{"id":84,"date":"2023-01-31T12:48:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T12:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meiobenthologists.matthewlee.org\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2023-01-31T12:48:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T12:48:16","slug":"about-the-iam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meiobenthologists.matthewlee.org\/index.php\/about-the-iam\/","title":{"rendered":"About the IAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The International Association of Meiobenthologists (IAM) was created in 1966 to bring together meiobenthologists from around the world. Since the start the IAM has published a regular newsletter \u201cPsammonalia\u201d, though over recent years other channels of communication between members have come to the fore. The complete back collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/meiobenthologists.matthewlee.org\/index.php\/psammonalia\/\">Psammonalia<\/a> is available on this website. The IAM organises a conference for members every 3 years, starting wit hthe first in Tunisia in 1969. The last in person meeting was held in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seventimco.uevora.pt\/index.php\">\u00c9vora<\/a>, Portugal in 2019, and the most recent meeting was held online, hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/niwa.co.nz\/\">NIWA<\/a> in Wellington, New Zealand. The next conference will be in 2025 in Kolkata, India.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85\" style=\"width: 895px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-85 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/meiobenthologists.matthewlee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1st-conference.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of the atendees of the first international meiofauna conference held in Tunisia in 1969\" width=\"895\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meiobenthologists.matthewlee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1st-conference.jpg 895w, https:\/\/meiobenthologists.matthewlee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1st-conference-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meiobenthologists.matthewlee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1st-conference-768x488.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The First International Meiofauna Conference, Tunisia, 1969<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87\" src=\"https:\/\/meiobenthologists.matthewlee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Seventimco_md.jpg\" alt=\"The attendees of the seventeenth international meiofauna conference, Seventimco, held at the university of evora, Portugal in 2019\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meiobenthologists.matthewlee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Seventimco_md.jpg 800w, https:\/\/meiobenthologists.matthewlee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Seventimco_md-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meiobenthologists.matthewlee.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Seventimco_md-768x466.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seventimco, University of \u00c9vora, Portugal, 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Association of Meiobenthologists (IAM) was created in 1966 to bring together meiobenthologists from around the world. Since the start the IAM has published a regular newsletter \u201cPsammonalia\u201d, though over recent years other channels of communication between members have come to the fore. The complete back collection of Psammonalia is available on this website. 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