MoFA Conference 2023

MoFA

We cordially invite you to the 3rd Meeting of the Mollusc Research Association Austria (MoFA), which will take place from 18-19 August 2023 in Lunz/See, Lower Austria.

Besides the scientific programme on Friday, there will again be a malacological excursion around the area of Lake Lunz on Saturday.

We would be pleased if scientists from all phases of their scientific career could participate in the conference allowing intense communication between colleagues. Contributions from the various fields of malacology are welcome!

Again this year there will be the MoFA Junior Awards for the best oral presentation as well as the best poster from participants in early career stages (e.g. Master, PhD studies).

Please spread this announcement to interested people in your area.
The conference language is English.

We ask for registration as early as possible in order to be able to plan realistically, but at latest by 15 June 2023.
We look forward to meeting you in the summer!

→ Details and registration

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Arianta 10 just published

Arianta10. Foto: A. MrkvickaMoFA

The current issue of our scientific journal ARIANTA has just been published online:

Sattmann, H., Haring, E., & Patzner, R. A. (Eds.). (2023). Arianta 10. Verlag des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien. CITE DOWNLOAD

We are particularly pleased to cover with this issue a wide variety of topics, ranging from land snails, freshwater mussels, and marine molluscs to a historical contribution, two obituaries and a book review. We thank all the authors, reviewers, proofreaders and editors, for their contributions and commitment!

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Lecture “Neu erforscht – das Schicksal der Wiener Schnecken und Muscheln”

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Caucasotachaea vindobonensis, Foto A. MRKVICKA Alex Mrkvicka

The zoologist and landscape planner Dr. Michael Duda will give a talk (in German) at the Haus des Meeres in Vienna on the subject

Neu erforscht – das Schicksal der Wiener Schnecken und Muscheln

Monday 20. March 2023  at 18:30

Haus des Meeres Wien, Lecture Hall

 

Infos und Anmeldung → Link

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Publication on hydrobioids of the Kalkalpen national park

Hydrobioids of the Kalkalpen national park ©NHM WienNHM Wien

The MoFA award winner of 2021 Hannah Schubert MSc has recently published the results of her master thesis together with colleagues, in which hydrobioids of the NP Kalkalpen are also compared with others from Austria.

BIG THANKS again to all collectors!!!

 

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Save-the-date – 3. MoFA Meeting, 18.-19. August 2023

Lunzer See ©NHM WienNHM Wien
Dear MoFa members and friends of malacology!

We are very pleased to announce the 3rd MoFA meeting! It will take place from 18-19 August 2023 in Lunz/See, Lower Austria. On Friday, 18.8., the scientific part of the meeting will take place in the lecture hall of the Wassercluster Lunz. On Saturday, 19.8., there will be a malacological excursion around the area of Lake Lunz, details will follow.

We are already looking forward to a diverse program of talks and to seeing many familiar and also new faces. The MoFA Junior Awards will also be presented for the third time during the conference.

Details on registration, accommodation and the excursion program will follow soon.

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Journal Arianta Early View

Dear MoFA members, dear friends of malacology!

The compilation of issue 10 of our scientific journal ARIANTA is proceeding. In order to present the first prepared articles ahead of the publication of the definitive issue, we have placed “Early View” formats on our webpage for the first time. The intention behind this is to reduce the waiting time for authors and to offer readers the possibility of early information on current content. When the entire ARIANTA 10 is published, page numbers will be added to the articles for a proper citation. In line with our objectives, we would like to present our content as up-to-date as possible. We would be pleased if you share the link with others!

ARIANTA Early View

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Merry Christmas

Planorbiella durieui© A. Mrkvicka

Dear MoFA members, dear friends of malacology!

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2023.

We are looking forward to many wonderful malacological events and especially to the 3rd MoFA meeting.

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New newsletter of the Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Salzburg

Newsletter (Salzburger Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft)Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft, Haus der Natur, Salzburg

Dear friends of malacology,

we are pleased to share the 18th edition of the newsletter of the Malakologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Salzburg.

We hope you enjoy reading!

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Reminder – MoFA excursion in autumn 2022

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For the MoFA excursion on 22 September with the topic Mollusc fauna of the Miocene seas of Lower Austria, there are still spots available.

Registrations are possible until 13 September at team@molluskenforschung.at.

The participation is free of charge.

More information →pdf

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Invitation to submit manuscripts – new “early view” system

MoFA

Dear MoFA members and people interested in molluscs!

We invite you to submit manuscripts for the new volume 10/2023 of our association´s journal Arianta and we are pleased to announce the following innovation for submissions: From now on, Arianta publications will be published online on our homepage as an “early view” version immediately after completion. The final publication, including page numbers, will then take place with the completion of the respective next issue (available online and as a print version).

If you have interesting observations, studies, reports on molluscs that you would like to publish with us, please send your manuscript (as a Word text file) including figures and tables to helmut.sattmann@nhm-wien.ac.at. Please follow the guidelines for authors when submitting your manuscript.

Arianta appears annually and publishes scientific papers on extant and fossil molluscs. Regional faunistic contributions are also explicitly welcome. Arianta is published digitally and is available at the MoFA website. Authors receive PDFs of their articles for free use. Manuscripts are subjected to an editorial check for suitability for our journal and to an external review by two referees.

Submissions for Arianta 10 until 20. October 2022 at the latest.

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