Conservation Genomics: amalgamation of conservation genetics and ecological and evolutionary genomics (ConGenOmics)

12 Events in 2015:

1. [Short Visit] Demographic inference from whole genome sequences of killer whale ecotypes
   Dates : 09 August 2015 for 14 days
   Grantee : Andrew Foote (SE)
   Host(s) : Laurent Excoffier (CH)
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2. [Short Visit] Epigenetic and genetic analysis of differently selected plant populations using a reduced representation bisulfite sequencing technique
   Dates : 13 July 2015 for 15 days
   Grantee : Sofia van Moorsel (CH)
   Host(s) : Philippine Vergeer (NL)
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3. [Short Visit] Paleogenomics of Spitsbergen bowhead whales
   Dates : 04 July 2015 for 15 days
   Grantee : Magdalena Gonciarz (PL)
   Host(s) : Lutz Bachmann (NO)
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4. [Short Visit] Deciphering genetics from epigenetics - local adaptation in marine three-spined sticklebacks
   Dates : 04 July 2015 for 7 days
   Grantee : Britta Meyer (DE)
   Host(s) : Emiliano Trucchi (UK)
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5. [Short Visit] Building links and transferring knowledge and expertise between Oxford Brookes University and the Royal Zoological Society Antwerp - developing conservation genetics based techniques to inform management of a species of conservation concern.
   Dates : 01 June 2015 for 7 days
   Grantee : Abigail Bailey (UK)
   Host(s) : Peter Galbusera (BE)
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6. [Exchange Grant] Ancient DNA in conservation genomics: the ancient genome of the Iberian lynx
   Dates : 01 June 2015 for 12 weeks
   Grantee : María Lucena Pérez (ES)
   Host(s) : Michael Hofreiter (DE)
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7. [Short Visit] Using genomics to advance conservation of endangered salmon
   Dates : 10 May 2015 for 5 days
   Grantee : Morten Limborg (DK)
   Host(s) : Craig Primmer (FI)
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8. [Short Visit] Methods in genomics - application for avian conservation
   Dates : 04 May 2015 for 7 days
   Grantee : Suvi Ponnikas (FI)
   Host(s) : Bengt Hansson (SE)
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9. [Exchange Grant] Exploratory genotyping-by-sequencing of elm crosses for linkage mapping and QTL detection of resistance traits to Dutch elm disease
   Dates : 02 April 2015 for 12 weeks
   Grantee : David Macaya-Sanz (ES)
   Host(s) : Erik Dahl Kjær (DK)
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10. [School] Bioinformatics for Adaptation Genomics
    Dates and location : 01 - 07 March 2015, Weggis, Switzerland
    Convened by : Alexander Widmer (CH)
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11. [Short Visit] Treatment of Rad seq data and discovery of SNPs for seascape genomics
    Dates : 01 February 2015 for 15 days
    Grantee : Adriana Villamor (IT)
    Host(s) : Tereza Manousaki (GR)
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12. [Exchange Grant] Assessing diversity patterns of potential adaptive value during the development of Silene ciliata (Caryophyllaceae) seedlings
    Dates : 05 January 2015 for 13 weeks
    Grantee : Carlos Lara-Romero (ES)
    Host(s) : Alex Widmer (CH)
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20 Events in 2014:

