Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City, Mexico.
Seminario 8, Colonia Centro (Downtown).
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL AND APPLIED MALACOLOGY
The aim of the congress organizers is to bring together for discussion the many ways in which malacologists interact with mollusks. These can be from either the medical or veterinary points of view or as pests (agriculture, bio-fouling, invasive), sources of chemical substances, the economic importance or impact of mollusks, the presence of mollusks in archaeological sites and as indicators of past environments.
- Medical and veterinary malacology
- Mollusks as resources
- Aquaculture
- Mollusks as bioindicators
- Mollusk control
- Mollusks and biotechnology
- Mollusks and archaeology
- Human impact on natural mollusk populations
- Biodiversity
- Biology
- Systematics
- Physiology
- Molecular Biology
- Morphology
- Genetics etc.
We
invite you to participate with oral or poster presentations.
Guidelines for abstract presentations (PDF)
Revision of abstracts will be possible between May 20th until the end of Congress at the congress site:
http://www.ibiologia.unam.mx/barra/congresos/malacologia/frame.htm
Authors wishing to have extended abstracts published in the Proceedings should submit manuscripts upon arrival to the Congress. Under non circumstance manuscripts will be received after the Congress has ended. Guidelines for manuscripts are those of the Anales del Instituto de Biología.
Information regarding manuscripts and the Proceedings will be posted in the website of the Colección Nacional de Moluscos, Instituto de Biologia, U.N.A.M., after the congress:
http://www.ibiologia.unam.mx/colecciones/inverte/moluscos/frame.htm
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México
is bathed by both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and boasts some
10,600 km of coastline and an area of 1, 958, 201 km2. Its complex
geology combined with its latitudinal location allows for the existence
of an amazingly [between two main biogeographical zones: neartic
and neotropical] diverse flora and fauna.
Mexico City, the country’s capital, is located in a large basin at an altitude of 2,240 m (ca. 8, 000 ft). The city is surrounded by many suburbs making it one of the largest human settlements in the world. It is part of the Federal District, within which are several rural settlements and 14 archaeological sites [insertar figura “caracol”]. A total of 19.1 % of the area comprises ecological reserves. Cultural, artistic as well as academic activities take place in Mexico City and its suburbs all year round. |
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Payment
received |
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Before
2 July 2004 |
After
2 July 2004 |
On
– site |
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| Congress participants |
$ 175.00 |
$
200.00 |
$
225.00 |
| Accompanying persons | $
60.00 |
$
60.00 |
$
60.00 |
| Students* | $
100.00 |
$
125.00 |
$
150.00 |
Edna
Naranjo-García
Account Number 0000 8439 2821
Bank of America
3805 E Broadway Blvd.
Tucson, Arizona, USA 85716-5407
Please
send a copy of your deposit to the following fax number: (525) 5550-0164
Hotel Tulip
Inn Ritz
Calle Francisco I. Madero No. 30
Col. Centro, C.P. 06000, México, D.F.
Tels. (525) 55 130 0160
Fax (525) 55 518 3466
E mail: ventas@tulipinnritzmexico.com
www.hotelritzmexico.com
The hotel is at walking distance of approximately 10 - 15 minutes of Museo del Templo Mayor.
The special price
per single or double room is about $ 42.00 US dollars, tax and tips
included.
Meals are not included; nonetheless special prices for delegates are
available, as follows:
| Mexican
pesos |
US
dollars Equivalence |
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| American breakfast | $
55.00 |
$
5.00 |
| Buffet breakfast | $
75.00 |
$
7.00 |
| buffet lunch or dinner | $110.00
|
$11.00
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Isabel la Católica No. 17
Tels (5255) 5510 0791, (5255) 5510-8585 y (5255) 55102636
Fax (5255) 5512-2078
hgillow@prodigy.net.mx
Hotel Canada
Av. 5 de Mayo No. 47
Tel. (5255) 5512-9310
Fax (5255) 5518-2106 al 13
At time of booking mention that you are from the VIII International Congress of Medical and Applied Malacology group, so desk clerks gave you the special price.
You can reserve with credit card.
For young people:
Hostel Catedral
Calle República de Guatemala No. 4
Col. Centro, México, D.F. 06020
Tel. (525) 55 18 1772
Fax (525) 55 10 3442
At about 2 minutes walking distance from Museo del Templo Mayor
E mail: info@hostellingmexico.com
www.hostellingmexico.com
Price $ 130.00 Mexican pesos or the equivalent $ 12.00 US dollars, breakfast is included.
| Transportation |
Transfer
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Mex Pesos
|
US Dollars |
Mex Pesos
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US Dollars
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Mex Pesos
|
US Dollars |
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Gran Marquis (4 pax) |
Suburban (7pax) |
C. Wagon (10pax) |
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Airport-hotel |
600.00 |
55.00 |
900.00 |
82.00 |
1,200.00 |
109.00 |
Hotel- airport |
400.00 |
36.00 |
600.00 |
55.00 |
900.00 |
82.00 |
Calculation of the US dollar costs is approximate because the exchange rate with the Mexican Peso fluctuates daily.
| Congress
Organization International Advisory Committee: John B. Burch (U.S.A.) Pyung-Rim Chung (Korea) Joseph C. Boray (Australia) Yolanda Manga (Spain) Cecilia Osorio (Chile) William H. Heard (U.S.A.) Christopher C. Appleton (South Africa) Chin-Thak Soh (Korea) Mary Yong (Cuba) Jean-Pierre Pointier (France) |
Local
Organizing Committee: President: Edna Naranjo-García Secretary: Francisco Vega Vera Second Secretary Adrían Velázquez Treasurer: María Teresa Olivera-Carrasco Public Relationships Coordinators: |
Scientific Committee: Zoila
Castillo Rodríguez |
| Rafael
Familiar-González Christopher C. Appleton |
Mail registration form to:
Dra.
Edna Naranjo-García
Departamento de Zoología
Instituto de Biología
Apartado Postal 70-153
México D.F. 04510 MEXICO