| 19:00 – 19:15 | Welcome | Courtney Stairs, Uppsala University, Sweden |
| 19:15 – 20:15 | Plenary session | Andrew Roger, Dalhousie University, Canada |
| 20:30 | Dinner |
| New branches on the tree of eukaryotes and eukaryogenesis | |||
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Invited talk | TBC | Mahwash Jamy, Uppsala University, Sweden |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Invited talk | TBC | Matthew Brown, Mississippi State University, USA |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Contributed talk | A free-living marine predatory protist related to human and animal parasites that are presumably transmitted through tick bites | Denis Tikhonenkov, Papanin Institute For Biology Of Inland Waters, Russian Academy Of Science, Russia |
| 10:20 – 10:40 | Contributed talk | Diverse gene ancestries reveal multiple microbial associations during eukaryogenesis | Toni Gabaldón, BSC-IRB, Spain |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Contributed talk | Eukaryogenesis, Constructive Neutral Evolution, and the “FERPI” paradox | Dave Speijer, Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break + meet the speakers | ||
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Invited talk | TBC | Fabien Burki, Uppsala University, Sweden |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Contributed talk | The functional diversification of the nucleosome across eukaryotes | Nicholas Irwin, Gregor Mendel Institute, Austria |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Contributed talk | Gene-rich mitochondria, Sec loss, and the evolution of mitoproteome complexity in CRuMs protists | Dustin Dial, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan |
| 12:40 – 13:00 | Contributed talk | Exceptions from protists: revisiting the spliceosome evolution | Anzhelika Butenko, Institute Of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy Of Sciences, Czech Republic |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch | ||
| 14:30 – 14:40 | Contributed talk | Harvesting picomolar iron: blue copper ferritins at the core of nutrient homeostasis in marine algae? | Zoltán Füssy, Scripps Institution of Oceanography & Microbial and Environmental Genomics Group, USA |
| 14:40 – 14:50 | Contributed talk | Microscopy and Phylogenomics of Novel Deep-Branching CRuMs Isolates | Julia Packer, Dalhousie University, Canada |
| 14:50 – 15:00 | Contributed talk | TBC | |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Contributed talk | Paramoeba holobiont genomics: from kinetoplastid and Gammaproteobacterial endosymbionts to Asgard-derived genes | Ronie Haro, Dalhousie University, Canada |
| 15:20 – 15:30 | Contributed talk | Exploring the Evolution of RNA-Guided Silencing Pathways Across Unicellular Eukaryotes: A Comparative Genomics Perspective on Antiviral Mechanisms | Jordana Oliveira, Queen Mary University Of London, United Kingdom |
| 15:30 – 15:40 | Contributed talk | TBC | |
| 15:40 – 15:45 | Contributed talk | Flash talk TBC | |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | Coffee break + meet the speakers | ||
| 16:15 – 17:45 | Early Career Scientist mixer | ||
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Poster session | ||
| 20:30 | Dinner |
| Genome rule breakers | |||
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Invited talk | TBC | Yuji Inagaki, University of Tsukuba, Japan |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Invited talk | TBC | Aaron Vogan, Uppsala University, Sweden |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Contributed talk | Gene drives: powerful new tools to alter the genome of unicellular eukaryotes to control disease, protect environments, safeguard commercial interests, and bolster resilience of endangered organisms. | Geoffrey McFadden, University Of Melbourne, Australia |
| 10:20 – 10:40 | Contributed talk | The Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Reshaping the Life History of Nephromyces spp. | Chris Lane, University of Rhode Island, USA |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Contributed talk | When life plays limbo: An ultra-reduced archaeon from a ciliate metagenome | Ondřej Pomahač, Charles University, Czech Republic |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break + meet the speakers | ||
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Invited talk | TBC | Arnau Sebes-Pedros, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Spain |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Contributed talk | Telomere-to-telomere assemblies of six jakobid and three malawimonad nuclear genomes reveal unexpected diversity, and circular chromosomes in two Andalucia species | B. Franz Lang, Universite de Montreal, Canada |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Contributed talk | Genomic perspectives on the independent evolution of parasitism in the Stramenopiles | Varsha Mathur, University of Vienna, Austria |
| 12:40 – 13:00 | Contributed talk | Giant toxin genes, extreme genome variation, and repeated hybridization in harmful bloom-forming haptophyte golden algae | Jennifer Wisecaver, Washington State University, USA |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch | ||
