A morning all-hands research symposium for Maine-eDNA project members followed by an afternoon environmental DNA (eDNA) research showcase open to all (registration required)
Details
- Wells Conference Center, University of Maine, Orono
- December 1-2, 2022
- Zoom link: https://maine.zoom.us/j/88532772638
(please note that not all symposium activities are Zoom-able; see the agenda for more information) - Register here: https://forms.gle/AGsf6UnoTKd9Pkzs7
- Registration deadline: Monday, November 21st, 2022
Agenda
- Thursday, December 1, 2022 (Wells Conference Center)
- 8:30 – 9:00 Arrival and coffee
- 9:30 – 12:00 Morning session (Maine-eDNA project members only):
- Welcome and icebreaker
- Faculty prompted lightning talks
- Student and postdoc lightning talks
- 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (all registered participants)
- 1:00 – 5:00 Afternoon session (all registered participants):
- Research presentations by Maine-eDNA students and postdocs
- Poster session (all registered participants are invited to present a poster)
- Networking activity designed to strike up new collaborations between eDNA researchers and stakeholders (and others interested in applying eDNA)
- 5:30 – 8:00 Independently organized social event (location TBD)
- Friday, December 2, 2022 (location TBD)
- 8:30 – 12:00 Coffee and conferences: An informal professional development event for Maine-eDNA project members to help make up for the lack of valuable in-person conference experiences during the pandemic. This will be a chance for anyone from Maine-eDNA, but especially graduate students and postdocs, to learn more about conferencing from more experienced peers and more senior academics, while live-streaming the RARGOM conference. https://www.rargom.org
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