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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><STRONG>IV
European Phycological Congress announcement</STRONG>:<BR><BR>Advances in
Phycology: from genes to global ecology and beyond<BR><BR>The IV European
Phycological Congress will be held at the Principe Felipe Conference Hall in
Oviedo from the 23rd to the 28th of July 2007, hosted by the Sociedad Española
de Ficología and the Universidad de Oviedo. The yearly meeting of the Spanish
Phycological Society will also take place, simultaneously to the IV EPC, in
Oviedo in 2007. <BR><BR>The Scientific Program includes plenary sessions,
symposia and contributed oral or poster presentations. Contributions on all
aspects of algal research will be welcome. Symposia, posters and oral sessions
will be organized around the following Themes: Genomics and Cellular Biology
(convened by Christos Katsaros and Kirsten Heimann), Phylogeny and Taxonomy
(convened by Christine Maggs and Ester Serrao), Global Environmental
Change: From Lakes to Oceans (convened by Anita Buma and John Raven), Ecological
Interactions and Ecophysiology (convened by Stephen Maberly and Felix
López-Figueroa), Biogeography, Biodiversity and Conservation (convened by Juliet
Brodie and Hans-Rudof Preisig), Applied Phycology (convened by Matt Dring and
Alvaro Israel). Plenary lectures will be given by Ricardo Amils (on
Astrophycology), Paul Falkowski (on Global Change), Debashish Bhattacharya (on
Phylogeny) and Rene Wijffels (on Biotechnology).<BR>The registration period will
be from the 1st of October 2006 to the 30th of April 2007.<BR>Registration
fees:<BR>Paid before 30 April 2007 Paid after 30 April 2007<BR>Full
delegate 360€ 450€<BR>Students 200€ 350€<BR>Accompanying person 175€
250€<BR><BR>Registration includes mid-congress excursions, banquet and welcome
mixer and Congress package.<BR><BR>For further information, please contact the
Local Organizing Comitee at<BR>Spanish Secretary for the IV EPC<BR>c/o Dr. José
M. Rico<BR>Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas<BR>Universidad de
Oviedo<BR>c/ Catedrático Rodrigo Uría s/n<BR>33071-Oviedo<BR>Email: </FONT><A
href=""><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>jmrico@uniovi.es</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>or
the Technical Secretary at<BR>Congresos Principado de Asturias S.L.<BR>Pérez de
la Sala 49, Bajo<BR>33007 Oviedo (Spain)<BR>Phone/Fax: (+34) 985 96 61
19<BR>Web: </FONT><A href=""><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>www.congresosasturias.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Email: </FONT><A href=""><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>info@congresosasturias.com</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Congress Web site: </FONT><A href=""><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>www.ivepc.es</FONT></A><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>