UK DNA Working Group
Event Information
Description
We are pleased to announce that the 5th UK DNA Working Group Meeting will take place at the University of Salford, 5-6 Dec. 2017.
The DNA Working Group provides an open and transparent forum for government agencies, academics and wider stakeholders to discuss priorities for DNA based method development, share learning and progress, explore technical challenges, develop collaborative opportunities and leverage research funding effectively.
Led by Scientific Committee:
- Stefano Mariani (University of Salford)
- Allan McDevitt (University of Salford)
- Owen Wagensteen (University of Salford)
- Kerry Walsh (Environment Agency)
- Iveta Matejusova (Marine Scotland)
- Andy Nisbet (Natural England)
Final Programme
Tuesday 05 December 2017
09:00 - Registration
09:40 - Welcome, Introductions, Developments since 2016
10:15 - Existing Applications
10:15 P1: Targeting The Invader - Rosetta Blackman, University of Hull, UK
10:30 P2: Standardising DNA Monitoring Methods For Regulatory Use - Kat Bruce, NatureMetrics, UK
10:45 P3: Landscape Scale Analysis of Lakefish Biodiversity Based on Verified eDNA Analysis in 40 Interconnected Swedish Lakes - Johan Spens, AquaBiota Solutions, Sweden
11:00 P4: Use Of Environmental DNA (Envdna) For Fish Biodiverity Assessment In Brazilian Rivers - Naiara Guimaraes-Sales, University of Salford, UK
11:15 – Coffee/Tea
11:45 P5: Searching For A Signal: Can Environmental DNA (Edna) Be Used For The Early Detection Of Pacifastacus Leniusculus In Scotland? - Kirsten Harper, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA
12:00 P6: Development of Environmental DNA (eDNA) Surveillance for Threatened Crucian Carp (Carassius Carassius) - Lynsey Harper, University of Hull, UK
12:15 P7: Detecting Marine Invasive Species In Marinas And Harbours; Developing Methods For The eDNA Toolbox - Luke Holman, University of Southampton, UK
12:30 P8: Development Of An eDNA Method For Monitoring Lake Fish Communities: Data Collection And Ground-Truthing In Wales - Jianlong Li, University of Hull, UK
12:45 P9: Monitoring Of Marine Invasive Non-Native Species Using eDNA Approach - Iveta Matejusova, Marine Scotland Science, UK
13:00 P10 Metagenomic Analysis Of Macroinvertebrates Along The Llobregat River (NE-Iberian Peninsula) And Its Use For Biomonitoring - Cesc Múrria, University of Barcelona, Spain
13:15 - Networking & Lunch + Posters
14:30 – Challenges & Opportunities
14:30 P11: How Far Can We Get: Detection And Quantification Limits Of Fish Species In Space And Time - Rein Brys, esearch Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Belgium
14:45 P12: eDNA And DNA Metabarcoding In Fungal Conservation - Gareth Griffith, Aberystwyth University, UK
15:00 P13: Do Indexed Primers Induce Template Specific Bias In Metabarcoding Studies? - Bernd Hänfling, University of Hull, UK
15:15 P14: What Do rbcL Reads Actually Mean? A Case Study Based On Benthic Diatoms - Martyn Kelly, Bowburn Consultancy, UK
15:30 P15: Using Environmental DNA To Understand Diversity In Spatially Explicit River Networks - Elvira Mächler, Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland
16:00 – Coffee/Tea
16:30 P16: Towards A Universal DNA Toolkit: A Modular DNA Extraction Method Suitable For Multiple Environmental Sample Types - Graham Sellers, University of Hull, UK
16:45 P17: Detecting Freshwater Diversity Across Environmental Gradients Using eDNA Sourced From Water And Biofilm - Matthew Seymour, Bangor University, UK
17:00 P18: The Development and Use of an eDNA Methodology for the Endangered White-Clawed Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) in the UK - Chris Roth, University of Derby, UK
17:15 P19: Designing Metabarcoding Primers For Fish Biodiversity Assessment: A Multi-Marker Comparative Study - Owen Wangensteen, University of Salford, UK
17:30 – Break-out
18:00 - Close
19:00 – 21:00 - Working Group Dinner/Social - The Castlefield Rooms, 20 Castle Street, Manchester M3 4LZ
Wednesday 06 December 2017
09:00 - Registration
09:30 – Frontiers
09:30 P20: Untangling Molecular Foodwebs To Investigate The Impacts Of Dikerogammarus Villosus On Freshwater Communities In The UK - Marco Benucci, University of Hull, Hull
09:45 P21: Proficiency Testing – Facilitating The Deployment Of eDNA Methods - Neil Boonham, Fera, UK
10:00 P22: DNA Metabarcoding Applied In Modern And Past Eukaryotic Communities Of A High Mountain Peat Bog System (Central Pyrenees) - Sandra Garcés-Pastor, University of Barcelona, Spain
10:15 P23: Fish Species Distribution Based on eDNA Above and Below a Hydropower Dam. Possible Effects of a Future Fish Passage - Micaela Hellstrom, AquaBiota Solutions, Stockholm, Sweden
10:30 P24: Spatial And Disturbance Related Variation In Below-Ground Microbial Communities In Old World Tropical Rainforests - Joe Taylor, University of Salford, UK
10:45 P25: Detecting Low Quantities Of eDNA From Fish In Alpine Rivers - Bettina Thalinger, University of Innsbruck, Austria
11:00 – Coffee/Tea
11:30 P26: Developing And Testing Of Procedures For Barcoding And Metabarcoding Of Pollination Webs - Alfried Vogler, Imperial College London, UK
11:45 P27: Tag Bias, Edna Quantification, And Pollen Metagenomics - Douglas Yu, University of East Anglia, UK
12:00 – Break-out discussions (identification of questions to #UKDNAWG)
13:00 - Networking & Lunch + Posters
14:30 - Question & Answer Panel
16:00 - Close
How to Find us
The University of Salford is situated just 2km from Manchester city centre, there are excellent transport links, with Salford Crescent railway station on campus and regular bus services.
