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Fish Barcoding Workshop

john.chenery — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:12:43 +0000

Tiruchirappalli, India

A national level Training cum Workshop on “DNA Barcoding of Fish and Marine Life – Molecular Analysis and Bioinformatics Approaches” will be held September 12-14 at the Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University. The course, organized by Dr. R. Rajaram, will be useful for teachers/researchers working in Biodiversity Conservation.

- Workshop Brochure – PDF

- Registration Form – PDF

QBOL EPPO Conference on DNA barcoding and diagnostic methods for plant pests

john.chenery — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:29:26 +0000

Haarlem, NL

A joint conference on plant pest DNA barcoding and diagnostic methods for plant pests will be organized by QBOL (Quarantine Organisms Barcode of Life) and the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) from May 21-25 in Haarlem, Netherlands.

QBOL is a three-year project (2009-2012) funded under the 7th Framework Program of the European Union. QBOL seeks to generate DNA barcode information for vouchered specimens of quarantine pests. The DNA sequence will form the basis of a publically available, searchable, web accessible database.

The Conference will be organized into different session covering different disciplines (bacteria, fungi, insects, nematodes, phytoplasmas, and viruses) where QBOL outcomes will be presented as well as other diagnostic methods.

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FISH-BOL World Conference

john.chenery — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:46:55 +0000

Yeosu, Korea

In celebration of International Exposition Yeosu Korea 2012, the Fish Barcode of Life Initiative (FISH-BOL), Ichthyological Society of Korea, and Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute will hold the Fish Barcode of Life World Conference at the Expo site in Yeosu, Republic of Korea from June 12 – 14, 2012.

The organizing committee has invited researchers to share their experience of fish DNA barcoding and its use for taxonomy, species delimitation, population and phylogeographic analyses, egg and larvae detection, environmental monitoring, forensics and policy making, and industrial applications.

The conference is supported by the organizing committee of EXPO 2012 Yeosu Korea, University of Science & Technology, Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, and Korea Tourism Organization.

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12th Pacific Science Congress

john.chenery — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:34:59 +0000

Suva, Fiji

The 12th Pacific Science Inter-Congress will be held at the campus of the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji from July 8 – 12, 2013.

The theme of the Fiji Inter-Congress is “Human Security in the Pacific”, which reflects the UNDP 1994 Human Development Report definition of human security: that the scope of global security should be expanded to include threats in seven areas: Economic security, food security, health security, environmental security, personal security, community security, and political security.

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One-day symposium on DNA barcoding

john.chenery — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:51:30 +0000

Faisalbad, Pakistan

Pakistan’s National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE) in Faisalabad is organizing a one-day symposium – “DNA barcoding: A Promising Tool for Species Identification and Biodiversity Digitization – to create awareness among academia and the scientific community (including young researchers/students, biodiversity conservationists and quarantine regulators) about the usefulness of DNA barcoding for identifying and documenting existing animal and plant species and discovering new species.

Possible uses of barcoding in pest management, species distribution analysis and quarantine regulations will be discussed. Future course of action to involve scientific community, government departments and NGOs in species conservation through DNA barcoding will be thrashed out.

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Third European Conference for the Barcode of Life

john.chenery — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:46:22 +0000

Brussels, Belgium

“Barcoding of organisms of policy concern” is the theme of the Third European Conference for the Barcode of Life, to be hosted by the European Consortium for the Barcode of Life (ECBOL), the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) and the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) in Brussels September 17-21.

The congress will take place at the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Arts located in the historic center of Brussels.

The congress is being organized by the Joint Experimental Molecular Unit (JEMU), the shared DNA barcoding research team of RBINS and RMCA, funded by the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO).

Financial support is being provided by BELSPO, through JEMU, and the Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders (FWO), through the “Belgian Network for DNA barcoding”, a collaborative network of 21 Belgian research groups and laboratories that are involved in DNA barcoding activities, and are also ECBOL and CBOL members.

The congress is inviting contributions in the field of DNA barcoding for its papers session, plenary and poster session.

Conference Coordinators

Thierry Backeljau
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29
B-1000 Brussels
Belgium

Marc De Meyer
Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA)
Leuvensesteenweg 13
B-3080 Tervuren
Belgium

The Mariposa Ball

john.chenery — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:10:14 +0000

Toronto, Canada

An event organized by Jessica DiMauro in support of the Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund and Costa Rica’s Area de Conservación Guanacaste.

Where: The Windsor Arms Hotel, 18 St. Thomas St., Toronto

When: Thursday, September 29, 2011, 6 pm

What: Reception, Dinner and Presentation by eminent tropical biologist Dr. Daniel Janzen

Ticket price: $250.00 each (a charitable tax receipt will be issued for the maximum allowable amount)

The Cause

Each year, thousands of acres of prime land, lush forests, and world-renowned biodiversity hotspots disappear from the world’s landscape. The Area de Conservacion Guanacaste (ACG) has a 25-year track record of reversing this trend. By purchasing land ranging from existing forest to cattle ranches, ACG has shown that we can re-grow tropical forest. ACG protects a 163,000-hectare (1,630 km2) area rich in biodiversity that includes tropical dry forest, rainforest, cloud forest and marine ecosystems.

We have an opportunity now to protect this land forever by supporting an exemplary system of conservation management. Learn how ACG builds science and community support while protecting nature through training local community members as combination “parataxonmist”/park guards. Eminent tropical ecologist Daniel Janzen is guest speaker for what promises to be a fascinating (and fun!) evening.

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Brochure and Sponsorship Package (PDF)

International Botanical Congress

john.chenery — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:12:25 +0000

Melbourne, Australia

Registration is now open for the XVIII International Botanical Congress, to be held in Melbourne, Australia, July 23-30, 2011.

Australia has a vibrant scientific community active across all botanical disciplines and its researchers play a prominent and highly collaborative role in international biological sciences.

The Australian flora, with its many endemics and strong Gondwanan element, provides a unique opportunity full of inspiring experiences for the botanical visitor. Its ancient landscape includes vast deserts, tropical and temperate rainforests, floristically rich heathlands and unique eucalypt forests. Marine environments include a rich flora and the most extensive coral ecosystem, the Great Barrier Reef.

Australia’s botanical community is eager to welcome our colleagues from around the world to the 2011 IBC for an intellectually stimulating and socially memorable occasion.

Conference website

Biodiversity Lecture Series

john.chenery — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:58:16 +0000

Digital Biodiversity – Paul Hebert

Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Vancouver BC

Our planet is home to millions of species, most still unknown despite 250 years of scientific effort.

Resolution of this gap gains new impetus when one recognizes that a mass extinction event, the greates in 65 million years, is underway.

Biodiversity science is building a new approach to identification, one based on the analysis of short DNA sequences.

This shift from analogue to digital identification systems will transform biodiversity science–where a touch will reveal an organism’s identity and all that humanity knows about it.

Saturday, April 30, 7:30 p.m.

Room 2, Woodward Instructional Resource Centre,
2194 Health Sciences Mall, UBC

Free admission. Registration is required. Register here.

APS-IAPPS Joint Meeting

john.chenery — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:46:17 +0000

Honolulu, Hawaii

The American Phytopathological Society (APS) and the International Association for Plant Protection Sciences (IAPPS) will join forces August 6-10 in Honolulu, Hawaii, for a multidisciplinary meeting of two premier professional plant science associations.

Program information