13th International Conference on Modern and Fossil Dinoflagellates
Dino 13 General Information
The "Dino" conferences have a long tradition of bringing together scientist from all disciplines that work with and investigate dinoflagellates.
It is their aim to exchange knowledge about all aspects of dinoflagellate research spanning from the earliest known dinoflagellates to the modern associations. This includes investigations of e.g. (harmful) dinoflagellate blooms, ecology of modern and ancient dinoflagellates, natural and anthropogenic induced transport and distribution of dinoflagellate and their cysts in modern and past environments, life cycles and live strategies, dinoflagellate evolution and that of their ancestors, modern techniques to characterize species as well as characteristics and (palaeo-) environmental information incorporated in the molecular fingerprint and isotopic composition of their cell and cyst walls.
Francesca Sangiorgi and Karin Zonneveld are honored to invite you to Bremen for a week of knowledge exchange by means of scientific talks, forum discussion and posters sessions at the MARUM “Zentrum für Tiefseeforschung”.
Cyst of Protoperidinium subinerme
About the Logo
The Logo of dino 13 is inspired by the German fairy tale of the “Bremer Stadsmusikanten” (or in English “The Town musicians of Bremen”), one of the stories collected by the brothers Grim and published in “ Kinder und Hausmärchen” in 1819.
In short:
The story tells about a donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster that all have come to age and are being neglected and mistreated by their masters. They decide to run away and start a new life to become town musicians in the city of Bremen, a city known for its freedom. However, on their way to the city they see a lighted cottage. By standing on top of each other they can look through the window where they discover a gang of robbers in the house. They decide to scare the robbers off by making a din. By the sound of the animals the robbers get scared and run for their lives. The animals go in and take possession of the house and eat a good meal that the robbers have left behind. During the night the robbers return but are scared away by the cat’s eyes shining in the dark, the hoofs of the donkey, the bites of the dog and the cries of the rooster on the rooftop. The robbers leave for good and the animals live happily in the house for the rest of their days.
In the city center of Bremen, there is a small bronze statue of the four city musicians standing on top of each other. The legend goes that if you softly pet the feet of the donkey you will experience one year of happiness.
Logo redrawn from https://www.britannica.com/science/Ceratium#/media/1/103180/4747, © blickwinkel/Alamy and photographs of K. Zonneveld