DMSP Meeting - 2-6 May 2006

The 4th International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Chemistry of DMS(P) and Related Compounds was hosted by Gill Malin and colleagues at the Laboratory for Global Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry (LGMAC), School of Environmental Sciences (ENV), University of East Anglia (UEA), in Norwich, U.K.

Local Organising Committee
Gill Malin	g.malin@uea.ac.uk
Tom Bell	thomas.bell@uea.ac.uk
Rosie Cullington	r.cullington@uea.ac.uk
Dan Franklin	dan.franklin@uea.ac.uk
Jamie Kettle	anthony.kettle@uea.ac.uk
Peter Liss	p.liss@uea.ac.uk
Michael Steinke	m.steinke@uea.ac.uk
Sue Turner	s.turner@uea.ac.uk

Brief history of the symposium series: the 4th DMS(P) Symposium followed the highly enjoyable and successful meetings hosted by: Ron Kiene in Alabama, USA in June 1995 (Kiene, Visscher, Keller & Kirst [eds.], Biological and Environmental Chemistry of DMSP and Related Sulfonium Compounds. Plenum Press), Winfried Gieskes and Jacqueline Stefels in Groningen, The Netherlands in August 1999 (Journal of Sea Research Volume 43, Number 3-4, August 2000) and Maurice Levasseur and colleagues in Rimouski, Canada in September 2002 (Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Volume 61, Number 5, May 2004).

Research on DMS in the environmental context was pioneered by Professor James (Lovelock, Maggs & Rasmussen. 1972. Atmospheric sulphur and the natural sulphur cycle. Nature 237, 452). So we were delighted that Jim was able to attend as our guest of honour. He opened the symposium with a talk entitled ‘Thoughts on DMS and related compounds’. The programme, abstracts of the talks and posters presented through Wednesday 3 – Friday 5 May and participant address list can be found in the Programme and Abstracts book. You can also access photographs taken during the meeting here.

Papers based on some of the talks and posters presented at this symposium were published in a special issue of the journal Aquatic Sciences – Research Across Boundaries. You can access the special issue contents list here. Thanks to Silvia Jost of the Aquatic Sciences editorial office, Barbara Sulzberger the Editor in Chief and everyone who reviewed papers for this special issue.

Discussions regarding the timing and location for the 5th International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Chemistry of DMS(P) and Related Compounds are ongoing and will be announced in due course.

We thank the Scientific Advisory Board for their help and advice during the organisation of the meeting.

Scientific Advisory Board

Al Gabric – Griffith University, Australia

Min Hu – Peking University, Beijing, China

Ron Kiene – University of Alabama, Alabama, USA

Dileep Kumar – National Institute of Oceanography, Dona-Paula, India

Maurice Levasseur – Université Laval, Québec, Canada

Ippei Nagao – Nagoya University Furo-cho, Nagoya, Japan

Rafel Simó – Institute de Ciències del Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Jacqueline Stefels – University of Groningen, The Netherlands

LGMAC

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