Welcome to CrayfIT
A regional European IAA meeting organised by Life CLAW
Extended deadline for abstract submission! 12 June 2023
5 – 8
September
2023, Pavia
The meeting
We are delighted to announce that a regional European IAA meeting will take place, on 5 – 8 September 2023, at the University of Pavia (Italy), one of the world’s oldest academic institutions.
We are happy to welcome cray-friends and colleagues from across Europe to Pavia, a beautiful town rich in history and culture, about 35 km away from Milan.
We will deal with all crayfish topics: conservation, species diversity and distribution, genetics, physiology, ecology, ethology, diseases, management and invasives, fishery and aquaculture. Plenary lectures, oral and poster presentations by the attendees are forecast, together with a session dedicated to Life projects conserving and managing crayfish and aquatic fauna.
The meeting is organized by Life CLAW, an EU-funded project aiming at the improvement of the conservation status of the endangered crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes in the Italian North-Western Apennines through a long-term conservation programme.
Book of Abstracts
Click here to download the book of abstracts
Keynote speakers
Kelly Bateman
Dr. Kelly Bateman is an Invertebrate Pathologist at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) in the UK. Her work focuses on aquatic pathogens, and combines approaches based upon histopathology, transmission electron microscopy and molecular systematics for the classification of novel and emerging pathogens. She has over 20 years’ experience in the diagnosis of disease in experimental, farmed and wild aquatic animals, with a special interest in the identification and characterisation of novel and emerging pathogens of crustaceans. Kelly is leading the work of the Crustacean Health Theme within the WOAH Collaborating Centre for Emerging Aquatic Animal Disease and the International Centre of Excellence for Aquatic Animal Health at Cefas. Kelly is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Invertebrate Pathology and is an author on over 50 peer-reviewed publications in the field of aquatic animal health.
Pierre Taberlet
Dr. Pierre Taberlet is a molecular ecologist currently Emeritus Senior Scientist at CNRS of Grenoble (France) and invited professor at Arctic University of Tromsø (Norway). He graduated at the Université de Grenoble where he gained his PhD. His scientific career spans a wide range of topics, from molecular ecology to conservation genetics and phylogeography. His pioneering studies combining landscape ecology and population genetics conceived a new field of research called “landscape genetics”. In recent years he published the first study regarding the use of environmental DNA from water for species detection and coined the terms “eDNA” and “metabarcoding”, which laid the foundations for a new era in biodiversity monitoring studies. He coordinated three large collaborative European projects and, since 2014, he is Member of Academia Europaea.
Kate Mathers
Dr. Kate Mathers is a UK Research and Innovation fellow at Loughborough University, UK. Her research is at the interface of aquatic ecology, hydrology and fluvial geomorphology with a focus on macroinvertebrate communities. It aims to advance our understanding of how disturbances (anthropogenic and natural) affect aquatic ecosystems in addition to promoting the conservation and sustainable management of freshwater systems. She received her PhD in 2017 centred on the effects of signal crayfish on fine sediment dynamics and macroinvertebrate communities. Following this she spendt 2.5 years in Switzerland working as a post-doctoral researcher at Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) investigating the role of sediment dynamics for macroinvertebrate communities before returning to the UK to pursue her current fellowship. Her work on invasive crayfish was recognised in 2019 by the Francesca Gherardi Memorial Prize.
Programme
The meeting will include plenary lectures, sessions on specific fields of crayfish, as well as a rich social programme and a field trip.
Posters will be placed in the hall and visible throughout the meeting.
Provisional schedule
5 september Opening day
Welcome drink, registration, plenary lecture, afternoon session
6 september Second day
Plenary lectures, morning session, afternoon session.
Evening at the Museum of Natural History ‘Kosmos’ (with Biodiversity of tastes)
7 september Third day
Plenary lectures, morning session, afternoon session.
8 september Fourth day
Field trip and social dinner