CALL FOR POSTERS: Microbes and Conservation Symposium at AMNH

[Fiona Brady]

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The Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History is organizing a two-day symposium on microbes and conservation. We are actively seeking posters...the submission deadline is February 1. Details and the agenda are available on our website at http://cbc.amnh.org/symposia/microbes/. We hope to welcome you to the American Museum in April!

SMALL MATTERS: MICROBES AND THEIR ROLE IN CONSERVATION

The Center for Biodiversity and Conservation's Twelfth Annual Symposium

American Museum of Natural History
April 26 and 27, 2007

http://cbc.amnh.org/symposia/microbes/

Symposium Theme: The Museum's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation will convene a diverse group of scientists to examine the intersection of microbes and conservation biology. This symposium represents one of the first opportunities for disease ecologists, microbial genomicists, marine virologists, biogeochemists, and conservation geneticists to discuss how microbial diversity is assessed, how it is threatened, and how the "unseen majority" profoundly affects the fate of all other life on Earth.
 

Session Topics:

I: Standing on the Shoulders of the Tiny: Detecting and Describing Microbial Diversity

II: Can't Live With 'Em? Diseases and Other Harmful Microbes - But Are They a Necessary Evil?

III: Can't Live Without 'Em? The Role of Microbes in the Sustainability of Life On Earth

IV: The Intersection of Microbiology and Conservation: Case Studies

Audience: Scientists from the traditionally disparate fields of microbiology and conservation, including biogeochemists, marine microbiologists, disease ecologists, and microbial systematists, as well as conservation practitioners, wildlife managers, policy makers, educators, students, and interested members of the general public.

CALL FOR POSTERS: Poster abstracts that address some aspect of the symposium's main theme will be considered, as well as related topics within education, policy, management, and economics. Details re. content and abstract-submission guidelines are available at http://cbc.amnh.org/symposia/microbes/. Deadline: February 1.

SPECIAL STUDENT PRICING and EARLY-REGISTRATION DISCOUNTS through March 30!

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Fiona Brady

Outreach Program Coordinator

Center for Biodiversity and Conservation

American Museum of Natural History

Central Park West at 79th Street

New York, NY 10024

Phone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

brady@...

http://cbc.amnh.org

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