Re: Abstract Deadline for the 103rd Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association

[Neeraj Gohad-2]

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Dear Colleagues,

The abstract submission deadlines for the Biofouling and Shell Formation (Biomineralization) sessions are soon approaching. The abstract submission deadline is Monday 13th of December, the registration for the meeting is now open! Please see the meeting website for further details http://shellfish.org/103rdAnnualMeeting . Please see the announcement below for information on both sessions.


We are pleased to announce  two special sessions; 1) Biofouling  and 2) Shell Formation (Biomineralization) at the 103rd  Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association (NSA) in March 27-31 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland. (http://shellfish.org/)  


1) We anticipate the Biofouling session to be broad and multidisciplinary focusing on various aspects of marine and fresh water biofouling including but not limited to imaging. Since imaging is relevant to this community, we welcome abstracts on,

A) Imaging studies of fouling organism highlighting cellular and developmental processes
B) Tracking fouling organisms, development of lab and field assays for evaluating new coatings
B) Being multidisciplinary, we also welcome abstracts from folks who are working on the materials aspect of biofouling by engineering new and improved antifouling coatings and polymers, specially characterization of such materials using various microscopy techniques and or biological assays. 

We also welcome abstracts on other aspects of biofouling such as impact of invasive fouling species etc. I will be chairing the Biofouling session so please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, my contact details are in my signature.
 

2) Similarly we anticipate the Shell Formation (Biomineralization) session to be broad and multidisciplinary as well. We welcome abstracts on various aspects of Biomineralization including but not limited to,

A) Cellular and developmental processes involved in Biomineralization
B) Characterization of shells and or other biomineralized structures using various microscopy techniques
C) Physical, biological and  or chemical aspects of the Biomineralization process
D) Effects of ocean acidification on shell formation and biomineralization

We would also like to invite abstracts from the Bone formation community, folks who are working on the comparative cellular and developmental aspects of bone formation and biomineralization.

If you have any questions about the Shell Formation (Biomineralization) session please contact my colleague 

Dr. Andrew S. Mount
Associate Professor
Okeanos Research Group
Department of Biological Sciences
132 Long Hall
Clemson University
Clemson, SC-29631
USA
Email: [hidden email]
Phone: [phone]


Please forward this announcement to your friends and collaborators who are working in these areas. More information on the 103rd Annual Meeting of NSA can be found at http://shellfish.org/  


Best Regards,

Neeraj V. Gohad, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Okeanos Research Group
Department of Biological Sciences
132 Long Hall
Clemson University
Clemson,SC-29634
USA
Email: [hidden email]  
Phone: [phone]

Website: http://www.clemson.edu/okeanos