Meiofauna Brasil - ON TWITTER AND ORKUT!

Meiofauna Brasil has now profiles on Twitter and Orkut!

What we really expect is to spread more an more the Meiofauna Brasil website and "popularize" our fascinating animals!

Take a look at the new Profiles:


http://twitter.com/meiofaunabrasil

http://www.orkut.com.br/Main#Profile.aspx?origin=is&uid=7313733478867360227 (it is necessary to be joined)

ICCCM 10

The New University of Lisbon, the Cascais municipality, the Cascais energy center, the Cascais Atlantic Agency, and the Organizing Committee are pleased to announce the International Conference on Coastal Conservation and Management in the Atlantic and Mediterranean (ICCCM2010), that will be held on April 11 to 17, 2010 at the Estoril, Cascais (Portugal).

Prospective authors are encouraged to submit their abstracts in English for oral or poster presentation up to the 25th September 2009.

For further information: http://icccm.dcea.fct.unl.pt

ONTA Travel Awards for the 2nd ICTN

The ONTA (Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America) Foundation is offering three graduate student travel awards to attend the 2nd International Congress of Tropical Nematology that will be held in Maceio. Each of the awards will be in the amount of $700 (USD). Submission must be received by July 10, 2009.

More information here.

COLACMARCUBA 2009 - DEADLINES

COLACMAR and MARCUBA in Havana city from 26^th to 30^th October, 2009.

REGISTRATION:

ABSTRACTS DEADLINE:

Abstracts shall be sent to the Organizing Committee, in digital format, before July 31st, 2009. They The working languages of ColacMarCuba 2009 will be Spanish and English. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided during plenary sessions, as well as in those rooms of greater thematic relevance.

Further information on: http://www.colacmarcuba2009.com

2ndICTN: abstract deadline!

The deadline for submit abstracts to the 2nd International Congress of Tropical Nematology promoted by Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America (ONTA) and the Brazilian Society of Nematology is next June, 30. Do not miss it! The abstract deadline was postponed already twice! There will be not more postponing according the organization comitee!

For more information take a look here.

VIII BIOINC will honor Dra. Verônica Genevois!

The "VIII Encontro de Bioincrustação, Ecologia Bêntica e Corrosão" (VIII Meeting of Bioincrustation, Benthic Ecology and Corrosion) will honor Prof. Dra. Verônica Fonsêca Genevois this year.

Fot those who do not know Dra. Fonsêca-Genevois, she is the precursor of meiobenthic studies in Brazil. During her carreer she already supervisioned 7 PhD, 27 master and 12 graduation works.

The event will happen in 27-31 July 2009 and we from Meiofauna Brasil will be present in this important moment for the Brazilian meiobenthologists.

More information (in portuguese) here.

2ndICTN: abstract deadline postponed

The deadline for submit abstracts to the 2nd International Congress of Tropical Nematology promoted by Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America (ONTA) and the Brazilian Society of Nematology was postponed to June, 30. Do not miss it!

For more information take a look here.

Meiofauna Training Course in Panama!

A meiofauna training course will be hosted in early June 2010 (exact dates to be determined) at the Smithsonian Institution's Bocas del Toro Research Station in Panama. The course will have the nature of a workshop, with 6-8 invited meiofauna specialists and up to 12 students.

There will be a strong focus on taxonomic survey of non-arthropod meiofauna, though not exclusively so. For more details and student application information visit the website, here.


A special thanks to Dr. Jon Nurenburg from Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History for informing us!

11th International Symposium on Tardigrada: Abstract Deadline!

Just a quick reminder about the 11th International Symposium on Tardigrada:


The Deadline for abstract submission is next 1st of June. For more information visit the symposium's website, here.

International Nematology Symposium in Hanoi: Abstract Deadline!

The deadline for abstract submission for the International Nematology Symposium in Hanoi (16-21 August 2009) is next May 31. Do not miss it!

The Symposium is a joint event by the Vietnamese and Russian colleagues, representing also the VIIIth Meeting of the Russian Society of Nematologists.

For more information, visit here!