Next Generation Sequencing in Biodiversity Studies
A 1-day Mini-Symposium on December 9th, 2010
Venue: Auditorium (Pesthuis) NCB Naturalis (Darwinweg 2, Leiden)
Admission: free
Registration: by sending an e-mail to secretariaatonderzoek@ncbnaturalis.nl
Program
| 9.30 | Registration | |
| 9.45 | Opening (Jan van Tol) | |
| 9.55 | Pierre Taberlet: Keynote lecture: DNA metabarcoding: high throughput plant and animal identification | |
| 10.35 | Menno Schilthuizen, Dick Groenenberg & Paul Brakefield: Fishing for speciation genes in a land snail hybrid zone | |
| 10.55 | Ursula Jaros & Barbara Gravendeel: Population genetic analysis of Malagassy orchids | |
| 11.15 | Coffee break | |
| 11.45 | Barbara Gravendeel, Kris van der Gaag & József Geml: DNA barcoding of fossil dung fungi | |
| 12.05 | Jeremy Miller, Renske Schelfhorst & Menno Schilthuizen: 454-Sequencing and animal biodiversity assessment: Proof of Principle | |
| 12.25 | József Geml & Machiel E. Noordeloos: Biodiversity assessment of sand dune fungal communities along the North Sea Coast | |
| 12.45 | Eric Coissac: DNA metabarcoding: the bioinformatic point of view | |
| 12.50 | Lunch break + demonstrations | |
| 14.00 | Peter de Knijff: Keynote lecture: No more PCR!: The power of true single molecule sequencing | |
| 14.40 | Christian Boedeker: Photosynthesis without RuBisCO? The quest for chloroplast genes in the order Cladophorales (Chlorophyta) | |
| 15.00 | Tea break | |
| 15.30 | Freek Vonk & Pim Arntzen: Snake Genomics | |
| 15.50 | Janine Ziermann, Mike Richardson & Pim Arntzen: Salamander transcriptome sequencing for evo devo research | |
| 16.10 | Closing + demonstrations by:
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010