37th Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium 2020
Seattle, Washington, USA
UPDATE 5/11/2020: Check our the detailed program on Virtual MPC 2020 page! And the associated abstracts!
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UPDATE 4/21/2020: Virtual MPC 2020 will happen! The detailed schedule is still being worked out but updates will be posted on the Virtual MPC 2020 page. Stay tuned!
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UPDATE 4/13/2020: We will try for a Virtual MPC 2020! See all the details here. Please consider sharing your work in progress, participating in the Online Database Solutions for Paleobotany workshop, or just plan on attending! Importantly: we will only do the virtual MPC if we get 20+ people that are willing to present, so please register (form here). Deadline is 4/20/2020. We will announce whether the conference will happen on 4/21/2020, so stay tuned!
Previously submitted abstracts are published here.
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UPDATE 3/13/2020: Due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, MPC 2020 will not physically be held in Seattle (or elsewhere). We are currently exploring the possibility of holding a virtual symposium in its place this year. MPC 2021 will be in Seattle. Stay safe!!
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Welcome! The Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium (MPC) is held each spring by different institutional hosts. We encourage a diverse set of students, faculty, and others interested in fossil plants to attend this relaxed and informal meeting. Despite the name of the colloquium, we encourage attendance from across the continent–and beyond–and presented research topics can span a similar breadth.
The meeting will include social receptions, oral and poster presentations, keynote lectures, a workshop, and field trips. Please explore this website for more detailed information.
The 37th MPC is hosted by the University of Washington and the Burke Museum and will be held in Seattle, Washington May 1st - 3rd 2020.
Student travel awards are available for this meeting, visit the Registration page for information on how to apply!
Contact Caroline Strömberg (caestrom@uw.edu) with questions or for arranging visits to paleobotany collections at the Burke Museum.
The Burke Museum reopened their doors on October 12th of 2019 in a brand new building! The museum exhibits and collections spaces have been completely redesigned with an "inside-out theme", bringing behind-the-scenes museum activities to the forefront for visitors to experience and interact with. There will be plenty of time during the conference to explore the new museum, including our new T. rex skull and our fossil plant wall tracking temperature change through the Cenozoic!
Visit the Eocene Republic Flora, a WA Lagerstätte!
On your way to MPC in Seattle? Why not join Stonerose Eocene Fossils in Republic, Washington, for their annual Membership Weekend, pre-conference? Stonerose is offering an honorary weekend membership especially for conference attendees who are Stonerose first-timers.
This members-only event will be held Friday, April 24th through Sunday, April 26th. Membership Weekend is a great benefit of being a member, with the site open exclusively for you! Members also get to keep 6 fossil finds per day during this special weekend.
Spend the weekend hunting for fossils! Visit with our scientists and attend a presentation. Hang out with other members and our Board and staff, at one of our restaurants or watering holes. We'd love to see you here!
For more information, check our website (http://www.stonerosefossil.org/), or give us a call at 509-775-2295.
