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colleagues and friends,<BR><BR>I would like to invite you all to attend the
workshop on Pacific<BR>dinoflagellate cysts. The aim of the workshop is to
review our knowledge<BR>of morphology, taxonomy, distribution, and ecology of
late Quaternary<BR>dinoflagellate cysts, with the emphasis on cysts from recent
marine<BR>sediments.<BR><BR>The workshop is planned to be held at the
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Columbia</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>) from April 30th to May 3rd,
2009. We<BR>are flexible with the exact dates for this workshop, so please do
not<BR>hesitate to contact me if the mentioned above dates are not convenient
for<BR>your participation. If you are planning to attend, please, respond at
your<BR>earliest convenience, and by November 15th at the latest.<BR><BR>Best
wishes,<BR><BR>Vera Pospelova<BR><BR>P.S.: Please pass this information to your
colleagues, who might be<BR>interested in participation of this meeting, but are
missing on the<BR>distribution
list.<BR><BR>============<WBR>=========<WBR>=========<WBR>=========<WBR>=========<WBR>=========<WBR>=======<BR>Dr.
Vera Pospelova<BR>School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Tel:
+1-250-721-6314<BR>University of Victoria, Fax: +1-250-721-6000<BR>OEASB A405,
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