General News update in 2016

Updatetime: 2016-08-23

? From July 18 to 22, 2016, the first Summer Camp of Paleontology for college students hosted by NIGPAS was kicked off in Nanjing. 

汤山野外地质考察现场 

 

? On June 28, 2016, a wonderful graduation party was held for new obtainers of PhD and MS degrees at NIGPAS. 

南京古生物所举行2016届研究生毕业座谈暨欢送会 

 

? On June 25, 2016, a Chinese version of the book Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction translated by Prof. XU Honghe and Dr. Jiang Qing from NIGPAS was nominated as one of 2016 CAS Outstanding Popular Science Books.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41ARLbG7oOL._SX329_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg  南京古生物所图书获评2016年中科院优秀科普图书

 

? From June 24 to 27, 2016, a national convention of micropalaeontologists and fossil phycologists was held in Hezheng, Gansu, China that was organized by Palaeontological Society of China (PSC).

中国古生物学会微体学分会第十届会员代表大会暨第十六次学术年会、中国古生物学会化石藻类专业委员会第十七次学术年会成功召开 

 

? On May 14, 2016, Prof. YUAN Xunlai from NIGPAS gave a talk "The Mysterious Origin of Life" to the public, which is the first of the Darwin Lecture serials organized by Nanjing Palaeontology Museum.

2016达尔文大讲堂第一期在古生物博物馆举行 讲座现场

 

? On May 4, 2016, three photographs provided by NIGPAS were awarded "Discovery of the Beauty in Science" by CAS.

南京古生物所三作品获中科院“发现科学之美”优秀奖王鑫-网律动海百合-杨定华

  

? On March 3, 2016, Academician RONG Jiayu from NIGPAS gave a lecture "Introduction to Biological Evolution - Evidences from Palaeontology and Stratigraphy" at Nanjing University, as the opening of a university general selected course "Biological Evolution and the Environment".

南京大学授课现场 南京大学授课现场  

 

? On February 26, 2016, the research project "Late Mesozoic Daohugou-Jehol Biota and insect fossils" finished by Prof. HUANG Diying and his research group from NIGPAS won the first prize of 2015 Jiangsu Province Science and Technology Award.

南京古生物所荣获2015年度江苏省科学技术奖一等奖

 

? From January 13 to 17, 2016, the annual meeting of a national basic research program (973 Program) “From Snowball Earth to the Cambrian Explosion: Coevolution of life and environment around 600 Myr” and the 2015 symposium of Sino-German cooperation project were held in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, attracting more than 170 experts from 15 domestic institutions and 4 countries abroad . 

会议野外考察灯影组埃迪卡拉化石群产地

 

.....CONTENTS OF PALAEONEWS NO.3...... 


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