XX
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ZOOLOGY
26-29
August, 2008
Held every four years, the International Congress of Zoology gives zoologists
and professionals from all fields related to zoology the chance to come
together to discuss the current status of zoology and to share ideas about
future development of all its disciplines.
The International
Society of Zoological Sciences (ISZS) and the Societe Zoologique de France
invite you to the XX International Congress of Zoology in Paris, France
from August 26th to 29th 2008. The congress will be held at Jussieu Grand
Campus. It will be co-hosted by the Universities Pierre et Marie Curie
(PVI), Paris-Sud (PXI) and the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle.
Symposiums
for the congress include:
SYSTEMA NATURAE 250: The International
Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
-The Linnean Ark-250
years of animal names
-Current
issues in animal nomenclature
-Contemporary
approaches in Systematic Zoology
-Worldwide
approaches of animal diversity and systematics
-Animal
genitalia in evolution.
-Paleozoology
and comparative anatomy: exceptional conservations
-Paleontology
and Evolution
-Biodiversity
and ecology of protists
-Genomics
and cell biology of protists
-Sex
differentiation in vertebrates
-Evolution
and development
-Transitions
from clonal to sexual reproduction: key variations of a key process
-Comparative
Immunology
-Animal
toxins
-Integrative
biology of acoustic communication
-Genes,
individuals, societies: current trends in social insects
-Phenotypical
plasticity and behavior
-Ecology:
from individuals to populations
-Animals
ecotoxicology
-Marine
organisms and symbiotic systems in extreme media
-Species
dwellings and global changes
-Lamarck's
Philosophie Zoologique: 200 years
-Diversity
in teaching Zoology: talks and workshop
For information
about the Congress, please visit:
http://icz2008.snv.jussieu.fr
Proceedings of the 20th ICZ
Integrative Zoology will publish conference papers before the congress,
with the balance after the congress (2nd and 3rd even 4th issues in 2008).
Student Prizes
The ICZ and ISZS will offer a student recognition award. Twenty students
with outstanding papers submitted to IZ will be selected and each of them
will receive 500 which they may use to offset some of the costs of attending
the ICZ.
To be eligible for this award, students must submit their papers to Integrative
Zoology by February 15th 2008. Applicants must verify that they are
full time students by providing a letter with supervisor's signature and
certification documents, such as a student ID.
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XX ICZ (PDF)
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