1. [Short Visit] Detection of selective sweep in European wolf (Canis lupus) population using single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data
   Dates : 30 November 2014 for 14 days
   Grantee : Sylwia Czarnomska (PL)
   Host(s) : Hannes Lohi (FI)
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2. [Short Visit] Characterizing the gut-microbiome of Namibian cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus): analysing data generated by high throughput sequencing
   Dates : 23 November 2014 for 15 days
   Grantee : Wasim Uddin (CZ)
   Host(s) : Simone Sommer (DE)
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3. [Short Visit] Metagenomic analysis of the seagrass microbiome
   Dates : 17 November 2014 for 14 days
   Grantee : Catarina Cúcio (NL)
   Host(s) : Francisco Rodríguez-Valera (ES)
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4. [Short Visit] Introgressive hybridization and its evolutionary consequences in animal species.
   Dates : 17 November 2014 for 15 days
   Grantee : Valentina Mastrantonio (IT)
   Host(s) : Andrea Crisanti (UK)
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5. [Exchange Grant] Investigation of Gene Flow into the Genetically Unique South Swedish Brown Bear Population
   Dates : 03 November 2014 for 4 weeks
   Grantee : Anita Norman (SE)
   Host(s) : Astrid Stronen (DK)
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6. [Short Visit] Diet assessment in an endangered insectivorous mammal based on an eDNA metabarcoding approach
   Dates : 15 October 2014 for 15 days
   Grantee : Filipa Matos Silva Martins (PT)
   Host(s) : Johan Michaux (FR)
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7. [Short Visit] Effects of uneven sex-ratio to reproductive strategies, extra-pair paternity and demography in the Icelandic Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) population
   Dates : 10 October 2014 for 14 days
   Grantee : Nelli Rönkä (FI)
   Host(s) : Gunnar Hallgrimsson (IS)
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8. [Short Visit] Amphibian conservation genetics in the lowland forests of Tanzania
   Dates : 08 September 2014 for 10 days
   Grantee : Christopher Barratt (CH)
   Host(s) : David Gower (UK)
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9. [Exchange Grant] Landscape Genomics in the Water Flea, Daphnia
   Dates : 01 September 2014 for 5 weeks
   Grantee : Muñoz Joaquin (ES)
   Host(s) : Luc De Meester (BE)
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10. [Short Visit] Speciation Genomics in Laminidae
    Dates : 01 September 2014 for 15 days
    Grantee : Sergio Stefanni (IT)
    Host(s) : Vincent Savolainen (UK)
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11. [Short Visit] Short training in NGS techniques and RAD sequencing derived SNPs analysis
    Dates : 18 August 2014 for 15 days
    Grantee : Konstantinos Gkagkavouzis (GR)
    Host(s) : Luca Bargelloni (IT)
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12. [Short Visit] Ecology and conservation of Critically Endangered forest amphibians within an Eastern Arc centre of hyper-endemism.
    Dates : 30 July 2014 for 15 days
    Grantee : Elena Tonelli (UK)
    Host(s) : Simon Loader (CH)
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13. [Short Visit] Conservation Genomics of the Eurasian lynx
    Dates : 16 June 2014 for 15 days
    Grantee : Begona Martinez Cruz (ES)
    Host(s) : Cino Pertoldi (DK)
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14. [Short Visit] Genetic Tools for Checkerspot Butterfly (Euphydryas editha) Reintroduction
    Dates : 13 May 2014 for 15 days
    Grantee : John Schroeder (US)
    Host(s) : Christopher Wheat (SE)
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15. [Short Visit] Genomic estimates of effective population size with overlapping generations
    Dates : 01 April 2014 for 15 days
    Grantee : Luis Alberto Garcia Cortes (ES)
    Host(s) : Frederic Austerlitz (FR)
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16. [School] Landscape genetics in transition to landscape genomics: challenges and opportunities to explore NGS data in a spatially explicit context
    Dates and location : 28 March - 03 April 2014, The University Residential Centre of Bertinoro (Ce.U.B.), ITALY
    Convened by : Ettore Randi (IT)
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17. [Workshop] Conservation Genomics: Academic Exercise or Transition with Real-world Implications
    Dates and location : 18 - 20 March 2014, Uppsala
    Convened by : Jochen Wolf (SE)
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18. [Short Visit] Taxonomic revision of Rochefortia Sw. (Ehretiaceae, Boraginales) based on morphological and molecular data
    Dates : 10 March 2014 for 15 days
    Grantee : Ramona Irimia (RO)
    Host(s) : Marc Gottschling (DE)
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19. [Short Visit] Conservation Genomics of European tree species in the light of climate change
    Dates : 10 March 2014 for 14 days
    Grantee : Aline Finger (UK)
    Host(s) : Chris Kettle (CH)
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20. [Short Visit] Identification of seed tissues from different maternal origin of the endangered Juniperus phoenicea turbinata for its application in the study of species expansion after a period of historical fragmentation
    Dates : 10 February 2014 for 15 days
    Grantee : Gema Escribano Avila (ES)
    Host(s) : Cristina García (PT)
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9 Events in 2013:

1. [Short Visit] Autenthification of ancient DNA molecules in genomic studies of Pleistocene macromammals
   Dates : 15 November 2013 for 7 days
   Grantee : Gloria Gonzalez-Fortes (UK)
   Host(s) : Hannes Schroeder (DK)
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2. [Exchange Grant] Population and landscape genomics analysis for the conservation of the Italian stream frog, Rana italica
   Dates : 01 November 2013 for 12 weeks
   Grantee : Valentina Rovelli (IT)
   Host(s) : David R. Vieites (ES)
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3. [Exchange Grant] Population genomics of parallel adaptation in endemic and endangered Neotropical crater lake cichlid fishes
   Dates : 01 October 2013 for 8 weeks
   Grantee : Madlen Stange (CH)
   Host(s) : Marta Barluenga (ES)
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4. [Short Visit] Local adaptation in marginal populations in high mountain plants: an integrated perspective
   Dates : 30 September 2013 for 15 days
   Grantee : María Luisa Rubio Teso (ES)
   Host(s) : Alex Widmer (CH)
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5. [Exchange Grant] Lua Lopez Perez
   Dates : 26 August 2013 for 17 weeks
   Grantee : Lua Lopez Perez (ES)
   Host(s) : Marcus Koch (DE)
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6. [Exchange Grant] Local adaptation and genetic structure in natural Pinus pinaster stands
   Dates : 19 August 2013 for 16 weeks
   Grantee : Katharina Budde (ES)
   Host(s) : Felix Gugerli (CH)
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7. [Short Visit] Metagenomic analysis of European willd carnivore species for novel virus discovery
   Dates : 24 June 2013 for 15 days
   Grantee : Aritz Ruiz-Gonzalez (IT)
   Host(s) : Albert Osterhaus (NL)
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8. [Exchange Grant] Assessing the impacts of inbreeding, population size and selection using RAD tag sequencing.
   Dates : 20 January 2013 for 16 weeks
   Grantee : Mads Fristrup Schou (DK)
   Host(s) : Christian Schlötterer (AT)
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9. [Short Visit] Epigenetics and conservation: development of a epigenetic screening method for natural populations.
   Dates : 14 January 2013 for 14 days
   Grantee : Niels Wagemaker (NL)
   Host(s) : Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid (AT)
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13 Events in 2012:

