Program & Schedule
Monday 8.8.2022
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Registration |
| 10:15 | Jens Boenigk: Welcome and opening remarks |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | The spectrum of mixotrophic strategies as demonstrated within the Chrysophyceae |
| Keynote: Sarah DeVaul Princiotta | |
| 11:30 | Impact of tire abrasion on microeukaryotic communities – analysed using nanoplastic and zinc as proxies Guido Sieber |
12:00 Lunch
| 13:00 | Field trip |
| Microscopy |
| 18:00 | Barbecue at the campus |
Tuesday 9.8.2022
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Old Rocks Do Talk: Evolutionary history of chrysophytes revealed from the fossil record |
| Keynote: Peter Siver | |
| 10:00 | Silica scale morphology of the genus Synura Iva Jadrná |
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
| 11:00 | Phylogeny and ecophysiology of golden-brown snow algae (Chrysophyceae) from Svalbard and the European Alps Lenka Procházková |
| 11:30 | Phylogenetic and functional diversity of Chrysophyceae in inland waters Christina Bock |
| 12:00 | Elucidating the phylogeny and taxonomic position of the genus Spiniferomonas Takahashi (Chrysophyceae) Martin Pusztai |
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
| 13:30 | CCAC special session |
| Key note: Sabina Marks | |
| 14:30 | Digital light microscopic approaches to investigating diatoms (and other microscopic organisms) Bank Beszteri |
15:00 Coffee break
| 15:30 |
Biodiversity of Freshwater Microalgae: polyphasic taxonomy, maintenance of frozen germplasm bank and applications Biodiversity of Freshwater Microalgae: polyphasic taxonomy, maintenance of frozen germplasm bank and applications Thais Garcia da Silva |
| 16:30 | Poster session |
Wednesday 10.8.2022
Excursions and guided tours to the CCAC collection
| 9:30-11:30 | Guided tours to the CCAC collection |
| 13:00-15:00 | Guided tours
Zollverein: UNESCO World Heritage Site |
| 18:00 | Conference dinner |
Thursday 11.8.2022
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Speciation and population differentiation of chrysophytes – interplay of climatic, habitat, and geographical factors |
| Keynote: Pavel Škaloud | |
| 10:00 | Effect of Stressors on competition between Ochromonadales strains belonging to different sub-clades Lisa Boden |
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
| 11:00 | The effect of ornamentation on the mechanical properties of silica scales Petr Knotek |
| 11:30 | Morphology, life cycle and molecular phylogeny of a species of the Chrysophyte Ochromonas-like genus from the tropical Mexican Pacific David U. Hernández-Becerril |
| 12:00 | Relevance of climate and geography for the distribution of protists Jens Boenigk |
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
| 13:30-14:30 | Recapitulation of plastid origin: insight from Paulinella micropora genome analysis |
| Keynote: Hwan Su Yoon | |
| 14:30 | Possible adaptive roles of the siliceous covering; may the scale nanopattern be effective in UV shielding? Yvonne Němcová |
| 15:00 | Comparative genomics and transcriptomics of chrysomonad flagellates sheds light on the evolution of nutritional strategies Daniela Beisser |
15:30 Closing of the symposium