Hennig meeting XXXIV in New York, June 28 - July 2, 2015

ANNOUNCEMENT

Please join us for
Hennig XXXIV
June 28 - July 2, 2015
at The New York Botanical Garden and Fordham University. The scientific program will include symposia, contributed papers, and posters. Social activities will include a welcome reception, poster presentation reception, coffee breaks, pre-banquet mixer, and optional ticketed banquet.

PROGRAMS OVERVIEW
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1er Congreso de Morfometría, 2012. Pto. Angel, Oaxaca. México

Se han iniciado los planes para realizar la primera reunión de Morfometría en México. El financiamiento principal para el evento ha sido autorizado por el PIFI a la Universidad del Mar. El proyecto es encabezado por la Cand. Dra. Ana Torres, de la Universidad del Mar, Pto. Ángel. Oaxaca.

Sede: instalaciones de la UMAR en Pto. Angel, Oaxaca. México.
Fecha: del 24 al 26 de Septiembre de 2012.
Sitio web: http://www.filogenetica.org/reunion/Morfometria/index.htm

La ocasión será un foro muy incluyente para reunirnos biólogos, antropólogos, etc interesados en la morfometría tradicional y geométrica.

En las próximas semanas se estará conformando distintos Comités para delegar las distintas tareas y así ayudar en la organización del evento. Si está interesado (a) en participar en la organización por favor escribanos.

La reunión seria en el formato de congreso con dos o tres conferencias magistrales y participaciones libres orales (posiblemente posters también). Un aspecto importante de la reunión será una serie de cursos y talleres cortos sobre temas variados muy específicos de la investigación morfometríca, los programas de cómputo más comunes y las aplicaciones en varias áreas (sistemática, filogenia, ecología comparada, antropología física, medicina, etc). Se solicitan sugerencias sobre temas para estos cursos.

Estén pendientes de los avisos en el blog de Morfometría Geometrica. Cualquier pregunta, comentario, sugerencia, por favor sigan este enlace para dejarnos sus COMENTARIOS
http://morfometriageometrica.blogspot.mx/2011/10/encuesta-reunion-de-morfometria-en.html#comment-form

Informes:
Ana Torres.
correo electrónico

ACTUALIZACIONES
20 de ABRIL, 2012: Sitio web para el Congreso ya esta en linea.
28 de ABRIL, 2012: Convocatoria para el Congreso ya esta en linea.
8 de MAYO, 2012: Forma de Registro ya está en línea.
25 de MAYO, 2012. Opción de pagos para participantes internacionales.

Mini-symposium on Bayesian inference of phylogeny, UC Berkeley

SYMPOSIUM / WORKSHOP on
Bayesian inference of phylogeny

Talks: Monday & Tuesday, August 15-16
Workshop: Wednesday to Friday, August 17-19

Where: UC Berkeley campus
(talks will be held in 155 Dwinelle Hall and the workshop will be held in 4110 VLSB)

There will be a mini-symposium on Bayesian inference of phylogeny to be held on the UC Berkeley campus from August 15th to 19th. There will be two days of talks (August 15th and 16th) on various aspects of Bayesian inference as it applies to the phylogeny problem. The following three days will be a workshop for people interested in developing for the RevBayes program. RevBayes implements an R-like language for specifying complex evolutionary models and (attempts) to perform solid statistical estimation of a model's parameters.

web site: http://cteg.berkeley.edu/events/201108Symposium.html

Biennial conference of the Systematics Association, Belfast

8th Biennial Meeting: July 2011
Queen's University, Belfast

4th - 8th July 2011

Introduction

The Biennial conferences of the Systematics Association provide a forum for systematists from different disciplines to present and discuss their research. The Sixth Biennial Conference was held at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in August 2007. The conference was attended by about 240 delegates from a broad international audience. The format was a mixture of open sessions and focussed thematic symposia.

