*Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology*
*Annual Meeting, January 3-7, 2016 *
* Oregon Convention Center - Portland, OR*
*Special Session *
*Annelids: In Memory of Kristian Fauchald*
Dr. Kristian Fauchald, Research Zoologist (Emeritus) in the Department of
Invertebrate Zoology in the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian
Institution), died suddenly in April 2015. A loyal and active member of the
Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (SICB) for several decades,
Kristian will be remembered for his passion for science, his diverse and
prolific research on polychaete annelids, and his mentorship of numerous
biologists from across the globe. Over the course of his career, he
contributed immensely to our understanding of an ancient, diverse and
ecologically important group of invertebrates, and he had an enormous
impact on the intellectual and professional development of others. To
celebrate Kristian’s legacy as a systematist, taxonomist, teacher, and
mentor, we are hosting a special session of contributed papers and posters
in his memory at the 2016 SICB meeting. We expect a varied program, with
annelids as the unifying theme. Time for discussion and reflection will be
built into the schedule.
If you would like to contribute to this session, please select this special
session from the drop down menu when submitting an abstract for your oral
or poster presentation through the SICB <http://www.sicb.org/meetings/2016/>
website.
Proceedings from this session will be published in the quarterly journal
InvertebrateBiology;
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1744-7410> any
manuscripts submitted for review by February 15, 2016 and accepted within
six months will appear in the same issue of the journal. Details regarding
manuscript submission will be distributed to authors of abstracts submitted
for the session.
*http://sicb.org/meetings/2016/specialsessions.php
<http://sicb.org/meetings/2016/specialsessions.php>*
*Sponsors*
DIZ, DPCB
*Organizers*
· Damhnait McHugh, Department of Biology, Colgate University, NY, USA
· Bruno Pernet, Department of Biological Sciences, California State
University, Long Beach, CA, USA