Taxa based training - Monera

Belgium

Title: Microbial diversity and taxonomy (Prokaryotes)
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): Ghent University
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

Czech Republic

Title: Determination course of Cyanobacteria
Organising institution(s)/organisation(s): University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Biological Sciences
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.
University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Branišovská 31, Èeské Budìjovice, 37005, Czech Republic
E-mail of contact person: hanys@bf.jcu.cz
URL: http://www.phycology.cz/DCC

Denmark

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/

Germany

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 Braunschweig, Germany
E-mail of contact person: erko@dsmz.de
URL: