[Nhcoll-l] Historic specimens and new techniques: ICIM4

[Julia Sigwart]

Dear colleagues,

We welcome contributed talks in our symposium "Morphological Lazarisation: when new technology brings life to historical specimens" at the International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology in Moscow this August, 18th-23rd. 
Museum specimens remain an invaluable part of our work and are often of stunning quality, even in comparison with more recently obtained material. We want to celebrate this, and the development of modern techniques which help us bring these specimens back to new life.

We realise that there may be certain political and personal concerns associated with attending this year's conference, and we want to reassure you that we understand these concerns. Your support of science without borders is very important to us and the International Society for Invertebrate Morphology, to our host committee in Moscow and to the wider community, so we hope that you will join us this summer to celebrate research with our colleagues in Russia. Registration and abstract submission are now open! Please do register when possible - there are just two weeks left before the early bird deadline.

All presenting authors can submit one oral and one poster abstract. Please do encourage others in your labs and networks to submit content for the symposium - we would be delighted to have other researchers, at any career stage, join us.

A quick breakdown of the various upcoming deadlines:

1st February = Early bird registration deadline. Early bird registration is 250 EUR, increasing to 280 EUR. Note that to request an invitation letter for your visa application, you will need to complete the necessary boxes in the registration form (marked 'for visa support').

31st March = Manuscript deadline for publication in Invertebrate Zoology. If you wish to submit a manuscript related to the symposium, the deadline for submissions is coming up at the end of March. See here for more information.

30th April = Abstract and registration deadline. Note that to request an invitation letter for your visa application, you will need to complete the necessary boxes in the registration form (marked 'for visa support').

Regarding visas, we recommend that all speakers complete their applications as soon as possible after receiving their letter of invitation. There are further guidelines available here on the ICIM website.

Finally, we are collecting examples of new discoveries made using historic specimens. If you have or know of a particularly interesting example, we would love to hear about it!


Best wishes for the coming months,

Lauren Sumner-Rooney and Julia Sigwart


Dr Julia D Sigwart
Associate Professor & Associate Director 
Queen's University Belfast, Marine Laboratory
Portaferry, Northern Ireland
e. j.sigwart at qub.ac.uk
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sabbatical address (2015-2018):
University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology