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First meeting of BioSyst EU 10-14 August 2009, Leiden


The first meeting of BioSyst EU will take place 10-14 August 2009 in Leiden, The Netherlands. This meeting will combine the 7th Biennial Conference of the Systematics Association and the 11th annual meting of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS).

BioSyst EU (www.biosyst.eu ), the federation of European systematic societies, was founded in 2006. It aims to provide a European platform to:

  • promote research, teaching, and training in all areas of systematic biology
  • encourage collaboration and interchange among researchers, coordinate national and international efforts
  • support and represent researchers in countries lacking formal systematic societies
  • represent systematic biology in the European parliament

Participarting societies include:

The conference will be the first of a series of quadrennial European conferences for biological systematics. These meetings will encourage both formal and informal collaboration among systematic biologists and other interested researchers across Europe.

Sessions will include major themed symposia; timely 'how-to' talks on important emerging topics by leaders in the field, and generous time allocation for contributed papers or posters by students and established researchers on any topic in systematics.

The conference is open to everyone; we especially encourage participation of research students and researchers in the early stages of their careers.

Student Bursaries
To encourage student participation, competitive bursaries will cover registration, accommodation costs and the conference dinner (but not travel) for students presenting a paper on their own research work. For details and an online application form, see the Systematics Association website.

Deadline for Registration and Submission of Abstracts 30th June 2007. A late registration surcharge will apply after this date.

Conference venue
Leiden houses the major biodiversity collections of the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis and the National Herbarium of the Netherlands. It has one of the largest and most attractive historical town centres of the Netherlands, and is centrally located with excellent connections to Amsterdam, The Hague and Schiphol Airport. The conference venue is within walking distance of Leiden Central Station

For more information, registration and booking details, see www.biosyst.eu  or contact Peter Hovenkamp Hovenkamp@nhn.leidenuniv.nl  (National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden University branch).

Prof. dr. E.F. Smets

Scientific Director
National Herbarium of the Netherlands
Leiden University branch
P.O. Box 9514
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands

www.nationaalherbarium.nl

By Roderic Page at 2009-01-22 20:53 | Meetings | add new comment