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VENUE
Iowa Lakeside Laboratory
1838 Highway 86, Milford, IA 51351
712-337-3669
WEATHER
Temperatures in early October at Lakeside range from mean lows around 50 F to mean highs around 70 F. We recommend bringing clothing to cover that range and more! We are planning to hold the talks in a large outdoor tent (with sides). IF the weather is terrible, we can squeeze into Mahan Hall, but we will try to keep the outside venue. BRING WARM CLOTHES. Nights could be downright cold, so bring a warm jacket and a hat for socializing around the campfire.
PLEASE BRING - FLASHLIGHT, MUG
A flashlight or headlamp is needed to navigate the field station at night. A coffee mug / beverage container will save us from using disposable cups. We will offer prizes for the best containers! Go wild!
LAKESIDE HOUSING
Linens and towels are provided for participants in on-site housing.
STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS
The International Society for Diatom Research (ISDR) is providing support for students attending NADS. Fifteen awards of $200 will be given to support travel and/or registration expenses for undergraduate and graduate students presenting their diatom research at the meeting (oral or poster). Student awardees are expected to serve as session moderators and in other leadership roles at the meeting.
CHECK-IN
Check in for registration, symposium program, name tags, housing assignments, and t-shirts at the Dining Hall, beginning at 4 – 9 PM. Mandatory meeting for all students with travel awards - moderator training session 7 PM, also at Dining Hall.
POSTERS
Posters may be up to 48”W x 32”H or 32”W x 48”H, presenter’s choice.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Plenary talks are set for 25 minutes with 5 minutes for discussion. Regular talks are 12 minutes for presentation and 2 minutes for discussion. Please add your power point presentation to our folder by October 1. Contact Mark or Sarah for the link. Label your presentation by the presenting author’s LAST NAME_FIRST NAME
AUCTION
Be ready for the fabulous NADS Auction on Friday night. Bring your items; everyone has something valuable to donate to help raise money for NADS! Diatom and algae memorabilia, that extra copy of Patrick and Reimer (1975), a bottle of wine, six pack from your local microbrewery, your best home brew, something you purchased at a NADS auction that is now even more valuable, art, handmade crafts, t-shirts, books, and reprints. We may think we’ve seen it all, but we bet you can bring something so completely off the wall that someone will pay big money for the privilege of ownership! Proceeds from the auction support student travel. Bid early, bid often, and please bring cash, check, or venmo.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 27TH NADS
Opportunity knocks! Submit your manuscripts to the Proceedings of the 27th NADS. We are partnering with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia to publish a proceedings from the meeting. ANSP has an agreement with the BioOne publishers so that the proceedings will be published as open access, online-only journal articles. Manuscripts are due on December 31, 2024. Stay tuned for author instructions on manuscript and figure format.
NORTH AMERICAN DIATOM SYMPOSIUM PLENARY TALKS
Times may not be exact! We will broadcast following the flow of the conference.
Thursday, October 3 2024
1:30 PM (central time, US and Canada)
Dr. Evelyn Gaiser -THIRTY-SIX YEARS OF THINKING LIKE A DIATOM: THE POWER OF PERSISTENT ATTACHMENTS
3:30 PM (central time, US and Canada)
Dr. Jeffery Stone - REVISITING THE DIATOM RECORD OF FOY LAKE, MONTANA
Friday, October 4 2024
8:30 AM (central time, US and Canada)
Dr. David Burge – LAKESIDE DIATOMS – THE NEXT GENERATION
10:30 AM (central time, US and Canada)
Dr. Victoria Chraïbi- FITTING FRUSTULES INTO THE FUTURE OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
1:30 PM (central time, US and Canada)
Dr. Jane Marks – ECOSYSTEM CONSEQUENCES OF A NITROGEN FIXING PROTO-ORGANELLE
