Plant.ID Seminar Series: Molecular identification of plants for science and society
The Plant.ID Seminar Series presents modern molecular tools for identifying plants and shows the most current developments in the field.
There are 5 seminars each revolving around a specific topic. They are free, online, and take place once a month from February to June.
NEXT SEMINAR
Thursday May 27, 15:00-17:00 CET
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Zoom link https://uio.zoom.us/j/63954214368?pwd=UWJMTndHTHI2dDBPNW83RTZSUGZqQT09
| Tracing trade: Crossing the border between taxonomy and forensics against illegal plant trade | ||
| 15:00 | Introduction by chair | |
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Yannick Woudstra (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) |
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| 15:05 |
Genome skimming reveals novel plastid markers for the identification of illegally logged African trees |
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Maurizio Mascarello (Meise Botanic Garden) |
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| 15:25 | Innovative tools for monitoring illegal hardwood timber trade | |
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Mehrdad Jahanbanifard (Naturalis Biodiversity Center) |
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| 15:45 | Break | |
| 16:00 | Is digital sequence information the missing link to tackling illegal plant trade? | |
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Carly Cowell (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) |
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| 16:30 | Ethnobotany of traded Aloe species in Tanzania | |
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Siri Abihudi (Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology) |
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| 17:00 | End | |
FUTURE SEMINAR
Thursday June 24, 14:00-16:00 CET
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Zoom link https://uio.zoom.us/j/66299317984?pwd=dlJPM3RjZkx3NFhuTFhudGxYWS9EUT09
| Molecular monitoring: Plant product quality and the environment | ||
| 14:00 | Introduction by chair | |
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Bastien Anthoons (Centre for Research & Technology, Hellas) |
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| 14:05 | Low-copy nuclear markers to improve taxon delimitation in taxonomically problematic diatom complexes | |
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Ozan Çiftçi (BaseClear) |
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| 14:25 | DNA barcoding, metabarcoding and chemical profiling of Chinese herbal medicine | |
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Felicitas Mück (University of Oslo) |
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| 14:45 | Break | |
| 15:00 | Molecular tools for early detection of invasive aquatic plants, and identification of cryptic invasive macrophytes | |
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Joanna Freeland (Trent University) |
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| 15:30 | Analytical methods for herbal medicine authentication and the need for standardization in the regulation of the global supply chain | |
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Anthony Booker (University of Westminster) |
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| 16:00 | End | |
PREVIOUS SEMINARS
Thursday February 25, 14:00-16:00 CET
| Biodiversity time travels: The use of historical plant genomes in biodiversity research | ||
| 14:00 | Introduction by chairs | |
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Margret Veltman (University of Oslo) & Nataly Canales (University of Copenhagen) |
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| 14:05 | A retrospective view on plant genetic diversity using ancient DNA | |
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Hernán Burbano (University College London) |
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| 14:35 | The Victorian parlour plant and the survival of the unfit | |
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Thibauld Michel (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh) |
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| 14:55 | Break | |
| 15:10 | Inferring the population genomics of an invasive weed through time | |
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Vanessa Bieker (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) |
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| 15:30 | Vintage genomics: Tracing wine grape varieties through time | |
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Jazmín Ramos Madrigal (University of Copenhagen) |
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| 16:00 | End | |
Thursday March 25, 14:00-16:15 CET
| Modern tools and old methods: Descriptive taxonomy and phylogeny | ||
| 14:00 | Introduction by chair | |
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Stephen Garrett (University of Copenhagen) |
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| 14:05 | Describing signals of phylogeny and molecular evolution across swathes of genomic data | |
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David A Duchêne (Australian National University & University of Copenhagen) |
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| 14:35 | Polyploid genomes, the Achilles heel of molecular taxonomy? | |
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Anne-Sophie Quatela (University of Gothenburg) |
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| 14:50 | Species as a heuristic: reconciling theory and practice | |
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Tom Wells (Oxford University) |
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| 15:20 | Break | |
| 15:30 | Species-tree diffusion models and their applications in campion (Silene) phylogeography | |
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Ntwai Moiloa (University of Gothenburg) |
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| 15:45 | A taxonomic monograph of Ipomoea integrated across phylogenetic scales | |
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Robert Scotland (Oxford University) |
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| 16:15 | End | |
Thursday April 22, 14:00-16:00 CET
| Proxy wars: Molecular tools for reconstructing diets and environments | ||
| 14:00 | Introduction by chair | |
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Physilia Chua (University of Copenhagen) |
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| 14:05 | Ground-truthing soil eDNA vegetation assessment: a blast from the past | |
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María Ariza (University of Oslo) |
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| 14:25 | The hidden biodiversity of pollen grains | |
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Marcel Polling (Naturalis Biodiversity Center) |
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| 14:45 | Break | |
| 15:00 | Holocene vegetation responses to climate and humans in Central Alps | |
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Sandra Garcés Pastor (The Arctic University of Tromsø) |
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| 15:30 | The trophic ecology of large herbivores | |
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Tyler Kartzinel (Brown University) |
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| 16:00 | End | |
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