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Invited talk | TBC | Julie Boisard, Lund University, Sweden |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Contributed talk | Unconventional mitochondrial RNA editing machinery in diplonemids | Gertraud Burger, University of Montreal, Canada |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | Contributed talk | Building a molecular atlas of the dinoflagellate trichocyst | Miguel Leung, Hubrecht Institute, the Netherlands |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | Coffee break + meet the speakers | ||
| 16:15 – 16:45 | Invited talk | TBC | Jazmin Blaz, Université Paris-Saclay, France |
| 16:45 – 17:05 | Contributed talk | Multidirectional protein trafficking between organellar and cytosolic ribosomes: insights from nucleomorph-containing organisms | Ondrej Gahura, Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre Of The Czech Academy Of Sciences, Czech Republic |
| 17:05 – 17:25 | Contributed talk | Kinetoplast DNA of Trypanosoma brucei – novel proteins regulating replication and maintenance of this improbable structure | Julius Lukes, Biology Centre, Czech Republic |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Poster session | ||
| 20:30 | Dinner |
| Plasticity of species interactions | |||
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Invited talk | TBC | Roxanne Beinhart, University of Rhode Island, USA |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Invited talk | TBC | Michelle Leger, Okinawa Institute for Science and Technology, Japan |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Contributed talk | Mirusvirus Genomic Integration and Co-Evolution with Marine Protists | Jessica Latimer, Dalhousie University, Canada |
| 10:20 – 10:40 | Contributed talk | From ciliates to cnidarians: The molecular mechanisms of endosymbiosis in diverse model systems | Ben Jenkins, University Of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Contributed talk | Loss of aerobic mitochondria in Prostomatida ciliates associated with respiratory endosymbionts | Louison Nicolas-Asselineau, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break + meet the speakers | ||
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Invited talk | TBC | Elizabeth Cooney, CEA Grenoble, France |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Contributed talk | Synergy in viral-bacterial coinfection of algal host expedites bloom demise | Assaf Vardi, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Contributed talk | Mapping the transcriptional landscape of algal resistance to viral infection reveals a core expression program | Talia Sima Shaler, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel |
| 12:40 – 13:00 | Contributed talk | Linking viral genomes to particle morphology: long read metagenomics and electron microscopy reveal uncultured large DNA viruses infecting protists | Max Emil Schön, Max Planck Institute For Medical Research, Germany |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch | ||
| 14:30 – 20:30 | Free time | ||
| 20:30 | Dinner |
| Plasticity of species interactions & cell biology | |||
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Invited talk | TBC | Jana Millucka, MPI for Marine Microbiology, Germany |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Invited talk | TBC | Luis Javier Galindo, University of Granada, Spain |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Contributed talk | Mitochondrial Evolution and Adaptation to Environmental Transitions in Aerobic and Anaerobic Jakobids | Anastasiia Borodina, Okinawa Institute Of Science And Technology, Japan |
| 10:20 – 10:40 | Contributed talk | Prediction of 3D DNA mechanics reveals mechanical selection in mitochondrial DNA of marine diplonemid protists | Galina Prokopchuk, Institute Of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS, Czech Republic |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Contributed talk | Origins and Molecular Mechanisms of the Host-derived Endosymbiont Division Machinery in Strigomonadinae | Lawrence Rudy Cadena, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany. |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break + meet the speakers | ||
| Major Evolutionary transitions & Cell Biology | |||
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Invited talk | TBC | Nuria Ros-Rocher, Institut Pasteur, France |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Contributed talk | ExÂME: Building an Expansion Microscopy Atlas of Microbial Eukaryotes | Karla Azucena Juárez Núñez, EMBL, Germany |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Contributed talk | Searching for traces of ancestral centriolar proteins in non-centriolar microtubule organising centres across eukaryotes | Yana Eglit, University Of Geneva, Switzerland |
| 12:40 – 13:00 | Contributed talk | Metabolic restructuring across the day-night cycle in an early-stage photosynthetic organelle | Megan Sørensen, University Of Vienna, Austria |
| 13:00-14:30 | Lunch | ||
| 14:30 – 15:45 | Early Career Scientist mixer | ||
| 15:45 – 16:15 | Coffee break + meet the speakers | ||
| 16:15 – 18:00 | Poster session | ||
| 20:00 – 22:00 | Closing Dinner |
| 11:00 | Departure |
Please note that presentation durations may vary this: The program is provisional and may be subject to change.
