Systematics and taxonomy research scheme launch event

BBSRC - Systematics and taxonomy research scheme launch event

Systematics and taxonomy research scheme launch event
Date: 12 November 2009, 6pm
Venue: Linnean Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BF

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The Research Councils are launching a new funding scheme for research in systematics and taxonomy. The Systematics and Taxonomy (SynTax) scheme is designed to provide short-term funding for preliminary research that will form the basis of novel responsive mode proposals with a substantial systematics/taxonomy component.

The scheme aims to stimulate high quality taxonomy and systematics-related research proposals to the UK’s Research Councils.

The scheme follows on from the Collaborative Systematics (CoSyst) scheme, through which a number of projects have gone on to receive responsive mode funding.

Programme

The launch event will provide details of the SynTax scheme and will showcase successful projects funded under its predecessor CoSyst.

Tea will be served in the library from 5.30pm and the lecture will be followed by a wine reception and poster session.

Speakers

• SynTax Scheme
  Amanda Read, BBSRC
• CoSyst Showcase:
  • Genomic tools for studying the Origin of Species
    Professor Vincent Savolainen, Imperial College London
  • Hydatellaceae: a key to reassessing morphological evolution in angiosperms
    Dr Paula Rudall, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
  • Molecular diversity of microbial eukaryotes using a large-scale parallel tag sequencing strategy
    Dr Tom Richards, University of Exeter

Posters are invited from CoSyst grantholders.

How to register

This meeting is free. Registration is not necessary.