Coccolithophores have been the subject of intense research over the last three decades for a good reason. This calcifying marine phytoplankton group plays a unique and crucial role in marine biogeochemical cycles and supports marine ecosystem functions essential to ocean health, resilience, and ocean-climate interactions.
The Advances in Coccolithophore Research meeting aims to bring together international early career and established coccolithophore scientists to:
- discuss the current state-of-the-art in coccolithophore research and develop future research ideas.
- foster collaboration and exchange ideas within our community to build and strengthen professional networks.
Whichever way your research connects to coccolithophores - productivity, calcification, cell biology, diversity, ecology, biogeochemistry, evolution... - we hope that you'll join us for three days of coccolithophore fun!
Ticket prices:
In Person: Student £60 | Non-students £120 (Both include complimentary membership of the MBA)
Online only: MBA Member price £20 | Non-Member price £30
Registration:
This is a hybrid meeting hosted at The Marine Biological Association, Plymouth (UK). Due to the interactive nature of the meeting and limited capacity of the venue, in-person registration is limited to 40 tickets and registration for attending in-person will cost £60 for students and £120 for non-students. The fee will be used to cover catering during the event and includes a 1-year membership of the MBA. In-person tickets will be first come, first served, so if you'd like to attend in-person please register as soon as possible.
If you are not able to attend in person but would like to participate in the meeting remotely, you can purchase online only tickets - MBA Member price £20 | Non-Member Price £30.
All tickets, including online tickets, will have access to recordings after the event.
In addition to confirmed speakers, we will select additional session speakers from registered attendees whose research complements the session theme and the other speakers. In order to identify additional speakers and to aid in networking, we ask all participants during their registration to submit a brief (~100 words) synopsis of their recent relevant research, which session best fits their research, and whether they would like to be considered as a session speaker. These synopses will be compiled and shared with registered participants before the meeting.
In addition to the hybrid talks this year we will have an in-person poster session. If you would like to present your poster, we ask that you let us know during registration, so we know the number of poster boards required.
We will design the programme with sessions across the morning, afternoon and evening so that you should be able to join for some or all of the meeting wherever you are in the world! The final schedule will be shared closer to the event.