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� ForBio Annual Meeting 2017

Welcome

ForBio aspires to train a new generation of biosystematists to meet

society’s needs for biodiversity expertise and at the same time

strengthen research in biosystematics in the Nordic countries. Last

year, we organized 18 courses and a vibrant and inspiring ForBio

Annual meeting in Trondheim. This year we are continuing with our

expanded course portfolio, and have exciting new courses coming up

organized by the ForBio coordinators. In addition to keep you

updated through our monthly newsletter, we will briefly present

some of these new course concepts during this ForBio Annual

meeting in Bergen. Looking forward to more courses, more meetings

and more ForBio!

– Hugo de Boer

Organizing Committee

Aino Hosia, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen

Maria Capa, NTNU University Museum, Trondheim

Galina Gusarova, Tromsø University Museum, University of Tromsø

Hugo de Boer, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

ForBio Steering Committee

Inger Greve Alsos, Tromsø University Museum, University of Tromsø

Christian Brochmann, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Hans K. Stenøien, NTNU University Museum, Trondheim

Endre Willassen, University Museum of Bergen

Organisational Assistance

Trond Roger Oskars, University Museum of Bergen

Nannie Persson, University Museum of Bergen

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Meeting Schedule

April 24

9:30 Registration and coffee

11:00 WELCOME

Endre Willassen, ForBio Steering Committee, University Museum of Bergen

Hugo de Boer, Leader of ForBio, University of Oslo

11:10 KEYNOTE

Lacey Knowles, University of Michigan

Transforming subjective knowledge into insights through objective model-based analyses

11:50 José Cerca de Oliveira, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

The enigmatic case of morphological stasis in the marine annelid Stygocapitella subterranea:

biogeographical and morphological evidence

12:10 Stefaniya Kamenova, University of Oslo

High-throughput molecular methods for studying trophic interactions

12:30 POSTER SPEED PRESENTATIONS

Harith Farooq, University of Aveiro & Gothenburg University

Rich Natural Resources VS Poor Funding?

Emma Wahlberg, Swedish Museum of Natural History

Systematic and taxonomic revision of Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera), with emphasis on Empididae

and Hybotidae

Gopalakrishnan Saroja Seethapathy, University of Oslo

Ethnopharmacological investigation and documentation of traditional knowledge about dioecious

plants in South India

Vanessa Bieker, NTNU University Museum

Using historical herbarium specimens to investigate plant genome evolution during parallel

invasions (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.)

12:55 Hugo de Boer, Leader of ForBio, University of Oslo

Upcoming MSCA workshop

13:00 LUNCH

14:00 KEYNOTE

Luke Mahler, University of Toronto

Linking ecology and macroevolution in replicated radiations of island lizards

14:40 Malene Østreng Nygård, NTNU University Museum

A RAD-seq study of the Norwegian red-listed sister-species Carex jemtlandica and C. lepidocarpa

(sect. Ceratocystis, Cyperaceae)

15:00 Adriana Alvizu, University of Bergen

A revised molecular phylogeny of the subclass Calcaronea

15:20 COFFEE

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15:50 Martina Zahradnikova, University Museum of Bergen:

The taxonomy and evolution of the Fuscideaceae (Umbilicariales, Lecanoromycetes)

16:10 Dmitry Schigel, GBIF & University of Helsinki

Publishing and using biodiversity data in research

16:30 Mari Heggernes Eilertsen, University of Bergen

Phylogeny and habitat use of Ampharetidae in chemosynthesis-based ecosystems

April 25

9:00 KEYNOTE

Nina Rønsted, Natural History Museum of Denmark

Phylogenetic exploration of medicinal plant diversity

9:40 Tobias Hofmann, Univeristy of Gothenburg

Mammal extinctions of the recent past

10:00 Zandra Maria Skandrup Sigvardt, Natural History Museum of Denmark

Systematics and evolution of clam shrimps (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) with focus on morphology

and functionality of (clasper) limbs

10:20 Dagmara Żyła, Natural History Museum of Denmark

Extinct lineage of Paederinae rove beetles from the Cretaceous Burmese amber

10:40 COFFEE

11:10 Nannie Persson, University Museum of Bergen

The evolutionary history of the Potentilla 'core goup'

11:30 Luis Martell, University Museum of Bergen

Challenges and opportunities in Norwegian hydrozoan taxonomy: lessons from project HYPNO

11:50 Jiayi Qin, Aarhus University

Validation of metabarcoding approaches targeting soil microarthropod in field study

