[Taxacom] Conference: Belfast - Systematics Association Biennial 4-8 July - abstract deadline

[James Cotton]

NB: the final deadline for Oral presentations and Poster abstracts for the meeting is this Sunday, 19th of June.
Registration is open until the start of the meeting.

There is an exciting programme that includes both plenaries and thematic symposia, as well as contributed sessions.  Scheduled symposia include:

- Next Generation Systematics - Studying Evolution and Diversity in an Era of Ubiquitous Genomics
- Arthropod Systematics: are Morphology, Palaeontology and Molecules Coming Together
- Algal Systematics: Where Next?
- Advances in Using Museum Specimens and Ancient DNA in Systematics Research

Plenary speakers include:

Max Telford, University College London
Ralf Sommer, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
Debashish Bhattacharya, Rutgers University
Des Higgins, University College Dublin

Symposia will include a mixture of talks from invited speakers and other contributions. The Biennial also presents excellent opportunities for contributed papers on any aspect of systematics and is a great forum for students and young researchers to present their work. For further details, please see http://www.systass.org/biennial2011/ .

Juliet Brodie, President
James Cotton, Programme Officer
Peter Olson, Treasurer
Christine Maggs, Local Organiser

Sponsors: The Linnean Society of London, British Phycological Society, Cambridge University Press,
Genetics Society, Queen's University Belfast

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