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<DIV align=justify><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Workshop announcement: Thinking big
about things small: how to link Pacific to
Atlantic dinoflagellates?</STRONG><BR></FONT></DIV></FONT>
<DIV align=justify><FONT face=Arial>In recent years, much more is known about
the recent and past distribution of dinoflagellates and their cysts in the
Pacific and Atlantic oceans. These new findings raise lots of fascinating
questions regarding the morphology, taxonomy, phylogeny, evolution, biogeography
and (paleo)ecology of dinoflagellates. With this workshop we aim to bring
together researchers with backgrounds in geological, biological and/or molecular
studies on dinoflagellates and their cysts to discuss standing
issues.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR><FONT
face=Arial>Venue: <STRONG>Nagasaki University</STRONG>, Institute for East China
Sea Research, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, 852-8521, Nagasaki, Japan<BR></FONT><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dates: <STRONG>21-23 May 2011</STRONG> 2 day workshop
(21-22 May) + one day field trip (23 May) to Omura Bay and
surroundings<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Participation fee will be around <STRONG>5000
YEN.</STRONG> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>We invite oral and poster presentations.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Deadline for submission of abstracts:</STRONG>
<STRONG>end of March 2011</STRONG>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Abstract format: title, author(s) with details of affinity
and email-addresses, keywords (max. 10) and abstract text (max. 1 A4
page). </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Contact</STRONG>: Kenneth Mertens (</FONT><A
href="mailto:Kenneth.Mertens@ugent.be"><FONT
face=Arial>Kenneth.Mertens@ugent.be</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial>)<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>We hope to welcome you in Nagasaki!
</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><EM>Kazumi Matsuoka</EM> and <EM>Kenneth
Mertens</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>P.S.: Please forward to other people
interested.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>P.P.S.: Some people have expressed concern with the current situation in
Japan. Kazumi is not concerned:</DIV>
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<DIV>"As Japanese, I think many foreign peoples overestimate the
present situation in Japan including the nuclear power plants of
Fukushima. I do not worry about the present situation in Nagasaki
after the disaster. Except for the area where tremendous damages attack now
in North Japan, other areas are not so serious condition. Airports
of Kansai, Chubu, Haneda and even Narita are now operating as
usual, and Japan Railway is also normal in West Japan. Please inform this
situation to your colleagues."</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From a scientific viewpoint, there is no problem
around most of Japan except 20-30 km around Fukushima, which is 1200 km away
from Nagasaki.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The WHO does not advise against travel to
Japan:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.who.int/hac/crises/jpn/faqs/en/index3.html">http://www.who.int/hac/crises/jpn/faqs/en/index3.html</A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Even if there would be a nuclear disaster, it is
extremely unlikely that any radiation would reach Nagasaki at any time because
of the distance from Fukushima and the prevailing winds towards America.
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