Dear diatomists,

As requested by some participants, we were able to negotiate an extension of the abstract deadline for IDS 2012 with the company publishing the abstract book. We decided to also postpone the early bird registration deadline to coincide with the abstract deadline.

New and final deadlines for IDS 2012

Early bird registration deadline               June 1^st 2012

Abstract submission deadline                  June 1^st 2012

The grant application deadline remains May 1^st 2012.

Best wishes,

Koen Sabbe

Bart Van de Vijver

Wim Vyverman

http://www.vliz.be/events/ids2012

Gerard Tremblin, Benoit Schoefs and Annick Manceau organize the next ADLaF meeting (Association of French speaking Diatomists) in Le Mans (France) on September 11-13, 2012.

31eme Colloque de l’Association des Diatomistes de Langue Francaise (ADLaF)

Registration and information:

http://adlaf.free.fr/

http://adlaf.free.fr/31emeColloqueADLaF.htm

Deadlines:

June 1, 2012: registration

July 31, 2012: abstracts

Best regards,

Luc Ector

The Nordic Diatomists’ Meeting will be held at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) in Copenhagen, Denmark on the 23rd-25th of May, 2012. The meeting will be arranged jointly by GEUS, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen and the Environmental Change Research Unit (ECRU), University of Helsinki. Further details can be found here:

  http://www.helsinki.fi/bioscience/ecru/projects/XXNDM.htm

We hope to see many of you in Copenhagen!

Best wishes,

Kaarina & Jan Weckström

Nina Lundholm

Anna Tammilehto

The website has also been updated with new information on a.o. invited speakers, accommodation and grants.

Please keep in mind the following deadlines:

Early bird registration closes April 1^st

Abstract submission deadline May 1^st

Grant application deadline May 1^st

Members of the society also receive online access to the Diatom Research and members should have received email instructions direct from Taylor and Francis about how to set this up. Unfortunately, these emails can be caught in spam filters. To avoid this, add ‘@tandfonline.com’ to your safe senders list. In order to set up the online access, the Society requires an up to date email address and so if you are having difficulty in registering, it might be because you have not provided us with your most recent email address. If you think this may be the case, please email Suzanne Mcgowan (suzanne.mcgowan@nottingham.ac.uk) with your new contact details so that our data base can be updated. Online access for 2011 members has been extended to March 31st in acknowledgement of the delays in providing this service. Members who renew their subscription for 2012 will have online access extended for the whole year.

Thank you again for your patience whilst we have made the transition to our new publishers, Taylor and Francis. We hope that you are pleased with the new look journal.

Sarah Davies and Suzanne Mcgowan

Dear diatomists,

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Nordic Diatomists’

Meeting arranged at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

(GEUS) in Copenhagen, Denmark on the 23rd-25th of May, 2012. The meeting will be arranged jointly by GEUS, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen and the Environmental Change Research Unit (ECRU), University of Helsinki.

Please pencil these dates into your calendars. More information will be provided shortly.

We hope to see many of you in Copenhagen!

Best wishes,

Kaarina & Jan Weckström

Nina Lundholm

Anna Tammilehto

Further details and registration is available at: www.uibk.ac.at/botany/diatom

Invited speakers include: Eileen Cox (Natural History Museum, London), S. Juggins (Newcastle University), D. Mann (Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh), E. Morales (Cochabamba University), A. Poulickova (Olomouc University) and K. Sabbe (Ghent University).

There will be a german speaking meeting in front of the 6th CE-Diatom with separate registration options (26th DDT from 22nd March 2012).

We are especially happy to announce the following confirmed invited speakers: Martyn Kelly (Bowburn Consultancy, UK), Peter Kroth (University of Konstanz, Germany), Isabelle Lavoie (INRS Eau Terre Environnement, Canada), Marina Montresor (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy), Nicole Poulsen (Dresden University of Technology, Germany), Jeroen Raes (VUB/VIB, Belgium), Rosa Trobajo (IRTA, Spain), Graham Underwood (University of Essex, UK) and Elie Verleyen (Ghent University, Belgium).

We hope to attract an equally diverse field of participants!

More detailed information will be available soon; updates to the website will be announced here and elsewhere (Diatom-L).

During this transitional year to our new publishers, the mail out of Diatom Research to members has been delayed. The two printed issues for 2011 will now be sent out together to members by the end of 2011. All future issues in 2012 should be at the usual time in May and November.

Currently, members who are affiliated to an institution which subscribes to Diatom Research will be able to view the journal online at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/TDIA We are are working with Taylor and Francis to provide individual members with free online access to the the latest issues and full back catalogue.

Thank you for your patience during this year of transition. If you have any further queries, please contact Dr Sarah Davies (ISDR Secretary - sjd@aber.ac.uk). Further updates will appear here.