Program at a glance
JUN. 22(Sun.), 2025
| Time | NEW MILLENNIUMHALL | Chobyungdoo International Hall | Room A | Room B | Room C |
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| 16:00 | Registration | ||||
| 19:00 | Poster Set-up |
JUN. 23(Mon.), 2025
| Time | NEW MILLENNIUMHALL | Chobyungdoo International Hall | Room A | Room B | Room C |
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| 9:00-9:15 | Opening Ceremony | Poster Set-up | |||
| 9:15-9:40 | Keynote 1 (Mann Kyoon Shin) New insights into the origin and early evolution of eukaryotes from phylogenomic analyses. |
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| 9:40-10:40 | Keynote 2 (Andrew J. Roger) New insights into the origin and early evolution of eukaryotes from phylogenomic analyses. |
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| 10:40:11:00 | Coffe Break | ||||
| 11:00-12:20 | SS 1 Predatory Protists |
Poster Session | SS 2 The life of Retaria and other large protists |
SS 3 Decoding Life Mechanisms and Evolution through Genetic Manipulation in Algae |
SS 4 Emerging Challenges in Protistan Pathogen Research |
| 12:20-14:30 | Lunch | ||||
| 14:00-15:30 | Session | Poster Session | Session | Session | Session |
| 15:45-17:00 | Session | Poster Session | Session | Session | Session |
| 17:00-19:00 | Poster Session | ||||
JUN. 24(Tue.), 2025
| Time | NEW MILLENNIUMHALL | Chobyungdoo International Hall | Room A | Room B | Room C |
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| 9:00-10:00 | Keynote 3 (Shuhai Xiao) A Paleontological Perspective on the Early Evolution of Eukaryotes (Mostly Protists) |
Poster Session | |||
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffe Break | ||||
| 10:30-11:50 | SS 5 Omics-Powered Discoveries in Dinoflagellate Ecology and Evolution |
Poster Session | SS 6 Diverse Behavioral Strategies Exhibited by Protists |
SS 7 Origin of multicellularity in Eukaryotes |
Hutner Award Presentations 1) Anastasios Tsaousis 2) Laura Eme 3) Shan Gao |
| 11:50-14:00 | Lunch | ||||
| 14:00-15:30 | Session | Poster Session | Session | Session | Session |
| 15:45-17:00 | Session | Poster Session | Session | Session | Session |
| 17:00-19:00 | Poster Session | ||||
| 19:00-22:00 | Student Evening (Outside Venue) | ||||
JUN. 25(Wed.), 2025
| Time | NEW MILLENNIUMHALL | Chobyungdoo International Hall | Room A | Room B | Room C |
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| 9:00-10:00 | Keynote 4 (Thomas Mock) Adaptive Evolution in Protists: Diatoms as a Test Case |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Coffe Break | ||||
| 10:30-11:50 | ISOP SS 1 Survival is complex! Traits of bioenergetic enzyme complexes in protists from diverse niches |
SS 8 Life in volcanic hot springs |
SS 9 Seaweed Aquaculture: From Seed to Sustainable Cultivation across Land-Based, Open Water, and Offshore Systems |
SS 10 Special ecological and biological Characteristics of Protozoan |
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| 14:00 | Conference Tour | ||||
JUN. 26(Thur.), 2025
| Time | NEW MILLENNIUMHALL | Chobyungdoo International Hall | Room A | Room B | Room C |
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| 9:00-10:00 | Keynote 5 (Gautam Dey) Evolution and diversity of mitosis |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Coffe Break | ||||
| 10:30-11:50 | SS 11 State-of-the-art microscopy techniques in protistology |
SS 12 Biotechnological and biomedical applications of bioactive molecules from protist: current use and future perspectives |
Past President Talks 1) Patrick Keeling 2) Anna Karnkowska |
ISOP SS 2 Environmental sensing, responses and differentiation in protists |
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| 11:50-14:00 | Lunch | ||||
| 14:00-16:00 | Session | Session | Session | Session | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Break | ||||
| 18:00 | Performance | ||||
| 18:00 | Banquet | ||||
JUN. 27(Fri.), 2025
| Time | NEW MILLENNIUMHALL | Chobyungdoo International Hall | Room A | Room B | Room C |
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| 9:00-10:00 | Keynote 6 (Jana Milucka) Ecology of a novel protist symbiosis |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Coffe Break | ||||
| 10:30-11:50 | SS 13 Trait annotation to study the functional diversity of protists across Earth Biomes |
SS 14 Biogeography and population structure of freshwater microalgae |
SS 15 Enhancing Insights into Harmful Algal Blooms: Microbial Interactions, Genetic Diversity, and Ecophysiological Impacts |
SS 16 Ciliates as model organisms |
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| 11:50-14:00 | Luncheon | ||||
| 14:00-16:00 | Session | Session | Session | Session | |
| 16:00-17:00 | Closing Ceremony | ||||