| 19:00 | WELCOME / SESSION 1 | Courtney Stairs – Welcome and introduction of Plenary |
| 19:15-20:15 | KEYNOTE 1 | |
| 20:30 | DINNER | (dinner is at this time each day & is not listed again |
Session 2 |
New branches on the tree of eukaryotes | |
| 9:00 | INVITED TALK | |
| 9:30 | INVITED TALK | |
| 10:00 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 10:20 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 10:40 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK | Early Career Opportunity: Meet the speakers circle (@ Coffee) |
| 11:30 | INVITED TALK | |
| 12:00 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 12:20 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 12:40 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 13:00-14:30 | LUNCH | |
| 14:30 | INVITED TALK | |
| 15:00 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 15:20 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 15:45 | COFFEE BREAK | Early Career Opportunity: Meet the speakers circle (@ Coffee) |
| 16:15-17:30 | ECS MIXER | Early Career mixer plus determine topics for Early Career Discussion Gathering (to be held on day 5) |
| 18:00 – 19:30 | POSTER SESSION |
Session 3 |
Topic: Genome rule breakers | |
| 9:00 | INVITED TALK | |
| 9:30 | INVITED TALK | |
| 10:00 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 10:20 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 10:40 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK | Early Career Opportunity: Meet the speakers circle (@ Coffee) |
| 11:30 | Invited talk | genome structure evolution in Obazoa |
| 12:00 | Invited talk | The eukaryotic epigenome |
| 12:30 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 12:50-14:30 | LUNCH | |
| Topic: Major evolutionary transitions and organelle evolution | ||
| 14:30-15:20 | INVITED TALK | |
| 15:20-15:50 | INVITED TALK | |
| 15:50-16:15 | COFFEE BREAK | Early Career Opportunity: Meet the speakers circle (@ Coffee) |
| 16:20-16:50 | INVITED TALK | |
| 16:50-17:10 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 17:10-17:30 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 17:30-17:50 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 18:00-19:30 | POSTER SESSION |
Session 4 |
Topic: Plasticity of species interactions across eukaryotes | |
| 9:00 | INVITED TALK | |
| 9:30 | INVITED TALK | |
| 10:00 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 10:20 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 11:00 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK | Early Career Opportunity: Meet the speakers circle (@ Coffee) |
| 11:30 | INVITED TALK | |
| 12:00 | INVITED TALK | |
| 12:30 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 12:50 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 13:10-14:30 | LUNCH | |
| FREE AFTERNOON | Excursions |
Session 5 |
Protists in the post-genomic era, a wild frontier of cell biology | |
| 9:00 | INVITED TALK | |
| 9:30 | INVITED TALK | |
| 10:00 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 10:20 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 11:00 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK | Early Career Opportunity: Meet the speakers circle (@ Coffee) |
| 11:30 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 11:50 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 12:10 | Contributed talk | TBD |
| 12:30 | Invited Closing Talk | |
| 13:00-14:30 | LUNCH | |
| 14:30-15:45 | ECS EVENT | Early Career Discussion Gathering, with Faculty Interactions |
| 15:45-16:15 | COFFEE BREAK | Followed by additional hour for swimming, walking, etc. |
| 17:15-18:45 | POSTER SESSION | |
| 18:45-19:30 | FLASH TALKS | |
| 20:00-23:00 | CONFERENCE DINNER | Dinner & Meeting Celebration – Poster Prizes |
Breakfast and departure – all departed by 11 a.m. |
Please note that presentation durations may vary, with some talks scheduled for 20 minutes and others for 10 minutes.
