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Only two days to go! Safe travels everyone. Pack an umbrella! There will be some showers and nice cool temperatures of 20 C. Keep an eye out on the website for daily updates via twitter.

EPPC is featured in the Irish Times today, the major Irish broadsheet newspaper by brilliant science journalist Claire O’Connell . Palaeobotany and Palynology are famous for today at least! Digging into plants of the past irishtimes.com/news/science/d… via The Irish Times

Next week's #EPPC2018, organised by Jennifer McElwain, featuring plenaries by our own Prof Pete Coxon and Prof Jane Stout, highlighted in The Irish Times, "Digging into plants of the past- Dublin conference to explore findings from fossilised flora " irishtimes.com/news/science/d…

A huge thank you to all our sponsors in advance of the start of #EPPC_Dublin tomorrow أرامكو Fáilte Ireland EPA Ireland @scienceirel The PalAss New Phytologist Trinity College Dublin UCD Earth Institute Conviron iCRAG Centre @HitachiGlobal labquip.ie Meet in Ireland

Our twitter hashtag for the meeting will be EPPC_Dublin

Looking forward to seeing everyone at this evening’s welcome reception in the beautiful dining hall of Trinity College Dublin

EPPC2018 Trinity College Dublin On behalf of Indian palaentologists wish. all the bests for success of EPPC. May mention that the first Superintending Geologist of Geological Survey of India was Thomas Oldham from Trinity College of Dublin who took over the reigns of Survey in 1851. Congratulations.

The opening plenary session and welcome starts tomorrow (Monday 13th) in UCD O Reilly Hall at 9am sharp.

Ready for a great week of paleobotany and palynolgy at EPPC2018!

Pollinators’ populations are declining. “The decline of honeybees is just the canary in the coal mine” Jane Stout EPPC2018

Melissopalynology - the study of pollen in honey #EPPC_Dublin

Sandy Hetherington explains what rooting systems were preserved in the Rhynie Chert in comparison with modern plants. Very interesting talk ⁦EPPC2018⁩

Diversity and ecology of Mid Devonian forests from Chris Berry ⁦EPPC2018⁩. Nice talk showing fossil trees from Svalbard, Cairo New York...

So many great talks at #EPPC_Dublin today. I spent most of the day at the Bill Chaloner session with fantastic talks but also saw great talks from Charilaos Yiotis Sandy Hetherington & Earth and Environment at Leeds 's Benjamin Mills - so much amazing #palaeobotany work going on! A week doesn't feel long enough!

Eye popping crown of an Archaeopteris tree from Kiltorcan. A spectacular exhibition. EPPC2018

@JennyL_Morris has been reconstructing some of the earliest land plants. #EPPC_Dublin

Wrapping up before the break - Michael Krings’ tribute to the late Tom Taylor with the “third volume” of Tom’s dreamed of 3-volume set. #EPPC_Dublin

Did you go on one of the mid conference field trips? Please post some photos on twitter using #EPPC_Dublin so that we can share them.