9th INTERNATIONAL SYMBIOSIS SOCIETY CONGRESS
July 15-20, 2018, Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon, USA
The ISS Congress is the sanctioned meeting of the International Symbiosis Society and is held every three years. It is the primary international meeting focusing on symbioses, including complex interactions between hosts and their microbiomes. The Congress is anticipated to bring together 400 symbiosis scientists from up to 20 nations to present the latest research in symbioses, their ubiquity in nature and their impact on all environments on the planet. Please visit the ISS Congress 2018 website for more information on the meeting. Follow ISS Congress 2018 on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. click here for detailed program.
The Symbiosis Journal
The International Symbiosis Society and Springer publish Symbiosis. Symbiosis is a refereed journal which publishes results of original research that contribute to understanding of symbiotic interactions at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels.
Topics of particular interest are include:
Nutritional interactions
Mutual regulatory and morphogenic effects
Structural co-adaptations
Interspecific recognition and specity
Ecological adaptations
Evolutionary consequences of symbiosis
Culture and other specific methods for symbiosis research.
ISS 9 at Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA from July 15-20th 2018.
The logo was prepared by the artist Malia Mercer and is based on Mauri art describing "an ever changing world and the ability to adapt within it" - a fitting description of symbiosis.
