The course is designed to provide an overview of the taxonomy, (palaeo)ecology, biodiversity, geological history and applied biostratigraphy of ostracods. It is intended for young scientists and industrial staff interested in micropalaeontology, palaeoceanography, palaeoclimatology, biology and environmental applications. We will focus on methods and concepts of ostracodology including systematics, biostratigraphic applications, ecology and life history spanning their fossil record from the Paleozoic to the Holocene and covering the recent fauna as well. Case studies from marine and continental systems as well as practical training for identification, preparation, documentation and analysis will be an important part of the course. ESO also is on facebook! .
ESO10 will take place in Bucharest, Romania, from May 12 to May 16, 2025. A subsequent excursion to the Danube delta will additionally be offered.
Details of our 2025 Program will follow soon.
Who should attend?
The course is primarily intended for young researchers at the PhD or MSc. stages of their careers and industrial staff who intends to work with ostracods or just started to do so. People holding a postdoctoral position are also welcome. The number of participants will be limited to thirty.
Lecturers in 2025 (alphabetical order)
- Dr Andrei Briceag, National Institute for Research and Development GeoEcoMar
- Prof Dr Marie-Béatrice Forel, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris
- Prof Peter Frenzel, Geosciences, University of Jena
- Dr Björn Holstein, IntegBiostrat, Wedemark
- PD Dr Renate Matzke-Karasz, Earth- and Environmental Sciences, LMU München
- Dr Ilaria Mazzini, CNR-IGAG, Monterotondo, Italy
- Prof Steffen Mischke, Earth Sciences, University of Iceland
- Dr Anna Pint, Geosciences, University of Jena
- MSc Olga Schmitz, MPI-GEA Jena
- Prof Dr Marius Stoica, Geology & Geophysics, University of Bucharest
- Dr Anton Waltschew, Nuremberg
Registration
Registration is now open!
Fees (include course material, lectures & lunches)
- 180 € for students
- 330 € for Universities/Government
- 1500 € for participants from private industry/company
Please, note that the financial benefit of the course will fund future activities of SF*IRGO (learn more about us).
To register, please send an email including your name, address, and career status to the ESO-organizers: eso@uni-jena.de. The places will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Payment
If your registration was successful, you will receive information about how to pay your admission fee. This will be either by bank transfer or by using PayPal. For any payment, please include as payment purpose: “ESO 2025, participation fee for NAME, and CAREER STATUS (student, PostDoc, employee in private industry)”. Please do not send money to the email address of the ESO-organizers mentioned above!
Cancellation and no show
By payment you accept our cancellation and no-show policy. We are not able to reimburse any paid fees, however, course material will be made available.
Stipends, Grants, other Support
The European School on Ostracoda is an acknowledged course by the Micropalaeontological Society (TMS), London, UK. We are very proud that TMS provides one student stipend of up to 500£ for the participation in ESO10 (2025).
The organizers thank the local hosts, Dr Andrei Briceag from the Romanian National Institute for Research and Development GeoEcoMar and Prof Dr Marius Stoica from the University of Bucharest, for the tremendous support in preparing ESO10.
The organizers also thank PeerJ for their support by offering a PeerJ Award grant for one of the ESO10 participants. The winner will have a free publication in any of the PeerJ journals (subject to peer review), along with a spotlight feature showcasing the winner’s research on the PeerJ blog: https://peerj.com/blog/?s=award.
