Society of Systematic Biologists

The Distributed European School of Taxonomy is offering a two-week training course on BASICS OF TAXONOMY: DESCRIBING, ILLUSTRATING AND COMMUNICATING BIODIVERSITY. The course is ideal for early career and future taxonomists who want to learn more about DELTA, digital drawing, scientific illustration, writing and communication, and Scratchpads.

• Registration deadline is approaching: 24 June 2013
• Course dates: 14-25 October 2013
• Course venue: Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Sciences, Kristineberg, Sweden
• Target audience: MSc students, PhD students, early career researchers; from any nationality
• Registration fee: 1200 Euro (includes course attendance, course material, accommodation and meals)

For detailed information and registration, please visit:
http://www.taxonomytraining.eu/content/basics-taxonomy-describing-illustrating-and-communicating-biodiversity

DEST is offering four grants of €500 to attend this course. For eligibility criteria and application procedure, see the above webpage.

SSB Members - here is your chance to learn from some of the best and brightest in the Society of Systematic Biologists. All SSB members are invited to attend the inaugural Society of Systematic Biologists Workshop, which will be held on Friday June 21, 2013 between 1:00 and 5:00. This workshop is open only to members of SSB, so be sure to join or renew your membership today!

Speakers will include:

• Joe Felsenstein (Phylip & model-based molecular phylogenetics)
• John Huelsenbeck (Mr Bayes & Bayesian phylogenetics)
• Brant Faircloth (Next Generation Sequencing for Phylogenetics)
• Peter Beerli (Migrate-n and phylogeography)

There will be a short reception following the workshop - this will be the place to meet society members and discuss phylogenetic and phylogeographic methods.

Please contact Bryan Carstens <carstens dot 12 at osu dot edu> with questions.

DEST – Training programmes 2012-2013
The Distributed European School of Taxonomy (DEST, http://www.taxonomytraining.eu), originally funded by the EC in the framework of the EDIT project, has launched two types of training courses at various European research facilities and universities. The programme is open to participants from Europe and outside of Europe.

The Modern Taxonomy programme 2012-2013 offers intensive theoretical courses in subjects as varied as nomenclature; describing, writing and illustrating biodiversity; and phylogenetic systematics.

We are pleased to announce the São Paulo School of Advanced Sciences - Evolution (SPSAS-evo) to be held in August 19-31, 2012, in Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil. This is the 6th edition of an ambitious initiative by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), whose main purpose is to bring together leading experts and outstanding students/post-docs from all over the world in order to advance areas considered strategic for Brazilian science.

SPSAS-evo will be a two-week course centered on a range of topics in Evolutionary Biology taught by a host of world class experts conducting cutting-edge research in Evolution. The main goals are to generate authoritative outreach material focused on Evolution and to showcase ongoing research in São Paulo, aiming at attracting the most promising students, post-docs and young faculty to the state of São Paulo.

The Distributed European School of Taxonomy (DEST, http://www.taxonomytraining.eu) provides a high quality training that prepares students for future taxonomic careers. Courses are open to participants from Europe and outside of Europe.

Upcoming courses within the Modern Taxonomy programme:

• DNA-Barcoding course (Paris, 19-23 March 2012)
• Basics of taxonomy: describing, illustrating and writing biodiversity (Kristineberg, 16 - 27 April 2012)
• Biological Nomenclature (Paris, 28 May - 1 June 2012)

Upcoming courses within the Expert-in-training programme:

• Entomological research in protected areas (1 week in May-June 2012, Firenze, Italy)
• Eco-ethological peculiarities and morphological taxonomy in defining uniqueness of island populations: Podarcis Lacertid lizards (1 week in June 2012, Aeolian Islands, Italy)

Have a look now as registration deadlines are getting near!

The Distributed European School of Taxonomy (DEST), originally funded by the EC in the framework of the EDIT project, has launched the Modern Taxonomy course programme 2011-2012 to provide future professionals with fundamental expert knowledge on basic taxonomy.

The course programme targets topics such as: nomenclature; describing, writing and illustrating biodiversity; collection conservation.

More info at: http://www.taxonomytraining.eu/content/modern-taxonomy-course-programme-2011-2012

Bioinformatics Center of Kyoto University Application Deadline: May 31, 2011

http://academy.nescent.org/wiki/Computational_phyloinformatics

Computational Phyloinformatics is a 11-day international course (August 1-11, 2011) co-organized by the Computational Biology Research Center (CBRC/AIST), the Bioinformatics Center of Kyoto University, the Database Center for Life Science (DBCLS/JST), and the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent). This course, which will take place at Kyoto University directly following the SMBE Meeting, aims to give participants practical knowledge and hands-on skills in phyloinformatics.

The Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin has announced the Otto Warburg International Summer School and Research Symposium 2011 on Evolutionary Genomics. The aim of this program is to bring together researchers and PhD students from different backgrounds (including molecular biology, bioinformatics, biological physics, mathematics) to discuss recent advances in evolutionary genomics in an interactive environment. The program focuses on high-level teaching and topical research seminars. Participants are expected to give poster presentations or contribute talks.
The registration fee is ââ??¬950 and will cover meals, accommodation and social events. Visit their web site to apply.

Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

24 July - 6 August 2011

Application Deadline: 15 May was the preferred application deadline, after which time people will be admitted to the course following review of applications by the admissions committee. However, later applications are accepted.

http://www.molecularevolution.org/workshops/WME

Michael P. Cummings, Scott A. Handley and Kendra Nightingale, Co-Directors

The Workshop consists of a series of lectures, demonstrations and computer laboratories that cover various aspects of molecular evolution. Faculty are chosen exclusively for their effectiveness in teaching theory and practice in molecular evolution. Included among the faculty are developers and other experts in the use of computer programs and packages such as BEAST, *BEAST, DataMonkey, FigTree, Genealogical Sorting Index, GARLI, HyPhy, LAMARC, MAFFT, MrBayes, and SeaView who provide demonstrations and consultations.

Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, 10 - 23 July 2011

Application Deadline: 15 May is the preferred application deadline, after which time people will be admitted to the course following review of applications by the admissions committee. However, later applications will certainly be accepted.

http://www.molecularevolution.org/workshops/WCG

Scott A. Handley, Michael Cummings and Kendra Nightingale, Co-Directors

The Workshop on Comparative Genomics consists of a series of lectures, demonstrations and computer laboratories that cover various aspects of comparative genomics focusing on next-generation sequencing data. Faculty are chosen exclusively for their effectiveness in teaching theory and practice in comparative genomics. Included among the faculty are developers and other experts in the use of computer programs and packages such as ABySS, bowtie, velvet, bioperl, Scripture, GMOD, Gbrowse, Galaxy, PyCogent, QIIME who provide demonstrations and consultations. The course is designed for established investigators, postdoctoral scholars, and advanced graduate students. Scientists with strong interests in the uses of short-read sequence data, analytical methods, comparative structure of genomes, metagenomics, genome visualization tools and related areas are encouraged to apply for admission. Lectures and computer laboratories total ~90 hours of scheduled instruction. Admission is limited. No programming experience is required, however, detailed instruction suitable for the novice will be provided during the early days of the Workshop on the use of the command line, editing tools and basic scripting.