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Upcoming SCAMIT Meetings

Postponed to Feb/Mar: Thursday, 21 January 2010
Taxonomic Database meeting at SCCWRP.
Meeting lead: Larry Lovell.
Monday, 22 February 2010 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Bight ’08 taxonomy meeting at NHM.
Polychatetes, with guest lecturer Sergio Salazar-Vallejo.
Monday, 8 March 2010 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Bight ’08 taxonomy meeting location to be determined (LACSD, OCSD, or CSD).
Crustacea.
Monday, 22 March 2010 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Possible Bight ’08 taxonomic review meeting, if necessary.
Monday, 12 April 2010 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Topic to be announced
Postponed to June or July: Photo Image II workshop & Barcoding presentation at City of San Diego.
Continuation of image production and editing techniques. Co-Lead by Dan Ituarte and Nick Haring. There will also be a short Barcoding presentation by Dr. Peter Miller, SCCWRP, at the beginning of the meeting.
Monday, 10 May 2010
Barcoding taxonomic workshop at LACSD
Including presentation by Peter Miller.

Questions? Contact: Leslie Harris at lharris@nhm.org or Larry Lovell at llovell@lacsd.org.

Meetings of Interest

17 February 2010
SCCWRP DNA Barcoding colloquium (rescheduled)
To all interested in molecular approaches in ecology, taxonomy, and evolution,
You are cordially invited to the rescheduled DNA Barcoding colloquium in the Southern California area. It will be held the morning of Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) facilities in Costa Mesa, CA. This event is being organized by Dr. Peter Miller of SCCWRP. The colloquium will begin promptly at 9:00 am in the large conference room. Please see the attached flyer. for detailed information. We suggest that you arrive early to mingle and chat with others over coffee prior to the 9 AM start.
We ask that you forward this email to other researchers, post-docs, and graduate students at your institution or other institutions who would have an interest in attending. This invitation is also extended to post-docs, grad students, undergrads, and others working in your lab. If you cannot attend yourself, we encourage you to send one or more of them to represent your research activities involving DNA Barcoding and contribute to the discussion. The colloquium can be viewed remotely via web video conferencing for those who cannot attend. Contact Dr. Miller (see flyer) for information regarding web video conferencing details.
Cordially,
Larry Lovell and Don Cadien
County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
Ocean Monitoring and Research Group
24501 S. Figueroa St.
Carson, CA 90745
18–22 February 2010
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Annual Meeting of the AAAS will be at the San Diego Convention Center this year: http://www.aaas.org/meetings
7–8 May 2010
Southern California Academy of Sciences
The SCAS Annual Meeting will be May 7–8, 2010 at California State University, Los Angeles, CA: http://scas.jsd.claremont.edu
20–26 June 2010
10th International Polychaete Conference
The 10th IPC meeting will be in Lecce, Italy: http://www.polychaeta.it
27 June – 1 July 2010
Western Society of Malacologists and American Society of Malacologists
The 43rd Annual Meeting of the WSM will be held jointly with the 76th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Malacologists at San Diego State University: http://biology.fullerton.edu/wsm/conferences.html

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