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- 13-07-2011
This conference, organized by our Department, will address the creation of a DNA-based identification system for every species living in Switzerland and/or preserved in Swiss collections.
The conference will be held at the University of Geneva, Sciences II, room A150. Participation is open.
Please confirm your attendance to Pascale.Larcher.
Program
Café & croissants (10.00 – 10.30)
10.30 – Introduction
10.40 – Paul Hebert, International Barcode of Life
11.20 – Gerhard Haszprunar, Barcoding Fauna Bavarica
11.50 – Lorenzo Lombard, European Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Lunch break (12.30 – 13.30)
13.30 - Martijn Holterman (ACW) The Role of ACW in QBOL: Coordination of Nematode Barcoding and other Activities
13.50 - Alexandre Aebi (ART) Gut-Content Barcoding and Environmental Risk Assessment
14.10 - Carolina Cornejo (WSL) Applying DNA barcoding to crustose lichens: two or more at one stroke
14.30 – Sophia Caetano (CJB) The use of plant DNA barcodes in herbarium collections.
14.50 - Marco Bernasconi (UniZü) DNA barcoding of flies
15.10 - Enrique Lara (UniNe) Soil eukaryotic diversity: a new world under our shoes
Coffee break (15.30 – 16.00)
16.00 – 17.30 – Round table discussion
Aperitif (17.30 – 18.00)