paleonet ICOS 2006, meeting in Leicester

[Mark Purnell <map2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ICOS 2006, July 12 - 30, 2006.
University of Leicester, Leicester, U.K.

Conodonts and other aspects of vertebrate biology and evolution

Details and online booking at:
http://www.le.ac.uk/gl/conodont/ICOS2006/ICOS2006.html

With a little more than 24 hours to go before the July 9 abstract submission
deadline this is a final reminder for anyone wishing to submit a talk or
poster for ICOS 2006. Registration for the meeting will be possible after
July 9th, but a late booking fee will apply.

This year marks the Sesquicentennial of C. H. Pander's monograph
in which conodonts were described for the first time, but Pander also
described a number of other vertebrates and was a pioneer of vertebrate
embryology.
To celebrate the anniversary, ICOS will include a Pander symposium,
considering Pander's broader scientific contribution.
Keynote speakers in this symposium will include:

Professor R. J. Aldridge (Leicester), on Pander and the phylogenetic
position of the conodonts - then and now
Professor Simon Knell (Museum Studies, Leicester), on Pander¹s enigma: the
first century of conodont studies
Professor Anthony Graham (Developmental Biology, King's College, London) on
Pander's embryological work and the current state of the art
Professor Peter Forey (Palaeontology, Natural History Museum) on Pander 1856
and ostracoderm vertebrates - from bits of scale to living fishes

Other contributions dealing with any aspect of Pander's scientific legacy
are also welcome.

Much of ICOS 2006, the first International Conodont Symposium will focus on
conodonts, and keynote addresses by leading authorities in the field will
summarize the current state of the art. Anyone with an interest is welcome
to attend all or part of the meeting.

Details and online booking at:
http://www.le.ac.uk/gl/conodont/ICOS2006/ICOS2006.html