Society for Marine Mammalogy News

March 30, 2018

Julie Van Der Hoop, Hal Whitehead, Nigel Hussey and Alexandros Karamanlidis talks at SMM 2017 Biennial Conference

The SMM2017 Biennial Conference Committee was pleased to host Wood Award Winner, Julie Van Der Hoop along with Hal Whitehead, Nigel Hussey and Alexandros Karamanlidis as plenary speakers following the opening ceremonies at the 2017 Biennial Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Now they are available for viewing online!  

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Asha de Vos and Scott Kraus Plenary Talks from 2017 Biennial Conference

The SMM2017 Biennial Conference Committee was pleased to host Asha de Vos and Scott Kraus as plenary speakers following the opening ceremonies at the 2017 Biennial Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Their talks are now available on the Society’s YouTube Channel and below:

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February 7, 2018

Survey oral tumours in cooperation with Dr. Gerhard Steenkamp

Sam Boulanger, a last year veterinary student from Ghent University, Belgium, in cooperation with Dr. Gerhard Steenkamp (University of Pretoria, South Africa), Prof. Dr. Lieven Vlaminck (Ghent University, Belgium), Prof. Dr. Sonja Boy (Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa) and Dr. Elke Pollaris (Ghent University, Belgium) is conducting a literature review and survey in […]

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January 24, 2018

Louis M Herman Research Scholarship DEADLINE EXTENSION

ANNOUNCEMENT Aloha! The deadline for submissions for the Louis M Herman Research Scholarship has been extended to Friday 16th February 2018 (Hawaii midnight: GMT -10 hours) See here for the award announcement at SMM Halifax 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swmmWrCB6yU Background  Louis M. Herman, Ph.D. and Emeritus Professor at University of Hawaii at Manoa, was a pioneer and […]

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December 19, 2017

In Memoriam – Remembering Colleagues Lost 2015-2017

At each Biennial Conference, we honor those colleagues whom we have lost over the last two years. It is one of the most important things we do as a Society and a community. We wish to thank the family members, friends and colleagues who contributed their photos and memories of the 21 individuals included in […]

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