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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 Learned since the DNA Barcoding Regional Meeting in 2006 Dan Masiga Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Department icipe, Nairobi Slide 2 Outline Networking Research Projects and Barcoding Outlook Presentation outline Slide 3 Eastern African Barcoding Initiative Steering-Committee (EABI-SC) 31 January to 2nd February, 2007 in Mombasa Slide 4 Three research areas prioritized 1.Fresh water fishes 2.Agricultural Pests (Stem borers) 3.Pollinators Slide 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] Slide 6 Slide 7 Tsetse flies Ecololgy of tsetse flies; developing tools for monitoring and control, including semiochemicals for attraction/Repellency 1.Bloodmeal analysis 2.Taxonomy & Barcoding Slide 8 MSc project: Morphometrics and Barcoding Slide 9 Other projects Stingless bees of Kenya (MSc project, 3 regions) Sandflies of Kenya (to generate preliminary data for future project) ? Slide 10 Projects in BOLD Slide 11 Slide 12 Slide 13 Slide 14 Slide 15 Specimen sampling sites Slide 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) Slide 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 Slide 18 Funding? Slide 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