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The Annual New Zealand Phylogenetics Meeting

Leigh 2011

The Annual New Zealand Phylogenetics Meeting

Sunday 6th - Friday 11th February, 2011

Overview:

The 15th annual New Zealand meeting on the interface of mathematics and biology in the study of phylogeny, genome analysis and molecular evolution will be held at Leigh. It will be summer in New Zealand, so expect temperatures in the mid-20s to 30s Celsius. There's heaps to do, including diving and fishing. More information on the Leigh By The Sea website.

The meeting will be held at the The Leigh Sawmill Café.

WEBSITE: http://www.math.canterbury.ac.nz/bio/events/leigh2011/

Frontiers in Biodiversity: a Phylogenetic Perspective

A two-day international symposium on frontier biodiversity research in a phylogenetic framework
Barcelona, Spain, October 1st and 2nd, 2010.
You are kindly invited to attend the international symposium “Frontiers in Biodiversity: a Phylogenetic Perspective”, which will be held in Barcelona, Spain, the 1st and 2nd of October 2010. This symposium is co-organized by the Biodiversity Research Institute of the University of Barcelona (IrBio), the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE, CSIC-UPF) and the Zoological Systematics and Evolution research group on the occasion of the International year of Biodiversity.

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EDIT General Meeting (Carvoeiro, Portugal)

European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy



The European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy is a network of excellence gathering 28 major institutions devoted to knowing the living world better with the support of the European Commission.

EDIT General Meeting 2009
15-17 December 2009, Hotel Tivoli Almansor, Carvoeiro

This year’s edition of EDIT’s main events will take place once again in the small town of Carvoeiro (southern Portugal). We hope to meet as many as possible of you there to discuss EDIT’s past, present and future.

EDIT Young Taxonomist Symposium
15 December 2009

Demonstrating the future of taxonomy, EDIT invites earl-career researchers to present their work. The call for applications from EDIT institutions (up to two candidates per institution) is now open.

EDIT General Meeting
15-16 December 2009

As EDIT approaches its final year, we hope to engage in a practical discussion of what taxonomy and taxonomists achieve when working together in EDIT. We will discuss the transformation of taxonomy into a global cyberscience, with speakers inside and outside EDIT defining a picture of a discipline that experiences growing relevance and capability. As in previous editions, all EDIT institutions will be able to send a number of delegates to this event.

Click here to see the event programme and speakers.

Poster and Demonstration Sessions
15-17 December 2009

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Sistemática en el X Congreso Nacional de Micologia. México

 
El Comité Organizador invita a la comunidad académica, científica, estudiantil y público interesado a asistir al:
X Congreso Nacional de Micología
a celebrarse en Guadalajara, Jalisco
del 20 al 25 de septiembre de 2009. 


Simposio: Sistemática de hongos

Coordinador: M. en C. Ricardo Valenzuela Garza

1. Systematics of Cordyceps sensu lato
Dr. Bhushan Shrestha

2. El género Phellinus Quél. (Hymenochaetaceae) en la actualidad
Dra. Clarice Loguercio Leite

3. El orden Boletales en México, los criterios tradicionales y actuales de su clasificación
M. en C. Jesús García Jiménez

4. Sistemática de los hongos gasteroides
Dr. Martín Esqueda Valle


sitio web: http://www.cucba.udg.mx/actividadescucba/2009/micologia/sishongos.html

56th Annual Systematics Symposium, MOBOT, Saint Louis

9-11 October 2009

With support from the National Science Foundation

"Angiosperm phylogeny: not just trees, but insects, fungi, and much more"

Organizing committee: Peter Stevens

FRIDAY
7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Informal mixer in Ridgway Center

SATURDAY
8:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Talks in Ridgway Center

SUNDAY
Sunday 9:00 a.m. – noon. Talks in Ridgway Center

Website:  http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/symposium/

SIMPOSIO: BIODIVERSIDAD-ENFOQUES EN BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR. Yucatan

SIMPOSIO: BIODIVERSIDAD-ENFOQUES EN BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR


19-23 de Octubre del 2009
Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán (CICY),
Calle 43 No 130 Col. Chuburná de Hidalgo, CP. 97200,
Mérida, Yucatán, México.


