Chlamydomonas Conference
The Seventh International Conference on the Cell and Molecular Biology of Chlamydomonas will be held May 27 - June 1, 1996, in Regensburg, Germany. This conference is being organized by Drs. R–diger Schmitt and Peter Hegemann, Universit”t Regensburg, and Elizabeth Harris, Duke University, and is sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bavarian State Government, and Genetics Society of America. Platform sessions will include Cell Cycle and Differentiation, Flagella: Biogenesis, Assembly and Function, Photosynthesis, Vision and Chemical Senses, Innovations in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Organelles (Genetics, Organization and Function), Cell Wall and Membrane, Mating, Evolution and Taxonomy, Algae and Lower Eukaryotes for the Study of New Phenomena, and Molecular Toolkit (workshop). Investigators interested in participating are invited to submit abstracts by January 31, 1996.
Send request for registration and abstract materials to
Dr. R–diger Schmitt,
Institut fr Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie,
93040 Regensburg, Germany;
Telephone (0049) 943-941-3162,
Fax (0049) 943-941-3163;
E-mail to chlamy@acpub.duke.edu.
Harmful Algal Bloom
The Scientific Committee on Oceanographic Research (SCOR) and the International Oceanographic Commission (IOC) will co-sponsor a workshop on "The Physiological Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms" at the Bermuda Biological Station for Research from May 27-June 6, 1996. The ASI will bring together scientists and students from many countries who are interested in assessing the present understanding of fundamental physiological and ecological issues underlying harmful algal blooms ("red tides"), identifying inadequacies, impediments, and areas for future research, and the advancement and dissemination of new approaches and technologies. Deadline for application: January 1, 1996.
For further information contact the ASI Director:
Donald M. Anderson
Biology Department, MS #32
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 01543
Telephone: 508/289-2351; fax 508/457-2134
Email: danderson@whoi. edu
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Tenth Northwest Algal Symposium
The Tenth Northwest Algal Symposium will be held on March 15-17, 1995 at the marine station of the University of Oregon, Eugene.
The local organizer is Jean Adamson, OIMB,
P.O. Box 5389,
Charleston, OR 97420.
Phone: (541) 888-2581 Ext. 226;
FAX: (541) 888-3250.
E-mail: jadamson@oimb.uoregon.edu.
OIMB is located in Charleston, a small fishing village about 6 miles from North Bend/Coos Bay on the (beautiful!) South Coast of Oregon. We are planning to have contributed papers, posters, a guest speaker, and guided field trips to take advantage of the good low tides that weekend.
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Congress on Culture Collections
The Eighth International Congress for Culture Collections (ICCC-8) will be held in Veldhoven, The Netherlands, August 25-29, 1996. The theme of the conference is "Culture Collections to improve the quality of life." The conference will include mini-symposia, workshops, roundtables, poster sessions, and contributed papers. The conference is sponsored by the World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC), Netherlands Culture Collections (NCC), and Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS).
For information, contact:
Dr. Maija-Liisa Suihko,
VTT, P.O. Box 1501, FIN-02044 VTT,
Finland
Tel +358 0 456 5133,
Fax +358 0 455 2028,
E-mail: Maija-Liisa Suihko@vtt.fi
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Asian Pacific Phycological Forum
The first Asian Phycological Forum will be held July 22-26, 1996 at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The Forum is to be held every three years and falls on the year between The International Seaweed Symposium and the International Phycological Congress. Professor Robert J. King, University of New South Wales, kindly offered to organize the First Asian Pacific Phycological Forum in Sydney, Australia, in July 1996. I hope to see you there. The Forum was organized by Asian phycologists at a series of meetings in Korea and Japan between 1989 and 1993. In 1993, the participants agreed to establish The Asian-Pacific Phycological Association as the organizing body of The Asian Pacific Phycological Forum.
For further information contact:
Prof. Y. Aruga, President,
The Asian Pacific Phycological Association,
Tokyo University of Fisheries,
Phycology Laboratory,
Konan 4-5-7, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108 JAPAN
Tel: 0011-81-3-5463-0521
e-mail: yaruga@tokyo-u-fish.ac.jp
or
The Secretariat
Professor Robert J. King & Ms. Julie Vivas
School of Biological Science
University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA
Tel: 0011-61-2-662-2913
Fax: 0015-61-2-385-2067
e-mail: j.vivas@unsw.edu.au
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International Diatom Symposium
The 14th International Diatom Symposium will be held in Tokyo (National Olympic Memorial Youth Center) September 2-8, 1996. In accordance with the decision of the general meeting at the previous Italy Symposium, the Japanese Society of Diatomology and the International Society for Diatom Research cordially invite you to attend the Symposium. Papers concerning all aspects of diatom research are welcome for both oral and poster presentations. Rather than a few large formal workshops, we would prefer numerous smaller informal discussions. Two evenings (3 and 4 September) will be reserved for the workshops. Mid-week and post-symposium excursions are planned for participants.
For further information, contact
Dr. Hiromu Kobayasi
Tokyo Diatom Institute
3-8-9-813 Honcho, Koganei-shi
Tokyo 184, Japan
Phone: +81-423-84-7795
Fax: +81-426-84-7495
mayama@u-gakugei.ac.jp
Phycological Newsletter Vol. 31, No. 3 October 1995
