{"id":58,"date":"2026-06-11T18:05:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/biopolfor\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:12:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:12:51","slug":"program-documents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/biopolfor\/program-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"Program &amp; Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Organising Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ines Barrenechea Angeles (IBA)<\/strong> \u2014 UiT \u2013 The Arctic University of Norway (*)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Giuliana Panieri (GP)<\/strong> \u2014 UiT \u2013 The Arctic University of Norway; CNR-ISP (Institute of Polar Sciences), Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Freya Sykes (FS)<\/strong> \u2014 UiT \u2013 The Arctic University of Norway (*)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Joost van Genuchten (JVG)<\/strong> \u2014 UiT \u2013 The Arctic University of Norway (*)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ngoc-Loi Nguyen (NLN)<\/strong> \u2014 Tsinghua SIGS, Shenzhen, China (*)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Organizers:<\/strong> Department of Geosciences, UiT \u2013 The Arctic University of Norway<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Training venue:<\/strong> Department of Geosciences, UiT \u2013 The Arctic University of Norway, Dramsvegen 201, 9010 Troms\u00f8, Norway <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lecturers &amp; Trainers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Tomas Cedhagen (TC)<\/strong> \u2014 Aarhus University, Denmark<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Andrew J. Gooday (AG)<\/strong> \u2014 National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Maria Holzmann (MH)<\/strong> \u2014 University of Geneva, Switzerland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jan Pawlowski (JanP)<\/strong> \u2014 Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN), Sopot, Poland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anna Sabbatini (AS)<\/strong> \u2014 Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy <em>(online)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Irina Polovodova Asteman (IPA)<\/strong> \u2014 University of Gothenburg, Sweden <em>(online)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Magali Schweizer (MS)<\/strong> \u2014 University of Angers, France <em>(online)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Joanna Pawlowska (JP)<\/strong> \u2014 Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN), Sopot, Poland <em>(online)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Elsa Girard (EG)<\/strong> \u2014 Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands (*)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ines Barrenechea Angeles (IBA)<\/strong> \u2014 UiT \u2013 The Arctic University of Norway (*)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ngoc-Loi Nguyen (NLN)<\/strong> \u2014 Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (Tsinghua SIGS), Shenzhen, China (*)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(*) Early Career Researcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Workshop Schedule<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Daily Notes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2615 <strong>Morning coffee:<\/strong> 10:00\u201310:15<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83c\udf7d\ufe0f <strong>Lunch:<\/strong> 12:00\u201313:00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2615 <strong>Afternoon coffee:<\/strong> 15:00\u201315:15<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83c\udf7d\ufe0f <strong>Dinner:<\/strong> Provided at Troms\u00f8 Lodge (except <strong>Day 1<\/strong> and <strong>Day 5<\/strong>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83c\udf93 Standard lectures: <strong>30 min presentation + 15 min Q&amp;A<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day 1 \u2013 Sunday, 30 August 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Time<\/th><th>Session<\/th><th>Activity<\/th><th>Speaker<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>15:00\u201315:30<\/td><td>Welcome<\/td><td>Arrival &amp; Welcome<\/td><td>Organisers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15:30\u201316:00<\/td><td>Orientation<\/td><td>Practical information &amp; sampling logistics<\/td><td>Organisers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16:00\u201316:45<\/td><td>Lecture<\/td><td>The foraminiferan as a living cell and organism<\/td><td>TC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16:45\u201316:50<\/td><td>Break<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16:50\u201317:35<\/td><td>Lecture<\/td><td>Benthic foraminifera barcoding: from isolation to DNA extraction and amplification<\/td><td>MH<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17:35\u201318:35<\/td><td>Short Introduction and <br>Discussion<\/td><td>Participant introductions <br>(max. 7 min each)<\/td><td>All participants<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18:35\u201321:30<\/td><td>Social<\/td><td>Ice-breaking ap\u00e9ro &amp; networking<\/td><td>All participants<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day 2 \u2013 Monday, 31 August 