Number 81 Newsletter of February 2010 Micropalaeontology Edited by I. J. Slipper www.tmsoc.org Registered Charity No. 284013 ISSN 0140-6730 Contributions from The Micropalaeontological Society The Grzybowski Foundation The International Nannoplankton Association Contents page President’s Address 2 Conference Announcements 4 The Micropalaeontological Society 6 Specialist Group News 19 Grzybowski Foundation 28 International Nannoplankton Association 37 Micronews 38 Obituary 39 Diary 41 MicroDoku 41 Advertisers 42 Correspondence Please send items of news, comments, letters or articles for publication such as conference reports or meeting announcements to the editor. These should be supplied as plain text files or as Word documents. Photographs or illustrations to accompany articles are also welcome. Please send pho- tos as high resolution JPEG images. Please send all correspondance to the editor: Ian Slipper, School of Science, University of Greenwich, Central Avenue, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TB, UK, or by email to
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