Recent dissemination activities of Metabarpark

We are committed to disseminate our results to management bodies, researchers, and to the grand public. For this reason, we have recently engaged in a series of divulgative actions that we would like to share here:

# In the recent edition of the International Festival Pint of Science, intended to share scientific knowledge in the fun and relaxed atmosphere of pubs, Xavier Turon presented a talk (with a beer at hand, for sure) at the bar Cara B in the district of Gràcia (Barcelona), the 18th May. The talk was about "deciphering the enigma of biodiversity with genetics", and a good deal of it was centered on the progress of Metabarpark. Cara B was fully packed with interested people!

 http://pintofscience.es/event/barcelona-cara-b-falta-2/

Billboard anouncing the Festival 

# Likewise, Xavier Turon delivered a talk about the project to the managers and staff of the Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales (OAPN), funder of Metabarpark, in Madrid, the 22nd May

# Owen Wangensteen participated in the XV International Echinoderm Conference, held at Playa del Carmen, Mexico (25th-29th May), and presented a talk about the applicability of metabarcoding to echinoderms, stemming largely from results of our Project: "Metabarcoding of Echinoderms, promises and pitfalls"

# Xavier Turon spent a couple of weeks at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton for sampling and manuscript writing with colleagues. He was the speaker at the Friday Seminar of the 5th June presenting the talk "Biodiversity crisis and taxonomic impediment: what the genetic metabarcoding of marine communities has to offer", where he presented results of Metabarpark