Day 1 – 16.9.2024

12:30 – 13:45 Registration

13:45 – 13:50 Opening of the Conference

13:50 – 15:30 Session 1 Algal ecology and evolution

Chair: Petr Dvořák

13:50 – 14:30

Marek Eliáš – Plenary talk

Towards a comprehensive phylogeny and classification of the Ochrophyta

14:30 – 14:50

Dovilė Barcytė, David Žihala & Marek Eliáš

An expanded diversity of pedinophytes provides a window into the evolution of the genetic code in organelles

14:50 – 15:10

Kateřina Tučková, Radka Čablová & Pavel Škaloud 

Living in the swamp pond: How the Chrysophytes and zooplankton effect each other

15:10 – 15:30

Škaloud, P., Škvorová, Z., Černajová, I., Steinová, J., Vančurová, L., Moya, P., Peksa, O.

How to find the right partner? Unveiling the mysteries behind the formation of lichen symbiosis

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 16:30 Sponsor presentation - Zeiss

16:30 – 17:30 Session 2 Algal biotechnology

Chair: Oleksandr Bren

16:30 – 16:50

Jaromír Lukavský, Jana Kvíderová

Bioprospection

16:50 – 17:10

Antonín Střížek , Pavel Přibyl , Pavel Hrouzek

Ochromonas: mixotrophic flagellate and its potential for the production of valuable compounds

17:10 – 17:30

David Bain, Jaromír Lukavský, Josef Elster & Jana Kvíderová 

Growth and photosynthesis optima and limits of six Heterococcus sp. (Xanthophyceae) strains

17:30 – 18:00 Meeting of the Czech Phycological Society members

18:30 – 23:00 Dinner and social evening at Plan B restaurant (5 minute walk, more info in catering, not covered by the conference fee)

 Day 2 – 17.9.2024

8:30 – 9:50 Session 3 Algal evolution and systematics

Chair: Dovilė Barcytė

8:30 – 8:50

Jan Kollár, Eva Hejduková, Maria Kahlert, Tyler J. Kohler, Jana Kulichová, Jiří Neustupa, Eveline Pineseel, Aloisie Poulíčková, Bart Van de Vijver, Wim Vyverman, Jonas Zimmermann, Kateřina Kopalová

A polyphasic taxonomy of the diatom pseudocryptic species complex Pinnularia acidicola, with description of new species

8:50 – 9:10

Hristina Kochoska, Tyler J. Kohler, Jan Kollár, Kateřina Kopalová, Michael Styllas, Leïla Ezzat, Grégoire Michoud, Hannes Peter, Massimo Bourquin, Susheel Bhanu Busi & Tom J. Battin

Glacier-fed streams diatoms from the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda

9:10 – 9:30

Dora Čertnerová, Pavel Škaloud, Martin Čertner

Application of flow cytometry to algae research

9:30 – 9:50

Jana Kulichová & Eveline Pinseel

Biological scaling in diatoms: surface area and size in the terrestrial Pinnularia borealis species complex

9:50 – 10:20 Coffee break

10:20 – 12:00 Session 4 Algal ecology

Chair: Jan Kollár

10:20 – 11:00

Peter G. Kroth – Plenary talk

Diatoms and their responses to biotic and abiotic factors

11:00 – 11:20

Yvonne Němcová & Martina Pichrtová

Desiccation tolerance in peatland desmids: a comparative study of Micrasterias thomasiana and Staurastrum hirsutum

11:20 – 11:40

Jiří Neustupa, Woodard K., Kulichová J., Němcová Y.

Effects of summer desiccation on desmid microflora of ombrogenous pools in central European mountain peat bogs

11:40 – 12:00

Oleksandr Bren, Oksana Bren, Anatoliy Solonenko

Assessment of Algal Species Responses to Environmental Factor Gradients Using Hierarchical Logistic Regression (HOFJO)

12:00 – 12:20

Petr Hašler, Aloisie Poulíčková & Marek Šebela

Inacoccus carmineus in the territory of the Natural Monument Třesín

12:20 – 14:20 Lunch break

14:20 – 15:20 Session 5 Cyanobacterial evolution and systematics

Chair: Jiří Neustupa

14:20 – 14:40

Petr Dvořák

Population genomics resolves cryptic species of the ecologically flexible genus Laspinema (cyanobacteria)

14:40 – 15:00

Svatopluk Skoupý, Dale A. Casamatta, Aleksandar Stanojković, Calahan McGovern, Petr Dvořák

Population-genomics based revision of the crust-forming cyanobacterium Microcoleus spp.

