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Title: Identification of protists used for evaluation of water quality
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: identification of ciliates, flagellates and amoeba used as bioindicators in water quality evaluation
Target level: amateur taxonomists, master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity:
Duration: 2 weeks (8 hrs per day)
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Wilhelm Foissner
University of Salzuburg Department of Organismal Biology, Hellbrunner Straße 34, 5020
E-mail of contact person: wilhelm.foissner@sbg.ac.at
URL:
Title: Chironomidae Identification courses (advanced level) on: Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, aquatic Heteroptera, Trichoptera, Chironomidae, Tipuloidea, Simuliidae, aquatic Coleoptera
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): University of Vienna in cooperation with: Natural History Museum Vienna, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Austrian Environmental Agency, University of Lüneburg
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: German
Content: morphology, taxonomy, identification, conservation, preservation, collecting, rearing, biology, ecology, relevant literature
Target level: high school students, master level, PhD level
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Ao. Univ.Prof. Dr. Johann Waringer
E-mail of contact person: johann.waringerq@univie.ac.at
URL:
Title: Wassermilben. Systematik und biologie - Water mites. Systematics and biology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: German (English/Italian possible)
Content: genus and species discrimination, life cycle stages, parasitism, groundwater biology
Target level: amateur taxonomists, undergraduates, master level, PhD level
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Reinhard Gerecke
Free-lance researcher with teaching contract at the Zoological Institute,
E-mail of contact person: reinhard.gerecke@uni-tuebingen.de
URL:
Title: Molecular Parasitology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Medical University of Vienna
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: German/English
Content: DNA isolation, PCR, DNA sequencing, computer assisted sequence analysis, multiple alignment, tree building methods
Target level: master level, PhD level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 4 days
Main person responsible for the training: Julia Walochnik
E-mail of contact person: julia.walochnik@meduniwien.ac.at
URL:
Title: Techniques for plant determination (for advanced students)
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: German
Content: Evaluation of the main character sets for determination of plants at different organisational level (algae, mosses, lichens, ferns, seed plants). Evaluation of available determination keys and floras from Europe, inclusively special keys for critical taxa (grasses, sedges, mosses, umbellifers, composites, etc.). Exercises in sampling techniques (floristics, herbaria) and determination of plants in the lab and field. Determination of plants at vegetative states.
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 4 ECTS (4 months)
Main person responsible for the training: Prof. Mag. Dr. Gerhard Karrer
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, Institute of Botany, Working group Ecomorphology and Systematics, Gregor Mendel Street 33, A-1180 Vienna, Austria
E-mail of contact person: gerhard.karrer@boku.ac.at
URL:
Title: Systematics, biology and ecology of middle european limnetic copepods
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: German
Content: morphology, anatomy, physiology, ecology, biogreography, taxonomy, bibliography used in taxonomy, technics used for identification
Target level: undergraduates, master level, PhD level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 3 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Santiago Gaviria-Melo
E-mail of contact person: santiago.gaviria@gmx.at
URL:
Title: Water beetles of
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: German
Content:
Target level: high school students, master level, PhD level, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Manfred Jäch
E-mail of contact person: manfred.jaech@nhm-wien.ac.at
URL:
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Title: Taxonomy of free-living marine nematodes
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content:
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1 month
Main person responsible for the training: W. Decraemer
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000
E-mail of contact person: Yves.Samyn@naturalsciences.be
URL:
Title: Taxonomy of Dolichopodidae (Insecta, Diptera)
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Dept. of Entomology
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content:
Target level:
Periodicity: on demand
Duration:
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Marc Pollet
(i) Institute for the Promotion of Innovation through Science and Technology (IWT-Vlaanderen), (ii)
E-mail of contact person: patrick.grootaert@naturalsciences.be
URL:
Title: Taxonomy and identification of the Rotifera
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Freshwater Laboratory
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English/Dutch/(French)
Content: identification, taxonomy of Rotifera (per taxon), methods and practices in rotifer taxonomy, nomenclature (general)
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: one time in the framework of a special occasion and on demand
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Hendrik Segers
Royal Belgian Institute of natural Sciences, Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Freshwater Laboratory, Vautierstraat 29, B - 1000
E-mail of contact person: hendrik.segers@naturalsciences.be
URL:
Title: Theoretical training course in contemporary taxonomy
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: The course is organised on a demand-driven basis. Previous courses have been held in
Language: French/English
Content: Module 1 Introduction to the Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI), Module 2 Biodiversity, the Tapestry of Life, Module 2 bis Introduction to the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Allies, Module 3 Meaning and Value of Species Concepts, Module 4 Schools of Classification, Module 5 Practical Exercise - Classification of Caminalcules, Module 6 Introduction to Cladistic Analysis, Module 7 Introduction to the History of Evolutionary Thought, Module 8 Introduction to Zoological Nomenclature, Module 9 Funding Sources for Taxonomy (hands on), Module 10 Introduction to Taxonomic Publication
Target level: PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Yves Samyn
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgian National Focal Point to the GTI, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
E-mail of contact person: yves.samyn@naturalsciences.be
URL:
Title: Morphology and systematics of the Chordata
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch (& partly in English)
Content: Introduction to systematics: examples, definitions, categories and methods of classification - Morphology and systematics of Fishes: classification of groups and general characters for each group - Systematics of the Tetrapoda
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 39 hrs in one semester
Main person responsible for the training: Jos Snoeks
E-mail of contact person: jos.snoeks@africamuseum.be; jos.snoeks@bio.kuleuven.be
URL: http://www.kuleuven.be/onderwijs/aanbod/syllabi/G0269AN.htm
Title: Introductory workshop in Geometric Morphometrics
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: landmarkbased GMM
Target level: master level, PhD level
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 3 days
Main person responsible for the training: Andrea Cardini
E-mail of contact person: dominique.adriaens@ugent.be
URL:
Title: FishBase and fish taxonomy training
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: alternately English/French
Content: 3 main parts: lectures and exercices on the detailed use of FishBase, lectures covering different ichthyological subjects (taxonomy, feeding ecology, reproduction,...), case study of a taxonomic problem
Target level: master level, PhD level, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 3 months
Main person responsible for the training:
E-mail of contact person: jos.snoeks@africamuseum.be; jos.snoeks@bio.kuleuven.be
URL: http://www.africamuseum.be/research/cooperation/research/cooperation/developcooperation/stages/stagegroup
Title: Microbial diversity and taxonomy (Prokaryotes)
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: Bacteria, Archaea, prokaryotic diversity, classification
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 27 hrs, 5 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Paul De Vos
E-mail of contact person: anne.willems@ugent.be
URL: http://www.opleidingen.ugent.be/studiegids/2007/EN/FACULTY/WE/COURSE/CHBIOL/00000009/INDEX.HTM
Title: Capacity building for the Global Taxonomy Initiative
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Belgian Consortium of Taxonomic Institutions, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences /
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English/French
Content: seed money is available for institutions or individuals from developing countries in need of taxonomic and curatorial training.
