Symposium Schedule

General Program & Book of Abstracts

Sunday 12. 8. 2012
16:00-20:00
Registration


Monday 13. 8. 2012
8:00-10:00
Registration
9:00
 Welcome and opening remarks by Yvonne Němcová and Jiří Zima (vice-dean of the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague).
Keynote Presentation (Chairperson: A.M. Lott)
9:15
 Siver, P.A.: Do scaled chrysophytes have a biogeography? Evidence from North America. 
10:15
Coffee break
Species concepts and phylogeny – new advances and insights
(Chairperson: H.S. Yoon)
10:30
 Julius, M., Chanthirath, I., Stepanek, J.: A preliminary multi-gene phylogeny for the Chrysophyte algae.
11:00
 Scoble, J., Cavalier-Smith, T.: New insights into colourless scaly chrysophyte taxonomy; ‘Butchering’ the species-rich and morphologically diverse Paraphysomonas to make three new genera, Clathromonas, Acanthomonas and Patellomonas.
11:30
 Škaloud, P., Škaloudová, M.: Tracing the evolution and species diversification rates within the genus Synura (Stramenopiles).
12:00
Lunch
Species concepts and phylogeny – new advances and insights
(Chairperson: J. Neustupa)
13:40
 Němcová, Y., Kreidlová, J., Pusztai, M., Neustupa, M.: Mallomonas pumilio group - a revision based on the scale/scalecase morphology and geometric morphometric data.
14:05
 Poulíčková, A.: Diatom reproductive biology and phylogenetic consequences.
14:30
 Urbánková, P., Veselá, J.: DNA barcoding: a case study in the diatom genus Frustulia.
14:55
Coffee break
Biodiversity and distribution - geographic and ecological patterns
(Chairperson: A.M. Lott)
15:15
 Škaloud, P., Škaloudová, M., Pichrtová, M., Němcová, Y., Kreidlová, J., Pusztai, M.: www.chrysophytes.eu - distribution and ecology of silica-scaled chrysophytes in Europe.
15:40
 Gusev, E.: Studies on Synurophycean algae from tropical wetlands on example of Central and Southern Vietnam.
16:05
 Kristiansen, J., Siver, P.: Hans Preisig and Craig D. Sandgren - look back on scientists who moved the chrysophyte research forward.
16:30
 Proposals for ICS9.
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19:00
Welcome party (Botanical garden)


Tuesday 14. 8. 2012
9:00
 Introductory remarks, announcements and updates.
Keynote Presentation (Chairperson: E. Rott)
9:10
 Weisse, T.: Sex, cysts, and local adaptation in freshwater protists.
10:10
Coffee break
Biodiversity and distribution - geographic and ecological patterns
(Chairperson: Y. Němcová)
10:30
 Rott, E.: Functional species groups of freshwater planktonic chrysophytes revisited.
11:00
 Klaveness, D.: Hydrurus in nature and in culture: an overview.
11:30
 Siver, P.A., Lott, A.M., Wolfe, A.P.: A summary of Synura taxa in early Cenozoic deposits from northern Canada.
12:00
Lunch
Biodiversity and distribution - geographic and ecological patterns
(Chairperson: J. Kristiansen)
13:40
 Pang, W., Wang, Y., Wang, Q.: Chrysophycean stomatocysts from the Great Xing’an Mountains, China.
14:05
 Jordan, R.W., Abe, K., Stickley, C.E.: Diversity of Middle Eocene stomatocysts from the central Arctic Ocean.
14:30
 Wang, Q., You, M., Pang, W.: Chrysophycean stomatocysts from the Stone Ponds in the Aershan National Geological Park, China.
14:55
Coffee break
Biodiversity and distribution - geographic and ecological patterns
(Chairperson: E. Rott)
15:15
 Johansson, K., Trigal, C., Vrede, T., van Rijswijk, P., Goedkoop, W., Johnson, R.K.: Effects of Gonyostomum semen blooms on boreal lake food webs.
15:40
 Hernández-Becerril, D.U., Salazar-Paredes, J.: Abundance and distribution of the marine planktonic species Tetraparma insecta (Parmales) in the Gulf of California (July-August, 2011).
16:05
 Wei, Y.X., Yuan, X.P.: Studies on silica-scaled chrysophytes from the Daxinganling Mountains and Wudalianchi Lake Regions, China.
16:30
 Neustupa, J.: Adolf Pascher's correspondence. Introduction of the web project.
17:00
Poster session
19:00
Beer trip


