[Lista-Algas] Taller y curso en NIGERIA

[Andrés Boltovskoy]

1st   AFRICAN ANNUAL WORKSHOP AND TRAINING COURSE ON ALGAE

 (February 20-22, 2011)

ANNOUNCEMENT & INVITATION

You are invited to the First African Annual workshop & Training course on algae. It will be given by renowned Professors of Phycology. The workshop provides a forum to learn and acquire techniques in various metholodies in different aspects of algal studies. The aim of the workshop is to train staff from various areas of specialization, researchers, agencies, water management companies, other companies, consultancies, research students and overseas researchers in the areas listed below.



WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Any person interested in studying or using algae. These include but not limited to researchers, academics, Government officials, Marine scientists, Oceanographers,  Energy Center personnel, Zoologists, Hydrobiologists/Limnologists, Water Resources personnel, Biologists, Botanists, Environmental Scientists, Phycologists, Fisheries,  Pollution experts, Engineering( Chemical, Hydro, Petroleum), Water works staff, other  Scientists and Post graduate Students 

FOCUS: 

·         Sampling Techniques

·         Preservation and storage techniques

·          Microscopy(inverted Microscope)

·         Quantitative Assessment (Enumeration of Phytoplankton, Periphyton & Benthic algae)

·          Seaweeds

·         Algal Culture Techniques (Batch, Semi continuous, Continuous  etc )

·         Bioassay

·         Algal Biomass

·          Limnological Techniques

·          Diatom cleaning for Scanning Electron Microscopy

·          Chlorophyll analysis

·         Algal Biovolume

·         Quality Assurance in Limnological Analyses

·          Phycological/Agal Information Resources 

Phycological Biometrics:

·         Soft ware application

·          Relevant Statistics

·          PRIMER 5 SOFTWARE AND SPSS (MDS, ANOVA, PCA, Canonical analysis)

·          Ecological indices (Margalef Diversity, Shannon-Wiener Diversity, Pielou, Evenness, Dominance) computation using software packages

A lecture will also be given on ‘Algal DNA Barcoding’ (Phylogenetics) by a lecturer from University of Connecticut, U.S

DATE: February 20-22, 2011

VENUE:

Faculty of Engineering Board Room, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

WORKSHOP FEE: N20,000 or $200 [includes workshop materials, softwares, lunch]

REGISTRATION:

For booking and firm reservations for a place, complete the attached registration form and send it via email (mokadiri at hotmail.com) to Professor M. Kadiri by February 14th, 2011. 

 DO NOT DELAY, APPLY EARLY, BECAUSE SPACES ARE LIMITED

How do you get to Benin City

Benin has an airport. International flights come into Lagos (preferably) and Abuja. Then take a local flight to Benin where taxis are available to convey participants.

ACCOMODATION:

Accommodation is available at the following hotels: 



      NAME OF HOTEL
     LOCATION
     ROOM TYPE
     RATE (₦)
     RATE (US $)
     
      UNIVERSITY PALACE HOTEL
     FEDERAL GOVT. GIRLS’ COLLEGE ROAD, UGBOWO.
     1.ROYAL SUITE

      2.SEMI SUITE

      3.DELUXE DOUBLE

      4.DOUBLE

      5.EXECUTIVE SINGLE
     5,500

      4,500

      3,500

      3,000

      2,500
     35

      30

      23

      20

      17
     
      UNIVERSITY OF BENIN GUEST HOUSE
     UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, UGBOWO
     1.SINGLE

      2.DOUBLE 
     2,760

      4,255
     18

      28
     
      PRECIOUS PALM ROYAL HOTELS LIMITED
      LAGO-BENIN EXPRESS ROAD, UGBOWO
     1.DELUXE SUITE

      2.EXECUTIVE DOUBLE

      3.SUITE DE LODGE

      4.DOUBLE CHARLET
     25,300

      16,100

      14,950

      10,925
     170

      107

      100

      73
     

NOTE: All hotels are five minutes drive to the workshop venue



If you have any other queries, please contact: 

Prof M. Kadiri
Department of Plant Biology & Biotechnology

University of Benin

Benin City

Nigeria

mokadiri at hotmail.com



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