spring workshop
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Morphology of Invertebrates -
​3D Imaging and Novel Approaches for Biosystematics
Biosystematics, informatics and genomics of the big 4 insect groups:
training tomorrow's researchers and entrepreneurs
MONDAY May 8th
​9:00-9:30
Dr. Nesrine Akkari (Natural History Museum Vienna) & Dr. Alexey Solodovnikov (Copenhagen University)
Welcome talk and workshop overview
TUESDAY May 9th
11:30-12:00
Dr. Sarah Faulwetter (University of Patras)
Cyberspecimens: from creation to curation and publications
9:30-10:00
Prof. Dr. Rolf Beutel (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)
Renaissance of insect anatomy - the role of morphology in the age of phylogenomics
10:00-10:30
Dr. Gregory Edgecombe (Natural History Museum London)
Unlocking morphology in the invertebrate fossil record
Coffee break
13:30-14:00
Prof. Dr. Andreas Wanninger (University of Vienna)
Confocal microscopy and 3D imaging in MorphoEvoDevo research
Lunch break (Kuppelhalle NHM Vienna)
11:30-12:00
Prof. Dr. Lyubomir Penev (Pensoft Publishers and Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia)
From open access to open science publishing
WEDNESDAY May 10th
Thursday May 11th
Friday May 12th
Saturday May 13th
14:00-14:30
Dr. Sergei Tarasov (University of Tennessee)
Anatomy Ontology, Bayesian Networks and EvoDevo suggest a new framework for modelling discrete morphological characters
Schedule
Only for BIG4 members and invited speakers
Coffee break
16:30-17:30
General discussion on students' samples and interests
19:00 - Dinner at "Corbaci" (Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna)
Dr. Brian Metscher
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9:00-10:30
Introduction to digital images: pixels, bit depth and variable types, file formats, compression. Object size, image size, spatial frequency and resolution.
Coffee break
11:00-13:00
Imaging methods: brief intro to LM, CLSM; focal stack, SEM, tomography; 2D to 3D; preparation of samples for different imaging methods
Lunch break
14:00-17:00
Group 1: Scanning electron microscopy and digital photography (Dr. Dan Topa, Dr. Nesrine Akkari)
Group 2: MicroCT, introduction to tomography (Dr. Brian Metscher, Viola Winkler)
14:00-17:00
Group 1: MicroCT, introduction to tomography (Dr. Brian Metscher, Viola Winkler)
Group 2: Scientific illustration (Dr. Alexey Solodovnikov) & Statistical models for morphology (Dr. Sergei Tarasov)
Lunch break
Dr. Sergei Tarasov
11:00-13:00
Statistical model for morphology
Coffee break
Dr. Alexey Solodovnikov & Arn Rytter Jensen
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9:00-10:30
Scientific illustration techniques (Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
Dr. Brian Metscher
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9:00-10:30
Imaging concepts: contrast, color, depth of field/focus; transmission, absorption, phase contrast, fluorescence
Coffee break
11:00-13:00
Image manipulation and processing: working with Fiji (ImageJ), intro to segmentation with Amira
Lunch break
14:00-17:00
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Group 1: Scientific illustration / Statistical models for morphology (Dr. Alexey Solodovnikov & Dr. Sergei Tarasov)
Group 2a: MicroCT, Amira (Dr. Brian Metscher, Viola Winkler)
Group 2b: Confocal microscopy (Dr. Thomas Schwaha)
14:00-17:00
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Group 1a: Confocal microscopy (Dr. Thomas Schwaha)
Group 1b: MicroCT, Amira (Dr. Brian Metscher, Viola Winkler)
Group 2: SEM/digital photography (Dr. Dan Topa, Dr. Nesrine Akkari)
11:00-13:00
Imaging ethics, responsible reporting, sharing and archiving
Coffee break
Dr. Brian Metscher
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9:00-10:30
Rendering and visualization of 3D images: volumes, surfaces, meshes, and models, snapshots, scale bars
Lunch break
Lunch break and free time in Vienna - enjoy!
9:00-10:30
Students presentations
Coffee break
11:00-13:00
Students presentations
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 642241.
15:30-16:30
Guided tour in the collections
