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10th YSF

Tuesday 2 December 2008, 9am
The Natural History Museum, by David Iliff
Flett Lecture Theatre
The Natural History Museum
London, UK

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Systematics Association The Natural History Museum

Organisers: Dr. Juliet Brodie and Dr. Pete Olson

Introduction

The annual Young Systematists' Forum represents an exciting setting for postgraduate students and young postdoctoral researchers to present their data, often for the first time, to a scientific audience interested in taxonomy, systematics and phylogenetic inference. This well-established event provides an important opportunity for budding systematists to discuss their research in front of their peers within a supportive environment. Supervisors and other established systematists are also encouraged to attend.

Prizes will be awarded for the most promising oral and poster presentations as judged by a small panel on the day.

Registration

Registration is FREE via RSVP: please let us know if you wish to attend as space is limited. Send applications by e-mail to Peter Olson , supplying your name, contact address and stating whether or not you wish to give and oral or poster presentation. Space will be allocated subject to availability and for a balanced programme of animal, plant, algal, molecular and other research. Those wishing to present their work should send an abstract as soon as possible in order to increase the likelihood of obtaining a space in the programme.

Programme

09.00 Registration 
09.35 IntroductionJuliet Brodie (NHM)
09.40 Welcome and introductionTim Barraclough (Imperial College)
09.50 Andrea Crowther Taxonomic uncertainty in the sea anemone genus Lebrunia
10.10 Ellen Cocquyt Phylogenetic relationships of the green algae refined: new insights from a combined analysis of nuclear and plastid genes
10.30 Magdalena Zarowiecki Investigating evidence that the mosquito An. vagus is a cryptic species complex
10.50 Sognigbé N'Danikou Phenetic analysis of Wild populations of Momordica charantia L. (Cucurbitaceae) in West Africa and inference of the definition of the new subspecies M. c. macroloba Achigan-Dako & Blattner
11.10 Tea, coffee and posters 
11.40 Therese Holton Phylogenomic reconstruction of the Metazoa
12.00 Lucy Bittner Unravelling diversity of crustose (non-geniculate) coralline algae of the South Pacific
12.20 John Wilson Comparison of DNA barcode readers for the identifications of butterflies
12.40 Alba Vergés The genus Kallymenia (Kallymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from the north-eastern Atlantic
13.00 Lunch and posters
14.00 Claire Standley On the trail of a snail: elucidating the species complexes of East African Biomphalaria
14.20 Mine Kocyigit A phylogenetic analysis of Allium sect. Codonoprasum (Alliaceae) using TRNL-F plastid and its nuclear DNA sequences
14.40 Rachel Walker The evolution and development of specialised floral traits in the South African 'beetle daisy' Gorteria diffusa Thunb.
15.00 Romina Novo Henriques The influence of the Benguela cold current system in the genetic substructure of four fish species
15.20 Tea and posters
15.50 Hanno Schaefer Systematics of Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) and the origin of melon and cucumber
16.10 Katie Davis A species-level supertree of birds and the future of supertree construction
16.30 Noemí Sánchez Critical taxonomic features of the genus Gloiocladia (Faucheaceae, Rhodophyta)
16.50 Claudia Ciotir DNA barcoding outcomes from testing four plastid regions in Cyclamen L. (Myrsinaceae)
17.10 Closing comments and presentation of prizes for best oral and poster presentationsPeter Olson (NHM)
17.25 - 19.00 Reception and Posters

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