Calendar

Here, we present upcoming meetings, conferences, and congresses with relevant links to websites or email addresses and/or contact information. Importantly, however, we encourage you to visit our Member Societies' websites for complete information and additional updates.

2008

28 June - 3 July
33rd FEBS Congress & 11th IUBMB Conference, Athens, Greece
Website: http://www.febs-iubmb-2008.org/

June–October, 2008
Seminars at the Humboldt Institute Humboldt Institute, Maine
www.eaglehill.us/mssemdes.html

July 11-21 and July 11-28, 2008
Mycotour Ecuador
Ecuador

12 - 16 July
American Society for Virology 27th Annual Scientific Meeting, Ithaca, new York, USA
Email: asv@asv.org
Website: http://www.asv.org

July 14–26, 2008
Fleshy Fungi of the Highlands Plateau
Highlands Biological Station
Highlands, NC
www.wcu.edu/hbs

July 13-18, 2008
The 6th International Association for Lichenology Symposium (IAL6). 13–19 July 2008. Asilomar Conference Grounds,Monterey Peninsula, CA, USA. Contact: IAL6 Secretariat, ASU Lichen Herbarium, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, P. O. Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, USA ( http://www.lichenology.org/IAL6_ABLS )
Contact: Prof. Thomas Nash tom.nash@asu.edu.

July 14–26, 2008
Fleshy Fungi of the Highlands Plateau
Highlands Biological Station Highlands, NC
www.wcu.edu/hbs

July 26–30, 2008
APS Centennial Celebration
Minneapolis, Minnesota
www.apsnet.org

July 27–August 2, 2008
Myxomycete Seminar
Humboldt Field Research Institute, Maine
www.eaglehill.us

July 28–August 5, 2008
China-Japan Asia Pacific Mycology Forum 2008
Changchun, China
www.junwusuo.com

August 2-3, 2008
FESIN workshop
Milwaukee, WI
www.bio.utk.edu/fesin

August 3-8, 2008
Ecological Society of America (ESA) Meeting
Milwaukee, WI
www.esa.org/meetings/

August 5–10, 2008
IUMS (International Union of Microbiological Societies) Congresses 2008
XII Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology
XII International Congress of Mycology
XIV Congress of Virology
Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract deadline: 31 January 2008
www.IUMS2008.org/

August 9–14, 2008
MSA Meeting
State College, Pennsylvania, United States
www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/mycology

August 10-13, 2008
Mycological Society of America Meeting
Penn State University, State College, PA
www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/mycology/index.html

August 18-22, 2008
Mycosphaerella symposium Ascona, Switzerland

24 - 29 August
9th International Congress of Plant Pathology, Torino, Italy
Website: http://www.icpp2008.org

27 - 29 August
International Symposium: Glutathione and Related Thiols in Microorganisms, Nancy, France
Website: https://matar.ciril.fr/THIOL/homephar.php

Aug, 2008
VI International Congress on August 2008, Systematics; Ecology of Myxomycetes, Ukraine. The EMA will be the learned society supporting that meeting. Further details will appear in due course on the EMA.
Website: http://www.euromould.org/index.htm.

1 - 3 September
21st International ICFMH Symposium ‘Evolving Microbial Food Quality and Safety’ (FOOD MICRO 2008), Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, UK
Website: http://www.foodmicro2008.org

September 4–7, 2008
North American Mycological Association (NAMA) Annual Foray
In memory of Dr. Orson K. Miller
Hosted by: Southwest Idaho Mycological
Association (SIMA)
McCall, Idaho

10 - 13 September
Brucellosis 2008 International Research Conference, Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK
Email: brucellosis2008@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk
Website: http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/vla/aboutus/about-us-bruce2008.htm

29 September – 3 October 2008
6th International Conference on Mushroom Biology and Mushroom Products.. Bonn, Germany. Contact: http://www.wsmbmp-conference.de .

October 4–10, 2008
Sixth International Congress on the Systematics and Ecology of Myxomycetes
Nikita Botanic Garden, Yalta, Ukraine
www.icsem6.org

November 10–13, 2008
VI LATIN AMERICAN CONGRESS ON MYCOLOGY (VI CLAM)
“The challenge of Biotechnology and the preservation of Biodiversity”
Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA)
More info and Enrolment

2009

AMA congress 2009
Without offering a detailed motivation it has been decided to host the next AMA congress in conjunction with the Southern African Society for Plant Pathologists in January 2009 in the Cape Province, South Africa. The decision was not an easy one but made after consultations with numerous entities and individuals. A first circular will be sent out to members of AMA shortly. The event will also host a training workshop and a General Meeting of AMA to elect a new committee for the next three year term. A call for nominations will be send out later.

We received some funds through a Darwin Initiative project led by Dawid Minter UK. The objective of the Darwin project is towards biodiversity conservation of microfungi - a huge array of organisms covered by the Convention on Biological Diversity [CBD], but currently with no explicit protection anywhere in the world. One of the goals of this project and also the responsibility of AMA, is to building capacity for the conservation of microfungi and their sustainable use. The priority is to training African mycologists and to enhance web-based informational resources for mycology. The biggest portion of the funds received will therefore be used to host a training workshop in association with the congress. A very small portion of the Darwin funds plus the funds gratefully received from the International Mycological Association will be committed towards improving the AMA web page.

Please encouraged mycologists in your region to participate, submit contributions to our newsletter and to invite new members to join.

July 25–30, 2009
BSA/MSA meeting
Snowbird, Utah

August, September or October 2009 (exact date will be defined later)
X Congreso Nacional de Micologia (X Mexican Mycological Congress)
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Organized by Sociedad Mexicana de Micologia (Mexican Mycological Society)
President of the Society: M.Sc. Ricardo Valenzuela Garza
Chair of the Organizing Committee: Dr. Laura Guzman Davalos
Main Themes: Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Medical Mycology, Plant Pathology, Ethnomycology, etc.

Potential Workshops on:

1. Medical Mycology
   
2. Systematics of Agaricales
   
3. Plant Pathology
   
4. Growing edible mushrooms
   
5. Systematics of Polyporoids

Potential field trips:

1. Relict Acer forest, Talpa, Jal.
2. Subtropical, Juniperus, Quercus, Quercus-Pinus forests in Volcan Tequila, Jal. (including a visit to a Tequila factory and Agave tequilana plantations

2010

1–6 August 2010
9th International Mycological Congress (IMC9).. Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, UK. Contact: info@britmycolsoc.org.uk.