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� ForBio Annual Meeting 2017
Welcome
ForBio aspires to train a new generation of biosystematists to meet
society’s needs for biodiversity expertise and at the same time
strengthen research in biosystematics in the Nordic countries. Last
year, we organized 18 courses and a vibrant and inspiring ForBio
Annual meeting in Trondheim. This year we are continuing with our
expanded course portfolio, and have exciting new courses coming up
organized by the ForBio coordinators. In addition to keep you
updated through our monthly newsletter, we will briefly present
some of these new course concepts during this ForBio Annual
meeting in Bergen. Looking forward to more courses, more meetings
and more ForBio!
– Hugo de Boer
Organizing Committee
Aino Hosia, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen
Maria Capa, NTNU University Museum, Trondheim
Galina Gusarova, Tromsø University Museum, University of Tromsø
Hugo de Boer, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
ForBio Steering Committee
Inger Greve Alsos, Tromsø University Museum, University of Tromsø
Christian Brochmann, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Hans K. Stenøien, NTNU University Museum, Trondheim
Endre Willassen, University Museum of Bergen
Organisational Assistance
Trond Roger Oskars, University Museum of Bergen
Nannie Persson, University Museum of Bergen
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Meeting Schedule
April 24
9:30 Registration and coffee
11:00 WELCOME
Endre Willassen, ForBio Steering Committee, University Museum of Bergen
Hugo de Boer, Leader of ForBio, University of Oslo
11:10 KEYNOTE
Lacey Knowles, University of Michigan
Transforming subjective knowledge into insights through objective model-based analyses
11:50 José Cerca de Oliveira, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
The enigmatic case of morphological stasis in the marine annelid Stygocapitella subterranea:
biogeographical and morphological evidence
12:10 Stefaniya Kamenova, University of Oslo
High-throughput molecular methods for studying trophic interactions
12:30 POSTER SPEED PRESENTATIONS
Harith Farooq, University of Aveiro & Gothenburg University
Rich Natural Resources VS Poor Funding?
Emma Wahlberg, Swedish Museum of Natural History
Systematic and taxonomic revision of Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera), with emphasis on Empididae
and Hybotidae
Gopalakrishnan Saroja Seethapathy, University of Oslo
Ethnopharmacological investigation and documentation of traditional knowledge about dioecious
plants in South India
Vanessa Bieker, NTNU University Museum
Using historical herbarium specimens to investigate plant genome evolution during parallel
invasions (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.)
12:55 Hugo de Boer, Leader of ForBio, University of Oslo
Upcoming MSCA workshop
13:00 LUNCH
14:00 KEYNOTE
Luke Mahler, University of Toronto
Linking ecology and macroevolution in replicated radiations of island lizards
14:40 Malene Østreng Nygård, NTNU University Museum
A RAD-seq study of the Norwegian red-listed sister-species Carex jemtlandica and C. lepidocarpa
(sect. Ceratocystis, Cyperaceae)
15:00 Adriana Alvizu, University of Bergen
A revised molecular phylogeny of the subclass Calcaronea
15:20 COFFEE
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15:50 Martina Zahradnikova, University Museum of Bergen:
The taxonomy and evolution of the Fuscideaceae (Umbilicariales, Lecanoromycetes)
16:10 Dmitry Schigel, GBIF & University of Helsinki
Publishing and using biodiversity data in research
16:30 Mari Heggernes Eilertsen, University of Bergen
Phylogeny and habitat use of Ampharetidae in chemosynthesis-based ecosystems
April 25
9:00 KEYNOTE
Nina Rønsted, Natural History Museum of Denmark
Phylogenetic exploration of medicinal plant diversity
9:40 Tobias Hofmann, Univeristy of Gothenburg
Mammal extinctions of the recent past
10:00 Zandra Maria Skandrup Sigvardt, Natural History Museum of Denmark
Systematics and evolution of clam shrimps (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) with focus on morphology
and functionality of (clasper) limbs
10:20 Dagmara Żyła, Natural History Museum of Denmark
Extinct lineage of Paederinae rove beetles from the Cretaceous Burmese amber
10:40 COFFEE
11:10 Nannie Persson, University Museum of Bergen
The evolutionary history of the Potentilla 'core goup'
11:30 Luis Martell, University Museum of Bergen
Challenges and opportunities in Norwegian hydrozoan taxonomy: lessons from project HYPNO
11:50 Jiayi Qin, Aarhus University
Validation of metabarcoding approaches targeting soil microarthropod in field study
12:10 POSTER SPEED PRESENTATIONS
Olle Thureborn, Stockholm University
A Phylogeny of the Tribe Anthospermeae (Rubiaceae) Based on Molecular Data
Liping Yan, University of Copenhagen
Evolution of stomach botflies (Oestridae: Gasterophilus): a phylogenetic perspective
Torbjørn Ekrem, NTNU University Museum
The Norwegian Barcode of Life Network (NorBOL)
12:30 LUNCH
13:30 KEYNOTE
Nataliya Budaeva, University of Bergen
Paedomorphic evolution in the deep-sea fauna
14:10
Petter Zahl Marki, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Invasion of a novel adaptive zone facilitated build-up of morphological and species diversity in an
avian radiation
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14:30 Narjes Yousefi, NTNU University Museum
Genome-wide association mapping and factors associated with carbon sequestration in common
peatmoss Sphagnum magellanicum Brid.