Target level: PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: call open one to twice a year
Duration: 2 weeks to 2 months (training)
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Yves Samyn
E-mail of contact person:
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgian National Focal Point to the GTI, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
URL: http://bch-cbd.naturalsciences.be/belgium/cooperation/projects/gti/eligible.htm
Title: Systématique et évolution des plantes
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Université Libre de Bruxelles
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: French
Content: speciation mechanisms in plants, angiosperm phylogeny, evolutionary genetics, floristics, use of standard floras
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 6 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Prof. Jean Lejoly
E-mail of contact person: jlejoly@ulb.ac.be
URL:
Title: Plant taxonomy
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Ghent University
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch
Content: plant taxonomy, plant families, ethnobotany, taxonomy of useful plants
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 10 days
Main person responsible for the training: Prof. Dr. Ir. Patrick Van Damme
E-mail of contact person: Patrick.VanDamme@ugent.be
URL:
Title: Les abeilles (Apoidea) en Afrique tropicale et relations avec la flore
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: French
Content: bees Apoidea pollination declin
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians,
Periodicity: one time in the framework of a special occasion
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Pauly Alain
Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Département Entomologie, Rue Vautier 29, B-1000 Bruxelles,
E-mail of contact person: alain.pauly@brutele.be
URL:
Title: Individual and institutional capacity building in taxonomy and collection management
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: French/English
Content: Global Taxonomy Initiative, biodiversity, species concepts, classification schools, cladistics, nomenclature, evolution, writing a taxonomic paper, taxonomic tools, financing, databases, convention on biological diversity, clearing-house mechanism
Target level: PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians, occasionally parataxonomists
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 1 week theoretical course + 1 to 5 weeks practical training
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Yves Samyn
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000
E-mail of contact person: yves.samyn@naturalsciences.be
URL:
Title: General entomology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: French
Content: Taxa specially addressed in the courses are arthropods in human settlements, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Odonata, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, + diverse subjects pending of timing
Target level: amateur taxonomists, high school students, undergraduates, master level
Periodicity: when at least two students are registered
Duration: Theory is 2.5 hrs a week for 6 weeks, and practice is 3 hrs a week for 5 weeks.
Main person responsible for the training: Michèle Loneux
E-mail of contact person: loneuxmichele@skynet.be
URL:
Title: Biology and identification of household pests
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Pest Control Training Association vzw
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch/French/English
Content: identification of taxa (order, species)
Target level: specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 32 hrs
Main person responsible for the training: P. Grootaert
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000
E-mail of contact person: Patrick.Grootaert@naturalsciences.be
URL:
Title: Biodiversity data management training course
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning (MarBEF) EU Network of Excellence; International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) programme of IOC/UNESCO
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Project office of IOC in Oostende
Language: English
Content: general principles of relational database management, general principles of data management, nomenclature, georeferencing, quality control, tracing and assessing information in publications and on the web
Target level: specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Edward Vanden Berghe
E-mail of contact person: wardvdb@vliz.be
URL: http://www.marbef.org/training/docs/marbef_T07_5_biodiversity_data_management.pdf
Title: Evolutie en fylogenie
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Hasselt University
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch
Content: evolution, population genetics, phylogenetics, nomenclature, tree of life
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 8 weeks, 1 day a week
Main person responsible for the training: Tom Artois
Dept. SBG, Agoralaan Gebouw D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
E-mail of contact person: tom.artois@uhasselt.be
URL: http://www.uhasselt.be/stGids/default.aspx?a=2006&i=0257&n=4&t=01
Title: Introduction to genetics and population genetics
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): University of Antwerp, Dept. of Biology
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch
Content: (1) Mendelian inheritance (+ taxonomic relevance thereof), (2) deviations from Mendelian inheritance such as pleiotropy, epistasis, multiple alleles, lethal alleles, extranuclear inheritance (mtDNA,cpDNA, Wolbachia, plasmids), maternal effect genes, genomic imprinting, environmental effects and plasticity, (3) Chromosomal theory of inheritance, (4) Linkage (5) developmental genetics, (6) sex determination, (7) molecular basis of inheritance, (8) genes in populations (Hardy-Weinberg, Linkage disequilibrium, inbreeding, drift, mutation , migration, selection), (8) polygenic traits and inheritance (heritability, genetic correlations, reaction norms, maternal effects)
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 40 hrs
Main person responsible for the training: Thierry Backeljau
Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
E-mail of contact person: Thierry.Backeljau@naturalsciences.be
URL:
Title: Behoud en beheer van collecties / Conservation et gestion des collections
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): OFO/IFA,
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch/French
Content: Preventive conservation of collections: collection environment/storage/IPM/registration/documentation/handling/distaster planning/security. Collections: all type of collections (zoological collections, geology, books, photographical material, textile, paintings,...).
Target level: technicians
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 3.5-4.5 days
Main person responsible for the training: I. Van de Velde
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29
E-mail of contact person: Isa.Vandevelde@naturalsciences.be
URL:
Title: Afrotropical Lepidoptera
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English/French/Dutch
Content: Lepidoptera,
Target level: specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 2 weeks
Main person responsible for the training: Dall'Asta, Ugo
E-mail of contact person: dallasta@africamuseum.be
URL:
Title: African biodiversity information center
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: French/English
Content:
Target level: PhD level, specialists / professionals, technicians, based on quality of the project submitted
Periodicity: according to answers from a yearly call
Duration: max 2 months
Main person responsible for the training: Mylène De Scheemaecker
E-mail of contact person: muriel.van.nuffel@africamuseum.be
URL: http://www.africamuseum.be/research/cooperation/research/cooperation/developcooperation/stages/visits
Title: African Biodiversity Centre Grants for scientific study visits
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Belgian Consortium of Taxonomic Institutions,
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English/French
Content: focussed mostly on research and additional training where required: study of the RMCA collections and/or having access to the expertise of RMCA scientists.
Target level: PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: call open twice a year
Duration: 3-8 weeks
Main person responsible for the training:
E-mail of contact person:
URL: http://www.africamuseum.be/research/cooperation
Title: African arachnids
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): African Biodiversity Information Centre (ABIC)
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English/French/Dutch
Content: arachnology, collecting, distance sampling, density
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: according to answers from a yearly call
Duration: 3-4 weeks
Main person responsible for the training: Rudy Jocqué
E-mail of contact person: jocque@africamuseum.be
URL:
Title: Systematics of fishes (part of course 'Biology of Aquatic Organisms')
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Universiteit Gent -
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Catholic University Leuven, Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology
Language: English
Content: Fish (teleosts), biology, systematics, cladistics, evolution, anatomy
Target level: master level, postgraduates
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 4 days
Main person responsible for the training: Jos Snoeks (for the part 'Systematics of Fishes')
E-mail of contact person: jos.snoeks@africamuseum.be; jos.snoeks@bio.kuleuven.be
URL: http://www.aquaculture.ugent.be//et/et.htm
Title: (1) General systematics and molecular phylogeny (2) Identification of plant-parasitic nematodes
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content:
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: resp. 3 ECTS and 6 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: W. Decraemer
E-mail of contact person: Nic.Smol@Ugent.be
URL:
Title: DNA barcoding, use of DNA in taxonomy, molecular phylogenetic analysis
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vertebrate Dept.
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content:
Target level: master level, PhD level, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: one time in the framework of a special occasion
Duration: 4-6 weeks
Main person responsible for the training: Erik Verheyen
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstaat 29, 1000
E-mail of contact person: erik.verheyen@naturalsciences.be
URL:
Title: MSc in ecological marine management
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Vrije Universiteit Brussels
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: ECOMAMA is an inter-university programme in ecological marine management.
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity:
Duration: 2 years
Main person responsible for the training:
E-mail of contact person: ecomama@vub.ac.be
URL: http://www.ecomama.be/
Title: Postgraduate international nematology course
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: The course is designed to give participants a thorough basis, practical skill and updated knowledge in all aspects of plant parasitic, insect parasitic, as well as free living soil and aquatic nematodes
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 1 year
Main person responsible for the training: Nic Smol (Nematology Course Coordinator), Prof. Dr. E. Geraert (Nematology Course Director)
E-mail of contact person: nic.smol@rug.ac.be
URL: http://www.pinc.ugent.be/
Title: Introduction in tropical mycology (macromycetes), essentials in collecting, description, photography, taxonomy, identification and herbarium techniques. Field training.
