Molecular ecologist to give guest lecture
March 23, 2012
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The University of Alaska Fairbanks will host the 2012 Jay Hammond Guest Lecture Thursday, March 29 at 3:45 p.m. in the Elvey Auditorium on the UAF campus.
This year’s speaker is Pierre Taberlet TAB-er-lay from the Laboratory of Alpine Ecology at the Joseph Fourier University in France.
He will present a seminar on how DNA analysis applies to plant and animal conservation issues. He will also discuss new research on DNA barcoding as a means for assessing biodiversity.
The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. For more information, visit www.iab.uaf.edu/events. The Jay Hammond Guest Lecture is hosted by the UAF Institute of Arctic Biology and the UAF Department of Biology and Wildlife.
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