12:10 POSTER SPEED PRESENTATIONS

Olle Thureborn, Stockholm University

A Phylogeny of the Tribe Anthospermeae (Rubiaceae) Based on Molecular Data

Liping Yan, University of Copenhagen

Evolution of stomach botflies (Oestridae: Gasterophilus): a phylogenetic perspective

Torbjørn Ekrem, NTNU University Museum

The Norwegian Barcode of Life Network (NorBOL)

12:30 LUNCH

13:30 KEYNOTE

Nataliya Budaeva, University of Bergen

Paedomorphic evolution in the deep-sea fauna

14:10

Petter Zahl Marki, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Invasion of a novel adaptive zone facilitated build-up of morphological and species diversity in an

avian radiation

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14:30 Narjes Yousefi, NTNU University Museum

Genome-wide association mapping and factors associated with carbon sequestration in common

peatmoss Sphagnum magellanicum Brid.

14:50 POSTER SPEED PRESENTATIONS

Erik Gobbo, Swedish Museum of Natural History

Using Microbiomic Signatures to Investigate the Diet of Hymenopteran Larvae

Maonian Xu, University of Iceland

A chemo-systematic and phylogenetic revisit to the lichen Cetraria islandica species complex in

Iceland

Maria Backlund, Swedish Species Information Centre, SLU

The Swedish Taxonomy Initiative, progress report

15:10 COFFEE

15:40 Allison Hsiang, Swedish Museum of Natural History

Understanding the History of Life Using Morphology and Fossils: New Computational Approaches

and Probabilistic Models

16:00 Sujeet Singh, University of Oulu

Population genetic structure of Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) in human dominated Terai Arc

Landscape (TAL), India

16:20 POSTER SPEED PRESENTATIONS

Josué Anderson Azevedo, University of Gothenburg

Historical biogeography of amphibians and reptiles of the Cerrado savannas of the Neotropics

Anne Helene Tandberg, University Museum of Bergen

Norwegian Marine Amphipoda

William Hatchett, Nord University

Reinforcing Reinforcement, Reinforcement in Fucus distichus and Fucus serratus

16:40 POSTER SESSION

19:00 CONFERENCE DINNER

April 26

9:00 KEYNOTE

Endre Willassen, University Museum of Bergen

DNA barcoding marine life underscores the needs for taxonomists

9:40 Yingkui Liu, University of Gothenburg

Species delimitation and phylogenetic relationships in Limnodrilus (Annelida: Clitellata: Naididae)

10:00 Thomas Marcussen, NMBU

Dating grasses

10:20 COFFEE

10:50 Trond Roger Oskars, University Museum of Bergen

Diversity and Systematics of the Indo-West Pacific genus Haloa (Euopisthobranchia,

Cephalaspidea)

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11:10 Camila Ritter, University of Gothenburg

Amazon biodiversity patterns: can we predict the diversity?

11:30 Maonian Xu, University of Iceland

Life across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Unique fungal-algal association pattern of the lichen Cetrariella

delisei in Iceland

11:50 POSTER SPEED PRESENTATIONS

Riikka Elo, Zoological museum, University of Turku

Phylogeny and species delineation in Finnish species of the genus Carabodes (Acari, Oribatida)

using mitochondrial and nuclear markers

Daniel Marquina, Swedish Museum of Natural History

Design and in silico evaluation of degenerate PCR primers for insect metabarcoding

Sanna Majaneva, University of Tromsø

Ctenophores – native aliens in Norwegian waters

12:10 LUNCH

13:10 Ursula Brandes, NMBU

Beware, Norway is being invaded by the Europeans right now!

13:30 Pavel Matos, University of Gothenburg

The roles of abiotic factors and biotic interactions in the diversification of Odontomachus trap-jaw

ants

13:50 Melissa Brandner, Nord University

A whole lot of Biodiversity; assessing benthic marine communities through metagenomics

14:10 POSTER SPEED PRESENTATIONS

José Cerca de Oliveira, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Sampling paradoxes in marine invertebrate genetic connectivity: The case study of the ‘meiofauna

paradox’

María Ariza, University of Gothenburg

Unraveling the coevolutionary history of the mutualistic interaction between Piper plants and

Carollia bats in the Neotropics

Sujeet Singh, University of Oulu

Genetic study reveals recent isolation of Sundarbans Tigers from mainland Bengal tiger

population, India.

Ancuta Cristina Raclariu, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Molecular authentication of Hypericum perforatum (St. John wort) herbal products

14:35 COFFEE

15:05 Discussion and awards

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ForBio is a teaching and research initiative funded by the Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative and the Research

Council of Norway. The 2017 ForBio Annual Meeting is hosted by the University Museum of Bergen.

Cover: Carta Marina, Olaus Magnus, 1539