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch/French/English
Content: African Fungi, macromycetes, taxonomy & identification, collecting & herbarium techniques, description & photography, microscopy & drawing, conservation & collection management
Target level: master level, technicians but adaptable
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 2-3 weeks
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Andre De Kesel, Dr. Jérôme Degreef
E-mail of contact person: adk@br.fgov.be, degreef@br.fgov.be
Domein van Bouchout, B-1860 Meise, Belgium
URL:
Title: Introduction to wood biology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Royal Museum for Central Africa, Laboratory for Wood Biology and Xylarium
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English/French/Dutch
Content: wood anatomy, cambial activity, tree growth, carbon sequestration, sustainable development, sustained yield of forest products, timber quality
Target level: specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: at least 2 days
Main person responsible for the training: Hans Beeckman
E-mail of contact person: hans.beeckman@africamuseum.be
Royal Museum for Central Africa, Laboratory for Wood Biology and Xylarium, Leuvense steenweg 13, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium
URL:
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Title: Plant evolution and taxonomy
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Bulgarian
Content: systematics, phytocenology, floristics, florogenetic, analysis
Target level: amateur taxonomists, undergraduates, master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 3 months
Main person responsible for the training: Assoc. Prof. Dolya Pavlova
E-mail of contact person: pavlova@biofac.uni-sofia.bg
URL:
Title: Taxonomy, morphology, ecology and biogeography of Myriapoda (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) with emphasis on the orders Callipodida and Lithobiomorpha
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): National Museum of Natural History
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Bulgarian/English
Content:
Target level: master level, PhD level
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1 month
Main person responsible for the training: Pavel Stoev
National
E-mail of contact person:
URL:
Title: Taxonomical problems of spiders of
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Bulgarian
Content: Arachnida: Araneae,
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates
Periodicity: organised for PhD students
Duration: 1 month
Main person responsible for the training: Christo Deltshev
Institute of Zoology - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
E-mail of contact person: cdeltshev@zoology.bas.bg
URL:
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Title: Taxonomy and nomenclature in palaeobotany
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Faculty of Sciences,
Language: Czech, may be in English
Content: palaeobotany, fossil plants, morphology, morphotaxa, nomenclature of fossil plants
Target level: high school students, undergraduates, master level, PhD level
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 3 days
Main person responsible for the training: Jiri Kvacek
E-mail of contact person: jiri.kvacek@nm.cz
URL:
Title: Molecular taxonomy
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Czech
Content: molecular taxonomy techniques, molecular distances, tree constructions methods (distances, characters), evaluation of trees, concordance with other characters
Target level: undergraduates, master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 35 hrs
Main person responsible for the training: Prof. Jaroslav Flegr
E-mail of contact person:
URL: http://natur.cuni.cz/flegr/TEACHING/moltaxmater.htm
Title: Determination course of Cyanobacteria
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: Cyanobacteria from freshwater plankton, periphyton, aerical, soil and extreme biotopes
Target level: PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: five days
Main person responsible for the training: Prof. Jiøí Komárek, Dr.Sc.
E-mail of contact person: hanys@bf.jcu.cz
URL: http://www.phycology.cz/DCC
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Title: Entomology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Danish/English (if just one non-Scandinavian student attends)
Content: Introduction & generalities about arthropods. What is systematic/evolutionary entomology about? An outline of arthropod structure and diversity. The tools of the trade. HEXAPODA, general morphology: integument & associated structures, head & thor. How the machinery of the hexapod body ticks: sensing, feeding and moving HEXAPODA, general morphology: abdomen and internal organ. How the machinery of the hexapod body ticks: fuelling and reproducing. SPRINGTAILS, SILVERFISH etc. (apterygote hexapods). Evolution of structural and life-history traits associated with being a ‘soil arthropod’. Pterygota, generalities; MAYFLIES (Ephemeroptera), DRAGONFLIES (Odonata). The development of wings and its far-reaching evolutionary consequences. Divergent habitat invasion of immatures and adults. Hexapods adapting to the aquatic environment. Fossil evidence on early evolution of winged insects ‘
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 7.5 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Niels P. Kristensen
E-mail of contact person: npkristensen@snm.ku.dk
URL: http://www.zmuc.dk/EntoWeb/entomologi.htm
Title: Biogeography and macroecology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: distribution patterns of plants and animals, global change ecology, plate tectonics, island biogeography, biodiversity patterns, biomes of the world
Target level: undergraduates, master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 5 hrs/week during 14 weeks, 10 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Jens-Christian Svenning
E-mail of contact person: svenning@biology.au.dk
URL:
Title: Zoological taxonomy
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): The Royal Danish Academy of fine Arts,
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Danish
Content: Higher taxonomic levels in animals using morphological and DNA characters. Cladistic methods are used to define the groups.
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 90 hrs
Main person responsible for the training: Arne Redsted Rasmussen
The
E-mail of contact person: arr@kons.dk
URL:
Title: Identification of ectomycorrhizal fungi - from environmental samples to DNA sequences
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): University of Copenhagen, Biological Institute (main organiser). Additional organisers: Swedish Agricultural University in
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: 1) Collection, morphological identification, preservation and taking samples for molecular analysis from fungal sporocarps and ectomycorrhizal root tips. 2) DNA extraction, PCR, sequencing, sequence analysis 3) Using DNA sequences for identification using sequence databases.
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates
Periodicity: in connection with Norforsk network grants
Duration: 12 days
Main person responsible for the training: Rasmus Kjoller
Biological Institute,
E-mail of contact person: rasmusk@bi.ku.dk
URL: http://www.bi.ku.dk/microbiology/ectofungi/
Title: (1) Diversity of animals and plants (2) Botany of cultivated plants (3) Cultivated plants: diversity and phylogeny (4) Botany project (5) Herbarium
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Danish (may change to English)
Content: morphology, diversity, classification, characters, species recognition, collection
Target level: undergraduates, master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: each course is 7.5 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Conny B. Asmussen-Lange
E-mail of contact person: con@kvl.dk
URL:
Title: Plantdiversity
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English (or Danish if only Danish participants)
Content:
Target level: master level, PhD level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 6 hrs/week during 14 weeks, 10 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Henrik Balslev
E-mail of contact person: henrik.balslev@biology.au.dk
URL:
Title: Phylogenetic systematics and alignment (the last subject changes. Last time the course was given it was Phylogenetic systematics and historical biogeography)
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Natural History Museum of Denmark
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: phylogenetic theory, characters and character coding, tree building techniques, tree statistics and tree support, character tracing and character manipulation, character weighting, partitioned versus combined analysis, bayesian inference, alignment
Target level: PhD level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 2 weeks full time
Main person responsible for the training: Ole Seberg
E-mail of contact person: oles@snm.ku.dk
URL: http://www.bi.ku.dk/coursedocs/phylo/index.asp
Title: Phylogenetic and molecular methods
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Danish/English
Content:
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 7.5 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Gitte Petersen
E-mail of contact person:
URL:
Title: Marine phytoplankton, with reference to toxic species
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Phycology Group, Dept. of Biology in collaboration with IOC/UNESCO science and Communication Centre of Harmful Algae located at the premises of the group
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Danish/English
Content: taxonomy, ecology, biogeography, toxicity, spreading
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on a regular basis and on demand
Duration: often 7,5 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Øjvind Moestrup together with the staff at the IOC Centre and the Phycology Group
E-mail of contact person: moestrup@bi.ku.dk
URL:
Title:
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Natural History Museum of Denmark
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Danish/English
Content:
Target level: PhD level
Periodicity:
Duration:
