Revision of Symposium: metabarcoding of environmental samples from Tue, 2013-04-23 08:37

<img align="right" class="media-image attr__typeof__foaf:Image img__fid__90 img__view_mode__file_styles_medium attr__format__file_styles_medium" height="165" id="5" src="http://bebol.myspecies.info/sites/bebol.myspecies.info/files/styles/medi... title="DSCF9747.JPG" typeof="foaf:Image" width="220" />A one-day symposium on metagenomics and environmental DNA took place on Friday 19 April 2013 in Brussels. This symposium was organised by the <a href="http://jemu.myspecies.info/">Joint Experimental Molecular Unit</a> of the <a href="http://www.naturalsciences.be/">Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)</a> and of the <a href="http://www.africamuseum.be/home">Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA)</a>, the <a href="http://www.inbo.be/">Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)</a> and the <a href="http://www.provant.be/bestuur/departementen/leefmilieu/pih/">Provincial Institute for Hygiene (PIH-Antwerpen).</a>
In total, 93 participants from more than 30 institutions attended the symposium.
Date: Friday, 19 April 2013 – 9:00-17:00
Symposium venue:  <a href="http://www.naturalsciences.be/">Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences</a>, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. 
Invited speakers:
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<a href="http://www.spygen.fr/">Eva BELLEMAIN (Spygen)</a>: eDNA as a tool for biodiversity assessments : what’s next ?</li>
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<a href="http://www.mn.uio.no/cees/english/people/researcher-postdoc/sanneb/">Sanne BOESSENKOOL (University of Oslo)</a>: title to be announced.</li>
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<a href="http://www.inbo.be/">Peter BREYNE (Research Institute for Nature and Forest)</a>: Validating metabarcoding of aquatic biota as a tool in biodiversity research.</li>
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<a href="http://www.uni-goettingen.de/">Rolf DANIEL (University of Göttingen – Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology)</a>: Metagenomics -  a way to assess and exploit unknown taxonomic and functional microbial diversity.</li>
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<a href="http://www.ravon.nl/">Jelger HERDER (Reptielen Amfibieën Vissen Onderzoek Nederland)</a>: Environmental DNA as a basis for species conservation.</li>
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<a href="http://geologi.snm.ku.dk/">Philip Francis THOMSEN (Natural History Museum of Denmark)</a>: Monitoring aquatic biodiversity using environmental DNA.</li>
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The symposium will end with a general discussion.</li>
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Program: 
9:00 – 9:30 coffee/tea 
9:30 – 9:35 Welcome 
9:35 – 10:20 Eva BELLEMAIN (Spygen – France): General introduction to the symposium 
10:20 – 11:05 Rolf DANIEL (University of Göttingen - Germany): Metagenomics -  a way to assess and exploit unknown taxonomic and functional microbial diversity. 
11:05 – 11:30 coffee/tea 
11:30 – 12:15 Philip Francis THOMSEN (Natural History Museum of Denmark - Denmark): Monitoring aquatic biodiversity using environmental DNA 
12:30 – 14:00 lunch 
14:00  – 14:45 Jelger HERDER (RAVON – The Netherlands) : Environmental DNA as a basis for species conservation 
14:45 – 15:30 Eva BELLEMAIN (Spygen - France): eDNA as a tool for biodiversity assessments : what’s next ? 
15:30 – 16:00 coffee/tea 
16:00 – 16:20  Peter BREYNE (INBO - Belgium) : Validating metabarcoding of aquatic biota as a tool in biodiversity research 
16:20 – 16:40 Discussion and closing remarks
Registration was free but mandatory (in order to arrange the coffee breaks and lunch).
Free coffee/tea and a lunch (sandwiches) were offered.
More information: Kurt Jordaens – Royal Museum for Central Africa – kurt.jordaens@africamuseum.be

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Revision of Symposium: metabarcoding of environmental samples from Tue, 2013-04-23 08:37