Foraminifera

• ISSS Meeting September 10-13 2025, Seville Spain

  Add to your calendar here! The official 2025 meeting of the International Subcommission on Silurian Stratigraphy will take place in Spain, as agreed by the…

• 12th International Cretaceous Symposium, 31 August – 5th September 2025

  Add to your calendar here. Welcome to the 12th International Cretaceous Symposium, which will take place from 31 August to 5 September 2025 in Hannover, Germany. This prestigious…

• Microfossil Image Competition 2025 for 2026 TMS Calendar – Entry

  Since 2014, TMS has held a micropalaeontology-themed image competition, where the winning 12 images form our TMS calendar every year. This year’s competition is now…

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  The Micropalaeontological Society Annual Conference – Pisa, Italy

  A Natural Kaleidoscope: understanding the Earth system through microfossils We are delighted to announce that the Annual Conference of The Micropalaeontological Society (TMS) will be held in Pisa,…

• FORAMS 2026 – University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

  The FORAMS 2026 committee are pleased to announce that the conference will be taking place at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA June 21st to…

• Internship Opportunity: Deep-sea sediments off the Al Wajh Carbonate Platform, Red Sea

  Professor Volker Vahrenkamp’s research team is currently recruiting for an up to 6-month internship joining the Carbonate Reservoirs Studies Group (CaResS Geology) at King Abdullah…

• A memorial meeting for John Eustace Whittaker (25.09.1945 – 29.07.2023)

  Dear friends We propose to organise a one-day memorial meeting in honour of our good friend and scientific collaborator John Whittaker who passed away 18…

• Call for hosting the TMS Annual General Meeting in November 2025

  This is to remind those interested to invite proposals for hosting the TMS Annual General Meeting in November 2025. We are seeking interested institutions or universities to…

• TMS-CFFR Foraminifera Spring Meeting 2025, June 10-13

  On behalf of The Micropalaeontological Society and the Cushman Foundation of Foraminiferal Research, we would like to invite you to attend the second joint TMS-CFFR…

• Volunteer as TMS Treasurer

  My term of office as society Treasurer will conclude in November 2024, and the TMS is now looking for a volunteer to take up this…

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  21st Century Drilling Workshop

  Building capacity in the digital domain using scientific ocean drilling legacy material Applications open for Workshop 2. Deadline 2nd of September 2024 Website:  https://le.ac.uk/iodp/events/21st-century-drilling Application form:  https://forms.gle/Kyky6bMkwrmQvevYA Dates for…

• Become our TMS Foram Group Chair

  Babette’s term as the TMS Foram Group Chair will be coming to an end in November, we are now looking for someone to take up…

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  Microfossil Image Competition 2024 for 2025 TMS Calendar – Entry

  Since 2014, TMS has held a micropalaeontology-themed image competition, where the winning 12 images form our TMS calendar every year. This year’s competition is now…

• Microfossil Image Competition Microfossil Image Competition 2023 for 2024 TMS Calendar – Winners

  The Micropalaeontological Society is delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 Micropalaeontology Image Competition! The overall image winner was Medhavi Srivastava from Charles University,…

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  New Seminar Series: The Life of Retaria

  This seminar series aims to foster collaboration between scientists studying living retaria, particularly radiolaria and foraminifera. It provides an informal platform for speakers from diverse…