Fourth Annual BeGenDiv Genomics Symposium
Date: 16 November 2016
Time: 09:00-17:00 (registration opens at 08:30)
Location: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Natural History Museum), Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin.
Schedule:
(last updated 13 November 2016)
08:30-09:00 Registration
9:00-9:15 Camila Mazzoni (IZW/ BeGenDiv)
Welcome and Introduction
9:15-9:35 Axel Barlow (Universität Potsdam)
An overview of research in the Evolutionary and Adaptive Genomics group, Potsdam University
9:35-9:50 Michael Grünstäudl (FU Berlin)
Plastid phylogenomics of the Nymphaeaceae and the development of bioinformatic tools
9:50-10:05 Danny Ionescu (IGB)
Community-like genome in single cells of Achromatium sp.
10:05-10:20 Faysal Bibi (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin)
Phylogeography and demographics of Addax, a nearly extinct Saharan antelope
10:20-10:35 Michael Vincent Westbury (Universität Potsdam)
Current population status of the brown hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) inferred from genomic data
10:35-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-11:45 Ralph Tiedemann (Universität Potsdam)
Evolution of electric organ discharge (EOD) in African weakly electric fishes: Genomics and behavioral ecology of a magic trait
11:45-12:05 Thomas von Rintelen (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin)
Taking snails from taxonomy to transcriptomics
12:05-12:25 Michael T. Monaghan (IGB/BeGenDiv)
Metabarcoding microbial communities in lakes and sediments
12:25-12:30 Group photograph
12:30-13:30 LUNCH (provided)
13:30-14:00 Henrik Nilsson (Göteborgs Universitet/ Sweden)
Molecular identification of fungi – challenges and prospects
14:00-14:20 Emanuel Heitlinger (HU Berlin/ IZW)
Multi-amplicon metabarcoding based on microfluidics PCRs – a use case in hyenas
14:20-14:35 Seraina-Emilia Bracamonte (IGB)
The swim bladder nematode Anguillicola crassus modulates immune gene expression in the European eel
14:35-14:50 Alice Dennis (Universität Potsdam)
The transcriptomic basis of infectivity in a parasitoid wasp
14:50-15:10 Jens Rolff (FU Berlin)
What antimicrobials of multi-cellular organisms do to microbes
15:10-17:00 Poster session, coffee, Museum tours, Time for informal discussion
Registration is free and coffee breaks and lunch are provided.
To register, send an email to genomics_biodiv @ fu-berlin.de that includes:
1. Your name
2. Your affiliation (Institute / University)
3. Your career stage (BSC-MSC-PhD student / Post-Doc / PI)
4. Your talk title and abstract (max. 200 words) / Your poster title