ECOFLOr
COIMBRA 2024
February 1st and 2nd
Meeting
The meeting will consist of two days of presentations, with plenary talks and oral and poster contributions that will be structured thematically according to the abstracts received.
All the oral and poster communications instructions can be found in the Registration tab in the top menu. For additional questions, please contact the organisation through the email ecoflor2024@gmail.com.
TIA-LYNN ASHMAN
Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of California at San Diego, and PhD from the University of California at Davis, and was Postdoctoral Scholar at McGill University.
Tia-Lynn Ashman’s research program mines the interrelationship between ecology and evolution and focuses on plants and their biotic associates. It spans scales of single interacting populations to diffuse interactions within whole communities, and the feedbacks between evolution and ecology.
Tia-Lynn Ashman has published 203 publications and has an H index of 66. She is the recipient of a Humboldt Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Distinguished Naturalist Award from American Society of Naturalists, Helmholtz International Fellow Award and a Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring from University of Pittsburgh. She has served on the Editorial boards of several prominent journals including The American Naturalist, Ecology, and New Phytologist, as well as on councils of American Society of Naturalists, and Society for the Study of Evolution. She is deeply committed to outreach and expanding diversity within science.
RUBÉN TORICES BLANCO
Rubén Torices is an Associate Professor of Ecology at the University Rey Juan Carlos in Spain. He is an evolutionary ecologist who earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Oviedo and his doctorate from the University Rey Juan Carlos. His experience also includes serving as an Assistant Professor at the University of Valladolid in Spain and as a Postdoctoral Scholar at both the University of Coimbra and the University of Lausanne.
Rubén Torices’ research focuses on the evolution of plant reproductive strategies at both micro- and macro-evolutionary scales. Recently, he has developed a growing interest in the role of biotic interactions, including plant social interactions and kin selection, factors often overlooked on plant evolution.
With over 30 publications, Rubén Torices’ expertise has been acknowledged by the EU Research Executive Agency, who have enlisted his services to assess research projects. Currently, he leads a funded research project investigating pre-mating cooperation in plants.
February 3rd
Workshops
Workshops will occur in the Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra on February 3rd. To participate in the workshops, you must be registered. Further information will be sent to all participants.
Registration will be disseminated, first, among the participants already registered in EcoFlor 2024 and afterwards through mailing lists and social media.
How to write your introduction and discussion: overcome the panic of the blank page
Marcos Méndez
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Writing the first manuscript can be intimidating, especially the Introduction and the Discussion. This workshop provides tricks to avoid the panic to the blank page for beginners, based on efficient format of manuscripts, calibration of the right length of your paragraphs and sections, and efficient structures to convey your stories in the introduction and discussion.
QuickStart your writing with powerful guidelines that avoid the main caveats of scientific writing!
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Number of participants: 15
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THE PARTICIPANTS MUST BE AT 9H00 AT WORKSHOP ROOM (SEE MAP IN VENUE)
Introduction to Pollinator Identification in a Mediterranean System
Hugo Gaspar
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Pollinators are a fascinating and quite diverse group in the Mediterranean basin, and starting working with them can be quite overwhelming. Do you need some help to start studying insect pollinators? This workshop will give you the basics to start on the journey on the study of pollinator taxonomy, biology, ecology and/or identification, specifically, bees, hoverflies and butterflies.
It will deal with relevant subjects such as importance of pollinators, main groups and their biology, ecology, conservation, monitoring methods, specimen preparation and identification.
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Number of participants: 15
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THE PARTICIPANTS MUST BE AT 9H45 AT RECEPTION (SEE MAP IN VENUE)
