Hermsen Lab

Cedar Falls, Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio The 35th Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium took place in Athens, Ohio, from June 1-3, 2018. Scientific presentations took place in Porter Hall on the Athens campus on June 2nd. Dr. Kathleen Pigg of Arizona State University opened the scientific session with a keynote presentation on "Forty years of fun with paleobotany." This presentation was followed by 14 contributed talks. The Hermsen lab was represented by three speakers: Zack Quirk, who gave a presentation entitled "Neogene Corylopsis seeds from eastern Tennessee;" Caroline Siegert, who gave a presentation entitled "Structure and affinities of a novel type of endocarp from the Gray Fossil Site, Tennessee;" and Liz Hermsen, who gave a presentation entitled "The Digital Encyclopedia of Ancient Life (DEAL): An open-access, online paleontology textbook."

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Encephalartos ferox , a cycad in the Ohio University greenhouse The 35th Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium (MPC) will be held on the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, from June 1-3, 2018. A mixer will be held at a local brewery on Friday, June 1. Talks and a poster session will be held on Saturday, June 2; the day will end with a banquet and keynote speaker. On Sunday, June 3, a field trip to the Hocking Hills will be arranged. A block of dorm rooms will be reserved on campus for meeting participants to rent. For those who do not wish to stay in the dorms, local hotels and camping are available in the Athens area. Participants should be aware that the Nelsonville Music Festival will be held in nearby Nelsonville, Ohio, on the same weekend as MPC, which may limit the availability of local hotel rooms.  Follow the 35th MPC on Facebook for updates as they become available. The colloquium Facebook page is ...