Main person responsible for the training:
E-mail of contact person: isobis@biology.au.dk
URL: http://www.isobis.org/
Title: Dansk floristik - Danish floristics
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Danish
Content: plant identification incl. vegetative identification, nomenclature, labelling collections
Target level: undergraduates, master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 7.5 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Bo Johansen
E-mail of contact person: Boj@bi.ku.dk
URL:
Title: Comparative evolutionary zoology (Zoomorphology)
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): University of Copenhagen, Biological Institute, Dept. of Cell Biology and Comparative Zoology
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: metazoan morphology, metazoan phylogeny, comparative physiology, functional morphology, phylogenetic techniques, relation between taxonomy and phylogeny
Target level: master level, PhD level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 2 months - 7,5 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Jens T. Høeg
E-mail of contact person: jthoeg@bi.ku.dk
URL: http://www.sis.ku.dk/lp/VisKursus.asp?Knr=82588&Sprog=DK&InFrame=0
Title: Applied biodiversity
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Technical University of Denmark
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Danish
Content: classification and cladification, nomenclature, identification (keys and DNA sequence methods), biodiversity of bacteria, archaea and fungi, the Rio Convention, intellectual properties etc., extremophiles and ecology, biotechnological applications
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 5 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Jens C. Frisvad
E-mail of contact person: jcf@biocentrum.dtu.dk
URL:
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): The Technical University of Denmark, Bio-Centrum
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: phylogeny, 16s diversity analysis, marker genes, biodiversity
Target level: master level, PhD level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 4 hrs/week during 13 weeks
Main person responsible for the training: Thomas Sicheritz-Ponten
Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Department of Biotechnology The
E-mail of contact person: thomas@cbs.dtu.dk
URL: http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/dtucourse/metagenomics/
Title: Systematic entomology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Natural History Museum of Denmark
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Danish
Content:
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity:
Duration:
Main person responsible for the training: Niels P. Kristensen
E-mail of contact person: npkristensen@snm.ku.dk
URL: http://www.zmuc.dk/EntoWeb/entomologi.htm
Title: Field course in Arctic biology, Arctic Station,
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Natural History Museum of Denmark
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language:
Content:
Target level: PhD level
Periodicity: every even year
Duration: 28 days
Main person responsible for the training: Prof. Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen
E-mail of contact person: rmkristensen@snm.ku.dk
URL:
Title: variable
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): International School of Biodiversity Studies (ISOBIS) participating institutions
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: course program for PhD students within the field of biodiversity sciences (also includes basic taxonomy courses)
Target level: master level
Periodicity: variable
Duration: variable
Main person responsible for the training:
E-mail of contact person:
Title: Mycological field course - identification, ecology and communication
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English/Danish
Content: identification, taxonomy, autecology, communication
Target level: master level, PhD level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Ulrik Søchting
University of Copenhagen, Department of Biology, Section of Microbiology, Farimagsgade 2D, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark
E-mail of contact person: ulriks@bi.ku.dk
URL: http://sis.ku.dk/lp/viskursus.asp?knr=75925&inframe=0&sprog=ects
Title: Vertebrate palaeontology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: evolution of vertebrates
Target level: undergraduates, master level
Periodicity: held last year, but not renewed
Duration: 9 hrs
Main person responsible for the training: Gilles Cuny
University of Copenhagen, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Geological Museum, Øster Voldgade 5-7, 1350 Copenhagen K,Denmark
E-mail of contact person: gilles@snm.ku.dk
URL:
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Finland
Title: Essential cladistics
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: phylogeny parsimony
Target level: undergraduates, master level, PhD level
Periodicity: on average every other year
Duration: 3-5 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Jaakko Hyvönen
E-mail of contact person: jaakko.hyvonen@helsinki.fi
URL: http://www.helsinki.fi/~jhyvonen/ec05
Title: (1) Lichen and bryophyte biology (2) Lichen and moss taxonomy, floristics and systematics (3) Herbarium taxonomy
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Finnish/English
Content: cryptogam taxonomy, herbarium practices, nomenclature, floristics
Target level: undergraduates, master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 2 weeks
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Johannes Enroth (bryophytes)
Department of Biological and Environmental
E-mail of contact person: johannes.enroth@helsinki.fi
URL:
Title: Insect taxonomy, especially Coleoptera. Insect pests in museums. Presentation of different insect groups (orders, important smaller insect groups, species level).
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Zoological museum,
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Besides own institution training has been provided in collaborative institutions.
Language: Finnish/Swedish/English
Content: Insects, Coleoptera, Museum pests, taxonomy, faunistics
Target level: general public, amateur taxonomists, high school students, undergraduates, master level, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: one time in the framework of a special occasion and on demand
Duration: 26, 13, 1-2 hrs depending on item
Main person responsible for the training: Olof Biström
Zoological museum, PB 26 (Teollisuuskatu 23) FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
E-mail of contact person: olof.bistrom@helsinki.fi
URL:
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France
Title: Systématique et évolution (SE), Spécialité "Systématique, évolution et paléontologie (SEP)", MSc Evolution, Patrimoine Naturel et Sociétés
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie (
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: French
Content:
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 1 year, 60 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Pascal Tassy (MNHN), Jean Broutin (UPMC Paris 6)
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, 75 231
E-mail of contact person: ptassy@mnhn.fr, Jean.Broutin@snv.jussieu.fr
URL: click here
Title: Acarological cursus
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Société des Acarologues de Langue Française (SIALF), Paris
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Variable (e.g.
Language: French (sometimes English)
Content: morphology, (micro)evolution, ecology, applied aspects (e.g. mites of economic importance)
Target level: PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on demand, usually every two years
Duration: usually 2 weeks
Main person responsible for the training: Variable according to the place (e.g. Prof. J Deunff,
E-mail of contact person: jean.deunff@univ-rennes1.fr
URL:
Title: Structure et histoire paléontologique des grands clades de Métazoaires (PALEOMET). MSc Systématique, paléontologie et évolution
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie (
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: French
Content: phylogeny, systematics, evolution, history of life, palaeobiogeography, anatomy
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 3 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Pascal Tassy
E-mail of contact person: ptassy@mnhn.fr
URL: http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/science/science/Enseignement/rubmastere/sspresentmaster.xsp
Title: Analyse à trois éléments : systématique et biogéographie
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie (
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: French/English
Content: cladistics, three-item analysis, area cladistics, formalization of knowledge
Target level: master level, PhD level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 1 week, 35 hrs
Main person responsible for the training: René Zaragüeta
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Laboratoire Informatique et Systématique (LIS),, UMR 5143, Paléobiodiversité et Paléoenvironnements Équipe Systématique, Recherche Informatique et Structuration des Cladogrammes, 12 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris (France), France
E-mail of contact person: rzb@ccr.jussieu.fr
URL:
Title: Expertise faune flore, inventaires et indicateurs de la biodiversité (E2F), Spécialité "Systématique, Evolution et Paléontologie (SEP)", Master " Evolution, Patrimoine Naturel et Sociétés"
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie (
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: French
Content: project management, legal aspects, stakeholders, GIS, private consultancy, sampling methods, ecology and conservation, communication, inventories & monitoring, taxonomy
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 1 year, 60 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Jacques Bardat
E-mail of contact person: bardat@mnhn.fr
URL: http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/enSup/8070_plaquette_parcours_e2f.pdf
Title: Paléontologie et évolution (PE), Spécialité "Systématique, évolution et paléontologie (SEP)", MSc Evolution, patrimoine naturel et sociétés
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie (
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: French
Content:
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 1 year, 60 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Pascal Tassy (MNHN), Jean Broutin (UPMC Paris 6)
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, 75 231
E-mail of contact person: ptassy@mnhn.fr, Jean.Broutin@snv.jussieu.fr
URL: click here
Title: Informatique appliquée à la Biodiversité (IAB), Spécialité "Systématique, évolution et paléontologie (SEP)", MSc Evolution, Patrimoine Naturel et Sociétés
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie (
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: French
Content:
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 1 year, 60 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Régine Vignes Lebbe
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, 75 231
E-mail of contact person: nadia.foka@upmc.fr
URL: click here
Title: Phylogenie informatisée. Analyse des données morphologiques
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie (
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: French
Content: systematic, cladistic, parcimonious software, amniotes, morphology, hierarchical methodology
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 30 ECTS, 1 full week
Main person responsible for the training: M. Hervé Lelièvre
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 8 rue Buffon, CP 38 -75231
E-mail of contact person: lelievre@mnhn.fr
URL:
Title: Taphonomie
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: French
Content: taphonomy, palaeoecology, owl pellets assemblages, archaeology, archaeozoology, diagenesis, fossilisation, anthropisation
Target level: high school students, master level, PhD level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 30 ECTS,
Main person responsible for the training: Christiane Denys
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Department Systematics & Evolution USM601 - CP51 UMR5202 Origin, structure and evolution of Biodiversity, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris cedex 05, France
E-mail of contact person:
URL:
Title: (1) Biodiversité et zoologie marines (BioZoom) (UE 406) (2) Stage interuniversitaire d'écologie et de zoologie marine (SIZEM= UE 406+412)
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie (
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Station Biologique de Roscoff
Language: French
Content: biology and ecology of the species
Target level: master level, specialists / professionals, for any workers that need this knowledge
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: (1) 2 weeks, 60 ECTS (Biozoom); (2) 4 weeks, 120 ECTS (SIZEM)
Main person responsible for the training: Ann Andersen (BioZoom), Franck Gentil (SIZEM)
Observatoire Oceanologique de l'Universite
E-mail of contact person: andersen@sb-roscoff.fr
URL: http://www.sb-roscoff.fr
Title: Diversity of marine algae
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): University Pierre et Marie Curie, Station Biologique de Roscoff
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: French
Content: diversity of macroalgae, hands-on work on macroalgae samples, elements of ecology of macroalgae, elements of phylogeny of algae, identification of algae
Target level: undergraduates, master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 12 days
Main person responsible for the training: Nathalie Simon
University
E-mail of contact person: simon@sb-roscoff.fr
URL: http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/Enseignement/dam_ete.php
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Germany
Title: Invertebrate systematics
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Museum Koenig,
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: German/ English
Content: beta and gamma taxonomy, determination of species collected in the field, basic nomenclature rules
Target level: high school students, master level
Periodicity: once a year
Duration: 1 month
Main person responsible for the training: J. W. Waegele
Museum Alexander Koenig and University
E-mail of contact person:
URL:
Title: Die Methoden-Vielfalt der molekularen Systematik vorgestellt
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Botanischer Garten und
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: German
Content: workshop der AG Junge Systematiker – "Methoden-Vielfalt in der molekularen Systematik: Einführung und Überblick
Target level:
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 1 month
Main person responsible for the training:
E-mail of contact person:
URL: http://biosys-serv.biologie.uni-ulm.de/gfbs/Fachgruppen/Jungesystem/3werkstattVeran.html
Title: Workshop- workshop on
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Universities and research Organizations
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organizer: Alfred Weigner Institute,
Language: English
Content: general lectures on zooplankton collection and analyses, identification of important taxa, species identification of selected taxa
Target level: undergraduates, postgraduates, technicians
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 2 weeks
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Vijayalakshmi R. Nair, Retired Senior Scientist, National Institute Oceanography, Consultant in Marine Biology
E-mail of contact person: jhugget@deat.gov.za
URL:
Title: Biological resource management and training
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): German Resource Centre for Biological Material (DSMZ)
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: Most applicants are seeking information on modern prokaryote systematics, coming with their own unidentified material, leaving with the assessment of phylogenetic relatedness and (in many cases) a description suitable for publication
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: between 2 days and several months
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Erko Stackebrandt
German Resource Centre for Biological Material (DSMZ), German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultured, Inhoffenstr. 7B, 38124
E-mail of contact person: erko@dsmz.de
URL:
Title: Botanical identification using keys
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Freie Universität
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: German
Content: botany, morphology, field work
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 2 hrs/week
Main person responsible for the training: Birgit Gemeinhlozer
Freie Universität
E-mail of contact person:
URL:
Title: Botanische bestimmungsübungen - Practicals of botanic determination
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Freie Universität
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: German
Content:
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 30 hrs, 60 hrs preparation + learning
Main person responsible for the training: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Hilger
Freie Universität
E-mail of contact person:
URL:
Title: Einführung in die spinnenbestimmung - Introduction to the spider determination
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): AraDet, Office of arachnological determination
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Naturschutzgebiet Heiliges Meer, Naturschutzgebiet Rieselfelder Münster
Language: German
Content:
Target level: general public, amateur taxonomists, high school students, undergraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1-4 days
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Martin Kreuels
AraDet, Office of arachnological determination, Alexander-Hammer-Weg 9, 48161 D-Muenster, Germany
E-mail of contact person: kreuels@bionetworx.de
URL: http://www.aradet.de
Title: Digital inking. Use of computers for perfect taxonomic illustrations.
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Museum für Naturkunde
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: illustration technique, digital drawing
Target level: amateur taxonomists, master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 2 days
Main person responsible for the training: Charles Oliver Coleman
Museum für Naturkunde (
E-mail of contact person: oliver.coleman@museum.hu-berlin.de
URL:
Title: Chironomid larvae and pupal exuviae. Identification and ecology.
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): OrendtHydrobiologie, WaterBioAssessment
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: inviting institution
Language: English/German
Content: taxonomy, morphology, identification and identification techniques, taxonomic forms, first steps
Target level: amateur taxonomists, high school students, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 3-5 days
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Claus Orendt
OrendtHydrobiologie WaterBioAssessment, Arndtstraße 63 HHS, 04275
E-mail of contact person: orendt@hydro-bio.de
URL:
Title: Taxonomy of recent Dinophyta
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Deutsches Zentrum für marine Biodiversitätsforschung, Wattenmeerstation Sylt des Alfred-Wegener-Instituts für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: taxonomy of recent dinophytes, morphology, life cycle, sexual reproduction, classification, nomenclature
Target level: high school students, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 7 days
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Malte Elbrächter
Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg Deutsches Zentrum für marine Biodiversitätsforschung Wattenmeerstation Sylt des Alfred-Wegener-Instituts für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Wattenmeerstation Sylt Hafentr. 43,
E-mail of contact person: melbraechter@awi-bremerhaven.de
URL:
Title: (1) Research into the evolution, phylogeny, systematics, and taxonomy of microalgae (this is for students wishing to obtain an academic degree in the biological sciences) (2) Field Courses "Diversity and Evolution of Algae" (separate courses for freshwater or marine algae)
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: German/English
Content: phylogenetic analysis, knowledge of the diversity of algae, ecology of algae, conservation, culture collections, evolution and systematics, species concepts, etc.