El Simposio que se propone a continuación se ofrece por primera vez para el sureste del país e incluye una diversidad de enfoques novedosos. Este Simposio permitirá difundir algunos de los conocimientos que se tienen del manejo y uso de datos moleculares en el conocimiento de la biodiversidad con énfasis en plantas vasculares, hongos y virus. Se pretende dar a conocer las áreas de investigación de los ponentes y establecer posibles proyectos de colaboración con la institución receptora ya sea tanto de estudiantes como de la comunidad científica en general.

Objetivos

• -Dar a conocer la importancia de los análisis moleculares en el estudio de la biodiversidad con énfasis en plantas vasculares, hongos y virus.
• -Presentar avances sobresalientes relacionados al manejo de secuencias de ADN que son el fundamento de los proyectos de Código de barras.
• -Establecer el interés en estudiantes e investigadores sobre el impacto del uso y manejo de los datos moleculares.
• -Establecer colaboraciones científicas con proyectos relacionados al tema del simposio con investigadores o estudiantes.

Este simposio se llevará a cabo en el Auditorio Principal del Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán (CICY). Calle 43 No 130 Col. Chuburná de Hidalgo, CP. 97200, Mérida, Yucatán, México.

Tercera Conferencia del Código de Barras de la Vida, México,

Tercera Conferencia del Código de Barras de la Vida, Ciudad de México,
7-13 noviembre 2009

Estimados miembros de la comunidad biológica:
El Consorcio para el Código de Barras de la Vida y el Instituto de Biología de la UNAM están organizando la Tercera Conferencia Internacional para el Código de Barras de la Vida, la cual se llevará a cabo en la Ciudad de México entre el 7 y el 13 de noviembre próximos.

Los invitamos a conocer la información del evento en el siguiente enlace:
www.dnabarcodes2009.org

Atentamente
Patricia Escalante
Coordinadora del Comité Local de la Conferencia
Dra. Patricia Escalante
Instituto de Biología UNAM
Ap. Post. 70-153, 04510 México DF MEXICO
Tel. (01 5255) 5622 9161 / 9171, 9150
Fax (01 5255) 5550 0164
http://mexbolibunam.wordpress.com

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Dear Colleagues,

The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL; www.barcoding.si.edu) and the Instituto de Biologia of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) invite you to the Third International Barcode of Life Conference in Mexico City during the week of 7-12 November 2009. The main conference will be Tuesday-Thursday, 10-12 November at the Mexican Academy of Sciences, and there will be three days of pre-conference workshops and a post-conference public event at UNAM's Science Museum.

The conference website is now open at www.dnabarcodes2009.org and the online registration system will be opening next week. Calls for abstracts and applications for travel bursaries (only for participants from developing countries) will also be available through the website in the coming week.

If you would like to be placed on the distribution list to receive future notices about the conference, please send an email to message to inquiries.dnabarcodes2009@si.edu with "MAILING LIST" on the subject line. Please include your name and institutional affiliation in the body of your message.

We look forward to seeing you in Mexico City in November!

Best regards,

David

David E. Schindel, Executive Secretary

Consortium for the Barcode of Life
202/633-0812; fax 202/633-2938; portable 202/557-1149
CBOL WEBSITE: http://www.barcoding.si.edu

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Mariana de Jesús
Instituto de Biología, UNAM
Barcode of Life/Código de Barras de la Vida
Tel. 56229150
http://mexbolibunam.wordpress.com

Conference on Next Generation Sequencing: Challenges and Opportunities. Barcelona

NGS2009 Conference on Next Generation Sequencing: Challenges and Opportunities
Barcelona (Spain),
1-3rd October 2009

So far, most DNA sequences have been obtained with Sanger capillary technology. However, next generation sequencers (NGS) or ultrasequencers are revolutionizing genetics and hence biology since 2005. It is not just a dramatic increase in sequencing speed; it means a change in paradigm that obliges researchers and institutions alike. It is also a tremendous and passionate technological race worth millions.