15:00 – 15:20

Eliška Dřímalová & Petr Hašler

Searching for morphological diagnostic features in cryptic Leptolyngbya sensu lato – mission impossible?

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 18:00 Excursion: Guided tour of the city center/Fort Science tour

18:00 – 00:00 Banquet at the Botanical garden (covered by the conference fee)

Day 3 – 18.9.2024

8:30 – 10:00 Session 6 Algal ecology

Chair: Yvonne Němcová

8:30 – 9:00

Jason Hall Spencer – Plenary talk

Maerl bed conservation: successes and failures

9:00 – 9:20

Jason Hall Spencer – Plenary talk

The British Phycological Society´s Awards and Training opportunities

9:20 – 9:40

Patrick Jung, Laura Briegel-Williams & Michael Lakatos

The Grit Crust: a microbial System on the Landscape Scale in the Atacama Desert

9:40 – 10:00

Laura Briegel-Williams, Patrick Jung, INCb

The underestimated fraction: diversity, challenges and novel insights into unicellular cyanobionts of lichens

10:00 – 10:20

Pablo Cannestraci

Cyanobacteria as climate change markers in the South American Altiplano during the Late Holocene

10:20 – 11:00 Coffee break & Poster session

Jan Kaštovský, Josef Juráň, Jaroslav Kubín, Tomáš Hauer & Olga Lepšová

An Annotated Checklist of Cyanobacteria and Algae. A Comprehensive Survey of Algal Flora of the Czech Republic

Tomáš Bešta, Hana Hamrová, Tomáš Hauer, Jan Kaštovský, Petr Tomášek, Petra Dohnalová, Jana Markvartová, Kateřina Zubíčková, Radek Lefnar, Iva Zagatová, Eva Tomášková

Application of diatom analysis in forensic practice

Stanislav Jíra, Linda Nedbalová

Secret life of limestone algae: alpine algae´s ecological saga

Erika Bellini, Saverio Savio, Riccardo Larrai, Chiara Frezza, Serena De Santis, Adriano Patriarca, Fabio Sciubba, Simone Ferrari & Roberta Congestri

A diatom extract confers robust protection against fungal infection in crop plants through an unconventional mode of action

Saverio Savio, Matteo Odorisio, Michela Sodini, Simone La Frazia, Carlo Rodolfo & Roberta Congestri

Investigating biomedical potential of the mass cultivated diatoms Staurosirella pinnata and Cylindrotheca Closterium

Matyáš Jedlička, Irena Branyiková

Antibiotic-free microbial purification of non-axenic Galdieria surphuraria culture for heterotrophic conditioning

Eva Jahodářová, Michal Motyka, Petr Dvořák

Beneath Our Feet: A New Klisinema from Swedish Soil

11:00 – 12:00 Session 7 Algal ecology

Chair: Jana Kulichová

11:00 – 11:20

Markéta Fránková, Jan Potužák, Jan Šipoš, Martina Fabšičová, Andrea Kučerová & Kateřina Šumberová

Epiphytic diatom assemblages of South Bohemian fishponds

11:20 – 11:40

Linda Nedbalová, Lenka Procházková, Eva Hejduková, Roman Juras & Milena Kociánová

Diversity and ecology of snow algae in Central Europe: current state and future prospects

11:40 – 12:00

Zrinka Ljubešić, Hrvoje Mihanović, Antonija Matek, Maja Mucko, Sunčica Bosak, Eric P. Achterberg, Melissa Omand, Hrvoje Čižmek, Barbara Čolić, Cecilia Balestra, Raffaella Casotti & Mirko Orlić

Phytoplankton community composition and net primary production in a stratified oligotrophic ecosystem of south Adriatic Sea

12:00 Closing ceremony