DanBIF Conference
DanBIF Conference
Biodiversity Informatics and the Barcode of Life

Folder Programme

   
  DateMay 29-30, 2007
  Time9.00 - 23.00 / 09.00 - 17.00
  PlaceLakeside Lecture Theatres Sø-Auditorierne, Building 1252, Bartholins Allé, Aarhus University campus, 8000 Århus C
   
 May 29DNA BARCODING AND TAXONOMY
 Chairpersons:Gitte Petersen, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Henrik Balslev, Aarhus University, Denmark
   
 9.00 - 10.00Registration with coffee & tea
   
 10.00 - 11.00Opening of the symposium
  Keynote Lecturer: Quentin D. Wheeler (Arizona State University)
DNA Barcoding and Integrative Taxonomy

Discussion
   
 11.00 - 13.00Rob DeSalle (American Museum of Natural History)
The Use of DNA Barcoding in Taxonomy

Mark Blaxter (
Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK)
MOTU (
Molecular Operational Taxonomic Unit) and Barcoding

Discussion
   
 13.00 - 14.00Lunch - in the auditorial building  
   
 14.00 - 15.30Mark Y. Stoeckle (The Rockefeller University)
ABBI (All Birds Barcoding Initiative) Prospects and Goals

Robert D. Ward (CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart)
FISH-BOL (A Network to Assemble DNA Barcodes for 'All Fishes') – Prospects, Goals and Societal Importance
   
 15.30 - 16.00Coffee break
   
 16.00 - 17.00Robert Hanner (University of Guelph)
A New Paradigm for Natural History Collections

Discussion
   
 17.30 - 19.00Poster session (with beer) - next to the Mathematical Canteen
   
 19.00 - 23.00Dinner - Mathematical Canteen (Building 1536, Ny Munkegade)
  Dinner Speech:
Morten Meldgaard (Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen)
   
 May 30DNA BARCODING, APPLICATIONS AND THE NORDIC PERSPECTIVE
 Chairpersons:Ole Seberg, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Finn Borchsenius, Aarhus University, Denmark
   
 9.00 - 10.00Éamonn Ó Tuama (GBIF)
DNA Barcoding and GBIF – Linking Barcode Information to Specimen Data
    
 10.00 - 10.30Coffee break
   
 10.30 - 12.30Liselotte W. Andersen (National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark)
Possible applications of DNA barcoding in nature management: pros and cons

Aslak Jørgensen (DBL Institute for Health Research and Development)
DNA Barcoding of schistosome intermediate host snails

Eske Willerslev (Niels Bohr Institute and Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Ancient DNA and Barcoding

Gitte Petersen/Ole Seberg (The Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen)
How many genes does it take to barcode a plant?
   
 12.30 - 14.00Lunch - in the auditorial building
   
 14.00 - 15.00Malin Strand (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Barcoding and the inventory of Swedish marine invertebrates

Torbjørn Ekrem (Museum of Natural History and Archaeology, Trondheim, Norway)
DNA Barcoding: a valuable tool in taxonomy and identification of non-biting midges
    
 15.00 - 15.30Coffee break
   
 15.30 - 16.30Gunilla Ståhls-Mäkelä (Finnish Museum of Natural History)
Barcoding and COI sequence variability: examples from flies and mayflies

Fredrik Ronquist (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Sweden)
DNA barcoding and the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative
 
 16.30 - 17.00Summing up by organisers