Courtesy of WSM President William Wright ...
WSM: Call for Abstracts!
Short and Free: The 56th annual meeting of the Western Society of Malacologists, Saturday, June 24, 2023, 9 AM – 6 PM
Hosted by the Schmid College of Science & Technology, Chapman University, Orange, CA!
This will be a trimmed down 1-day meeting (9 AM-4 PM) with morning and afternoon lecture sessions (5 or 10 min talks), as well as a 2-hour afternoon poster session.
In addition to scientific talks, there will be a symposium, hosted by Hans Bertsch, “History of the Western Society of Malacologists: Reminiscences and Vignettes.": Presentations by anyone on something interesting, weird, helpful, scientific, about your time as a member of WSM.
Chapman University has generously donated space to support our meeting. We have reserved a very nice lecture hall (AF 202, with remote technology) for live presentations (9AM-4 PM), with ample coffee and refreshments. Lunch will be on your own from a variety of delicious food venues within walking distance. There will be a late afternoon poster session in a second room (AF206 A,B), allowing for posters to be on display all day. We will set up a zoom link for those of you who cannot attend in person, including the capacity to give a remote talk.
If you are interested, please reply to this email directly ([log in to unmask]) and submit a title and an abstract (see details below) for
a. a 5 or 10 min (indicate which) talk during the day, and/or
b. a poster you will present, and/or
c. a 5 min talk in the symposium of the History of WSM.
Abstract formatting: PLEASE format your abstract (250 words or less). Title should be in ALL CAPS text, with 140 characters maximum (including spaces) exactly like the following example:
PHYLOGENY OF OYSTERS FROM GULF OF CALIFORNIA AND PACIFIC COAST OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR OSTREIDAE CLASSIFICATION Douglas J. Eernisse -*1, Meredith Raith - 1, Erik M. Pilgrim – 2,
Danielle C. Zacherl - 1
1 - Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834 USA; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask],
2 - Ecological Exposure Research Division, National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268 USA; [log in to unmask]
Most oyster species worldwide have been extensively studied, but classification within Ostreidae Rafinesque 1815 has been controversial because proposed divisions are based ...
William Wright, President,Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, Orange, CA
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