ICS 2008

Seventh International Chrysophyte Symposium

Connecticut College
New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Week of June 23, 2008

We are pleased to announce that the Seventh International Chrysophyte Symposium will be held during the week of June 23, 2008 at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, U.S.A. The three to four day symposium is expected to bring together experts from around the world representing a broad spectrum of disciplines. Although the overriding theme of the symposium will focus on "chrysophytes" in a broad sense, we anticipate significant contributions representing allied heterokont groups and an infusion of ideas from other fields.

In addition to regular paper sessions, we are planning four mini-symposia: paleolimnology/paleobiology, taste and odor problems in drinking water, heterokont phylogeny and use of geometric morphometric concepts in the study of algae. The symposium will include several keynote speakers who work in peripheral areas to chrysophyte biology, allowing for a cross fertilization of ideas. Our goal is to provide a forum to advance the study of chrysophytes. There will be a Proceedings volume published by Cramer under the Nova Hedwigia Beiheft series.

As has been the case in the previous six symposia, we will strive to have non-concurrent sessions and foster an environment that allows significant opportunities for people to interact in small groups.  We also plan to take advantage of our local setting, including collecting opportunities in both freshwater and marine habitats, a traditional New England clambake and trips to Mystic Seaport and possibly a behind the scenes tour of the Peabody Museum at Yale University.

The organizing committee consists of:

Peter Siver
(Department of Botany, Connecticut College, U.S.A.)

Anne Lizarralde
(Department of Botany, Connecticut College, U.S.A.)

Jim Wee
(Department of Biological Sciences, Loyola University, U.S.A.)

Robert Andersen
(Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, U.S.A.)

Sue Watson
(National Water Research Institute, Burlington, Canada)

Christian Kamenik
(Institute of Plant Science, University of Bern, Switzerland)

Hwan SuYoon
(Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, U.S.A.)

Since we are still in the planning stages of the symposium we welcome any and all ideas and suggestions. Please direct any comments, suggestions and special needs to Peter Siver via peter.siver@conncoll.edu with a copy to Anne Lizarralde via anne.lizarralde@conncoll.edu. All symposium information, including registration and abstract forms, will be posted on this web site. If you would like to be included on the symposium mailing list in order to receive announcements please contact Anne Lizarralde at anne.lizarralde@conncoll.edu. We look forward to seeing all of you in 2008!

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