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Time<\/th><th>Session<\/th><th>Activity<\/th><th>Speaker<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>08:00\u201318:00<\/td><td>Fieldwork<\/td><td>Field trip &amp; sampling (Group 1)<\/td><td>TC, IBA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>09:00\u201317:00<\/td><td>Laboratory<\/td><td>Sieving, wet picking &amp; DNA extraction (Group 2)<\/td><td>All trainers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17:00\u201318:00<\/td><td>Discussion<\/td><td>Recap &amp; discussion (Group 2)<\/td><td>NLN, AG, MH, JP<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day 3 \u2013 Tuesday, 1 September 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Time<\/th><th>Session<\/th><th>Activity<\/th><th>Speaker<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>08:00\u201318:00<\/td><td>Fieldwork<\/td><td>Field trip &amp; sampling (Group 2)<\/td><td>TC, IBA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>09:00\u201317:00<\/td><td>Laboratory<\/td><td>Sieving, wet picking &amp; DNA extraction (Group 1)<\/td><td>All trainers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17:00\u201318:00<\/td><td>Discussion<\/td><td>Recap &amp; discussion (Group 1)<\/td><td>NLN, AG, MH, JP<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day 4 \u2013 Wednesday, 2 September 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Time<\/th><th>Session<\/th><th>Activity<\/th><th>Speaker<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>08:30\u201309:15<\/td><td>Lecture<\/td><td>Foraminiferans&#8217; adaptations<\/td><td>TC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>09:15\u201310:00<\/td><td>Lecture<\/td><td>Monothalamids: biodiversity and importance in marine ecosystems<\/td><td>AG<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:15\u201311:00<\/td><td>Lecture<\/td><td>AI for identifying monothalamids<\/td><td>AS (online)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:00\u201311:45<\/td><td>Lecture<\/td><td>ONT overview &amp; practical briefing<\/td><td>NLN<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13:00\u201317:00<\/td><td>Laboratory<\/td><td>Sieving, specimen identification &amp; DNA extraction<\/td><td>All trainers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17:00\u201318:00<\/td><td>Discussion<\/td><td>Discussion &amp; recap<\/td><td>All participants<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day 5 \u2013 Thursday, 3 September 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Time<\/th><th>Session<\/th><th>Activity<\/th><th>Speaker<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>08:15\u201309:15<\/td><td>Laboratory<\/td><td>Complete DNA extraction &amp; start PCR<\/td><td>All trainers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>09:15\u201310:00<\/td><td>Lecture<\/td><td>Foraminiferans: ecological importance<\/td><td>TC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:15\u201311:00<\/td><td>Lecture<\/td><td>Updates and challenges in molecular classification of benthic foraminifera<\/td><td>JanP<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:00\u201311:45<\/td><td>Lecture<\/td><td>Challenges associated with mitochondrial DNA in foraminifera<\/td><td>EG<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13:00\u201317:00<\/td><td>Laboratory<\/td><td>PCR practical (barcoding &amp; metabarcoding)<\/td><td>All trainers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17:00\u201318:00<\/td><td>Discussion<\/td><td>Discussion &amp; recap<\/td><td>All participants<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18:00\u201321:30<\/td><td>Social<\/td><td>Art session: Art &amp; Science outreach creation<\/td><td>All participants<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day 6 \u2013 Friday, 4 September 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Time<\/th><th>Session<\/th><th>Activity<\/th><th>Speaker<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>08:15\u201309:05<\/td><td>Lecture<\/td><td>Biomonitoring in fjords<\/td><td>IPA (online)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>09:10\u201310:00<\/td><td>Lecture<\/td><td>Trophic preferences of neritic foraminifera inferred from microbiomes (16S &amp; 18S rDNA), with a focus on monothalamids<\/td><td>MS (online)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:15\u201311:05<\/td><td>Lecture<\/td><td>SedaDNA applications to paleoreconstructions<\/td><td>JP (online)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:05\u201317:00<\/td><td>Laboratory<\/td><td>ONT library preparation &amp; sequencing<\/td><td>IBA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17:00\u201318:00<\/td><td>Discussion<\/td><td>Discussion &amp; recap<\/td><td>All participants<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day 7 \u2013 Saturday, 5 September 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Time<\/th><th>Session<\/th><th>Activity<\/th><th>Speaker<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>08:15\u201312:00<\/td><td>Computer practical<\/td><td>Sequencing monitoring &amp; preliminary analyses<\/td><td>IBA, NLN<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13:30\u201317:00<\/td><td>Computer practical<\/td><td>Barcoding &amp; metabarcoding analysis<\/td><td>IBA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17:00\u201318:00<\/td><td>Discussion<\/td><td>Discussion &amp; 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