INA

The International Nannoplankton Association

Welcome to the INA. This is an association of scientists worldwide who have an interest in living or fossil nannoplankton - including coccolithophores, nannoliths, and other mineralising nannoplankton such as silicoflagellates and calcispheres. The Association exists to facilitate pure and applied study of nannoplankton and this site is intended to assist in doing so.

SOCIAL MEDIA

• Facebook - our page has news on events, awards, new papers etc. You can also use it to share your thoughts on what we should be doing.
• YouTube - our channel has an extensive collection of recordings of talks on nannos.
• Instagram - lots of images of nannoplankton and striking figures from talks and publication

NEWS

• INASSET Summer School on Evolution and Taxonomy - Cenozoic: Lyon, 29th June - July 5th. 2025. PRE-REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! Leaflet, Program. Pre-Registration form.
• INA20 Argentina our next conference will be in Argentina, in February 2027, convened by Juan Perez and Mica Chaumeil from Petrostrat [NB The February date is to allow the meeting to be held in the Austral Summer)
• INA19 Llandudno, Conwy our last conference was held in beautiful North Wales, 7-15th September 2024, convened by Simon Cole and Tamsin Lawrence from Petrostrat
  • Report and review
  • Visit the conference website.
  • Abstract volume
  • Timetable, with links to abstracts
• How to make a 3D printed Braarudosphaera - by Mario Cachao
• New Posters - Felipe Valejo and AURORA Science Communication have created four beautiful posters on nannofossils and their roles in Earth Science, available here to download.
• Latest news - check our Facebook page, this often has the news first! You can also use it to share your thoughts on what we should be doing.

SITE MAP

	THE ASSOCIATION INA Foundation - the foundation exists to support nannofossil studies - 2024 Research Fellowship winners - Edna Tungo and Paula Granero INA overview - what the association does Honorary members - senior members of the society who have been awarded Honorary Membership in recognition of their exceptional contributions Bylaws/Constitution of the Association, and a guide to how the INA works in practice Payment - How to join and pay subs INA Committee members addresses Hall of Fame - list of past committee members - and some photos of them The coccoliths mailing list - our mailing list is a good place to get your queries on nannofossils answered Facebook - for news updates and a chance to comment on them take a look at our Facebook page News our news updates and Nanno News from The Newsletter of Micropalaeontology. Latest issue out March 2020. ThANKS project to establish a network of reference collections
	INA CONFERENCES INA20 La Plata, Argentina our next conference will be in La Plata Argentina, hosted by Juan Perez Panera and Mica Chaumeil. It is planned for 14-19 February 2027, with pre and post conference field trips providing the opportunity to visit some of the geological wonders of the country. (NB The February date is to allow the meeting to be held in the Austral Summer, and to allow us to celebrate together the 50th anniversary of the founding of INA) INA19, our last conference was held 7th-15th September 2024, in Llandudno, Conwy, North Wales, hosted by Simon Cole and Tamsin Lawrence. Report and review, Conference website, Abstract volume INA18 was held in the Palais des Papes, Avignon, Provence, France, 29th August-4th September 2022 and was convened by Luc Beaufort, Clara Bolton and Baptiste Sucheras-Marx. The website is still active, with program details, abstracts, etc. Abstracts volume, some photos INA17 was held in Santos, Brazil, 15-20th September 2019 convenors Felipe Toledo, Giuliana Villa & Karen Costa.Abstracts, news, photos Conferences after 19 conferences we have quite a history, explore them here. INA SUMMER SCHOOL INA Summer School on Evolution and Taxonomy - Cenozoic: Lyon, 29th June - July 5th. 2025. Leaflet, Program. Pre-Registration form. INA Summer School on Evolution and Taxonomy - Mesozoic: Parma, June 25th- July 1st 2023 details & pre-registration INA Summer School on Evolution and Taxonomy - Cenozoic: Lyon, 5th-10th September 2022 details, programme INA Summer School on Evolution and Taxonomy - Mesozoic: Lyon, 7th-13th July 2019 announcement, programme & group photo, INA Summer School on Evolution and Taxonomy - Cenozoic: Lyon, 1st-7th July 2018, course details, programme & group photo WORKSHOPS AND OTHER MEETINGS Nannotalks we held an online conference during the week 6-11th July 2020 with a series of review talks on nannofossil research by leading experts. Recordings are being made available on our YouTube channel. INA Workshop on Jurassic nannofossils, Lyon France, convenor Emanuela Mattioli, 12-14th May 2016. TMS-INA Discoaster workshop June 2015 - overview and presentations INA Workshop on Extant Coccolithophores research 5-10 October 2014, Heraklion, Crete convenors - Maria Triantaphyllou, Stella Psarra, Jeremy Young TMS-INA Reticulofenestra workshop - 27th Jan 2014, Univ. Birmingham lead by Eric de Kaenel Workshops archive - a summary with links and photos of the workshops we have organised.
	OUR JOURNAL Journal of Nannoplankton Research online archive JNR instructions notes for authors on submission of articles to the JNR. Newsletter and Journal publication history(1997-2019) INA Newsletter back issues - now proper PDFs with searchable text (1979-1993) Article search
	SOME INFORMATION ON NANNOPLANKTON Nannotax3 - interactive database of nannofossil taxonomy Bibliography - a rather comprehensive, searchable, bibliography of nannofossil and nanoplankton literature is maintained on the Nannotax website, including PDF copies of many articles. Coccobiom macros some macros for assisting with measuring coccoliths using the pubic domain image analysis program ImageJ/Fiji Nannoplankton terminology, a guide to coccolith and nannofossil terminology based on Young et al. (1997) ICBN what you need to know - Shirley van Heck's classic guide to nomenclature now online Generic-level overview of nannofossil taxonomy the Young & Bown (1997) review of nannofossil classification, from the JNR. Datafiles some datafiles related to nannofossil publications ODP Nanno MRCs - listing of nannofossil reference centres Major Books A listing of the main book dealing with nannoplankton Monographs - where you can buy books and monographs dealing with nannofossils Dictionary file - 3000 word listing of nannofossil names etc. for your spell checker
	SOME NANNOPLANKTON IMAGES How to make a 3D printed Braarurdosphaera - by Mario Cachao Four beautiful posters - illustrating coccolithophores as organisms, geological forces, and stratigraphic tools Video of coccolith formation by Alison Taylor (MBA Plymouth) 3D coccospheres stereopairs of some beautiful coccospheres, by Harald Andruleit Coccolith inspired paintings by the artist Sue Bartfield Colour Coccospheres a set of images produced by Markus Geisen for a museum exhibition The Calcite Palace a classic set of SEM and LM images of nannofossils produced by Ralph Salomon Rotating nannofossils wireframe drawings of some nannofossils, by Jeremy Young Photo of the day some nice images featured previously on this page Instagram - lots of images of nannoplankton and striking figures from talks and publication
	LINKS Other www sites with resources for nannoplankton research The Micropalaeontological Society - INA is affiliated with the TMS, and we work together in many areas. Mikrotax - home of Nannotax and pforams@mikrotax