The next meeting is 9-12 July 2019 in Madrid, Spain. The meeting will be a joint conference between the International Association of Bryologists (I.A.B.), iMOSS and the Sociedad Española de Briología (S.E.B.). Please visit bryology2019.com for more information about the conference, registration, abstract submission and more. This meeting will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of I.A.B and the 30th anniversary for…
The IAB council seeks proposals to host the biennial IAB meeting in 2021. IAB promotes holding the conference on a rotating basis on different continents. The preceding three meetings were held in South America (Chile), Asia (China) and Europe (Spain). Ideally, we seek proposals from Africa, Central and North America or Australasia but the council…
In 2019 IAB will honor bryologists for their contributions and leadership to bryology and to bryodiversity research as well as grant funds for bryological research. Awards and prizes will be presented at the upcoming meeting in Madrid, in July 2019. All submissions and nominations are accepted via on-line forms, which are password protected. Starting January…
Re: Proposed changes to the constitutionThank you to all those who voted on the recent ballot for proposed changes to the constitution pertaining to the office of the President and Vice President. The vote was done electronically, with entries independently tabulated manually by Yang Kien Thai, Matt von Konrat and Mendkhuu Enkhbayar (who is working…
The latest issue of Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution. has been published. Volume 40, No 2 is dedicated to the late Jochen Heinrichs, see In Memoriam to Jochen Heinrichs (1969–2018). Morphology supports the setaphyte hypothesis: mosses plus liverworts form a natural group by Renzaglia et al. Propaguliferous species of Pohlia (Mielichhoferiaceae) in China, including two new records…