The third meeting of BioSyst.EU was organized by the Swedish Systematics Association (Svenska systematikföreningen) and Gothenburg University. The meeting featured thematic symposia as well as open sessions on systematic and evolutionary biology.
BioSyst.EU represents European scientists dealing with topics of systematic biology. It considers itself as a collaborative counterpart to the Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF) where European Natural History Institutions have joined, whereas in BioSyst.EU individual scientists are to be represented via their national or regional societies. Svenska Systematikföreningen is a member of BioSyst.EU.
Presentations from BioSyst.EU 2017
Tuesday: Opening Session
Tuesday: General session 1
Tuesday: General session 2
- Madlen Stange & al.: Phylogenetic Bayesian inference and geometric morphometrics in Neotropical sea catfishes: new species, support for Miocene closure of the Panamanian isthmus, and conservation of skull shape
- Francisco Encinas-Viso: Detecting biogeographical regions of Australian flora using network methods
- Raja Hashim Ali: A novel approach for improving the accuracy of multiple sequence alignments for evolutionary analysis
Tuesday: The roles of natural history collections in exploring biodiversity (The Consortium Of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF))
- Erik Smets & al.: CETAF: building a future for taxonomy together
- Nina Rønsted: Using collections to address medical needs of tomorrow
- Alexandre Antonelli: Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre: integrating scientists, collections, citizens, and cutting-edge methods to advance biodiversity research
- Gianna Innocenti & al.: Researches on biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, Florence University
Wednesday: General session 3
- Alessandro Minelli: Evo-Devo’s potential contribution to the reconstruction of metazoan phylogeny
- Yavuz Bağci & al.: An Update on The Genus Bunium L. (Apiaceae) in Turkey
- Karol Marhold & al.: Genome-wide differentiation of diploid lineages in the emerging plant model Arabidopsis arenosa: evidence for ‘cryptic’ glacial refugia in eastern central Europe
Wednesday: The evolution and diversity of asexual organisms (Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS))
- T.A. Dickinson & al.: Sex and the single apomict; a view through rose-tinted glasses
- Christoph Dobeš & al.: The role of reproductive interactions for co-occurrence of sexual and apomictic conspecific cytotypes – a case study on Potentilla puberula Krašan (Rosaceae)
- Ana D. Caperta & al.: Genome size differences, cytological features and chromatin organization in diploid and polyploid Limonium complexes
- Elvira Hörandl: The classification of asexual organisms in the -omics era
- Flavia Domizia Nardi & al.: Origin of apomictic cytotypes of Potentilla puberula and their genetic relationship with sexuals
- Henar Alonso-Marcos & al.: Pollen competition between sexual and apomictic individuals in Potentilla puberula (Rosaceae)
Wednesday: Next Generation Systematics (International Organization Of Plant Biosystematists (IOPBS))
- Ricarda Riina & al.: Solving the riddle of Euphorbia balsamifera: applying phylogenomics at the population-species interface
- Katy Jones & al.: Phylogenomics (hybrid capture) and the lettuce alliance (Lactucinae, Asteraceae)
- Božo Frajman & al.: Diversification of the Heliosperma pusillum group (Caryophyllaceae) revisited: insights from the NGS data
- Mauricio Bonifacino de León & al.: Next generation floristics: inventorying diversity in a time of habitat destruction, the example of Uruguayan Compositae
- N.G. Bergh & al.: Revisiting relationships in a Cape daisy lineage: phylogenetics, evolution and biogeography in the ‘Relhania clade’ of everlastings (Asteraceae; Gnaphalieae)
- Tony Verboom & al.: Diversification dynamics of dwarf succulents in the arid flora of South Africa: insights from population-level NGS data and transplant experiments
Thursday: Taxonomy and systematics research in Scandinavia (ForBio, Artsdatabanken and ArtDatabanken)
- Christer Erséus: DNA barcoding, species delimitation and national diversity: mapping the Scandinavian potworms
- Dave Karlsson: The Swedish Malaise Trap Project (SMTP) – A contribution to the taxonomic renaissance
- Pável Matos-Maraví: The roles of abiotic factors and biotic interactions in the diversification of Odontomachus trap-jaw ants (poster)
- Narjes Yousefi & al.: Genome-wide association mapping and factors associated with carbon sequestration in common peatmoss Sphagnum magellanicum Brid.
- Ingrid Mathisen: Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre (NBIC) – Bridging the gap between biodiversity science and policy
- Jonna Eriksson: A Tale of Two Histories. Hybridization through genome duplication
Thursday: The future of scientific communication in biodiversity science (The Swiss Systematics Society (SSS))
- Donat Agosti & Jeremy Miller: Text and data mining: What it tells us, and what can we learn from legacy literature
- Lyubomir Penev: From Open Access to Open Science: Impact on Biodiversity Publishing
- Viktor Senderov & al.: The OpenBiodiv Knowledge System: The Future of Access to Biodiversity Knowledge
- Brian Fisher & al.: Insects: Everywhere, Diverse, Invisible. Why it’s time entomologist end their silence on the loss of species
- Thomas Hörnschemeyer & al.: BIOfid – a new Specialised Information Service for organismic biodiversity research
- Philipp Bhatty & al.: Development of new user-interface modules for biodiversity systems to ease the workflow of morphological descriptions
Thursday: New approaches to teaching and outreach in biodiversity science (Svenska Systematikföreningen)
- Lena Struwe: Teaching about biodiversity in the age of digital distraction and opportunity – learning how, when, and what?
- Petra Korall & Mikael Thollesson: Jointly meeting receding student numbers with excellence – NABiS, the Nordic Academy of Biodiversity and Systematics, collaborative masters programmes
- Nils Cronberg & Sofia Olofsson: Ten years’ experience of an advanced-level net based course in Systematic Botany
- Petra Böttinger & al.: Natural History in Europeana – making new friends on the web. An Efficient Data Publication Framework for Museum Collections
Friday: The role of morphology in modern systematics (UK Systematics Association (UKSystAss))
- Norman MacLeod: Morphometric approaches to the delineation & analysis of taxonomic and phylogenetic characters
- Sabine Stöhr & Ben Thuy: Revival of morphology for phylogenetic inference: the Ophiuroidea
- Lars Vogt: Morphology goes digital: How semantic techniques are about to revolutionize morphology
Friday: DNA-barcoding and the future of biodiversity monitoring (Gesellschaft für biologische Systematik (GFBS))
- Camila D. Ritter & al.: Amazon biodiversity patterns: can we predict the diversity?
- Maria Kahlert & Malin Strand: More about the real world: The EDNA network: an open forum to connect researchers and end users in Sweden, with focus on environmental assessment and biodiversity monitoring
- Urmas Kõljalg & al.: Linking metabarcoding data with other types of taxon occurrences
- M. Majaneva & al.: Effect of eDNA filtration strategies on metabarcoding success of freshwater macroinvertebrate communities