Call for Submissions for Arianta 8

Dear MoFA community!

We can look back on a very successful year 2019, with two excursions, two presentations, the MoFA annual conference in Salzburg and finally the publication of Arianta 7, the current volume of the societies’ magazine.

Before the publication is after the publication: We invite you to submit manuscripts for Arianta 8. If you have interesting observations, studies or reports on mollusks that you would like to publish in Arianta, send your manuscript (as a Word text file) together with figures and tables to helmut.sattmann@nhm-wien.ac.at. When submitting, please follow the guidelines for authors.

Arianta is published annually and publishes scientific works on extant and fossil molluscs. Regional faunistic contributions are also expressly welcome. Arianta is published digitally and is available on 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 experts.

Please submit your manuscripts until 30. June 2020.

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36th Polish Malacological Seminar in Wisla – now also with English-language presentations!

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The „Association of Polish Malacologists“ is organizing its “36th Polish Malacological Seminar” in Wisła (Silesian Beskids, Poland) from May 7th to 9th, 2020. The venue is the Hotel Pod Jedlami; https://www.podjedlami.pl/

For the first time, a section with English-language contributions will be organized at this traditional seminar.

The registration form and the preliminary program can be found here

registration form [docx]

preliminary program [pdf]

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Lecture BIOLOGIEZENTRUM LINZ (in German) WEICHTIERE IN DER WELTGESCHICHTE

Fr, 28. 2. 2020, 7.00 p.m.
Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Christa FRANK

Humans and mollusks – a comprehensive topic affecting a wide variety of areas of life. It is not only the fascinating beauty of the shells that are washed ashore at coasts not yet touched by tourism. Some species have a deep symbolic meaning connected with mythical-religious ideas; many served as currencyor material for jewelry, others as raw material for handicraft. Snail purple and shell silk were sought-after, valuable commodities, pearls are still today.

Many species, especially mussels and oysters, are consumed, molluscs are used in folk medicine, and some species are harmful feeding on our cultivated plants. We encounter snails and their shell shapes in architecture and painting, sometimes as emblems … Surprises are waiting!

Lecture in German
http://www.landesmuseum.at/de/was-ist-los.html?page=4#event-18701

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DARWIN-DAY 2020: Strategien der Langsamen – Evolutionsforschung an alpinen Landschnecken | Vortrag Schlossmuseum Linz

In the course of the DARWIN-DAY 2020, the Biology Center Linz invites to a lecture presented by Elisabeth Haring, Natural History Museum Vienna:

“Strategies of the Slow – Evolution Research on Alpine Land Snails”

Friday, February 14, 2020, 7 p.m.
In German
Venue: Schlossmuseum Linz, Festsaal

 

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EUROMAL 2020

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Euromal 2020

Dear Friends of Malacology,

EUROMAL triennial series of conferences started in 2000 and since then they have visited 8 different venues all over Europe. The 9th European Congress of Malacological Societies will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, from September 6th to 10th 2020.

The congress will bring together experienced scientists as well as students and practitioners in malacology and related research fields from across Europe and beyond. The recent and most important findings from the hottest topics will be presented.

Conference website: https://www.euromal.cz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/euromal2020
Please spread the invitation among colleagues!

Euromal 2020

https://www.euromal.cz/

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Arianta 7 published

We are pleased to announce that Arianta 7 has been published:

Haring, E., Sattmann, H., & Patzner, R. A. (Eds.). (2019). Arianta 7. Verlag des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien. Download

Arianta 7 includes the abstracts from the first MoFA Meeting 2019 in Salzburg, excursion reports and original papers. In this volume, you find also the instructions for authors. We are already looking forward to the next issue of Arianta and we invite all readers to submit their work to our journal (team@molluskenforschung.at).

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11. October 2019 MoFA lecture in the course of the exhibition “Stretch out your feelers!” – Snails in their full splendor” in the Biology Centre in Linz, Upper Austria

MoFA

Program:

2:00 pm Guided tour through the mollusc collection in the depository of the Upper Austrian Museum in Linz
Meeting point in front of Lindengasse 7 in 4040 Linz

4:00 pm Biology Centre Linz, visit of the current exhibition “Stretch out your feelers! Snails in their full splendor” in the exhibition rooms and in the ecopark of the Biology Centre

6:00 pm Evening event in the Biology Centre

„Was Sie schon immer über Schnecken wissen wollten – Österreichs Schneckenexperten geben Einblicke und Auskunft“ (in German), see also our blog post
Representatives of MoFA will provide information on molluscs and on research on molluscs in Austria and will (be available to) answer questions in a discussion with the audience. A new database for the determination of European molluscs will be presented.
Participation is free.
Registrations until 4th October under team@molluskenforschung.at
For exact directions or further questions please contact team@molluskenforschung.at

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MoFA lecture in the course of the exhibition “Stretch out your feelers!” – Snails in all their glory

Dear friends of malacology!

In the course of the accompanying programme of the exhibition “Stretch out your feelers!” – Snails in all their glory (17. 05.2019 – 01. 03.2020 at Biology Centre Linz) there will be several mollusk-related activities, some oft them also interesting for children. Please have a look at the six-month programme of the Biology Centre.

Specifically we would like to mention the MoFA presentation

„Was Sie schon immer über Schnecken wissen wollten – Österreichs Schneckenexperten geben Einblicke und Auskunft“ on Friday, 11 October, 18:00, Biology Centre Linz (in German)
Representatives of MoFA will provide information on mollusks, mollusk research in Austria and will be available to answer questions in a discussion with the audience.

 

Halbjahresprogramm des Biologiezentrums Linz, Juli-Dezember 2019

Aus dem Halbjahresprogramm Juli-Dezember 2019 des Bilogiezentrums Linz, Seite 20

 

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Final program for the 1st MoFA-conference on 26th-27th June 2019 in Salzburg

Dear friends of malacology!

With pleasure we send out the final program for the MoFA conference, which will take place on 26th – 27th June 2019 in Salzburg. The program is very diverse and we are happy to meet the participants next week and are looking forward to an interesting and stimulating meeting. We hope those who cannot attend this time will be able to attend the next MoFA conference.

Final program of the 1st MoFA meeting on 26th-27th June 2019 in Salzburg [pdf]

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Verleihung der MoFA-Junior Awards im Rahmen der 1. MoFA-Tagung 2019 (en translation)

The presentation of the MoFA Junior Awards to participants of the first MoFA conference was one of the highlights of the meeting. The award was given for the best talk and the best poster by participants in early career stages. We thank all applicants for their interesting and excellent contributions. Only two candidates could win, whom we want to present again here:

 

Martina Stockinger (University of Vienna) received the prize for the best talk “Presence and prevalence of non-indigenous molluscs in a Posidonia oceanica meadow in southern Crete”, in which she presented her research on the mollusc fauna of a seagrass meadow in southern Crete.

The poster prize for the contribution “Molecular characterization of gelatinous egg masses in the lucinid Loripes orbiculatus argues for an acquisition of bacterial symbionts from the environment” was given to Sarah Zauner (University of Vienna), who deals with the moon’s clam and its symbiotic sulfur bacteria.

 

Congratulations!

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