«Bryophytes of Subarctic» a workshop in Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute (Kirovsk, Murmansk Prov.)

Dear colleagues!
We are pleased to announce that field scientific school for early-stage researchers of bryology «Bryophytes of Subarctic» will be held from 27-30th of June 2012 in Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute (Kirovsk, Murmansk Prov.). The field scientific school for early-stage researchers will be held in venue of the conference and will provide PhD students and postdocs with practical training in bryophyte identification. The school languages are Russian and English.

During the field scientific school for early-stage researchers we plan excursions through Murmansk Region. Participants of the field excursions should provide a special clothes and equipment yourself. As the excursions need significant financial outlay, we try to receive some extra funding to minimize participants’ expenses. Details of payment for excursion will be outlined in the Second Circular.

For preliminary registration please fill out the form provided below and send it to the following address before September 30, 2011. Please don’t postpone preliminary registration, because we need to know the number of potential participants to obtain proper financial support for the field trip.

Key dates
Preliminary registration deadline 30 September 2011
Second circular with description of accommodations and registration fee 30 October 2011
Preliminary working program of school 15 March 2012
Third circular, working program, list of participants 30 April 2012

Organizing Committee
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Organizing Committee of the field school:
Zhirov Vladimir, Dr. Prof., Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute of the Kola Science Center, RAS (chairman) (Kirovsk).

Konstantinova Nadezhda, Dr., Prof., Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute of the Kola Science Center, RAS (chairman) (Kirovsk).

Bakalin Vadim, Dr., Far East Botanical-Garden of the FEB RAS (Vladivostok).

Belkina Olga, PhD, Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden- Institute of the Kola Science Center, RAS (Kirovsk).

Borovichev Evgeny, Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden- Institute of the Kola Science Center, RAS (Kirovsk).

Vilnet Anna, PhD, Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden- Institute of the Kola Science Center, RAS (Kirovsk).

Mamontov Yuri, PhD, Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden- Institute of the Kola Science Center, RAS (Kirovsk).

Secretariat of the field school
Borovichev Evgeny Vilnet Anna, Tel.: +7(81531)52742, Fax: +7(81531)51436,
E-mail: bryo_kpabg@mail.ru,
184256 Russia, Murmansk Prov.,
Kirovsk, N.A. Avrorin Polar-alpine botanical garden-institute

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Meet the “Mosses and Their Relatives” Workshop in Belfast

TAKEN FROM: http://waldo.villagesoup.com/

Belfast. If you look around, you’ll find all kinds of mosses and the moss family in the midcoast. The University of Maine Hutchinson Center is hosting a “Mosses Workshop” on October 21st. The four-hour workshop, Mosses and Their Relatives, will be offered on Friday, October 21 from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center, located at 80 Belmont Avenue in Belfast.

Mosses, liverworts and hornworts are all around us here in coastal Maine, yet they are not usually noticed or examined in detail. This workshop is designed to help beginners appreciate the features, identification, diversity, and ecology of mosses, liverworts and hornworts (collectively, Bryophytes).

The workshop will include time to collect some mosses in the field, and then work in the Hutchinson Center biology lab to identify samples using microscopes. We will discuss identification techniques, the anatomy, life cycle, and ecology of mosses, and major moss and liverwort groups. This workshop is designed for beginners and enthusiastic amateur naturalists. No prior knowledge about mosses or microscopes is necessary. Participants may wish to bring their digital camera.

The workshop will be taught by Dr. Alison Dibble. Dr. Dibble holds a Ph.D. in Plant Science and an M.S. in Botany from the University of Maine, as well as a B.A. in English Literature from Hartwick College. She has held many positions in the field of Botany, including Assistant Research Professor at the University of Maine, Seasonal contractor for the US Forest Service, and a Consulting Ecologist funded by the Northern States Research Council; and worked most recently as a guest instructor at the College of the Atlantic teaching Lichen Biology.

The cost of the workshop is $45, which includes lab supplies and a healthy snack. To register for the Mosses and Their Relatives Workshop, please call the Hutchinson Center at 338-8000, or visit the Hutchinson Center Science website at www.hutchinsoncenter.umaine.edu. To inquire about the availability of partial scholarships, please call the Science Program Office at (207) 338-8038.

Site web dédié à la bryologie française

Bienvenue sur ce site web dédié à la bryologie française de métropole et d’Outre-Mer

Les bryologues constituent actuellement en France une communauté dispersée, même s’il existe un certain nombre de structures ou d’évènements susceptibles de les rassembler occasionnellement. Ce site se propose d’être un relais dans la circulation et la mise à disposition de l’information.

La vocation de ce site web est de contribuer au rapprochement de la communauté des bryologues (professionnels et bénévoles) et des différents acteurs impliqués (administration, établissements publics et associations) afin :

• => de promouvoir le développement et la diffusion des connaissances bryologiques ;
• => d’accroître la densité et l’efficacité des échanges entre les acteurs, afin notamment de faciliter l’émergence de projets collectifs ;
• => d’accompagner les nouvelles vocations en proposant une aide adaptée.

Taken from: http://www.bryophytes-de-france.org/yeswiki/wakka.php?wiki=PagePrincipale