Talks will be given
by invited international speakers at the forefront of this
field:
Ellinor Michel (NHM, London):“Gastropod
endemism in African freshwaters; traits, time and topography”
Emilio Rolán Alvarez (University of Vigo, Spain):
“Ecological speciation of Littorina saxatilis
in Galicia”
Chris Meyer (Smithsonian Institute, USA): “Dispersal
and speciation in the big pond”
Menno Schilthuizen (Naturalis, Leiden): “Evolution
on a block of rock; snail speciation on tropical limestone
karst”
Jon Todd (NHM, London): “Patterns from
the fourth dimension of a marine snail radiation”
Angus Davison (University of Nottingham, UK)
“Speciation and gene flow between Japanese snails of
contrasting ecology and opposite chirality”
This meeting will be of interest to evolutionary biologists,
malacologists, students, post-doctoral researchers and researchers.
Places are limited and registration is required. Registration
is FREE and includes a wine reception to follow the meeting.
Please let us know if you wish to bring a poster. Send applications
by e-mail to Suzanne Williams (S.williams@nhm.ac.uk). Friday
25th April 2008
The Malacological Society of London Annual General
Meeting
The AGM of the Society will be held at the Natural History
Museum, London , in conjunction with the above Symposium,
at lunchtime.
29
June—3 July 2008
American Malacological Society
74th Annual Meeting
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL
Symposium on the Current State of Land Snail Conservation
and Land Snail Identification Workshop
Details at http://www.malacological.org/meetings/next.html
September 1-4, 2008
PHYSIOMAR
Physiological aspects of reproduction, nutrition and growth,
Marine molluscs in a changing environment.
Brest, France
Information at http://www.univ-brest.fr/IUEM/PHYSIOMAR/
September
2-6, 2008
5th Congress of European Malacological Societies
and 2nd Atlantic Islands Neogene International Congress
Aula Magna, near Complexo Cientifico, Ponta Delgada, São
Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
The Congress is organised by the Portuguese Malacological
Institute (IPM) and Marine PalaeoBiology working group (MPB).
It will be held on the University of the Azores campus at
the city of Ponta Delgada.
Dr Sérgio Ávila, Dep de Biologia, Universidade
dos Açores
Further information at
http://www.uac.pt/~cicia/5thcongr/index.html
Or email to euromalac2008@gmail.com
September
2-7, 2008
IX International Symposium on
Littorinid Biology and Evolution
Talaso Hotel, Baiona, near Vigo, Spain
Contact: Emilio Rolán-Alvarez rolan@uvigo.es
http://webs.uvigo.es/isolbe/index.html
The meeting has traditionally been multidisciplinary and very
friendly and will deal with any topic related to biology and
evolution of littorinid snails and related marine gastropods.
Daily sessions will open with talks from Dr B R Silliman,
L. Bernatchez and J A Coyne. Three concurrent workshops will
offer training in
I. Morphometric and taxonomic techniques,
II. Computation and simulation techniques
III. Sequence data analysis.
September
14-17 2009
Southeast Asian Gateway Evolution
Royal Holloway, University of London
A major multidisciplinary meeting that will focus on the geological
and biological history of the region and include discussion
of geology, tectonics, oceanography, climate, biogeography
and biodiversity.
More information at www.gl.rhul.ac.uk/searg/sage
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