Hello all, Just wanted to send a final reminder that abstracts for our session at GSA 2011 is due today, June 26th. See my previous email below for more details. Thanks, -Dave Bapst and Emily King, UChicago
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:39 AM, David Bapst <dwba...@uchicago.edu> wrote: > Hello all, > I just wanted to send a last reminder to the readers of this list about a > particular conference session at this year's Geological Society of America > 2011. This conference will be held in Minneapolis, from October 9th to the > 12th. This session, proposed by Emily King and I, will focus on analyses > that use both the fossil record and phylogenetic data to investigate > evolutionary dynamics, such as diversification, evolutionary rates and > trends. Emily and I would really love to see work that combines molecular > phylogenies with fossil data and also work that uses phylogenies of fossil > data. If you're doing anything that sounds like it might fit in, we > encourage you to submit an abstract for our session (T61) and give an oral > presentation on your work. > > Those of you who are biologists might be thinking "But Dave, what am I > going to do at a geology conference?" GSA 2011 is pretty much the big annual > meeting for North American paleontologists and so one can find interesting > paleobiology-related sessions running from the start of the conference to > its end. There tends to be a large number of general sessions on > morphometrics, diversification, macroevolutionary dynamics, functional > morphology and mass extinctions. This year, the Paleontological Society is > also sponsoring special sessions on "*Species and Speciation in the Fossil > Record" and "**Lessons from the Living: Paleontological Investigations > Using Modern Analogs".* > > The abstract submission deadline is July 26th, which is about about ONE > WEEK away. You can find out more about GSA 2011 and submit your abstract > online here <http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2011/>. The abstract fee > is $35.00 for professionals and $20.00 for students. ( > http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2011/) > > Please let me or Emily know if you have any questions. > -Dave Bapst, UChicago > > -- > David Bapst > Dept of Geophysical Sciences > University of Chicago > 5734 S. Ellis > Chicago, IL 60637 > http://home.uchicago.edu/~dwbapst/ > -- David Bapst Dept of Geophysical Sciences University of Chicago 5734 S. Ellis Chicago, IL 60637 http://home.uchicago.edu/~dwbapst/ [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-sig-phylo mailing list R-sig-phylo@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-phylo