Target level: undergraduates, master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 5-14 days (full day)
Main person responsible for the training: Prof. Melkonian
Universität zu Köln (
E-mail of contact person: michael.melkonian@uni-koeln.de
URL:
Title: Taxonomischer kurs - Taxonomy
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Freie Universität
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: German/English
Content:
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 2 weeks
Main person responsible for the training: Walter Berendsohn, Norbert Kilian
Freie Universität
E-mail of contact person:
URL:
Title: (1) Modern and fossil Foraminifera (2) Applied micropaleontology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: biogeography, applied micropaleontology, biostratigraphy, biodiversity
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on a regular basis and on demand
Duration: 1-2 weeks
Main person responsible for the training: Prof. Dr. Martin Langer
E-mail of contact person: martin.langer@uni-bonn.de
URL: http://www.paleontology.uni-bonn.de/frame02.htm
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Title: Investigation of the taxonomy, zoogeography and phylogeny of the circum-Mediterranean fresh water shrimps of the genera Atyaephyra, Caridina and Dugastella
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Greek
Content:
Target level:
Periodicity:
Duration:
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Title: Systematic zoology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Eötvös University, Biological Institute, Dept. of Systematic Zoology
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Hungarian
Content: Classification and phylogeny of animals. Theories of taxonomy; phenetic, numerical, cladistical and evolutionary taxonomy. Relationship between Taxonomy and Systematics. Molecular biology methods in taxonomy. Mass extinctions. Characteristics of the kingdom Protista; classification of protozoan phyla; evolutionary relationships among the various protists, life cycles of some parasitic protists. Theories of origin of metazoans. Characteristics, phylogeny, adaptive radiation and classification of Porifera, Placozoa, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Nemertini, Kamptozoa, Nematoda, Gastrotricha, Rotatoria, Nematomorpha, Kinorhyncha, Acanthocephala, Priapulida, Mollusca, Gephirea, Annelida, Onychophora, Tardigrada, Arthropoda, Tentaculata, Brachiata, Homalopterygia, Hemichordata, Echinodermata phyla. General characteristics of Chordates. Main division of the Phylum Chordata. Characteristics, phylogeny, adaptive radiation and classification of the Subphylum Urochordata. Characteristics, phylogeny, adaptive radiation and classification of the Subphylum Cephalochordata. Origin of the Early Vertebrates. Characteristics, phylogeny, adaptive radiation and classification of the Classes Myxini, Cephalaspidimorphi, Chondrichtyes, Actinopterygii, Sarcopterygii. Early evolution of terrestrial vertebrates. Characteristics, phylogeny, adaptive radiation and classification of the Class Amphibia. Evolution of amniotes. Extinct reptilian groups. Characteristics, phylogeny, adaptive radiation and classification of the Class Anapsida. Characteristics, phylogeny, adaptive radiation and classification of the Class Diapsida. Origin of modern birds, adaptation to the flight, extinct species. Characteristics, phylogeny, adaptive radiation and classification of the Class Aves. Origin and evolution of mammals. Characteristics and classification of the Class Mammals. Adaptations and specialisations among mammals
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 60 ECTS lecture, and 90 ECTS practical course
Main person responsible for the training: Klára Dózsa-Farkas
E-mail of contact person: dfk66@freemail.hu
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Title: B.Sc. degree in Biology M.Sc. or Ph.D. degree in botany/plant ecology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Icelandic/English
Content:
Target level: undergraduates, master level
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 6 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Thora Ellen Thorhallsdottir
E-mail of contact person: theth@hi.is
URL:
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Title: (1) MSc in Biodiversity and conservation (2) PhD in Plant systematics
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content:
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates
Periodicity: on a regular basis and on demand
Duration: 60 ECTS for MSc, not specified for PhD
Main person responsible for the training: Prof. J. Parnell
Trinity College Dublin, School of Botany, School of Botany, Dublin 2, Ireland
E-mail of contact person: jparnell@tcd.ie
URL:
Title: CoBiD - Collections based biology in
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): National Museum of Ireland, Natural History in partnership with University College Dublin,
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science (lectures) and National Museum of Ireland - Natural History (practicals)
Language: English
Content:
Target level:
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Main person responsible for the training: Ms. Julia Sigwart
E-mail of contact person: julia.sigwart@ucd.ie
URL: http://www.ucd.ie/zoology/museum/
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Title: Principles and Methods of Phylogenetic Systematics
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Faculty of Science Degree ("Laurea") in Evolutionary Biology
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Italian
Content: the course is focused on systematics and phylogenetics
Target level: undergraduates, master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 50 hours, 25 lessons
Main person responsible for the training: Marco Oliverio
La Sapienza Rome University, Dept. of Animal and Human Biology, Viale dell'Università 32, 00185 Roma, Italy
E-mail of contact person: marco.oliverio@uniroma1.it
URL:
Title: 9th Advanced Phytoplankton Course- Taxonomy and Systematics
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Stazione Zoologica 'A. Dohrn'
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: marine phytoplankton, Bacillariophyceae, Dinophyceae, Prymensiophyceae, Prasinophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Cryptophyceae, cultivation, light microscopy, electron microscopy, phylogeny, molecular methods
Target level: PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: every 3-4 years, depending on time, space and money resources
Duration: 2 weeks
Main person responsible for the training: Adriana Zingone, Diana Sarno
Stazione Zoologica 'A. Dohrn', Villa Comunale, 80121
E-mail of contact person: zingone@szn.it, diana@szn.it
URL: http://www.szn.it/apc9
Title: Courses on the taxonomic identification of terrestrial invertebrates
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Stazione di Ecologia, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di
Language: Italian
Content: general systematic background, anatomy and external morphology of each group of invertebrates, main diagnostic features, collecting, mounting and preparing techniques, observation at the stereomicroscope
Target level: amateur taxonomists, undergraduates, master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: every two-three years
Duration: 40 hrs, 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Carla Corazza
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di
E-mail of contact person: c.corazza@comune.fe.it
URL: http://www.comune.fe.it/storianaturale
Title: The orthopteroid insects
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Not a fixed training but on demand by University, museums, public institutions
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Italian/Spanish
Content: orthopteroid insects, ecology, biology, ethology, bioacoustics, collection, preservation, identification, conservations
Target level: amateur taxonomists, PhD level, technicians
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 20 hrs
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Paolo Fontana
Entomologist Università di Padova Dipartimento Agronomia Ambientale e Produzioni Vegetali - Entomologia, AGRIPOLIS, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (Padova),
E-mail of contact person: paolo.fontana@unipd.it
URL:
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Title: Principles of zoological systematics
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language:
Content:
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 6 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Rimantas Rakauskas
E-mail of contact person: rimantas.rakauskas@gf.vu.lt
URL:
Title: Taxonomy of Pemphredoninae wasps
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English/Russian/Lithuanian
Content: taxonomy, identification, Pemphredoninae
Target level: specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1 day
Main person responsible for the training: E. Budrys
E-mail of contact person: ebudrys@ekoi.lt
URL:
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Title: Biodiversity and pattern analysis
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Universiteit Leiden
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch
Content: Systematic research and its applications, like biodiversity analysis on taxonomic level. Describing organisms scientifically, character analysis, making determination keys, interpreting classifications, making classifications with the aid of cladistic computer programmes.
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 12 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. M. Roos, Dr. P. van Welzen
E-mail of contact person: roos@nhn.leidenuniv.nl
Title: Biogeography of soil Cryptobiota (3-8 September 2000)
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: Crustacea, Oniscidea, taxonomy, phylogeny, zoogeography, ecology, Europe and Mediterranean
Target level: undergraduates, master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: one time in the framework of a special occasion
Duration: 6 days
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Matty Berg
E-mail of contact person: matty.berg@ecology.falw.vu.nl
URL:
Title: Excursie marien-litoraal
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Universiteit Leiden
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch
Content: Field trip of one week to a station in the North of France. Focus on the mutual relations of plants and animals and their abiotic environment.
