In 2014 The Micropalaeontological Society launched their first Microfossil Image Competition. Its outstanding success was reflected by the submission of over 120 images and the creation of a 2015 Micropalaeontology Calendar. The calendar had two print runs and sold out both times. A summary of the winning images can be found here, whilst a Flickr archive of all submitted images can be found here.
We would like to build on the success of our first year and The Micropalaeontological Society is therefore pleased to announce the start of the 2015 Image Competition. All TMS members are invited to submit images of microfossils. Non-members are also encouraged to take part. An overall winning image will be selected and eleven joint runner-up images will be chosen for use in a TMS calendar for 2016.
We will be accepting images until 30st September 2015. This will provide the competition panel sufficient time to select the best 12 images for the calendar, get the calendar designed and subsequently printed in time for distribution towards the end of the year. Image submissions should be of micropalaeontology-related material. The subject can be an individual specimen or an assemblage. and it can be a fossil or a living organism from a microfossil producing group. The type of image is also entirely open, and can include microscope photographs (reflected light, compound), SEM images or other innovative visual techniques, or more traditional artwork.
Twelve winning images will be selected for the calendar, with one image being chosen as the overall winner of the 2015 Image Competition. The winner will receive €200. All twelve winners will of course receive free copies of the calendar in addition to a certificate!
The society will print a fixed number of these calendars in the first instance, with additional print runs possible depending on demand. The society will charge a small fee for the purchase of a calendar – the price is to be confirmed but will be kept low, enough to cover printing and postage costs rather than to make a profit, and will likely be around £10.
Images should be submitted as high resolution JPEG or TIFF files (less than 20mb) and should be accompanied by your name, basic technical details and a short caption. If you have any problems please contact us.
TMSoc can only accept images from the copyright holders for the images being submitted. Please DO NOT submit images which are not your work. By submitting your image(s) to the Calendar Competition, you agree to assign TMSoc a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty free, irrevocable license to use any chosen images (I.e. if selected, these images may be used for the Society’s calendar and also on the TMS website or for other publicity purposes – but you retain full copyright for any other use). You also grant the TMS permission to make minor editorial changes to your image(s) including but not limited to cropping, resizing, contrast/brightness adjustments and/or framing.
I agree to the above terms and conditions, and would like to submit my image:
Please include the following in your email:
1. A short caption (include details of the fossil, and its gelogical age)
2. Your name and address and affiliation (e.g. a University), if relevant.
If the above button does not work, simply send your photo to imagecompetition@tmsoc.org with the subject”Microfossil Image Competition 2015 Entry”.
Download the final programme and abstracts here:
Monday 16th November: Rock to Clock: the importance of microfossils Symposium and Society AGM
The afternoon session will be dedicated to the importance of microfossils in fundamental and applied biostratigraphy, looking into biodiversity, evolution, geological indicators, as presented by the keynote speakers (including Phil Gibbard, Vanessa Bowman, Simonetta Monechi and Mike Simmons). This will be followed by the TMS awards and society business. A drink reception (sponsored by Petrostrat) and the Annual dinner will conclude the day.
Tuesday 17th November: Poster session and open talks on micropalaeontology
The day will comprise of talk and poster presentations. Abstracts for posters and short communications (15 min) are invited across all aspects of micropalaeontology. Presentations are particularly encouraged from graduates and early career researchers.
Registration is now open!
We have a range of hotels (see below) that have discounted prices if booked by us. If you wish to use this service, please email us as soon as possible (tmsagm2015@gmail.com) with subject TMS Accommodation booking.
Hope street Hotel – £91.50 B&B – http://www.hopestreethotel.co.uk/
Feathers hotel -£59.95 B&B – http://www.feathers.uk.com/feathers-hotel/
The Liner Hotel – £59.00 B&B – http://www.theliner.co.uk/
The Hard Day’s night Hotel B&B – http://www.harddaysnighthotel.com/
(Single occupancy- £79.00); (Double occupancy- £89.00)
Otherwise, you could try http://www.booking.com or http://www.visitliverpool.com/accommodation
Road
From the M62: at the end of the motorway continue straight ahead onto Edge Lane (A5080 then A5047) and follow signs for Liverpool City Centre and the University.
Rail
The University is just a ten-minute walk away from the nearest mainline station at Lime Street. Take the main exit and turn left into Lime Street. Then turn left again at the Britannia Adelphi Hotel and continue up Mount Pleasant towards the Metropolitan Catholic Cathedral.
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
Coach
The National Express coach station is in Norton Street, a fifthteen-minute walk from the Campus. From the exit, turn right and cross London Road into Seymour Street then Russell Street followed by Clarence Street. Then turn left into Mount Pleasant and head towards the Metropolitan Catholic Cathedral.
Ferry
Mersey Ferries operates services between Pier Head and Birkenhead/Wallasey on the Wirral. You can also sail between Liverpool and Belfast and the Isle of Man. Once in Liverpool, follow signs for the Catholic Cathedral.
Air
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is situated eight miles from the city and is best reached by taxi or the express bus – the Airlink 500, located directly outside the entrance to the airport terminal. Direct trains run from Manchester Airport to Lime Street train station.
Liverpool John Lennon Airport:
http://www.liverpoolairport.com/
Manchester Airport:
www.manchesterairport.co.uk
Local
For comprehensive local travel information visit: www.merseytravel.gov.uk
Campus
The university website has detailed maps of campus and the Department of Geography is building 73 on these maps. http://www.liv.ac.uk/maps/
Conference dinner will take place at the Royal Liver Venue, an emblematic and iconic place of Liverpool on the 16th of November, from 19.30 onwards.
Please indicate if you have any dietary requirement when you register for the dinner (£35 including drinks).
For further information, please contact TMSAGM2015@gmail.com
Symposium organisers: Fabienne Marret-Davies, Alan Bowden and Kirsty Edgar.
Sponsored by:
The Micropalaeontological Society (TMS) in association with the International Nannoplankton Association (INA) are planning to hold a Discoaster workshop at the TMS Foram/Nanno 2015 spring meeting in Plymouth, UK this year. Read more
The Strati 2015 congress follows the invitation by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) to be held in Graz (Austria), July 19‐23, 2015. The congress will be open to all topics in stratigraphy. Read more
The Micropalaeontological Society Palynology Group meeting will take place on the 9th of June 2015
in the Department of Geography at Northumbria University.
April 12, 1947 – December 16, 2014
It is with great sadness we heard of the sudden and tragic death of Professor Martin Brasier. Martin was heavily involved in the early days of BMS (as TMS was previously known) as newsletter editor and in the foram group. He gave an interesting talk at the Oxford TMS AGM in November this year which covered Martin’s micropalaeontological interests. We have included a brief obituary notice from Oxford University and will be producing an obituary (in the newsletter & website) highlighting Martin’s contribution to Micropalaeontology. Read more
All of the fantastic entries into the photo competition for the 2015 calendar can be viewed here, and are also available on Flickr.
Any purchases made on Amazon through the link below, results in a small donation being made to our society. This costs you nothing, but would really help the society and would be greatly appreciated. Read more
We had an excellent set of entries to the inaugural TMS photo competition. Thank you everyone who took part. We are delighted to announce as the overall winner Luka Šupraha of Upsalla University who submitted this strikingly beautiful image of the dinoflagellate Protoperidinium divergens (and a much smaller coccolithophore of Emiliania huxleyi). Read more