Wednesday 15. 8. 2012
8:30; 9:00
Excursions
19:00
Microscopy session


Thursday 16. 8. 2012
9:00
 Introductory remarks, announcements and updates.
Keynote Presentation (Chairperson: M. Eliáš)
9:10
 Worden, A.Z.: Eukaryotic algae and ecosystem dynamics.
10:10
Coffee break
Evolutionary genomics and protist evolution
(Chairperson: M. Julius)
10:30
 Yoon, H.S., Yang, E.C., Boo, S.M., Andersen, R.A.: Phylogeny of photosynthetic heterokont algae.
11:00
 Eliáš, M., Hasíková, T., Zbránková, V., Přibyl, P., Fousek, J., Vlček, Č.: The genomic perspective on the biology and evolution of the eustigmatophyte algae.
11:30
 Oborník, M., Kořený, L., Cihlář, J.: Tetrapyrrole pathway as a marker for evolution of complex plastids.
12:00
Lunch
Phenotypic plasticity and shape variation in chrysophyte algae
(Chairperson: T. Weisse)
13:40
 Siver, P.A.: Examination of scale shape in Mallomonas insignis using geometric morphometrics: Evidence for evolutionary stasis in scale ultrastructure.
14:05
 Neustupa, J., Škaloudová, M., Škaloud, P.: Patterns of morphological integration in scales of Synura macracantha and S. petersenii concur with their different evolutionary age.
14:30
 Pichrtová, M., Němcová, Y.: Effect of temperature on shape and size of synurophyte silica scales - a geometric morphometric approach.
14:55
Coffee break
Life cycle changes and community dynamics in heterokont algae
(Chairperson: P.A. Siver)
15:15
 Woodard, K., Veselá, J.: Quantification of morphological changes during the life cycle of diatoms.
15:40
 Yucel, N., Uysal, Z., Tugrul, S.: Phytoplankton pigment partitioning in shelf waters of the oligotrophic north eastern Mediterranean – Contribution of 19’-Butanoyloxyfuco-xanthin to the bulk.
16:05
 Neustupa, J.: Proceedings of the ICS 2012 symposium. General information.
16:20
Closing of the symposium
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19:00
Farewell party


List of posters
Gusev, E.: Flora and ecology of chrysophytes from low-mineralized karst lakes in Central Russia.
Herlitz, E., Quintana, I., Stehn, A., Sunna, M.E.: Some single-celled loricate chrysophytes in Swedish lakes. Part I and II.
Herlitz, E., Quintana, I., Stehn, A., Sunna, M.E.: Problematic Dinobryon in Swedish lakes.
Jo, B.Y., Shin, W., Kim, H.S., Andersen, R.A., Siver, P.A.: Phylogeny of the genus Mallomonas (Synurophyceae) and descriptions of five new species based on morphological and molecular evidence.
Julius, M., Andersen, R.: Boekelovia: a non-chrysophyte taxon with a complicated nomenclatural history.
Lakatos, G.E., Keresztúri, K., Horváth, B., Maróti, G.: Investigation of the symbiotic interactions between Chlamydomonas sp. and various bacterial strains.
Lott, A.M., Siver, P.A.: Morphological variability of chrysophyte cysts from an Eocene maar lake in the Canadian Arctic.
Němcová, Y., Pusztai, M., Kreidlová, J.: Newly described species of the genus Mallomonas.
Pichrtová, M., Němcová, Y., Škaloud, P., Rott, E.: Scale bearing planktonic chrysophytes from North Tyrol, Austria.
Safronova, T.: Species composition of chrysophytes in the waterbodies of protected areas of the North-West of Russia.
Takahashi, K., Iwataki, M., Jordan, R.W.: Synurophytes in the lakes and ponds of Kenmin-no-mori, Yamagata, Japan.
Wang, Q., Pang, W.: A new species of Synura from Genhe, Inner Mongolia, China.
Wei, Y.X., Yuan, X.P.: Studies on silica-scaled chrysophytes from Zhejiang, Jiangsu and jiangxi Provinces, China.


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