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The gold standard
for species recognition
For five years Naturalis and CBS-KNAW have co-operated with actual
and potential users, taxonomists and dedicated laboratories to build up
an extensive reference database of DNA Barcodes of groups including
fungi of medical and quarantine importance, invasive plant species
of the Netherlands, and fruit flies of economic importance.
The collaboration between all partners has proven to be extremely
successful. The knowledge base is now ready for use in all domains
where reliable species identification is essential, including forensics,
medical entomology, and ecosystem studies using metabarcoding.
The activities were all facilitated by a grant of the Fonds Economische
Structuur­versterking to Naturalis and CBS-KNAW.
The results of the project and prospects for future use of DNA barcoding
will be the topic of a one-day symposium to be held on
3 June 2015
in the Jaarbeurs Utrecht
Participation is free, but advance registration is compulsory.
For more information on the programme and registration, you can visit:
www.science.naturalis.nl
Highlights morning session
• Key note speaker
- Paul Hebert (International Barcode of Life
Project and University of Guelph, CA)
• DNA Barcoding in practice
- Gerard Verkleij (CBS/KNAW)
- Laurens Sparrius (FLORON & BLWG)
• Dutch Organisation
- Kevin Beentjes (Naturalis)
Highlights parallel sessions
(13.30-16.30)
• Biodiversity of fresh water with Menno Soes
(Bureau Waardenburg), Michiel Hootsmans
(KWR), Alexander Klink (Bureau Klink)
• Wildlife forensics with Luc Hoogenstein
(MinDef), Jeanine Joling (HvA),
Youri Lammers (Naturalis)
•F
ungal resources and relevance with
Michel de Vries (CBS), Sandra I.R. Videra (CBS),
Marcel van Raak (CBS)
• I nvasive species and quarantine
organisms with Johan van Valkenburg (NVWA),
Arjan Gittenberger (GiMaRIS),
Jelger Herder (RAVON)
•T
ropical studies with Vincent Merckx
(Leiden University), József Geml (Naturalis),
Sanne Boessenkool (University Oslo)
•T
axonomy and phylogeny with Barbara
Graven­deel (Naturalis), John T. Smit (EIS),
K.-D. Dijkstra (Stellenbosch University)