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UCMP and the Forams 2010 symposium

Forams 2010
 
Held September 5–10 in Bonn, Germany, this international symposium attracted ~350 people, ~400 papers (half posters), and an authorship over 1000. The meeting dealt with forams in the fossil record, foram evolution, and a heavy dose of foram biology, genetics and use in environmental assessments. It certainly demonstrated a dynamic discipline making all kinds of breakthroughs in many areas of foraminiferal and related research as well as continuing solid research on known problems. UCMP was a sponsor of Forams 2010 and Ken Finger and Jere Lipps were deeply involved, submitting papers, contributing to posters, and convening sessions: