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Dear partners, we share the information related to the workshop Introduction to Acarology, dependent on the National University of Colombia, to be dictated by telepresencial form between August 3 and 14 of this year. For more information, see the attached file. The cost of the workshop is expressed in Colombian pesos.
INFORMACIÓN TALLER VIRTUAL ACAROLOGÍA UN
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JunWe regretfully report the death of the eminent entomologist and acarologist Marjorie A. Hoy. We have attached a recent interview that was conducted for the American Entomologist and a note by Prof. Gilberto de Moraes (Professor Associado do Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, ESALQ – USP)
The deadline for the presentation of candidates for the Board of Directors of the Latin American Society of Acarology extends until the 29th of this month, an election that must be made this year.
Send email to: master@slacarologia.org
Your participation is essential to strengthen our Society. We count on your collaboration!
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MayAs you will see, we have renewed the images at the top of this page, for which we want to thank Dr. Gary Bauchan (USDA ARS, Electron & Confocal Microscopy Unit, Beltsville, MD) and Dr. Ron Ochoa (USDA ARS, Systematic Entomology Laboratory , Beltsville, MD) for their generosity. Gary and Roy have taken and processed the images and allowed us to share them with everyone who visits this site.
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AprDear partners, herewith we present a statement from the organizers of the IV Latin American Congress of Acarology, to be held in Panama. In summary, it is reported that, due to the pandemic situation that we are going through, it will not take place this year but will be rescheduled, probably by 2022.
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AprDear members, this year elections must be held to renew the Board of Directors of the Latin American Society of Acarology. To this end, we have asked the delegates of each country to send suggestions for the positions of President, Secretary and Treasurer before May 18. And through this message, we ask all those interested in proposing a name to send it to the delegate of their country, before the aforementioned date, so that he can direct them to the SLA Secretary, and they can be put to the consideration of all at the time of the elections. Below, we remember the list of delegates and their contact email.
Thank you very much for taking part!
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AprIn order to bring knowledge on different topics of Acarology, to professionals and students dedicated to Biological Sciences and related, Latin American Society of Acarology offers, with the collaboration of international leaders, the course Talking about mites: updating topics in Acarology: Agricultural, Medical-Veterinary, and Biodiversity. The proposed environment is the virtual one, taking into account the current global context, of social confinement as a result of Covid 19. The activity will be carried out free of charge, through the Google Meet virtual platform, from May 12 to July 14.
Objective: To provide attendees with the necessary tools to understand the different groups of mites, addressing aspects related to their morphology, biology, ecology and sanitary importance.
Recipients: Professionals and graduate and undergraduate students of Biological Sciences, Agronomy, Veterinary Science, Environmental Sciences. As well as field and laboratory technicians associated with the aforementioned Sciences.
Total hour load: 40 hours (theoretical: 28 hours + optional practice / assessment: 12 hours).
Space: 250 attendees per topic.
Language: most of the talks will be given in Spanish and some of them in Portuguese
Deadline for pre-registration: May 3, 2020
Contact: Ing. Agr. Marisa Regonat mregonat@agro.uba.ar
Timeline and General Program – Access to pre-registration
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-2pe4v1HKmR7yI6fV7R3kNKFwb8e4H6R/view?usp=sharing
Schedule: Mites of importance in agriculture:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12lUw4ZPMUOLco4uOi3dqBtqIAhdb6Tjb/view?usp=sharing
Schedule: Soil mites:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jbAUry6Xabvkao9CytHpH47wSUcbJO5O/view?usp=sharing
Schedule: Ectoparasitic mites and vectors:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fhp9lMzAni_IIYyAGZJf-ElERofG18Nz/view?usp=sharing
Schedule: Tools for the study of mites:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VIK0Thaw_ckTNNYOsvrP-dOrMlljmwKu/view?usp=sharing
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FebProfessor Ashley P.G. Dowling inform that Acarology Summer Program 2020 is coming.
All information at:
https://training.uark.edu/_resources/pdf/acarology-financial-assistance.pdf
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Nov
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