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Croatian Myrmecological Society

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 | Education, Personalities

The official pin. The H stands for Croatia, of course.

I just returned from the meeting of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, an every-forth year affair that brings together scientists from around the globe under the common umbrella of social evolution. This year the venue was Copenhagen, Denmark, with over 700 participants.

Among the many colleagues I encounter, I had the pleasure of finally meeting ant ecologist Jelena Bujan, vice president of the Croatian Myrmecological Society (HMD). To my surprise, I was made a honorary member of the society and presented with the elegant pin pictured above in recognition of my outstanding efforts in education about ant morphology through this blog… Ok, ok, I’m exaggerating. I know the pin is really for people who are fans of the HMD. But Jelena did mention she likes my blog and I always wanted to visit the Balkans. The pin now decorates my camera bag (the pin is not huge– my camera bag is really tiny).

And this brings me to another point. Many of my professional colleagues told me how much they enjoy my Homology series. Which does encourage me to put more effort, once in a while at least, into this otherwise neglected blog.

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Tags: Croatia, IUSSI, Jelena Bujan

6 Comments to Croatian Myrmecological Society

1
Ana
August 31, 2010

Wow. we are one small but flattered society. And finally famous. Thanks Roberto!

2
Roberto Keller
September 1, 2010

Oh, the HMD was famous way before. Good luck with your ongoing projects!

3
Corrie Moreau
September 2, 2010

You know I am a fan! Great to hang out with you at IUSSI.

4
Roberto Keller
September 5, 2010

You see, the Croatian Myrmecological Society is much more famous than you think.

Copenhagen was indeed great Corrie! I hope we coincide again sometime soon.

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Hrvatsko mirmekološko društvo
September 5, 2010

[…] glas o HMD-u se širi i dalje, a dobili smo i ambasadore dobre volje koji nas promoviraju. Hvala Roberto! Saznala sam i za još jedno mirmekološko drušvo u svijetu, naime upoznala sam Masashi Yoshimura. […]

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