Month: July 2020

Prof. Ann Bucklin presented a Webinar hosted by the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON)

UConn Marine Sciences Professor Ann Bucklin presented a Webinar on July 22, 2020 hosted by the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON), as well as other international programs focused on marine biodiversity, including GOOS, OBPS, OBIS, and OceanObs RCN, as well as SCOR. The webinar focused on ongoing activities of the SCOR Working Group, MetaZooGene: Toward a new global view of marine zooplankton biodiversity based on DNA metabarcoding and reference DNA sequence databases. The presentation was followed by a Question & Answer session with three MetaZooGene-member Panelists: Katja Peijnenburg, Todd O’Brien, and Leocadio Blanco-Bercial. The Webinar was recorded and the video (and presentation PDF) can be viewed at this link: www.metazoogene.org/mbon-webinar-2020. Please feel free to share the link with interested colleagues and students.