Workshops
Upcoming
Wilhelmshaven, Germany
2025
Confusing Crustaceans II
Identification workshop at the Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung. This workshop will pair senior taxonomist mentors with graduate student/postdoc mentees, to provide specialized training, as the voucher specimens for sequencing are identified by taxonomic experts. Outcomes for trainees include training in morphology and taxonomy of specific peracarid orders, and training to the level of species identifications, through close mentoring between specialists and students during the workshops.
Los Angeles, California
2026
Description
Integrative systematics workshop will be incorporating molecular, morphological and fossil data, as well as final identification of challenging specimens.
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Confusing Crustaceans: Peracarid Systematics, Collection, and Preservation
Bocas del Toro Research Station, Panama
July 31-August 14, 2024
Course description
Collection, identification and taxonomy workshop at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Bocas del Toro. The workshop will consist of a mix of local field collections in various environments (coral reefs, sea-grasses, mangroves, nearshore environments), live sorting and identification, preservation to preserve biomolecules, and training in peracarid morphology and systematics.
Outcomes include experience in collection techniques, live sorting, gaining skills in morphology and taxonomy across the Peracarida sufficient to differentiate between orders, families, and genera, preservation strategies to preserve biomolecules, differentiating between morphologically crucial parts and appropriate sacrificial parts, data management to maintain continuous connectivity between voucher specimens, extractions, and sequences, and training in video outreach.
Instructors: Drs. Sarah Gerken, Kevin Kocot, Regina Wetzer, Lauren Hughes, Jørgen Olsen
Rostock, Germany
May 28-30, 2024
Description
A meeting of international collaborators.
