As part of the MarBOL (DNA Barcoding of Marine Biodiversity, see http://www.marinebarcoding.org/) effort, three workshops will be held during Spring 2009 to identify bottlenecks and facilitate coordination among active marine barcoding centers - especially those associated with Census of Marine Life (CoML) and Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) projects. The goal of the workshops is to accelerate progress, explore various applications of barcodes, including species identification, trophic analysis, use of microarrays, environmental sequencing, and metagenetics.

 

The MarBOL workshops will be held at three locations on the following dates:

 

EUROPE: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Bremerhaven, Germany. Dates: April 16 - 17, 2009

 

USA: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA, USA. Dates: April 30 - May 1, 2009

 

ASIA: Ocean Research Institute
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Dates: May 21 - 22, 2009

 

At each location, there will be a one day DNA Barcoding Symposium featuring invited keynote speakers, who will provide overviews on topics of general scientific interest and practical importance for the MarBOL effort. The Symposium will also include contributed talks by researchers from the region, and a student poster session. The language of all three workshops is English.

 

How to apply: Participation at the MarBOL workshop is by invitation. All interested researchers, staff, and students are invited to apply using the form available on the MarBOL (http://www.marinebarcoding.org/) project websites Limited funding is available to defray partial costs of workshop attendance for some participants; requests for consideration for travel support should be indicated on the application form.

Due date for applications: Applications will be reviewed as they are received; applications received by March 6, 2009 will receive full consideration.

 

Questions? Please contact:

 

Ann Bucklin
Professor and Head, Department of Marine Sciences
Director, Marine Sciences and Technology Center
University of Connecticut - Avery Point
1080 Shennecossett Road
Groton, CT 06340 USA
Tel. 860-405-9208; Fax 860-405-9153
Email: ann.bucklin@uconn.edu