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ISO20 in Beijing is approaching!
It is our great pleasure to extend a warm invitation to you for the 20th International Symposium on Ostracoda (ISO20), which will be held in Beijing, China, from August 17th to 21st, 2026. We cordially welcome scientists and researchers worldwide working on ostracods to join this prestigious gathering. The habitable Earth and its evolutionary history are major scientific issues of common concern in the fields of Earth science and life science. Ostracoda is the most widely distributed biological group with calcareous shells on earth, playing an irreplaceable role in revealing the evolution of the Earth’s ecosystem in modern and geological history.
China is one of the countries with the richest ostracod records in the world. Both in geological history and modern times, it preserves continuous and complete fossil and living ostracod resources, their temporal and spatial distribution spans from the Ordovician to the present (with debated Cambrian records), ecological environments cover from oceans to land, and geographical scope includes from lakes on the Qinghai- Tibet Plateau in the west China to offshore areas in the east China. These unique ostracod resource endowments will provide global ostracod researchers with a multi-dimensional, long time-scale ostracod record and resources for research.
Our primary goal for ISO20 is to foster academic exchange that advances our collective understanding of ostracods, while also contributing to unraveling the mysteries of Earth’s habitable environments through interdisciplinary collaboration. Additionally, we aim to inspire the next generation of ostracod researchers and encourage sustained innovation across ostracod-related fields.
The Symposium will include oral presentations, poster sessions, workshops, and mid- and post-symposium field trips. The Organizing Committee is committed to hosting a safe, wonderful meeting that preserves the international character and diversity traditionally associated with ISO events.
We look forward to your participation and to welcoming you in Beijing!
Dangpeng Xi (China University of Geosciences Beijing)
Yaqiong Wang (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS)
Join the 10th European Ostracodologists‘ Meeting
Already 35 years have passed since the first European Ostracodologists’ Meeting (EOM) organised by Heinz Malz at Frankfurt am Main in 1989. EOMs have always gathered scientists from all over the world. In an era of virtual reality, in person meetings still provide us with a fundamental opportunity for collaborative research and fruitful discussion.
The 10th European Ostracodologists’ Meeting (EOM10) will take place from 16 to 20 September 2024 in Catania, Sicily. EOM10 is hosted by the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences of Catania University and organised by the Italian ostracodologists.
The valuable library of Eugen Karl Kempf,
the basis for his Kempf Database on Ostracoda, has found a home in the Museum Mauritianum in Altenburg, Thuringia. It is accessible to interested parties by appointment.
After Eugen Kempf’s passing, the library was donated to SF*IRGO and temporarily moved to a storage room at the University of Greifswald. In spring 2024, a team around Peter Frenzel (Jena) and Renate Matzke-Karasz (Leipzig/Munich) had the opportunity to move those over 20.000 items to the phantastic location in Museum Mauritianum, where they are safe and acessible again. Many thanks go to Mike Jessat, director of the museum.
We are very glad to announce the 5th Asian Ostracod Meeting (AOM 5),
which will take place in Busan, South Korea, from August 25 to 28th, 2024! The theme for the meeting is „Ostracoda in Geology“. Apart from acknowledging the important role of ostracods in Geology, we also consider that AOM5 is a session of the 37th International Geological Congress (IGC 2024), from August 25 to 31 2024 in Busan. More details can be found here.
We WELCOME scientists working on ostracods from not just Asia but everywhere in the world! AOM5 covers broad ostracods research topics. We care about taxonomy, ecology, shell geochemistry, paleontology, biostratigraphy, paleoclimatology, paleooceanography and so on.
Looking forward to seeing you in Busan!
Best regards, Byung-Do, Yuanyuan and Yaqiong on behalf of the organising committee
The ostracod valves shown on this page were created by G. W, Müller for his 1908 publication Die Ostracoden der deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Ed. Erich von Drygalski. 10. Band, Zoologie 2. Band, Heft 1