This conference will focus on the computational and statistical challenges that pose NGS data. These aspects are often neglected, yet are important to successful research. While wet lab prices are steadily decreasing, bioinformatics and statistical analyses have become a serious bottleneck for traditional molecular laboratories.

We have broadly organized the conference around two focal points: technology and applications. The first part will embrace bioinformatics, statistical and computational problems. The second will raise some of the most emblematic areas where NGS has exerted a dramatic influence.

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International Phycological Congress. Japan

The IPC9 Local Organizing Committee cordially invites you to the 9th International Phycological Congress which will be held in Tokyo, Japan between 2nd and 8th August 2009.
The scientific program has been developed around the topics listed below. More details of these topics, as well as abstracts of invited and contributed papers will be available at website: http://www.ec-inc.co.jp/ipc9/.

Among several symposia, the following are of interest to the systematics community:

S-1

• Comparative evolutionary genomics, Mark Cock; Shigeyuki Kawano
• Evolution of multicellularity in the heterokont lineage: analysis of the Ectocarpus siliculosus genome sequence. J. Mark Cock*, Delphine Scornet, Akira F. Peters, Lieven Sterck, Pierre Rouzé, Yves van de Peer, Jean Weissenbach, Patrick Wincker and the Ectocarpus Genome Consortium
• The genomics of unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae, Osami Misumi* and Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa
• Endosymbiotic gene transfer and genome evolution in secondary plastid-containing algae: insights from cryptophytes and chlorarachniophytes. John M. Archibald
• Genome information renewing the concept of Plantae. Hisayoshi Nozaki

S-4

• Frontiers of algal speciation research. Juliet Brodie ; Mitsunobu Kamiya
• Beyond Barcoding: Understanding species' reproductive biology. Giuseppe C. Zuccarello
• Genetic separation of different entities of Mastocarpus stellatus (Stackhouse) Guiry. Kjersti Sjøtun*, M. Skage & N.T. Mikkelsen
• The genetic structure of Undaria species around Japan. Shinya Uwai*, Nozomi Emura, Teruwo Morita, Akira Kurashima, Hiroshi Kawai
• Huge diversity of microalgae; how have so many species arisen? Katherine Evans

S-11

• Phylogeny - new advances and insights. Heroen Verbruggen; Takeo Horiguchi
• Phylogenomic reconstruction of the Charophytes: a multigene approach to resolving the phylogeny of plants' closest relatives. Ruth Evangeline Timme and Charles F. Delwiche
• Insights into the diversity and evolution of green algae from biological crust habitats. Louise A. Lewis and Paul O. Lewis
• Phylogenetic trees: more than just branches and nodes. Kerstin Hoef-Emden
• Deciphering macroevolutionary patterns in the algae. Heroen Verbruggen

Web site for the meeting: http://www.ec-inc.co.jp/ipc9/topics.html

Evolution Symposium at Stony Brook: Darwin09

Darwin 2009: 150 Years of Evolutionary Biology

On November 4-8 2009, the Department of Ecology & Evolution at Stony Brook University will celebrate the 150^th anniversary of Darwin’s “The Origin of Species” by hosting a four-day meeting where leading evolutionary biologists will lecture and help lead discussions on the
current status and future of the study evolutionary biology. We will have three stimulating days of keynote addresses, evening panels and discussion groups, and ample opportunity for communication on the important issues of the present and future of evolutionary biology. All
lectures will be in modern and pleasant facilities at Stony Brook University, with available nearby lodging and convenient transportation to the meeting site.

To register, secure lodging, and get further information on transportation, our Advisory Board, and other matters, please visit our web site

http://darwin09.org

Below is our schedule of events and speakers.

