Molecular Approaches in Conservation Ecology

Description

This summer course will focus on advances in the molecular approaches that are used in Ecology and Conservation Biology. These advanced methodological approaches associated with the traditional methodologies allow to investigate complex functional processes in response to aquatic and terrestrial habitat conditions. This course will be focused specifically in fundamental concepts in “Molecular Biology”, “Phylogeny” and “Metabarcoding” of the aquatic or terrestrial communities, through:
– Introduction to “Molecular Biology” and fundamental concepts of “Phylogenetics”
– Introduction to “Metastudies”: DNA Metabarcoding of communities (example: 18S and 16S rRNA for species identification i.e. in microbiome and in intertidal communities.

Coordinator(s)

lecturer(s)

responsible unit

MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre and MED- Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development from Universidade de Évora.

recipients

University students, master’s students, doctoral students and interested professionals from several fields.

Requirements

Not applicable

minimum participants

4

maximum participants

9

Price

Students: 175€
General Public: 275€

participation Certification

Yes

detailed program

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schedule

14h to 18h