We are pleased to announce that the TMS Newsletter for March 2022 is now available to download here.
We are pleased to announce that the TMS Newsletter for March 2022 is now available to download here.
We were very sorry to hear of the death of Professor John Murray in late October 2021. John had a long and distinguished academic career at Imperial College London, The Marine Biological Association in Plymouth, Bristol University, Exeter University and finally Southampton, carrying out research on numerous topics related to benthic foraminifera. He was outstanding as both a teacher and researcher and will be greatly missed in both the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton and in the world of foraminiferal research. He will also be sorely missed in our society. John was a member of the society from its foundation in 1970, as the British Micropalaeontological Group. He was secretary of the Foraminifera specialist group in 1972-1973, and Chairman of the society from 1978 to 1980. He edited the Journal of Micropaleontology from 1994 to 1997. In each of the roles he was supremely efficient and made major contributions to development of the society, in recognition of this he was made an Honorary Member of the Society in 2005. The Society also recognised his outstanding scientific contributions to Micropalaeontology, awarding him the Brady Medal, the highest honour of the society, in 2007. His achievements to that date are summarised in the commendation for the award – although since he continued a high-level of scientific output that summary is in need of updating.
Our knowledge of microfossils and their role in global ecology has been built by the work of numerous micropalaeontologists and John was one of the best, and one of the kindest.
Written by Dr Jeremy Young, on behalf of the Micropalaeontological Society committee
Our latest copy of the TMS newsletter is now available to download from the Newsletter section of the publications page: https://www.tmsoc.org/publications/
There is a new paper just published in the Journal of Micropalaeontology. It is now available on the website:
Sabine Keuter, Jeremy R. Young, Gil Koplovitz, Adriana Zingone, and Miguel J. Frada
The latest paper to be published in the Journal of Micropalaeontology is now available on the website:
Julien Richirt, Magali Schweizer, Aurélia Mouret, Sophie Quinchard, Salha A. Saad, Vincent M. P. Bouchet, Christopher M. Wade, and Frans J. Jorissen
The new edition of the TMS newsletter is now available to download from the Newsletter section of the publications page: https://www.tmsoc.org/publications/
The International Nannoplankton Association now has an official Instagram account, which you can follow to keep up-to-date with all things nanno. https://www.instagram.com/ina_nannoplankton/
The latest papers published in the Journal of Micropalaeontology are now available on the website:
Jurassic planktic foraminifera from the Polish Basin
Maria Gajewska, Zofia Dubicka, and Malcolm B. Hart
Romana Melis, Lucilla Capotondi, Fiorenza Torricella, Patrizia Ferretti, Andrea Geniram, Jong Kuk Hong, Gerhard Kuhn, Boo-Keun Khim, Sookwan Kim, Elisa Malinverno, Kyu Cheul Yoo, and Ester Colizza
Alix G. Cage, Anna J. Pieńkowski, Anne Jennings, Karen Luise Knudsen, and Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz
The latest papers in the Journal of Micropalaeontology are now online:
Michael D. Simmons, Vicent Vicedo, İsmail Ö. Yılmaz, İzzet Hoşgör, Oğuz Mülayim, and Bilal Sarı
Ross Marchant, Martin Tetard, Adnya Pratiwi, Michael Adebayo, and Thibault de Garidel-Thoron
Liberating microfossils from indurated carbonates: comparison of three disaggregation methods
Charlotte Beasley, Daniel B. Parvaz, Laura Cotton, and Kate Littler
Diatoms are tiny, silica-shelled phytoplankton. Not only are they an important part of marine ecosystems and useful tools for studying past climate – this Asteromphalus flabellatus proves that they are also amazingly beautiful!
The Micropalaeontological Society is delighted to announce the winner of the 2020 Micropalaeontology Image Competition!
The overall image winner was submitted by Isabel Dove from the University of Rhode Island – Graduate School of Oceanography, with a beautiful image of the diatom species Asteromphalus flabellatus. Not only does Isabel win the competition’s first prize of €200, but her image is also included on the front cover of our TMSoc2021 Calendar (note these are now sold out)!
On behalf of the Society we would like to congratulate Isabel on her success. Eleven additional winners were selected from the fantastic submissions, and are on display below! A wide variety of microfossils and imaging techniques have been championed this year, and we are already looking forward to next year’s competition.
Odysseas Archontikis and Jeremy Young, University of Oxford and University College London
Hilary H. Birks, University of Bergen, Norway
Damián Cárdenas, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Dimitris Evangelinos, Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra – CSIC – Universidad de Granada
Sahina Gazi, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, India
Hannah Hartung, University of Cologne
Susan Richardson, Florida Atlantic University
Mariem Saavedra-Pellitero, University of Birmingham
Nicolai Schleinkofer, Goethe University, Frankfurt
Yan Yu Ting, Earth Observatory of Singapore
For more details about this event and how to register, click here.
The International Nannoplankton Association (INA) is happy to announce NannoTalks Volume 2, starting Monday 19th April at 15:00 UTC. Tune in to our transmission on YouTube at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSj27AawGmQ
Our first talk will be the Role of silicon in the development of complex crystal shapes in coccolithophores by Gerald Langer. The development of calcification by the coccolithophores had a profound impact on ocean carbon cycling, but the evolutionary steps leading to the formation of these complex biomineralized structures are not clear. Advanced microscopic studies help to understand how these tiny microorganisms calcify and how some coccolithophore species recruit silicon for crystal morphogenesis.
This is the rescheduled event – hopefully you can still make it.
Details of this event can be found here.
We are delighted to invite you to the TMS Foraminifera Festival: a virtual foram-themed day of talks and posters on Friday 27th August, 06:00-16:30 UTC taking place on Zoom. The Festival features four sessions of talks (15 min) and posters, each convened by a group of 4-5 early career researchers.
More details can be found here.
We look forward to e-meeting you in August,
The Foraminifera Festival Coordinators
Dr. Anieke Brombacher (University of Southampton, TMS Events Secretary)
Dr. Babette Hoogakker (Heriot-Watt University, TMS Foraminifera Group Chair)
Dr. Lyndsey Fox (Kingston University, TMS Foraminifera Group Secretary)
Dr. Manuel Weinkauf (Charles University in Prague, TMS Newsletter Editor)
Dr. Rehemat Bhatia (TMS Publicity Officer)
Dates: 29th Aug – 2 Sep 2021
Location: Avignon, France
Hosts: Luc Beaufort, Clara Bolton, Baptiste Suchras-Marx
More information to follow closer to the time!
The TMS Annual General Conference will be held online in Prague on 18 and 19 November 2021.
More details can be found here.
More details on how to register can be found here: https://www.tmsoc.org/6th-silicofossil-and-palynology-joint-meeting-2022/
The French Ostracodologists’ Group and the International Research Group on Ostracoda are pleased to invite you to attend the 19th International Symposium on Ostracoda that will be held in Lyon at the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1. There will also be an opportunity to take part virtually.
More details can be found on the website: http://iso2022.univ-lyon1.fr/en
The 14th International Conference on Paleoceanography is to be held in Bergen, with a virtual component to widen participation