1. [Short Visit] Development of genomic markers for non-model species
   Dates : 30 October 2012 for 15 days
   Grantee : Isa Pais (PT)
   Host(s) : Juan Montoya-Burgos (CH)
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2. [Short Visit] Quantifying epigenetic influence on phenotype and epigenetic profile changes under stress
   Dates : 15 October 2012 for 7 days
   Grantee : Philippa Griffin (CH)
   Host(s) : Koen Verhoeven (NL)
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3. [Exchange Grant] Mate choice and patterns of adaptive variation in the Euasian Black Vulture, Aegypius monachus, a species of conservation concern.
   Dates : 15 October 2012 for 6 weeks
   Grantee : Katja Wolfram (BE)
   Host(s) : Camila Mazzoni (DE)
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4. [Exchange Grant] Refugia Genomics: Study of the evolution of wild boar through space and time
   Dates : 01 October 2012 for 16 weeks
   Grantee : Alexandri Panoraia (GR)
   Host(s) : Martien Groenen (NL)
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5. [School] An Introduction to Conservation Genomics
   Dates and location : 30 September - 05 October 2012, University of Turku, Finland
   Convened by : Craig Primmer (FI)
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6. [Workshop] “Carnivore Genomics - Development and transfer of genomic knowledge and approaches in a conservation context”
   Dates and location : 23 - 25 September 2012, Ronbjerg Marine Field Station
   Convened by : cino pertoldi (DK)
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7. [Exchange Grant] Expression profiles of candidate genes implicated in the migration and salinity acclimation in the threatened lampreys Lampetra fluviatilis and L. planeri
   Dates : 03 September 2012 for 13 weeks
   Grantee : Catarina Sofia Mateus (PT)
   Host(s) : Walter Salzburger (CH)
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8. [Exchange Grant] Molecular and morphological approaches to biodiversity assessment of soft bottom assemblages.
   Dates : 03 September 2012 for 13 weeks
   Grantee : Magdalena Guardiola Fernández (ES)
   Host(s) : Pierre Taberlet (FR)
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9. [Short Visit] Dynamics of adaptive variation in declining populations: variation in immune-response genes in Iberian lynx
   Dates : 13 August 2012 for 15 days
   Grantee : Elena Marmesat (ES)
   Host(s) : Simone Sommer (DE)
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10. [Short Visit] Wildcat Conservation Genomics
    Dates : 09 June 2012 for 5 days
    Grantee : Robert Kraus (DE)
    Host(s) : Paul O’Donoghue (UK)
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11. [Short Visit] Transfer of genomic tools in the tree genus Populus
    Dates : 23 April 2012 for 14 days
    Grantee : Kai Nikolas Stölting (CH)
    Host(s) : Pär K. Ingvarsson (SE)
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12. [Workshop] Merging Conservation Genetics and Ecological Genomics
    Dates and location : 09 - 10 February 2012, Seville, Spain
    Convened by : Carles Vilà (ES)
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13. [Exchange Grant] Comparative transcriptomic analysis of parallel endemic crater lake cichlid radiations
    Dates : 04 January 2012 for 24 weeks
    Grantee : Alan Hudson (ES)
    Host(s) : Roger Butlin (UK)
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2 Events in 2011:

1. [Exchange Grant] Progressing in Genomic tools after population genetics approaches: Transfer of knowledge for current and future zooplanktonic organism studies
   Dates : 14 November 2011 for 5 weeks
   Grantee : Muñoz Joaquin (ES)
   Host(s) : Gómez Africa (UK)
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2. [Short Visit] Genetic diversity in island populations of passerine bird species.
   Dates : 19 October 2011 for 6 days
   Grantee : Gohli Jostein Gohli (NO)
   Host(s) : Erica Leder (FI)
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