„Hands-on Barcoding“ - International Workshop and Symposium on the methods of Animal-barcoding Frankfurt / Main, Germany
A workshop funded by the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F)
Organizers: Markus Pfenninger, Christian Printzen, Adrian Pachzelt
DNA-Barcoding for taxonomic identification is an emerging application in biodiversity research, which allows fast, objective and cheap species identification. Practical application however, requires the building of a reference-barcode-library, whose scientific relevance profits from the unambiguous identification of the reference individuals by taxonomic specialists. Yet the construction of the reference-barcode-library does not seem to proceed in the speed possible or necessary.
This workshop aims at taxonomical specialists, particularly curators from museums interested in getting insights in barcoding methodology.
The participants will learn:
- meaning of barcoding in the context of international research
- documentation of samples
- fotographic archiving of specimen
- long term archiving of specimen
- preparation of the tissue for DNA-barcoding
- publishing in the barcode of life database (BOLD).
The participants are invited to bring their own animal sample. In the end it will be possible to take the respective DNA-sequences with you.
The workshop is limited to 20 participants and registration will open on 1st of December 2009. Please download here the registration form. The
registration deadline is February 15th, 2010. The registration fee of 100 € does not include traveling costs and accommodation.
Near the end of the workshop there will be an open for broad public one-day symposium (March 25th , 2010). Participants interested are
welcome to present either a talk or a poster.
Invited speakers for the Symposium are Prof. Mehrdad Hajibabaei (University of Ottawa, Canada) and Prof. Miguel Vences (University of Braunschweig).
Please send questions and/or the registration form to: barcoding@senckenberg.de
| Period | [23/03/2010 - 26/03/2010] |
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| Event URL | http://www.bik-f.de/root/index.php?page_id=194 |