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 1 week (2 ECTS)
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. R. Kooi
E-mail of contact person: r.e.kooi@biology.leidenuniv.nl
URL: http://www.studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=1250&c=17&t=3&v=&k=13051&oc=982&garb=0.18169745330233727
Title: Collections and research
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Universiteit Leiden
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content:
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 3 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. M. Roos
E-mail of contact person: roos@nhn.leidenuniv.nl
URL: http://www.studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?c=17&t=3&q=aWQ9MTQ4ODA=&v=&k=14880
Title: Tropical plant families
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Universiteit Leiden
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: The course gives a foundation in the characteristics and recognition of a selection of economically and ecologically important tropical plant families. The students will learn and practice how to make good plant collections, how to describe field characters (generative - flower and fruit and vegetative - leaf and bark) and how to recognise selected important plant families. The students will themselves identify material using traditional and electronic / interactive keys. Using the recent so-called APG-II (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system II), modern and traditional views on the classification of plants will be discussed, especially in relation to the morphological recognition of taxa.
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 1 term (4 ECTS)
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. M. Roos
E-mail of contact person: roos@nhn.leidenuniv.nl
URL: http://www.studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?c=17&t=3&q=aWQ9NzUxNQ==&v=&k=7515
Title: Pollen
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Universiteit Leiden
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: This course of lectures, demonstrations and practicals gives an introduction into the study of pollen morphology and some of its applications. In the first week attention is paid to structural diversity, functional and evolutionary aspects, and the identification of pollen types. Different aperture systems and wall structures will be examined with light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The acquired knowledge is applied in the second week in identifying and counting pollen grains in soil samples from an archaeological context. The results are used to construct pollen diagrams, which should be interpreted in view of the observed changes in the vegetation in the area and its surroundings due to climate changes and human activities.
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 2 weeks (2 ECTS)
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. R. van der Ham
E-mail of contact person: ham@nhn.leidenuniv.nl
Title: Angiosperm phylogeny
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Universiteit Leiden
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch
Content: phylogeny of flowering plants and the major evolutionary developments, changing views on phylogenetic relations within the angiosperms, morphological characterization of the presently accepted main clades, overview of morphological diversity in flowers, present insights in and disputes over the evolution of flowers
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 1 term (1 ECTS)
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. M. Roos
E-mail of contact person: roos@nhn.leidenuniv.nl
URL: http://www.studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=1250&c=17&t=3&v=&k=14821&oc=4497&garb=0.5689757237582178
Title: Economic botany
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Universiteit Leiden
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: This course, of lecture and demonstrations (1st week) and one written assignment (2nd week), gives a foundation in the genetic principles underlying domestication and the systematics of the major groups of crop and plants, with particular emphasis on tropical examples. The course will thereby allow students to appreciate not only the botany of cultivated plants, their structure, evolution, and systematics, but also the relevance of these studies to the economies of both temperate and tropical countries. Specific topics include e.g. origins of agriculture, food and other economic crops arranged to commodity groups (like roots, cereals, pulses, fruits, beverages, oils & fats, timbers & firewood crops, fibres & latex, pharmaceuticals, herbs & spices, and ornamentals. In the second week comprises a literature study in couples on a chosen objective, the results of which are orally presented on the last day and in a written assignment afterwards.
Target level: undergraduates, master level, PhD level
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 2 weeks (4 ECTS)
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. N. Raes
E-mail of contact person: raes@nhn.leidenuniv.nl
URL: http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/EconomicBotany/home.htm
Title: Course Systematics of Neotropical Plant Families
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Netherland Consortium of Taxonomic Institutions, Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: Course concerning the recognition of plant families in Tropical America. The course is primarily intended for students who are planning to conduct taxonomical or ecological field work in the Neotropics.
Target level: undergraduates, master level, PhD level
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 8 weeks in May and June (12 ECTS)
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Lars Chatrou
E-mail of contact person: l.w.chatrou@bio.uu.nl
URL: http://www.bio.uu.nl/~herba/course.html
Title: MSc in Biodiversity and systematics
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Netherland Consortium of Taxonomic Institutions, Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: The programme is linked to the specialisation courses on "Systematics and Evolution" and/or "Biology and the Environment". It provides basic knowledge on the theory, methodology and practice of systematics and taxic biodiversity studies.
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 18 months (6 for courses, 12 for practical work)
Main person responsible for the training: P. de Graaf (Secretary)
E-mail of contact person: p.degraaf@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl
URL: http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/rhb/msc_program.htm
Title: International MSc in Natural products and biodiversity
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Netherland Consortium of Taxonomic Institutions, Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: different aspects of the exploration and sustainable exploitation of biodiversity, methods for phytochemical screening and testing of biological activity of plant extracts, isolation and identification of natural products, chemotaxonomy and the role of secondary metabolism
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 18 months (6 for courses, 12 for practical work)
Main person responsible for the training: P. de Graaf (Secretary)
E-mail of contact person: p.degraaf@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl
URL: http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/rhb/msc_program.htm
Title: Seminar biodiversity
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Universiteit Leiden
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: The seminar provides insight in the scientific debate about the definition and interpretation of the concept, in the state of the art in biodiversity research and in the application of the concept in actual policy making and management. A broad spectrum of aspects of biodiversity is discussed. The biodiversity of the world is believed to decrease at such a speed that one speaks of a “biodiversity crisis”. By ratifying the Convention of Biological Diversity (UNEP, 1992), many governments have agreed to “develop national strategies, plans or programmes for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity”. But what exactly is ‘biodiversity’? And what do we know about it? How important is it and for whom? Is it possible to set attainable goals for biodiversity? When should these goals be reached? How should priorities be set? Can existing policy, of the Netherlands as well as of international institutions, be considered as ‘biodiversity friendly’? These and related questions will be discussed based on both scientific papers and policy documents.
