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DIATOMISTS</FONT></SPAN></B><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-CA
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style="COLOR: black">MEETING</SPAN></B><BR></SPAN><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-CA
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">Isabelle Lavoie proposes to organise the next
29th ADLaF <SPAN style="COLOR: black">(Association of French speaking Diatomists
- Association des Diatomistes de Langue Francaise) meeting in downtown
</SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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City</st1:City> (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>) from September 6-10th 2010.
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><?xml:namespace prefix
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lang=EN-CA style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">pre-register before the end of
November 2009 (this is just to estimate the potential number of participants… no
registration fees are required at this time). Please email Isabelle if you are
interested: <A href="mailto:ilavoie.bio@gmail.com"
target=blank>ilavoie.bio@gmail.com </A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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title="Permanent Link: 21st International Diatom Symposium - dates for your diary"
href="http://www.isdr.org/index.php/2009/10/29/21st-international-diatom-symposium-dates-for-your-diary/"><SPAN
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face="Times New Roman">21ST INTERNATIONAL DIATOM
SYMPOSIUM</FONT></SPAN></A><BR></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The
21st International Diatom Symposium will be held in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">St Paul</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Minnesota</st1:State>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place> from 30th August until 4th
September 2010. The venue for the symposium is the Crown Plaza Riverfront
(</SPAN><SPAN
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href="http://www.cpstpaul.com/"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US">http://www.cpstpaul.com)</SPAN></A></SPAN></FONT><FONT
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Further details will follow shortly in the first circular, but in the meantime,
please note the following key dates:<BR></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">1st
November 2009</SPAN></STRONG></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
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registration opens<BR></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">1st April
2010</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN lang=EN-US
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abstract deadline<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></H2>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">OPEN PHD STUDENT POSITION</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN
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<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">(turnover of freshwater
diatoms</B>)<BR>There will be an open PhD student position in Aquatic
Community Ecology group at the Department of Biological and
Environmental Sciences in University of Helsinki. The position will be
filled as soon as possible, preferably in January or February 2010. We
search for a person who will take part in studies examining <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">temporal and spatial turnover of
freshwater diatoms</I>. The project is important for basic research and it
is also related to bioassessment and biodiversity conservation in
freshwaters. For details of the studies, pleasecontact us. The project is
funded by a grant from Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation.We especially
welcome applications from persons (MSc) that have studied limnology,
hydrobiology, plant biology or ecology. We seek for a person who is (1)
deeply motivated to work intensively, (2) interested in aquatic community
ecology, (3) capable of independent thinking and willing also to pursue
his/her own research ideas and (4) open for national and international
collaboration.<BR>The applications, curriculum vitae, publication list (if
available) and contact addresses of two references should be sent to
<BR></FONT></SPAN><A href="mailto:janne.soininen@helsinki.fi"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>janne.soininen@helsinki.fi</FONT></SPAN></A></P>
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