Society of Systematic Biologists

The U.S. Workshop on DNA Banking will be held at the Drury Inn & Suites Forest Park in St. Louis, MO on January 3–4, 2013 under the auspices of the Missouri Botanical Garden and through the support of the National Science Foundation. The workshop will bring together representatives of natural history institutions and academic research programs to discuss means of encouraging development and utilization of DNA banks, increasing networking among American DNA banks, and responding to the anticipated needs of the systematics and barcoding communities. Taxonomic groups including plants, animals, fungi, and protists will be represented. Discussion sessions will guide the production of a white paper of recommendations. Interested parties can register to attend until Nov. 30 (or until the maximum number of participants has been reached) using the link below; a registration fee of $125 is requested to cover participants’ costs. Please email wendy.applequist@mobot.org if you have any questions.

http://www.mobot.org/iEBMS/coe/coe_p1_all.aspx?oc=10&cc=EDUCLASSES#EDUCATIONALWORKSHOP