Dear Colleagues,
I would like to draw your attention to a course that will be held in
connection to the 7. International Polychaete Conference in Reykjavik
2001. You can also find this information on our homepage:
http://www.ni.is/7IPCI/postconf.htm
Best regards
Elín Sigvaldadóttir
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A postconference course in systematics will be held at the Sandgerdi
Marine Centre 9-27 July 2001
The course is mainly intended for postgraduate and early postdoctoral
workers. These people will be given preference if there is heavy demand.
The arrangers and main teachers will be Fredrik Pleijel and Greg Rouse.
Contact person is Elín Sigvaldadóttir: elins at ni.is
The course is planned to run for 18 days. Emphasis will be on
systematics and cladistics. Lectures will cover areas such as polychaete
morphology, diversity, reproduction and 'ecology', cladistics, molecular
and morphological data, classification, species concepts, and
biogeography.
Each participant will be involved in a project relevant to the course, either
individually or in groups. Participants can bring their own material and
data, or choose among the following suggestions:
Systematics of Chaetopteridae GR
Position of Spirorbinae within Serpulidae GR
Relationships withinOweniidae GR
Relationships withinScalibregmatidae GR
Revision of Nerillidae FP
Revision of Lacydoniidae FP
Phylogenetic relationships of Archinomidae FP
Relationships between Chaetoparia (Phyllodocidae) and Lopadorhynchidae FP
A preliminary phylogeny of Nephtyidae FP
Alignments of syllid and hesionid dorsal cirri alternations FP
Growth patterns of Hyalinoecia tubes FP
The intention is that any chosen suggested study will be initialised and
commenced during the course. As these projects will be largely based on
literature studies we highly recommend the students to choose projects in
advance and to prepare by perform literature search. The main
responsible (indicated by the initials above) should also be contacted in
advance for planning.
Applications must be received by 30 November 2000. Successful
applicants will receive additional information concerning the course. You
can find the application form on: http://www.ni.is/7IPCI/registr.htm or
contact Elin Sigvaldadóttir directly: elins at ni.is
The course will be held at the Sandgerdi Marine Centre: situated in a little
village 60 kilometres from the capital city Reykjavik. It will be limited to 10-
15 participants, and will cost ISK 60.000 (aproximate price). The fee
includes accommodation (simple 2 beds room, bed clothing included)
and one meal/day during the whole course, not including Saturdays and
Sundays. No other expenses will be covered by the organization. Free
cooking facilities will be available to participants.
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