See also: Syllabus and presentations & Timetable: Week 1 & Week 2

(Photo by A. Steiner)

Modules

Welcome and General Introduction to the national parks of Alpi Marittime and Mercantour

Topic and description: The history and importance of the PNM/PNAM. Reintroduction programs in PNM/PNAM; Natural resource management and sustainability; safety guidelines and code of conduct in mountainous regions

Location of module: classroom and field

Training provider: Local rangers

Institution or University: Parco Naturale Delle Alpi Marittime

All Taxa Biodiversity and Monitoring

Topic and description: Origin of the concept and current implementation of ATBI+M within the EDIT framework. The importance and use of data collection standards during sampling - overview of the topics addressed during the Summer School (georeferencing, sampling and identification methods, data-entry and data-management)

Location of module: classroom

Training provider: Dr Christoph Häuser

Institution or University: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany 

General introduction to the basic concepts of taxonomic theory and practice

Topic and description: Introduction to Taxonomy: What's in a name? (Botany, Zoology and the IUBS). Alpha-, beta- and gamma-taxonomy

Location of module: classroom

Training provider: Dr Henrik Enghoff

Institution or University: Natural History Museum of Denmark, Denmark

Topic and description: History of Taxonomy

Location of module: classroom

Training provider: Dr Mariette Manktelow

Institution or University: Dept of Systematic Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden

Modern field work and specimen collection protocols

Topic and description: Biodiversity of the entomophagous parasite Strepsiptera and their hosts (seven orders) in the Mercantour/Alpi Maritime Region

Location of module: classroom and field

Training provider: Dr Jeyaraney Kathirithamby, Dino P McMahon, Dr Alexander Hayward

Institution or University: University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Topic and description: Introduction to systematic of bees

Location of module: classroom and field

Training provider: Dr Sébastien Patiny

Institution or University: Gembloux Agricultural University, Belgium

Topic and description: Species reality in asexuals: the example of bdelloid rotifers

Location of module: classroom and field

Training provider: Dr Diego Fontaneto

Institution or University: Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Topic and description: Fieldwork methods for plant inventory and sampling

Location of module: classroom and field

Training provider: Dr Sandrine Godefroid, Dr Fabienne Van Rossum

Institution or University: National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Belgium

Topic and description: Entomology: Using Taxonomy/Global diversity and the rain forests/taxonomy of long legged flies or dolichopodids (Insecta, Diptera, Dolichopodidae)

Location of module: classroom and field

Training provider: Dr Patrick Grootaert

Institution or University: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium 

Topic and description: Bioacoustics. Field and laboratory equipment for sound recording and analysis

Location of module: classroom and field

Training provider: Dr Gianni Pavan

Institution or University: Centro Interdisciplinare di Bioacustica e Ricerche Ambientali - University of Pavia, Italy

Topic and description: Introduction to geo-referencing: how to use a GPS and maps for the collection and checking of georeferenced data

Location of module: classroom and field

Training provider: Bart Meganck

Institution or University: Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium

Biodiversity

Topic and description: What is it? Why is it important? How is it measured? Alpha-, beta- and gamma-diversity. Recognizing the importance of taxonomy for biodiversity research: (inter)national solutions for the taxonomic impediment.

Location of module: classroom

Training provider: Dr. Natasha de Vere

Institution or University: National Botanic Garden of Wales, UK - Wales

Documenting diversity

Topic and description: DNA-barcoding and molecular phylogeny: Introduction to molecular taxonomy

Location of module: classroom

Training provider: Floris Breman and Dr Olivier Raspé

Institution or University: Royal Museum for Central Africa, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences & National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Belgium

Topic and description: Biodiversity information and cybertaxonomy: international initiatives to inventory the earth's biodiversity (GBIF, Synthesys, Zoobank, EDIT, EoL, SpeciesBase, LifeWatch...)

Location of module: classroom

Training provider: Dr Anne-Sophie Archambeau

Institution or University: GBIF France, France

Topic and description: . Electronic ID-keys: Xper²: training and example of management system for description and free access identification key

Location of module: classroom

Training provider: Dr Elise Kuntzelmann & Dr Hélène Fradin (Dr Régine Vignes)

Institution or University: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (University Pierre et Maris Curie (Paris 6)), France

Opportunities for further research in the field of taxonomy

Topic and description: Mobility: (European) mobility for students and researchers: Doing a PhD in taxonomy: Where to start? How to apply for EU funding? What courses are available? European Mobility Schemes (Erasmus, Leonardo...)

Location of module: classroom

Training provider: Jef Vanraepenbusch

Institution or University: EUROGUIDANCE Flemish Department for Education and Training (DBO), Belgium

Topic and description: Job opportunities for scientists at the European Union

Location of module: classroom

Training provider: Dr Isabella Vandevelde (Dr Patricia Mergen)

Institution or University: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium)