MEDIA ADVISORY - CN Tower will become world's biggest DNA Barcode for
Official Launch of International Barcode of Life Project
TORONTO, Sept. 22 /CNW/ - Toronto's CN Tower will be spectacularly illuminated as the world's biggest DNA barcode to mark the Official Launch of the world's largest biodiversity genomics initiative, the International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL). Ontario's Minister of Research and Innovation, Glen Murray, will launch iBOL at the CN Tower on Saturday, September 25.
(Note: the illuminated barcode will be visible on the Tower after darkness falls, approximately 7:00 pm)
Details -
| What: | Launch of International Barcode of Life Project |
| Where: | CN Tower, Horizons Level |
| When: | Saturday, September 25, 6:30 pm |
| Who: |
Speakers Include: The Minister of Research and Innovation, the Hon. Glen Murray. The Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf (by video) The President of the University of Guelph, Dr. Alastair Summerlee The Scientific Director of iBOL, Dr. Paul Hebert |
Background: DNA barcoding is a rapid and inexpensive method for identifying species and discovering new ones by reading a short stretch of DNA from a standard location on the genome. The iBOL project involves hundreds of scientists and researchers from every region of the world in a global initiative to construct a barcode reference library for all life on Earth. For more information see http://ibol.org/about-us/
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