News & Events

PubSclero now also provides a way for all members of the sclerochronology community to publicise workshops, conference sessions, graduate studentships (MSc & PhD), post-doctoral research assistantships, and any other news or research. In order to have an advert on this page please send the relevant information and/or web link to the Pubsclero team.

Bivalve Workshop on "Bivalves biomineralisation: Archival potential and proxy incorporation"

Two-day workshop (4-5 May, 2009) on bivalve mineralisation, to be held at the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts, Brussels, Belgium.

European Geosciences Union Vienna: 19-24 April, 2009

Development and application of palaeoproxies in the mollusc shell archive (BG5.1)

Reconstructing mid- to high-latitude climate and ocean variability from high-resolution biogenic archives (CL19)

Both of the above sessions were a great success and I would like to thank all the presenters on a great job, and all the guests who attended the oral and poster session. See you all again soon.

2nd International Sclerochronology Conference

ISC2010 will be held at the University of Mainz, Germany, 24-28 July 2010. The conference is open to scientists of all nations. The official language of ISC2010 is English.

Coralline Red Algal Climate Reconstructions (Postdoctoral Fellow) (Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences), University of Toronto at Mississauga

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Researcher to work on century- to millennial-scale environmental reconstructions from coralline red algae collected in the North Pacific/Bering Sea and Northwestern Atlantic. The successful applicant should have experience in generating, analyzing and interpreting proxy time series from geochemical data obtained from climate archives. You should have a PhD degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field of Earth Science, Environmental Science, Marine Biology, or Atmospheric Physics and a good knowledge of statistics. A strong publication record is a major advantage. For further information about the post please contact Jochen Halfar . The initial contract will be for two years with a possible extension for a third year. Applicants should send a CV (including contact information for two professional references) and cover letter (all as a single PDF file). Closing date for receipt of applications is June 25th, 2009. Starting date ASAP.

Graduate Student Opportunities (Iowa State University), Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences

Graduate student funding opportunities are available at Iowa State University (Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences) for fall 2009/spring 2010 with Dr Alan Wanamaker. Applicants should have a solid Earth Science background and have a broad interest in the fields of palaeoclimate, sclerochronology, and/or stable isotopes. Facilities include a Stable Isotope Laboratory and micro-milling capabilities. Interested students should contact Alan Wanamaker directly for more information.

From Alan Wanamaker (Bangor University): Just published a paper in Radiocarbon (do a search on Pubsclero), dealing with a bivalve that was over 400 years old. This is considered as the oldest mollusk, and possibly the oldest non-colonial animal. See more details at National Geographic, the Times and BBC.

From David Gillikin (Vassar College): We just had two successful sclerochronology sessions at the GSA meeting in Houston. Thanks to all of you that attended and contributed. Out of the thousands of papers presented at the GSA, Science News chose about a dozen to report on, including a sclerochronology paper in our session! The paper was presented as a poster by Matt Winnick, an undergraduate at Vassar College. Note, that Science News if not affiliated with Science Magazine).

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