Aberdeen, Scotland The World Conference on Marine Biodiversity has the overall aim of bringing together scientists, practitioners and the public to discuss and advance our understanding of the issues surrounding the importance of biodiversity in the marine environment. Members of the DNA barcoding community will be particularly interested in the workshop Beyond 2010: Building a [...]
FAO, Rome The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) is organizing a side event on DNA barcoding during the 6th session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) in Rome, March 14-18. iBOL will participate in the side event and in a display of posters about DNA barcoding. The CPM governs the implementation of [...]
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris A five-day workshop covering integrative taxonomy and taxonomic expertise in the framework of the DNA barcoding initiative. There is no course fee, but no support towards travel, lodging or subsistence will be provided. Priority will be given to PhD students. Interested parties can use this application form.
Kuala Lumpur Date: June 14-18, 2011 Venue: Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre This year’s Pacific Science Congress will include a one-day symposium/workshop devoted to DNA Barcoding of Pacific Invasive and Pest Species. Click here for the Call for Abstracts As global trade and tourism increase, invasive alien species (IAS) and agricultural pests represent an increasing threat [...]
Adelaide, South Australia Venue: University of Adelaide. The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) has announced that the Fourth International Barcode of Life Conference will be held in Adelaide, South Australia, in November, 2011. The event will be hosted by the University of Adelaide. Information from Dr. Andrew Lowe, Conference Chair, will be made [...]
SECOND MEETING Guelph, Ontario, Canada September 23-25, 2010 The second SSC meeting, following on from the 2009 assembly in Mexico City, was designed as a two-way consultation between iBOL governance and management, representatives from the project’s Central, Regional and National Nodes, leaders of its 20 Working Groups, and members of the GE3LS research [...]
INFORMATION FOR DELEGATES Travel and Airport Transfer International delegates will arrive at Toronto’s Lester Pearson International Airport (YYZ). A Red Car vehicle will transport you 50km west to Guelph. Please send us your flight details (Airline, Flight numbers and arrival/departure times) as soon as possible and we’ll send you your Red Car reservation number. [...]