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Austria
 

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
Medical University of Vienna, Department of Medical Parasitologie, Kinderspitalgasse 15, 1095 Vienna, Austria
E-mail of contact person: julia.walochnik@meduniwien.ac.at
URL:

 

Belgium
 

Title: (1) General systematics and molecular phylogeny (2) Identification of plant-parasitic nematodes
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Ghent University
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
Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 29, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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 levelspecialists / 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 Brussels, Belgium
E-mail of contact person: erik.verheyen@naturalsciences.be
URL:


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:

 

Denmark
 

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
University of Copenhagen, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Sølvgade 83, opg. S, 1307 København K, Denmark
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): University of Copenhagen
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
University of Copenhagen, The Natural History Museum, Sølvgade 83, Opg. S, DK-1307 Copenhagen K, Denmark
E-mail of contact person:
URL:

 
Title: Metagenomics  using bioinformatics to explore microbial communities
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 Technical University of Denmark, Building 208, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
E-mail of contact person: thomas@cbs.dtu.dk
URL: http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/dtucourse/metagenomics/

 
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 Uppsala, Sweden - University of Aberdeen, Scotland - University of Tartu, Estonia
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 usi
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, University of Copenhagen, Oster Farimagsgade 2D, DK-1353, Denmark
E-mail of contact person: rasmusk@bi.ku.dk
URL: http://www.bi.ku.dk/microbiology/ectofungi/

Netherlands


Title: Systematics and population genetics
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): University of Amsterdam, Inst. for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics
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
University of Amsterdam, Zoological Museum, Mauritskade 57, 1092 AD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
E-mail of contact person: sluys@science.uva.nl
URL:

   
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 Nederland, PO Box 9514, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
E-mail of contact person:
URL:

Poland

Title: DNA sequencing and microsatellite analysis
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Polish Academy of Sciences, Museum and Inst. of Zoology, Service of Molecular Biology
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 Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warsaw, Poland
E-mail of contact person: robertrut@miiz.waw.pl
URL:


Title: Methods of modern taxonomy
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): University of Warsaw
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Polish
Content: species concept, phenetics, phylogenetics, parsimony, maximum likelihood, molecular markers, nucleotide substitution models, distance methods, bootstrap, phylogenetic tree, reticulate evolution, historical biogeography, phylogeography, comparative methods, molecular ecology, conservation
Target level: undergraduates, master level
Periodicity: on a regular basis
Duration: 30 hrs (2 ECTS)
Main person responsible for the training: Krzysztof Spalik
University of Warsaw, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
E-mail of contact person: spalik@biol.uw.edu.pl
URL: https://usosweb.dak.uw.edu.pl/kontroler.php?_action=actionx:katalog2/przedmioty/pokazPrzedmiot(prz_kod:1400-215MTAKS)&lang=2 

 
Title: Current methods in taxonomy researches
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): University of Rzeszow, Dept. of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: English/Polish
Content:
Target level: high school students, master level, PhD level, postgraduates
Periodicity:
Duration: 2 weeks
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Izabela Sadowska-Woda
Department Biochemistry and Cell Biology  University of Rzeszow, ul. Cegielniana 12,  35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
E-mail of contact person: isadowska@poczta.fm
URL:

 

Slovakia


 Title: Aplication of molecular methods in taxonomy
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Slovak Academy of Sciences, Inst. of Botany
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser:
Language: Slovak
Content:
Target level: PhD level
Periodicity: yearly
Duration: 1 term
Main person responsible for the training: Dr. Karol Marhold, Prof. Dr. Judita Lihová
E-mail of contact person: karol.marhold@savba.sk , judita.lihova@savba.sk
URL:

 

United Kingdom

Title: Conservation and utilisation of plant genetic resources (Applied taxonomy)
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): University of Birmingham
Host organisation(s)/institution(s), if different from organiser: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Language: English
Content: taxonomic diversity, history of taxonomy, revision methodology, experimental taxonomy, taxonomic collections and management, operational taxonomic units, characters, taxonomic data analysis, biosystematics, phenetics, phylogentics, cladistics, classification, taxonomic hierarchy, species concepts, nomenclature and citation, taxonomic databases, taxonomic database management systems, identification and field guide
Target level: master level, PhD level, postgraduates, specialists / professionals, technicians
Periodicity: on a regular basis and on demand
Duration: 1 month (though flexible)
Main person responsible for the training: Nigel Maxted
University of Birmingham, School of Biosciences, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
E-mail of contact person: n.maxted@bham.ac.uk
URL: http://www.biosciences.bham.ac.uk/prospective/postgraduate/msccupr.htm