Wednesday, November 4
6:00 – 8:00 Welcoming Reception for Participants

Thursday, November 5
8:45 – 9:00 Welcome from Stony Brook University
9:00 – 9:40 Opening Keynote Address, Douglas J. Futuyma, Stony Brook University
9:40 – 10:00 Q&A
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:10 History, Peter Bowler, Queens University, Belfast
11:10 – 11:30 Q&A
11:30 – 12:10 Natural Selection, Mark Kirkpatrick, University of Texas at Austin
12:10 – 12:30 Q&A
12:30 – 2:00 Lunch
2:00 – 2:40 Behavioral Ecology, Hanna Kokko, University of Helsinki
2:40 – 3:00 Q&A
3:00 – 3:40 Evolutionary Ecology, Anurag Agrawal, Cornell University
3:40 – 4:00 Q&A
4:00 – 4:30 Coffee Break
4:30 – 5:10 Organismal Adaptation, May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois
5:10 – 5:30 Q&A
6:00 – 8:00 Dinner
8:00 – 10:00 Informal Discussions

Friday, November 6
8:45 – 9:00 Welcome and Announcements
9:00 – 9:40 Philosophy, Roberta L. Millstein, University of California, Davis
9:40 – 10:00 Q&A
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:10 Evolutionary Genetics, Jianzhi George Zhang, University of Michigan
11:10 – 11:30 Q&A
11:30 – 12:10 Genetics of Population History, John Wakeley, Harvard University
12:10 – 12:30 Q&A
12:30 – 2:00 Lunch
2:00 – 2:40 Genomics, Doris Bachtrog, University of California, Berkeley
2:40 – 3:00 Q&A
3:00 – 3:40 Speciation, Richard G. Harrison, Cornell University
3:40 – 4:00 Q&A
4:00 – 4:30 Coffee Break
4:30 – 5:10 Evolvability, Günter Wagner, Yale University
5:10 – 5:30 Q&A
6:00 – 8:00 Dinner
8:00 – 10:00 Informal Discussions

Saturday, November 7
8:45 – 9:00 Welcome and Announcements
9:00 – 9:40 Ancient Origins, Antonio Lazcano, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
9:40 – 10:00 Q&A
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:10 Tree of Life, David Hillis, University of Texas at Austin
11:10 – 11:30 Q&A
11:30 – 12:10 Evolution in the Fossil Record, to be determined
12:10 – 12:30 Q&A
12:30 – 2:00 Lunch
2:00 – 2:40 Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Gregory Wray, Duke University
2:40 – 3:00 Q&A
3:00 – 3:40 The Fossil Record of Diversity, Michael Foote, University of Chicago
3:40 – 4:00 Q&A
4:00 – 4:30 Coffee Break
4:30 – 5:10 Evolutionary Radiations, Jonathan B. Losos, Harvard University
5:10 – 5:30 Q&A
6:00 – 8:00 Dinner
8:00 – 10:00 Informal Discussions

Sunday, November 8
8:45 – 9:00 Welcome and Announcements
9:00 – 9:40 Human Origins, Tim D. White, University of California, Berkeley
9:40 – 10:00 Q&A
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:10 Cultural Evolution, Peter J. Richerson, University of California, Davis
11:10 – 11:30 Q&A
11:30 – 2:30 Lunch
12:30 – 1:10 Applied Evolution, Joanne P. Webster, Imperial College London
1:10 – 1:30 Q&A
1:30 – 2:10 Closing Keynote Address, Hopi E. Hoekstra, Harvard University

Meeting web site address: http://darwin09.org

Jeffrey Levinton,

For the Organizing Committee

6th WDA International Congress of Odonatology. México

6th WDA International Congress of Odonatology

Xalapa, Mexico 7-12 June 2009

The congress welcomes all scientific works concerning damselflies and dragonflies (Odonata)

Morphology, Physiology, Ecology,
Systematics, Biodiversity and Conservation
Posters - Oral Presentations - Invited Plenary Talks

