Belgian National Focal Point to the GTI - Events

9 October 2009 - Missouri Fall Systematics Symposium

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2 December 2009 - 11th Young Systematists' Forum

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Young Systematists' Forum - FINAL CALL

The YSF will take place in the Flett Theatre in the Natural History Museum on Wednesday 2 December 2009, 9 am - 5 pm followed by a reception. All places for oral presentations are now filled, but the the deadlines for poster presentations have been extended. Tom Richards is to be mailed (T.A.Richards@exeter.ac.uk) by 27 November if you would like to present a poster. You are also very welcome to attend without presenting, but we would be grateful if you would register by emailing David Bass (d.bass@nhm.ac.uk) so that we have an accurate idea of numbers for catering (morning and afternoon tea and coffee, and reception at the end of the day). Details of the meeting are given below.

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The annual Young Systematists' Forum represents an exciting setting for postgraduate students and young postdoctoral researchers to present their data, often for the first time, to a scientific audience interested in taxonomy, systematics and phylogenetics. This well-established event provides an important opportunity for budding systematists to discuss their research in front of their peers within a supportive environment. Supervisors and other established systematists are also encouraged to attend.

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June 29 through July 2, 2010 - 6th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies

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The 6th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies will be held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada from June 29 through July 2, 2010. This meeting has been held at irregular intervals since 1981 and recognizes the role that the study of butterflies has played in our understanding of both evolutionary biology and ecology. The meeting will include Symposia, Contributed Papers, Posters, Banquet and Field Trips.

For those wishing attend this meeting, and anyone wishing to present a Contributed Paper or a Poster, please view the Conference webpage at:

http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/biobutterfly2010

Deadline for lower-cost Registration: March 31, 2010

Deadline for Abstract submission:May 17, 2010

„Hands-on Barcoding“ - International Workshop and Symposium on the methods of Animal-barcoding Frankfurt / Main, Germany

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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

Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) Symposium: "Taking Stock of the Renaissance in Taxonomy: Post 2010 Capacity Building in taxonomy for the Convention on Biological Diversity" at the World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

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14 June 2010 - Scratchpad training course, RBINS

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Edit International Workshop `Toward an e-Flora Platform´

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18-29 October 2010 COP10 - Nagoya, Japan

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MSc / Postgraduate Diploma in the Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants

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For further details on the programme, including a course handbook please visit the RBGE website:
http://www.rbge.org.uk/msctaxonomy

3-7 July 2011 - Workshop on Diversity and Ecology of Freshwater Zooplankton in South East Asia

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