swedish Taxonomy Initiative’s Research School) or ForBio (Research School in Biosystematics: http://www.forbio.uio.no/) there are no accommodation costs and travel costs get refunded. Other participants pay for travel to/from Kristineberg, catering, and accommodation.
Registrations, which should be accompanied by a short CV (indicating the nature and stage of your research project) can be sent till August 10. Priority will be given to those PhD-students enrolled in the STIRS and members of ForBio if the maximum number of course participants is exceeded by the number of registrations.
Number of participants: Maximum 15.
Registration: Malin Strand, Coordinator STIRS (Swedish Taxonomy Initiative Research School), e-mail: malin.strand@gu.se, phone: +46(0)705-654246
Location: Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Sciences is an infrastructure facility for University of Gothenburg (http://www.loven.gu.se/english/). It is located near Fiskebäckskil, Lysekil, at the Swedish west coast, 100 km north of Gothenburg.
Questions to:
Coordinator, STIRS: Malin Strand, PhD University of Gothenburg, Biodiversity and Systematics/Swedish Species Information Centre, SLU; E-mail: malin.strand@gu.se; Phone: +46 (0)705-654246.
ForBIO coordinator: Christiane Todt, PhD, e-mail: Christiane.Todt@um.uib.no