Past Events

The first African Fish Barcode of Life initiative (FISH-BOL) Regional Working Group workshop was hosted in association with the fourth Pan-African Fish and Fisheries Association (PAFFA) conference in Addis Ababa on the 21st of August 2008. The workshop was sponsored by the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) in partnership with the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB). The FISH-BOL African Regional Working Group, SAIAB and the PAFFA organizing committee organized the workshop. Most of the 25 participants were already active in FISH-BOL, but some new African regional working group partners from various research institutions were sponsored to represent the different African regions (see, Appendix 1, List of delegates). The major objective of the meeting was to develop funding proposals for the collection of DNA barcodes for all African freshwater and marine fish species.   Report: http://www.bolinfonet.org/pdf/FISH-BOLPAFFAreport.pdf

The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), in partnership with the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) and Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) announces a three-day regional meeting on “DNA barcoding” to be held at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja, Nigeria. Potential participants from Central and Western African countries are invited to send expressions of interest to the organizing committee. Limited funds will be available to support participation in this three dThe National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), in partnership with the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) and Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) announces a three-day regional meeting on “DNA barcoding” to be held at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja, Nigeria. Potential participants from Central and Western African countries are invited to send expressions of interest to the organizing committee. Limited funds will be available to support participation in this three day workshop.ay workshop.

 The Consortium for the Barcode of Life organized a workshop on the topic of  "Access and Benefit Sharing in Non-commercial Biodiversity Research" that was held at the Museum Koenig in Bonn, Germany, on 6-9 November 2008.  The workshop was co-sponsored by nine other national agencies and international scientific organizations that are involved in biodiversity research and the Convention on Biological Diversity. Go to meeting website...

As part of the MarBOL (DNA Barcoding of Marine Biodiversity, seehttp://www.marinebarcoding.org/) effort, three workshops will be held during Spring 2009 to identify bottlenecks and facilitate coordination among active marine barcoding centers – especially those associated with Census of Marine Life (CoML) and Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) projects.  The goal of the workshops is to accelerate progress, explore various applications of barcodes, including species identification, trophic analysis, use of microarrays, environmental sequencing, and metagenetics. The MarBOL workshops will be held at three locations on the following dates: EUROPE: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. Dates: April 16 – 17, 2009USA: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA. Dates: April 30 – May 1, 2009 ASIA: Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Dates: May 21 – 22, 2009At each location, there will be a one day DNA Barcoding Symposium featuring invited keynote speakers, who will provide overviews on topics of general scientific interest and practical importance for the MarBOL effort.  The Symposium will also include contributed talks by researchers from the region, and a student poster session.  The language of all three workshops is English.How to apply:  Participation at the MarBOL workshop is by invitation.  All interested researchers, staff, and students are invited to apply using the form available on the MarBOL (http://www.marinebarcoding.org/) project websites  Limited funding is available to defray partial costs of workshop attendance for some participants; requests for consideration for travel support should be indicated on the application form.Due date for applications:  Applications will be reviewed as they are received; applications received by March 6, 2009 will receive full consideration.  Questions?  Please contact: Ann BucklinProfessor and Head, Department of Marine Sciences Director, Marine Sciences and Technology Center University of Connecticut  Avery Point 1080 Shennecossett Road Groton, CT 06340 USA Tel. 860-405-9208; Fax 860-405-9153Email: ann.bucklin@uconn.edu