2022
For information regarding the 2022 course, see the CETAF webpage.
The 2022 edition of the DEST course will take place in Iasi, between 19 and 23 September.
Venue:
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
Faculty of Biology,
Bd. Carol I 20A, 700505 Iasi
Romania
We'll meet in front of the building on Monday, September 19, at 9:00 AM
GPS coordinates: 47.175054, 27.573757
Course schedule (can be modified according to participants’ requests and / or whether conditions)
Monday, September 19, 2022
9:00-12:30 Theoretical session – Introducing the parasitic wasps: presentation of parasitic wasps’ superfamilies and chalcid wasps’ families (B-341a)
12:30-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-17:00 Practical session 1 – Practical examples of the above mentioned taxa (B-341a)
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
9:00-17:00 Field trip – Collecting methods (tentative location: Bârnova forest); meeting at 9:00 AM in front of the building
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
9:00-12:30 Practical session 2 – Mounting techniques (B-341a)
12:30-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-17:00 Practical session 3 – Mounting techniques / identifying parasitoid wasps (B-341a)
Thursday, September 22, 2022
9:00-12:30 Practical session 4 – Identifying parasitoid wasps (B-341a)
12:30-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-17:00 Practical session 5 – Identifying parasitoid wasps (B-341a)
Friday, September 23, 2022
9:00-12:30 Practical session 6 – Identifying parasitoid wasps (B-341a)
12:30-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-17:00 Practical session 7 – Imaging parasitoid wasps (B-235)