14:50 POSTER SPEED PRESENTATIONS
Erik Gobbo, Swedish Museum of Natural History
Using Microbiomic Signatures to Investigate the Diet of Hymenopteran Larvae
Maonian Xu, University of Iceland
A chemo-systematic and phylogenetic revisit to the lichen Cetraria islandica species complex in
Iceland
Maria Backlund, Swedish Species Information Centre, SLU
The Swedish Taxonomy Initiative, progress report
15:10 COFFEE
15:40 Allison Hsiang, Swedish Museum of Natural History
Understanding the History of Life Using Morphology and Fossils: New Computational Approaches
and Probabilistic Models
16:00 Sujeet Singh, University of Oulu
Population genetic structure of Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) in human dominated Terai Arc
Landscape (TAL), India
16:20 POSTER SPEED PRESENTATIONS
Josué Anderson Azevedo, University of Gothenburg
Historical biogeography of amphibians and reptiles of the Cerrado savannas of the Neotropics
Anne Helene Tandberg, University Museum of Bergen
Norwegian Marine Amphipoda
William Hatchett, Nord University
Reinforcing Reinforcement, Reinforcement in Fucus distichus and Fucus serratus
16:40 POSTER SESSION
19:00 CONFERENCE DINNER
April 26
9:00 KEYNOTE
Endre Willassen, University Museum of Bergen
DNA barcoding marine life underscores the needs for taxonomists
9:40 Yingkui Liu, University of Gothenburg
Species delimitation and phylogenetic relationships in Limnodrilus (Annelida: Clitellata: Naididae)
10:00 Thomas Marcussen, NMBU
Dating grasses
10:20 COFFEE
10:50 Trond Roger Oskars, University Museum of Bergen
Diversity and Systematics of the Indo-West Pacific genus Haloa (Euopisthobranchia,
Cephalaspidea)
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11:10 Camila Ritter, University of Gothenburg
Amazon biodiversity patterns: can we predict the diversity?
11:30 Maonian Xu, University of Iceland
Life across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Unique fungal-algal association pattern of the lichen Cetrariella
delisei in Iceland
11:50 POSTER SPEED PRESENTATIONS
Riikka Elo, Zoological museum, University of Turku
Phylogeny and species delineation in Finnish species of the genus Carabodes (Acari, Oribatida)
using mitochondrial and nuclear markers
Daniel Marquina, Swedish Museum of Natural History
Design and in silico evaluation of degenerate PCR primers for insect metabarcoding
Sanna Majaneva, University of Tromsø
Ctenophores – native aliens in Norwegian waters
12:10 LUNCH
13:10 Ursula Brandes, NMBU
Beware, Norway is being invaded by the Europeans right now!
13:30 Pavel Matos, University of Gothenburg
The roles of abiotic factors and biotic interactions in the diversification of Odontomachus trap-jaw
ants
13:50 Melissa Brandner, Nord University
A whole lot of Biodiversity; assessing benthic marine communities through metagenomics
14:10 POSTER SPEED PRESENTATIONS
José Cerca de Oliveira, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Sampling paradoxes in marine invertebrate genetic connectivity: The case study of the ‘meiofauna
paradox’
María Ariza, University of Gothenburg
Unraveling the coevolutionary history of the mutualistic interaction between Piper plants and
Carollia bats in the Neotropics
Sujeet Singh, University of Oulu
Genetic study reveals recent isolation of Sundarbans Tigers from mainland Bengal tiger
population, India.
Ancuta Cristina Raclariu, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Molecular authentication of Hypericum perforatum (St. John wort) herbal products
14:35 COFFEE
15:05 Discussion and awards
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ForBio is a teaching and research initiative funded by the Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative and the Research
Council of Norway. The 2017 ForBio Annual Meeting is hosted by the University Museum of Bergen.
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