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 The Malacological Society of London Annual Meeting FEEDING AND FORAGING STRATEGIES IN MOLLUSCS Ecology Centre, University of Sunderland The evolutionary significance of feeding strategies adopted by different groups of molluscs. Speakers include Gordon Port, Richard Cook, Paul Rodhouse, Liz Harper, Peter Beninger, Iwan Jones and Steve Hawkins. The meeting will start at 11 (coffee at 10.30). with SGMs and AGM at 1 p.m., and finish by 5 p.m. Note that, in addition to the speakers listed on the printed programme, Peter Beninger (Nantes) will talk on Suspension feeding mechanisms in bivalves.. Contact:
Dr Mark Davies, Ecology Centre, Sunderland University, Sunderland SR1
3SD, UK. Tel: 0191 515 2517. 25 March 1998 The Malacological Society of London SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING: CHANGES TO THE RULES SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING: CHANGES TO SUBSCRIPTION RATES & ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING These meetings will start at 1 p.m. and follow in sequence, at the University of Sunderland. See Notices elsewhere in Bulletin. 26-27 March 1998 Society for Experimental Biology : Feeding Symposium The University of York 25-30 July 1998 WORLD CONGRESS OF MALACOLOGY Smithsonian Institution,Washington, DC, USA A combined meeting of the 13th Unitas Malacologica International Congress and the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Malacological Union, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute, AMU and UM, with substantial support from Field Museum of Natural History and Western Society of Malacologistsin the S. Dillon Ripley Center and the National Museum of Natural History, with accommodation in George Washington University . Three symposia: 1. Refining Molluscan Characters, 2. Interactions between Molluscs and Humans, and 3. Bridging Temporal Scales in Malacology: Uniting the Living and the Dead. Also contributed papers and posters, social events and a field trip to the spectacular Miocene fossil beds in Calvert County, Maryland. Registration : deadline March 1st, 1998 ($25 late fee after this) Fees: (includes Core Conference, Evening at NMNH Rotunda, Evening at GWU
Ballroom, and Dinner Cruise): Student $135, AMU, Unitas or WSM member
$135, non-member 285. Details of Registration, Lodgings, Hotels, Form for Abstracts (deadline 1st April) in Unitas Newsletter 12 (October 1997), or the Unitas Web Site: http://www.fmnh.org/wcm Rudiger Bieler, UM President; Fax: 312 663 5397. Email:bie...@fmnh.org 10-15
August 1998 DEVELOPMENT Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Details from wed-site: http://www.bio.vu.nl/valgroepen/od/onb/icir/ or Email to: VU-c...@dienst.vu.nl or m.r....@biol.ruu.nl
The Malacological Society of London YOUNG MALACOLOGISTS' FORUM Natural History Museum, London Organiser: Alex Ball, Zoology Dept, Natural History Museum, London, SW7
5BD. Tel: 0171 938 8973.
Email: a.b...@nhm.ac.uk.
FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MEDICAL AND APPLIED MALACOLOGY Suriwongse Zenith Hotel, Chiangmai, Thailand The congress will be organised jointly by the International Society for Medical and Applied Malacology (ISMAM), Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Institute of Marine Science and Faculty of Science, Burapha University and Faculty of Science, Chiangmai University. The aim of the Congress is to bring together researchers and scientists in order to discuss and exchange information and to promote future research cooperation. All communications will be in English. Participants are encouraged to publish in the Journal of Medical and Applied Malacology (subject to editorial review). Topics: 1. medical and veterinary malacology 2. biodiversity of molluscs 3. biology and systematics of molluscs 4. reproduction and development of molluscs 5. ultrastructure of molluscs and their parasites 6. molluscs as bioindicators 7. toxicology and snail control 8. aquaculture of molluscs Registration & Submission of Abstract 31 March 1998 Details from the President of ISMAM and Chairman of Organising Committee, Professor Dr Suchard Upatham, or the Secretary, Professor Dr Maleeya Kruatrachue, at Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. Tel & Fax: (662) 2477058. Email: scs...@mahidol.ac.th Early March 1999 The Malacological Society of London : Annual Meeting Biogeography of European land and freshwater molluscs London Organised by Ian Killeen, Tel: 01394 274 618, Email: Ian...@malacserve.demon.co.uk 14-17 September 1999 The Malacological Society of London The Biology and Evolution of Bivalves To be held at the University of Cambridge, UK, and organised, on behalf of The Society, by E M Harper, J D Taylor and J A Crame. An international meeting to focus solely on the Bivalvia. The organisers welcome papers and posters on all aspects of the biology and palaeobiology of the class. The Society hopes that the proceedings of the meeting will be published as a series of refereed papers. The meeting is to be held over three days in the historic and picturesque city of Cambridge (UK) within the ancient university. It will be possible to organise workshops and themed sessions to accomodate those with similar interests. Registration fee to be announced. For offers of contributions and to request further details please contact: E M Harper, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Downing St, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, UK. Tel: UK 1223 332846, Fax UK 1223 333450, Email: emh...@cus.cam.ac.uk J D Taylor, Dept. of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd, London, UK. Email: J.Ta...@nhm.ac.uk J
A Crame, The British Antarctic
Survey, High Cross, Madingley Rd, Cambridge, UK.
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