Program at a glance
JUN. 22(Sun.), 2025
| Time | New Millenium Hall (B2, 600th Anniversay Hall) | International Hall (5F, 600th Anniversay Hall) | 9B217 (B2, International Hall) | Sohayng Multimedia Lecture Room(6F, 600th Anniversay Hall) | 90209 (2F, International Hall) |
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| 16:00 | Registration | ||||
| 19:00 | Poster Set-up |
JUN. 23(Mon.), 2025
| Time | New Millenium Hall (B2, 600th Anniversay Hall) | International Hall (5F, 600th Anniversay Hall) | 9B217 (B2, International Hall) | Sohayng Multimedia Lecture Room(6F, 600th Anniversay Hall) | 90209 (2F, International Hall) |
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| 9:00-9:15 | Opening Ceremony | ||||
| 9:15-9:40 | Keynote 1 (Mann Kyoon Shin) Protistology in Korea: Past, Present, and Future |
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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 |
SS 2 The life of Retaria and other large protist |
SS 3 Decoding Life Mechanisms and Evolution through Genetic Manipulation in Algae |
SS 4 Emerging Challenges in Protistan Pathogen Research |
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| 12:20-14:30 | Lunch | ||||
| 14:00-15:30 | OP 1 Protist diversity |
OP 2 Protist evolution |
OP 3 Harmful Protists |
Student Award Competition Session 1 | Student Award Competition Session 2 |
| 15:30-15:45 | Coffee Break | ||||
| 15:45-17:15 | OP 4 Protist diversity |
OP 5 Endosymbiosis |
OP 6 Parasites |
OP 7 Protist microscopy |
Student Award Competition Session 3 |
| 17:15-19:00 | Poster Session | ||||
JUN. 24(Tue.), 2025
| Time | New Millenium Hall (B2, 600th Anniversay Hall) | International Hall (5F, 600th Anniversay Hall) | 9B217 (B2, International Hall) | Sohayng Multimedia Lecture Room(6F, 600th Anniversay Hall) | 90209 (2F, International Hall) |
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| 9:00-10:00 | Keynote 3 (Shuhai Xiao) A Paleontological Perspective on the Early Evolution of Eukaryotes (Mostly Protists) |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Coffe Break | ||||
| 10:30-11:50 | SS 7 Origin of multicellularity in Eukaryotes |
SS 6 Diverse Behavioral Strategies Exhibited by Protists |
SS 5 Omics-Powered Discoveries in Dinoflagellate Ecology and Evolution |
Hutner Award Presentations 1) Anastasios Tsaousis 2) Laura Eme 3) Shan Gao |
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| 11:50-14:00 | Lunch | ||||
| 14:00-15:30 | OP 8 Protist diversity |
OP 9 Endosymbionts/Taxonomy and Diverse Protist |
OP 10 Parasites |
OP 11 Protist microscopy |
Student Award Competition Session 4 |
| 15:30-15:45 | Coffee Break | ||||
| 15:45-17:15 | OP 12 Protist diversity |
OP 13 Taxonomy and Diverse Protist |
OP 14 Parasites |
Student Award Competition Session 5 | Student Award Competition Session 6 |
| 17:15-19:00 | Poster Session | ||||
| 19:00-22:00 | Protist Pub Trivia + Student Evening (Outside Venue) | ||||
JUN. 25(Wed.), 2025
| Time | New Millenium Hall (B2, 600th Anniversay Hall) | International Hall (5F, 600th Anniversay Hall) | 9B217 (B2, International Hall) | Sohayng Multimedia Lecture Room(6F, 600th Anniversay Hall) | 90209 (2F, International Hall) |
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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 | Tour (*Applicants only) | ||||
JUN. 26(Thur.), 2025
| Time | New Millenium Hall (B2, 600th Anniversay Hall) | International Hall (5F, 600th Anniversay Hall) | 9B217 (B2, International Hall) | Sohayng Multimedia Lecture Room(6F, 600th Anniversay Hall) | 90209 (2F, International Hall) |
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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 | ||||
| 10:30-11:00 |
SS 11
State-of-the-art microscopy techniques in protistology |
ISOP SS 2 Environmental sensing, responses and differentiation in protists |
Past President Talks 1) Patrick Keeling 2) Anna Karnkowska (60min) |
OP 15 Photosynthetic eukaryotes/ Protist genetics and biochemistry |
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ISOP membership/business meeting (60 min) |
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| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||||
| 14:00-15:30 | OP 16 Protist Ecology |
OP 17 Genomics |
Student Award Competition Session 7 | Student Award Competition Session 8 | |
| 15:30-15:45 | Coffee Break | ||||
| 15:45-17:15 | OP 18 Protist Ecology |
OP 19 Genomics/Protst genetics and biochemistry |
Student Award Competition Session 9 | Student Award Competition Session 10 | |
| 17:30 | Banquet | ||||
JUN. 27(Fri.), 2025
| Time | New Millenium Hall (B2, 600th Anniversay Hall) | International Hall (5F, 600th Anniversay Hall) | 9B217 (B2, International Hall) | Sohayng Multimedia Lecture Room(6F, 600th Anniversay Hall) | 90209 (2F, International Hall) |
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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 | Lunch | ||||
| 14:00-14:45 | OP 20 Protist Ecology |
OP 21 Genomics, transcriptomics, and metagenomics |
OP 22 Bacteria and Viruses in Protists |
OP 23 Bacteria and Viruses in protists |
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| 15:00-15:30 | Closing Ceremony | ||||