9th ABOL meeting 2022
&
5th Austrian Forum on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
We thank all our speakers for their interesting contributions and the audience for lively discussions at the 9th ABOL meeting!
Days of Biodiversity 2022
5th Austrian Forum on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
on Thursday, November 17th, 2022
9th ABOL meeting
on Friday, November 18th, 2022
Location: Museum Niederösterreich/Haus für Natur, St. Pölten
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Dear colleagues and biodiversity enthusiasts
We cordially invite you to the 9th ABOL meeting on November 18th, 2022, which will take place after the 5th Austrian Forum on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (November 17th, 2022). The combined event entitled DAYS OF BIODIVERSITY will be organized as physical event at the Museum Niederösterreich – Haus für Natur.
Registration for the ABOL meeting and the submission of abstracts for talks or flashtalks on the subject of DNA barcoding and its application in practice are now possible (see section Registration!).
We look forward to interesting contributions, lively exchanges and exciting discussions!
Your ABOL coordination team
** The event is planned as a green event **
Registration
The registration for the ABOL meeting is now open! Please register via e-mail to abol@nhm-wien.ac.at
The submission of abstracts for talks (15 min + 5 min discussion) and flash talks (5 min + 3 min discussion; no poster presentations this year!) for the ABOL meeting is open until 15thof October 6thof November. For registration please send an e-mail to abol@nhm-wien.ac.at. For submission of abstracts for talks and flashtalks please also use the same e-mail address.
Registration fee:
The attendance is free!
Wie ask for donations -> here!
For those participants who arrive the day before, on November 17th, there is the opportunity for an evening together with food and drinks in the Fliegerbräu (within walking distance of the Museum NÖ). Consumption must be paid for by yourself, as we do not charge a conference fee – we ask for your understanding.
Please be sure to indicate when registering if you would like to have dinner!
***By registering for the ABOL conference, you agree to the publication of photos on the ABOL website and the ABOL Facebook page.***
Submission of talks & flash talks
For talks and flash talks for the ABOL meeting please submit your abstract by November 6, 2021 via e-mail to abol@nhm-wien.ac.at.
For talks 15 minutes + 5 minutes of discussion, for flash talks 5 minutes + 3 minutes discussion are available.
The conference language for the ABOL meeting is English.
Format specifications for abstracts:
Language: English
Scope: max. 300 words
The abstracts submitted will be put online here on the conference website.
Extended abstracts can be published later on in “Acta ZooBot Austria” at the request of the authors:
Volume: about 5 pages (1.5 lines, Times Roman 12 pt,) – about 15,000 characters per article; specification of keywords; indication of the addresses and email addresses of all authors.
Language: English AND German
Further format specifications and information: -> Acta Zoobot Austria – Instructions
Schedule
| 8:30‒9:00 REGISTRATION | |
| Session 1: Chair: Christian Bräuchler (NHM Vienna) | |
| 9:00‒9:10 | Welcome Christian Bräuchler (NHM Vienna) |
| 9:10‒9:30 | Is ABOL ready for the transformation? Nikola Szucsich (ABOL Coordination, NHM Vienna) |
| 9:30‒10:20 | Keynote talk: Plants, pollinators and their interactions revealed using pollen DNA metabarcoding Natasha de Vere (Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen) |
| 10:20‒10:40 | Towards establishing a DNA barcoding database for Zambia Cyprian Katongo (University of Zambia) |
| 10:40‒11:00 COFFEE BREAK | |
| Session 2: Chair: Lukas Zangl (Joanneum Graz) | |
| 11:00‒11:20 | It’s po(u)ring DNA barcodes – the promising way forward with Nanopore sequencing Stephan Koblmüller (University Graz) |
| 11:20‒11:40 | BioMONITec: applications of eDNA-based approaches in the assessment of biodiversity in protected areas Vid Švara (Carinthia University of Applied Sciences) |
| 11:40‒12:00 | Assessing the fish biodiversity in Canadian rivers by engaging local communities in environmental DNA monitoring Bettina Thalinger (University Innsbruck) |
| 12:00‒12:20 | Invertebrates in Viennese waters – monitoring dragonflies and crayfish with environmental DNA barcoding Iris Fischer (NHM Vienna) |
| 12:20‒12:30 | Flashtalk: Detection of the invasive marbled crayfish (Procambarus virginalis) via environmental DNA barcoding Victoria Kargl (NHM Vienna) |
| 12:30‒13:40 LUNCH BREAK | |
| Session 3: Chair: Bettina Thalinger (University Innsbruck) | |
| 13:40‒14:00 | DNA metabarcoding of bulk light trap samples: a tale of varying species detection rates and taxonomic bias Patrick Strutzenberger (University Vienna) |
| 14:00‒14:20 | Investigations on the feeding behavior of the brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys in South Tyrol using a novel metabarcoding approach Maja Fluch (University Bozen) |
| 14:20‒14:40 | Barcoding approaches to determine flying insect diversity correlated to vegetation structure in agriculture production Harald Meimberg (BOKU Vienna) |
| 14:40‒15:00 | Little known biodiversity – fungi on oxen bullshit Irmgard Greilhuber (University Vienna) |
| 15:00‒15:10 | Flashtalk: Metabarcoding extends Austrian Biodiversity Monitoring Dominik Rabl (Environment Agency Austria, UBA) |
| 15:10‒15:30 COFFEE BREAK | |
| Session 4: Chair: Hans-Peter Führer (Vetmed. University Vienna) | |
| 15:30‒15:50 | DNA barcoding and haplotype network analysis of vector-borne nematodes in Austria Maria Unterköfler (Vetmed. University Vienna) |
| 15:50‒16:10 | A metabarcoding approach to detect insect vectors in bat guano at bat roosts Edwin Kniha (Med. University, Vienna) |
| 16:10‒16:20 | Flashtalk: Molecular pathogen screening and barcoding of keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) from domestic and wild animals in Austria: Potential vectors of human and veterinary pathogens? Miguel Peña-Espinoza (Vetmed. University Vienna) |
| 16:20‒16:30 | Flashtalk: DNA barcoding of mosquito species in Austria Julia Reichl (AGES) |
| 16:30‒16:50 | Diversity and biogeographic distribution of stygobiont amphipods and isopods in groundwater of the River Mur valley, Styria, Austria, examined by morphological-taxonomic and molecular analyses Florian Scharhauser (University Graz) |
| 16:50‒17:00 | Flashtalk: DNA barcoding fails in identifying Gentiana brentae, a new species for the Austrian flora Andreas Tribsch (University Salzburg) |
| 17:00‒17:10 | Flashtalk: The genetic structure of boreal-montane and arctic-alpine Lepidoptera in Europe – revisited through DNA barcodes Isabella Sehner (University Vienna) |
| 17:10‒17:20 | Flashtalk: DNA barcoding of two mollusc taxa from Lake Ohrid, Albania Sonja Hoxha (University of Tirana, Albania) |
| 17:20‒17:30 | Closing Remarks Elisabeth Haring (NHM Vienna) |
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