Key important date

Registration and abstract submission deadline: 10 April, 2009

Organizers

Rodolfo Novelo-Gutiérrez
Instituto de Ecología A.C. Xalapa. Ver.
rodolfo.novelo@inecol.edu.mx
Phone: + 52 228 842 1800 ext. 3311
Fax: + 52 228 842 1800 ext. 4222

Enrique González-Soriano
Instituto de Biología, UNAM
esoriano@ibiologia.unam.mx
Phone: + 52 555 622 9156
Fax: + 52 55 55500164

Alex Córdoba-Aguilar
Instituto de Ecología, UNAM
acordoba@ecologia.unam.mx

Meeting web site: http://www.odonatology2009.org/

International Symposium on Islands and Evolution

International Symposium on Islands and Evolution
Fechas: 14-17 de septiembre de 2009
Menorca (Islas Baleares, España)

Sesiones científicas:
- Island Biogeography
- Phylogeography and molecular evolution in islands
- Evolutionary ecology in islands
- Late insular evolution

Primera circular (.doc)
Primera circular (.pdf)

Información

Organizadores
Valentín Pérez-Mellado, Universidad de Salamanca (USAL) valentin@usal.es
M.M. Ramon, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB) cori.ramon@uib.es

El Codigo de Barras de la Vida en Mexico

2-3 de Marzo, 2009

Presentación, Auditorio UNIVERSUM, UNAM
(Transmisión por webcast: http://canal.dgsca.unam.mx/)

Taller del Nodo IBUNAM de la Red MEXBOL
El Código de Barras de la Vida
Auditorio del Jardín Botánico del Instituto de Biología de la UNAM
Horario	Ponente	Adscripción	Título de la plática
09:00	Rob DeSalle	American Museum of Natural History	What DNA Barcoding is, is not clear
09:45	Paul Hebert	University of Guelph	BOLD: An Informatics Support System for Barcoding
10:30	Patricia Escalante	Instituto de Biología UNAM	El nodo IBUNAM de la Red MEXBOL y avances del proyecto BOM (Birds of Mexico)
10:45	David Gernandt	Instituto de Biología UNAM	The partitioning of chloroplast variation among species of Pinus
11:00	Fernando Nicolalde-Morejón y F Vergara Silva	Instituto de Ecología AC e Instituto de Biologia UNAM	Códigos de barras moleculares basados en caracteres para las cycadas mexicanas
11:15	Break
11:30	Mehrdad Hajibabaei	University of Guelph	Assembling DNA Barcodes
12:15	Virginia León	Instituto de Biología UNAM	El Código de Barras de la Reserva de la Biósfera Chamela-Cuixmala
12:30	Robert Bye	Instituto de Biología UNAM	El potencial de barcoding en etnobotanica: un ejemplo con las plantas medicinales in Mexico
12:45	Ronald Petersen	University of Tennessee	Biological species in fleshy fungi: a complication for bar-coding
13:30	Intermedio para comer
15:30	Karen Hughes	University of Tennessee	Fungal Barcoding: Lessons from the agaric ATBI in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
16:15	Joaquín Cifuentes	Instituto de Biología UNAM	Biodiversidad y concepto de especie en hongos
16:30	Damon Little	The New York Botanical Garden	TREEBOL: a collaborative effort for plant DNA barcoding
17:15	Gerardo Salazar	Instituto de Biología UNAM	Codigos de barras de monocotiledoneas: ejemplos de Agavaceae y Orchidaceae
17:30	Break
17:45	Karl Kjer	Rutgers University	Linking barcodes with Phylogenetics: a fruitful collaboration in Trichoptera
18:30	Atilano Contreras	Instituto de Biología UNAM	DNA Barcoding potential for selected groups of Neuropterida in Mexico
18:45	Ricardo Ayala	Instituto de Biología UNAM	Las Abejas Nativas de México y la iniciativa BeeBOL
19:00	Alejandro Zaldívar	Instituto de Biología UNAM	Characterizing diversity in a megadiverse, cosmopolitan parasitoid wasp genus using DNA barcoding