8th International Workshop for Mangrove Biodiversity Studies by eDNA Metabarcoding

22 - 28 October, 2024
at the Iriomote Station, TBRC, University of the Ryukyus
in conjunction with,
a Tropical Plant Diversity class in Graduate School of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus

Co-sponsored by JSPS Core to Core, e-Asia, AJ-CORE, KAKENHI International (B), COI-Next@Kanazawa Univ., Ocean Shot and COI-Next@Tohoku Univ.

Welcome to Iriomote Station!

We are pleased to hold the “8th International Workshop for Mangrove Biodiversity Studies by eDNA Metabarcoding” at Iriomote Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center (TBRC), University of the Ryukyus, Japan. This workshop is in conjunction with a class at Graduate School of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus "熱帯植物多様性特論I・II."

The 2nd international collaboration project for eDNA research on global mangroves started in 2024 by obtaining support from JSPS Core to Core.

We will explore the use of eDNA metabarcoding for biodiversity monitoring, in this case, not only for fish but also for plants, with workshop participants from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia. In one week intensive course, we explore the basics and advances of eDNA metabarcoding.

Workshop Schedule

22 Oct: Preparation for the workshop
23 Field sampling and DNA extraction
24-25: Library preparation
26: Library preparation and Seq100 Sequencer run
27: Data analysis session
28: Data analyses and End of workshop

Participants

AmanAmanda Leung Jhu Xhin (Institute of Biological Sciences, Universiti Malaya)
Four Graduate Students from Graduate School of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus

Organizers

Tadashi Kajita (TBRC, University of the Ryukyus, Japan; ITBC, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia)
Yukinobu Isowa (TBRC, University of the Ryukyus, Japan), Secretary
Bernadeth Grace Pananganan, Research Assistant
Saki Sugawara, Research Assistant

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