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Western and Central Africa: DNA barcoding Meeting One-day course on DNA barcoding: Practical advice Date: 25 October 2008 East African experience and lessons.

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1 Western and Central Africa: DNA barcoding Meeting One-day course on DNA barcoding: Practical advice Date: 25 October 2008 East African experience and lessons Learned since the DNA Barcoding Regional Meeting in 2006 Dan Masiga Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Department icipe, Nairobi

2 Outline Networking Research Projects and Barcoding Outlook Presentation outline

3 Eastern African Barcoding Initiative Steering-Committee (EABI-SC) 31 January to 2nd February, 2007 in Mombasa

4 Three research areas prioritized 1.Fresh water fishes 2.Agricultural Pests (Stem borers) 3.Pollinators

5 Coordination of E. A Cyprinids Barcoding  Regional coordinator –Dr. William Ojwang – Kenya  National coordinators –Dr. Dismas Mbabazi - Uganda –Dr. William Ojwang - Kenya –Dr. Antoine Nsabimana - Rwanda –Dr. Dejen Eshete- Ethiopia –Dr. Abdillahi Chande- Tanzania –[Monica Mwale, SAIAB attended]

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7 Tsetse flies Ecololgy of tsetse flies; developing tools for monitoring and control, including semiochemicals for attraction/Repellency 1.Bloodmeal analysis 2.Taxonomy & Barcoding

8 MSc project: Morphometrics and Barcoding

9 Other projects Stingless bees of Kenya (MSc project, 3 regions) Sandflies of Kenya (to generate preliminary data for future project) ?

10 Projects in BOLD

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15 Specimen sampling sites

16 funding 1.Piggy-back on other projects 2.GBIF DIGIT programme “digitization of the occurrence and distribution of tsetse fly and sandfly species in Kenya” 3.Prospects to benefit from a biodiversity study of the Lake Victoria region (if funding comes through)

17 future outlook Complete and publish small projects Contribute to large projects (continental or global) Write project Build capacity Build collaborations Actively participate in iBOL

18 Funding?

19 Acknowledgments Helida Oyieke & Dickens National Museums of Kenya Disease vectors Fabian Haas – icipe Nelly Ndungu – icipe Catherine Ngambi – icipe Vector Bloodmeals William Ojwang Kenya Marine & Fisheries Research Institute Other insects Nelly Ndungu - stingless bees Peter Kuria - silk moths


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