Report on the 27th European Congress of Arachnology, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2-7 September 2012

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by  Eileen Gabel

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27th European Congress ofArachnology,Ljubljana,Slovenia,2-7 September201
Location: EvolutionaryZoology LAB, Jovan Hadzi Institute ofBiology, ZRC SAZU.
Organizing committee: Matjaz Gregoric, Nina Vidergar, Tjasa Lokovsek, Ren-Chung Cheng, Kiemen
Candek, Olga Kardos, MartinTurjak,Tea Knapic, Urska Pristovsek, Klavdija Suen, Miha Pipan.
Scientific and program committee: Matjaz Kuntner, ZRC SAZU, Slovenia; Simona Kralj-Fiser, ZRC
SAZU,Slovenia; IngiAgnarsson, UniversityofPuerto Rico, USA;Christian Kropf, Natural HistoryMuseum
Berne, Switzerland; Daiqin Li, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Miquel Arnedo, University
ofBarcelona, Spain.
doi:10.5431/aramit4417
Recently 157 participants from 39 countries met in gical questions to studies about behaviour and eco-
Ljubljana, Slovenia, for presenting, discussing and logy, aswellas biodiversityand biogeography. Each
sharing arachnological topics. This was the 27th day began with a talk from one ofthe four plenary
European Congress ofArachnology, held from the speakers,namelyFritzVollrath,EileenHebets,Fiona
2nd to 7th ofSeptember2012. Cross andJason Bond. Theywere carefully selected
The rooms of the Evolutionary Zoology Lab bythescientificcommitteetointroducetheaudience
are located right in the centre ofSlovenia’s capital, tothe mostrecentresults fromtheirrespectivefields
Ljubljana. Surrounded by the picturesque old town ofstudy.
and the river Ljubljanica,
therewereplentyofpossibi-
lities for sightseeing for the
participants. Easyto seeand
reach was Ljubljana castle,
onlya 15 minutewalkaway,
aswell as the Triple Bridge,
theTromostovje.Therewere
also numerous neat little re-
staurantsandbarsproviding
food from different nations
forenjoying a nice lunch or
supper. But the participants
were of course also busy
presenting 86 oral and 67
poster presentations. Topics
ranged from taxonomic,
Eileen Hebets,Lauren Espositoandtwooftheorganizers,MatjazKuntnerand NinaVidergar
phylogeneticandmorpholo- (lefttoright);©ofall photosinthisreport:C.Komposch,Oekoteam
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the question ofwhether barcoding is a helpful tool
for biodiversity assessments and ecosystem moni-
toring. A furthertopic was the optimization ofPCR
methods to obtain a respectable amount ofDNAfor
the barcoding technique. Likewise, discussion took
place concerning the COI system and addition ofa
more genus-specific primer, which might be better
forbiological questions. The Swiss projectwas also
presented as well as the German Barcoding ofLife
Project, which barcodes the German terrestrial and
freshwaterbiota, andaCentral European spiderpre-
servationandbarcodingpilotproject.Aheateddebate,
as well as a constructive discussion began after the
oral presentations based on different concepts and
opinions ofthe audience.
Butwithbrainsexplodingwithinformationthere
wasashortbreak,refreshmentsandsnacksprovided
bythelocalcafeLP;whosewaitersmadesurenoone
everhad an empty cup ofcoffee.
The social program delighted the participants.
The bowling night on Monday required sporting
activity from the participants in the appropriately
named Spider Bowling Club. The Russian party on
Tuesdaynightledtoacosyget-togetherandculinary
experiences. Numerous types ofvodka as well as
caviarandfishwere availablefortasting. Duringthe
MusicNightonWednesdayabandperformedandgot
theparticipantsswingingtheirhips. OnThursdaythe
Congress Dinnertook place and excellent food was
offered.Theweekwascompletedbyanexcursionon
Friday. The trip to the Skocjan caves and the Lipica
Stud Farm was a great experience and enabled the
participants get to know Slovenia. Aftervisiting the
StudFarmthetourcontinuedtoKoper,wherethepar-
ticipantshadawonderfulviewovertheMediterranean
Sea.Whilehikingandcollectingsomeevenlosttheir
wayandreachedItaly.Allinall,amagnificentendto
the week.
As every year, the scientific committee awarded
prizes for oral and poster presentations. Students
were provided with prize money and a membership
top-Skocjancave;middle-Czechteamatthebowlingnight ofAAS, BAS orAraGes. Inthefield ofSystematics
(from leftto right: Ondrej Kosulic, Petr Dolejs,Vladimir Hula, and Evolution, the following oral presentations
Jana Niedobovä, Stanislav Korenko); bottom - JakobWalter
(left),ChristianKropf(right) were rewarded: 1st prize: Henrik Krehenwinkel,
2nd prize: Elisabeth Lipke, 3rd prize: Marija Majer.
DNA
Especially mentioned should be the barcoding For their posters, these students were rewarded: 1st
symposium, designed as a forum for the latest in- prize: Jana Pliskova, 2nd prize: Susanne Meese, 3rd
sights. Oral presentations were given by Wolfgang prize: Cheng-Ya Chang. In the field ofEcology and
Nentwig,MiquelA.Amedo, IngiAgnarsson, Matjaz Behaviour the prizes for oral presentations were:
Kuntner, Jeremy Miller as well as Peter van Hels- 1st prize: Katrin Kunz, 2nd prize: Shazia Quasin, 3rd
dingen and Liana Lasut. The discussion centred on prize: ReinerNeumann. Therewardedposters were:
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suchaspublicationoftheproceedingsandpaymentof
membershipfees.Newelectionsofcouncilmembers
took place (two new council members: Sara Good-
acre and WolfgangNentwig) and two new honorary
members(YaelLubin, RudyJocque)wereproposed.
Furthermore the 28th European Congress ofArach-
nologywas announced. Itwill takeplace in summer
2014 in Torino, Italy, organised by Marco Isaia and
his team.
Special thanks go to the organizing committee
and the scientific and program committee. They did
a wonderfuljob and made sure thatwe were able to
witness a harmonious, interesting and informative
week. Finally we would like to thank the sponsors.
Withouttheirsupport, therealisationofthecongress
Three opilionologists (left to right: Plamen Mitov, Christoph
would nothave beenpossible.
Muster,GregorWächter)
1st prize: Urska Pristovsek, 2nd prize: Hsien-Chun Eileen GABEL, JuliaAnnedoreMAEDER
Liao, 3rdprize: Klaas Welke. 8c SusanneMEESE
ThemeetingwasclosedbytheGeneralAssembly DepartmentofGeneralandSystematicZoology,
UniversityofGreifswald,Germany
ofthe ESAmembers. Several issues were discussed,
E-Mail:[email protected],[email protected],
[email protected]
19th International Congress ofArachnology
doi:10.5431/aramit4418
The 19th International Congress of Arachnology
(ICA2013)willbeheldattheHowardBeachResort,
Renting National Park, at the subtropical southern
tip ofTaiwan, fromJune 23 to June 28, 2013. It is
the first ICA to be held in Asia. The meeting will
be organized and hosted by an Asian Organizing
Committee ofAffiliates ofthe International Society
ofArachnology. Asian and International Keynote
speakers and avarietyoftopical sessions (taxonomy,
systematics,behaviour,physiology,ecology,biodiver-
sity) and additional symposia (genus Nephila, spider
silk, urbanization and arachnid diversity, systematic
andbiogeographysymposiumofnonaranenoids)have
beenorganized.Inaddition,therewillbeopportuni-
tiesforcollectingarachnidsandexcursionsorganized
forparticipants.Theprogramisnotfinalized,sopar-
ticipants maypropose additional symposia, or direct
generalinquiries, to the Organizing Committee; see
the Symposium website (http://araneae.thu.edu.tw/
ica2013/welcome) ore-mail [email protected].
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