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Genomics and Museum Collections
Genomics & Museum Collections: Using NGS data from Degraded Material for Conservation, Evolutionary and Ecological Research
A one-day seminar, delivered in three locations across Colombia, highlighting how the recent advances in Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies are transforming the way we can analyse the genomics of museum collections.
Start date:
02 December 2019
End date:
04 December 2019
Time:
09h30 - 16h30
Venue:
Bogota, Colombia - Universidad de los Andes (2 December)
Cali, Colombia - Universidad del Valle (3 December)
Medellin, Colombia - Universidad de Antioquia (4 December)
Enquiries:
Organisers: Natural History Museum and GROW Colombia
Registration deadline:
20 November 2019
Cost:
Free to register
About the event.
What is the seminar “Genomics and Museum Collections” about?
Natural history collections are an invaluable source of information. Museum specimens provide a window to the past, and collections of specimens provide a record that can span temporal and geographical ranges of both within and between species diversity. Recent advances in Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies have provided a means to generate genome-wide datasets from degraded DNA samples.
The purpose of this seminar is to highlight how these advances are transforming the way we can analyse the genomics of museum collections. The same seminar will be delivered three times in Bogota, Cali and Mendellin, Colombia, on separate dates. See the further information tab for exact locations.
The speakers are experts in applying NGS technologies to analyse genome wide DNA from degraded samples. They will outline the methods involved and discuss a range of questions that can be addressed using ancient DNA datasets. Their specialty fields include plant, insect and mammalian paleogenomics as well as human DNA.
The talks will be appropriate for interested researchers, students, museum curators and staff, and anyone wanting to know more about the utility of applying a NGS molecular approach to studying evolution, ecology or conservation biology from degraded museum specimens.
Toda la información del evento se encuentra disponible en Español aquí
Organisers and trainers.
Programme.
Bogota - 2 December 2019
Cali - 3 December 2019
Medellin - 4 December 2019
Day 1 - 02 December 2019
Time
Topic
09:30 - 10:00
Registration
10:00 - 11:00
Talk 1 - Selina Brace, Natural History Museum, London, UK
Key topics: Tropical Ancient DNA, Laboratory methods, Evolution, Ecology
11:00 - 12:00
Talk 2 - Ian Barnes, Natural History Museum, London, UK
Key topics: Mammal and Insect Paleogenomics, Phylogeography, Prehistoric Humans
12:00 - 12:30
Talk 3 - Camilo Chacón-Duque, Natural History Museum, London, UK
Key topics: Population Genomics, Human Ancient DNA, Colombia
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch and Networking
14:00 - 15:00
Talk 4 - Robin Allaby, University of Warwick, UK
Key topics: Plant Paleogenomics, Crop Origins and Domestication, Herbaria
15:00 - 16:00
Talk 5 - Love Dalén, Swedish Natural History Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Key topics: Vertebrate Paleogenomics, Extinction, Conservation Genomics
16:00 - 16:30
Discussion Panel
Day 2 - 03 December 2019
Time
Topic
09:30 - 10:00
Registration
10:00 - 11:00
Talk 1 - Selina Brace, Natural History Museum, London, UK
Key topics: Tropical Ancient DNA, Laboratory methods, Evolution, Ecology
11:00 - 12:00
Talk 2 - Ian Barnes, Natural History Museum, London, UK
Key topics: Mammal and Insect Paleogenomics, Phylogeography, Prehistoric Humans
12:00 - 12:30
Talk 3 - Camilo Chacón-Duque, Natural History Museum, London, UK
Key topics: Population Genomics, Human Ancient DNA, Colombia
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch and Networking
14:00 - 15:00
Talk 4 - Robin Allaby, University of Warwick, UK
Key topics: Plant Paleogenomics, Crop Origins and Domestication, Herbaria
15:00 - 16:00
Talk 5 - Love Dalén, Swedish Natural History Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Key topics: Vertebrate Paleogenomics, Extinction, Conservation Genomics
Day 3 - 04 December 2019
Time
Topic
09:30 - 10:00
Registration
10:00 - 11:00
Talk 1 - Selina Brace, Natural History Museum, London, UK
Key topics: Tropical Ancient DNA, Laboratory methods, Evolution, Ecology
11:00 - 12:00
Talk 2 - Ian Barnes, Natural History Museum, London, UK
Key topics: Mammal and Insect Paleogenomics, Phylogeography, Prehistoric Humans
12:00 - 12:30
Talk 3 - Camilo Chacón-Duque, Natural History Museum, London, UK
Key topics: Population Genomics, Human Ancient DNA, Colombia
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch and Networking
14:00 - 15:00
Talk 4 - Robin Allaby, University of Warwick, UK
Key topics: Plant Paleogenomics, Crop Origins and Domestication, Herbaria
15:00 - 16:00
Talk 5 - Love Dalén, Swedish Natural History Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Key topics: Vertebrate Paleogenomics, Extinction, Conservation Genomics
Further information.
Toda la información del evento se encuentra disponible en Español aquí
Venues information:
Day 1 - Bogota
Monday, 2 December 2019
Mario Laserna C Lecture Theatre
Mario Laserna Building
Universidad de los Andes
Calle 19 A No. 1 – 82, south side
Day 2 - Cali
Tuesday, 3 December 2019
Ángel Zapata Ceballos Lecture Theatre
Central Library Mario Carvajal
E19 Building
Universidad del Valle
Calle 13 #100-00
Day 3 - Medellin
Wednesday 4 December 2019
Luis Javier García Isaza Lecture Theatre
Museo Universitario
Universidad de Antioquia
Calle 67 #53-108
Other important information:
There will be translation English-Spanish
The event has been organised by:
Natural History Museum
GROW Colombia
With the support of:
Earlham Institute
Universidad de Los Andes
Universidad del Valle
Universidad de Antioquia
This event is funded by:
UKRI / Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)