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 12 meetings of 2 hrs (4 ECTS)
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. C. Musters
E-mail of contact person: musters@cml.leidenuniv.nl
URL: http://www.studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=1250&c=17&t=3&v=&k=13091&oc=2875&garb=0.9132551527025693
Title: Phycology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Universiteit Leiden branch, Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch/English
Content: Algae, Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta, Phaeophyceae, seaweeds, taxonomy
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 1 week (phycology)
Main person responsible for the training: Stefano Draisma
Universiteit Leiden, Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, P.O. Box 9514, 2300 RA, Leiden Einsteinweg 2, 2333 CC, Leiden, Netherlands
E-mail of contact person: roos@nhn.leidenuniv.nl
URL:
Title: Excursie (Flora) Zuid-Limburg
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Universiteit Leiden
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch
Content: Diversity of the wild flora in the
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 1 term (2 ECTS)
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. B. Graveldeel, R. van der Meijden
E-mail of contact person: barbaragraveldeel@hotmail.com
URL: http://www.studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=1250&c=17&t=3&v=&k=13194&oc=982&garb=0.6038110691449717
Title: Mycology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Universiteit Leiden
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch
Content: diversity of the fungal kingdom (Ascomycota and Basidiomycota) and the various uses of fungi by mankind
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 1 term (2 ECTS)
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. M. Nauta
E-mail of contact person: nauta@nhn.leidenuniv.nl
URL: http://www.studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=1250&c=17&t=3&v=&k=14800&oc=4497&garb=0.9287650406653158
Title: Applied taxonomy
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Zoological Museum of the
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English/Dutch/German/Bahasa Indonesia/reporting in English
Content: applied taxonomy, evolutionary biology, conservation, biogeography, writing scientific paper, presenting data orally
Target level: undergraduates, master level
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 10-60 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Vincent Nijman
Zoological Museum of the
E-mail of contact person: nijman@science.uva.nl
URL:
Title: Floragebruik
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Universiteit Leiden
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch
Content: training in the use of Heukels' Flora
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 1 term (1 ECTS)
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. M. Nauta
E-mail of contact person: nauta@nhn.leidenuniv.nl
URL: http://www.studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=1257&c=17&t=3&v=&k=13038&oc=981&garb=0.4977267790414981
Title: Systematics and population genetics
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch, partly English
Content: characters, character types, character weighting, variation, nomenclature, macrotaxonomy, historical development of macrotaxonomy, importance of museum collections, phenetics, cladistics, species concepts, distance measures, molecular characters, inferring phylogenies, parsimony, support values, tree construction, physical geography, biogeography, historical biogeography, dispersal, vicariance, panbiogeography, cladistic biogeography, phylogeography, island biogeography, molecular clock
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 12 weeks
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Ronald Sluys
E-mail of contact person: sluys@science.uva.nl
URL:
Title: Systematic and evolutionary biology (SEB)
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Inst. of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: phylogeography, biogeography, genetics, phylogenetics
Target level: master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 120 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Prof. Dr. Steph Menken
E-mail of contact person: vonk@science.uva.nl
URL: http://www.studeren.uva.nl/msc_ecology_and_evolution/
Title: Web-based taxonomy and biodiversity information management
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: ETI BioInformatics University of Amsterdam Mauritskade 61 1092 AD Amsterdam The Netherlands Phone: +31 20 5257239 Fax: +31 20 5257238 Web: www.eti.uva.nl
Language: English/Dutch
Content: The course focuses on web-based taxonomy, biodiversity information processing, electronic data sharing, and interoperability in the context of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) in support of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). In addition to overview lectures there are presentations of practical use cases, and a hands-on session using an information management tool to create taxonomic and biodiversity information systems. The exercise encompasses building taxonomic (multimedia) databases, computer-aided-identification systems, and an interactive geographic information system. Glossaries, literature reference, methodology data are integrated in the system. The software for web-based-taxonomy supports GBIF SpeciesBanks and is used for treating plants, animals and fungi. This course encompasses: - Overview of recent bio-informatics developments with respect to biodiversity data management innovations (e.g. EU-EDIT, Species2000 and Catalogue of Life, GBIF); collection and observation databases; 3D imaging for types - Practical introduction to interoperability principles; DiGIR, BioCASE, TAPIR protocols; EBCD, Darwin Core, SPICE, SpeciesPage schemas; demonstration cases and web portals - Work program and function of the National GBIF Node (NLBIF) web portal - Information management, web-based taxonomy, and SpeciesBank systems - Hands-on training session in digitizing data, applying data standards, creating multimedia taxonomic databases, assembling computer aided keys and interactive geographic information systems. Includes 3D imaging. The courses take place in ETI's MultiMediaLab where the trainees have access to multimedia computer workstations, fast Internet connectivity, and guidance of specialist
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: on a regular basis and on demand
Duration: 2 to 4 days depending on level
Main person responsible for the training: Huub Velthuizen (data processing)
E-mail of contact person: huub@eti.uva.nl
URL: http://www.science.uva.nl/ibed/biodiversity/Education/taxdataproc/doc_en.html
Title: Plant families of
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: identification of various plant families, uses of taxonomy nomenclature terminology, recognition in the field as well as in the herbarium, keys
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: on a regular basis and on demand
Duration: 3 weeks fulltime
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Paul J.A. Keßler
Universiteit Leiden, Nationaal Herbarium
E-mail of contact person: Kessler@nhn.leidenuniv.nl
URL:
Title: Entomology course at
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English/Dutch
Content: taxonomy, evolution of some main groups, phylogeny, collecting, preparation, making descriptions and illustrations (including digital ones)
Target level: undergraduates, master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Jan van Tol
E-mail of contact person: tol@naturalis.nnm.nl
URL:
Title: CBS Course of mycology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS)
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: culture work, isolation, microscopy, morphological and molecular identification, nomenclature, ecology, classification, survey of main groups of fungi
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 10 working days
Main person responsible for the training: Gerard J. M. Verkley, Pedro W. Crous (Course Leaders)
Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS), Fungal Biodiversity Centre, P. O. Box 8517, 3508 AD Utrecht,, The Netherlands
E-mail of contact person: verkley@cbs.knaw.nl
URL: http://www.cbs.knaw.nl/courses
Title: Erasmus course in systematic biology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Several: European network of Institutes and Universities
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Zoological Museum of the
Language: English
Content:
Target level: master level
Periodicity:
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Prof. Dr. F.R. Schram (has retired and is now in the
E-mail of contact person:
URL:
Title: Paleobiology
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Universiteit Leiden
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Dutch
Content: The goal is to obtain a better understanding of the time dimension in the development of the present biodiversity. The following aspects will be discussed: What is time? (basal stratigraphic principles), development of the flora, development of the vertebrates, recognition/identification of fossils, fossils and nomenclature, diversity assessment.
Target level: undergraduates
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 1 term (1 ECTS)
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. L. van den Hoek Ostende
E-mail of contact person: hoek@naturalis.nl
URL: http://www.studiegids.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=1&c=17&t=3&v=&k=14818&oc=983&garb=0.41433079536709827
Title: (1) Introduction to phylogenetic analysis (2) Advanced topics in phylogenetic analysis
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: phylogenetic analysis
Target level: PhD level
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Peter Hovenkamp
Universiteit Leiden, Nationaal Herbarium
E-mail of contact person:
URL:
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Title: Advanced course with title "Biodiversity of northeast Atlantic macroalgae"
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English
Content: taxonomy, systematics, species identification, species interactions, marine community structure
Target level: PhD level
Periodicity: one time in the framework of a special occasion
Duration: 9 days, 4 ECTS
Main person responsible for the training: Kjersti Sjøtun
E-mail of contact person: kjersti.sjotun@bio.uib.no
URL: http://armauer.uib.no/nma/
Title: (1) Biosystematic and nomenclature (2) MSc and PhD in biosystematics
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Norwegian
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Norwegian/English
Content:
Target level: undergraduates, master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 30 hrs
Main person responsible for the training:
Norwegian university of Science and Technology, The Museum of natural history and archaeology, Erlings Skakkest 47, 7491
E-mail of contact person: kaare.aagaard@vm.ntnu.no
URL:
Title: Workshop: training in fish taxonomy
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Institute of Marine Research (IMR)
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Norwegian
Content: identification of freshly thawed material from IMR-based Fish Reference Collection, collected material from cruises (simulation of fish work on IMR cruises), identification key testing and preparation, special fish groups difficult to identify
Target level: specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 3 days +
Main person responsible for the training: Franz Uiblein
E-mail of contact person: franz@imr.no
URL:
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Not established but previously in Estonia
Title: Identification of freshwater Oligochaeta
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Not established, ready to lead the training when organised by somebody anywhere
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Not established this moment. Formerly, has been organised and held by the
Language: English/Russian/Estonian/German
Content: freshwater Oligochaeta
Target level: master level, specialists / professionals
Periodicity: on demand
Duration: 1 week
Main person responsible for the training: Tarmo Timm
E-mail of contact person:
URL:
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Poland Title: DNA sequencing and microsatellite analysis
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s):
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Museum and Institute of Zoology Polish Academy of Sciences
Language: Polish/English
Content: the history of DNA sequencing, how properly determine DNA sequence?, mitochondrial genome - an overview, characterisation and methods of microsatellite's analysis, microsatellite markers in population genetics and taxonomy
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 3 days (approx. 6 hrs/day)
Main person responsible for the training: Robert Rutkowski
Museum and
E-mail of contact person: robertrut@miiz.waw.pl
URL:
Title: International doctoral studies in natural sciences
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Wladyslaw Szafer Institute of Botany,
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Polish/English
Content:
Target level: master level
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 4 years
Main person responsible for the training: Ewa Zastawniak
E-mail of contact person: e.zastaw@ib-pan.krakow.pl
URL: http://bobas.ib-pan.krakow.pl/Institute/Nowosci/doc-ang.htm
Title: Doctoral School
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Museum and