Program of the Conference
Tentative program of the conference. Will be updated as more information becomes available.
Sunday, August 14th
16:00 - 17:00
(C building of Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice - Map to the venue)
16:00 -
Unofficial ice-breaking meeting in Kampa club
Monday, August 15th
9:00 - 10:00
Registration / Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30
Warm welcome words
Section I. Cyanobacterial ecology and biogeography
moderator: Jan Kaštovský
10:30 - 11:30 plenary talk
How cyanobacterial blooms rule the freshwater food web?
Elżbieta Wilk-Woźniak, Wojciech Krztoń, Joanna Kosiba & Edward Walusiak
11:30 - 11:50
We have been using inadequate biosecurity treatments that facilitated cyanobacteria dispersion between water bodies. What about you?
Łukasz Wejnerowski, Tümer Orhun Aykut, Aleksandra Pełechata, Michał Rybak, Tamara Dulić, Jussi Meriluoto & Marcin Krzysztof Dziuba
11:50 - 12:10
Aquatic plants and their role in controlling cyanobacterial blooms
Olena Bilous, Inna Nezbrytska, Svitlana Batog & Tetiana Leontieva
12:10 - 13:30
Lunch (included in fee)
13:30 - 13:50
Adaptation of Microcystis spp. to allelopathically active submerged macrophytes after long-term coexistence in natural habitats
Cihelio Alves Amorim & Ariadne do Nascimento Moura
13:50 - 14:10
An investigation into the sedimentary record of eutrophication and cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in Polish lakes – comparisons between historical and contemporary environmental records
Robin Thoo, Wojciech Tylmann & Iwona Jasser
14:10 - 14:30
How dangerous are cyanobacterial blooms and what are the solutions to the problem?
Judita Koreivienė, Jūratė Karosienė, Jūratė Kasperovičienė, Dmitrij Morudov, Antanas Gedvilas & Ričardas Skorupskas
14:30 - 14:50
Cyanobacterial blooms and circular economy
Elżbieta Wilk-Woźniak, Wojciech Krztoń, Małgorzata Łaciak & Edward Walusiak
14:50 - 15:20
Coffee Break
Section II. Modern taxonomy of Cyanobacteria
moderator: Hilda León-Tejera
15:20 - 15:40
Population genomics meets the taxonomy of cyanobacteria
Petr Dvořák, Svatopluk Skoupý & Aleksandar Stanojković
15:40 - 16:00
Untangling the global diversity of Microcoleus (cyanobacteria) using population genomics
Svatopluk Skoupý, Aleksandar Stanojković & Petr Dvořák
16:00 - 16:20
Genetic diversity underlying incipient speciation in cyanobacterium Laspinema
Aleksandar Stanojković, Svatopluk Skoupý, Aloisie Poulíčková & Petr Dvořák
16:20 - 16:40
Classification of cyanobacteria isolated in Hanoi based on polyphasic approach
Trang T. Ngo, Hang T. L. Pham, Tuan A. Duong, Thu-Huyen T. Nguyen, Thang V. Tran, Thanh L. Nguyen, Lien T. Nguyen
18:00 - 22:00
Welcome Party - banquet
Tuesday, August 16th
Section II. Modern taxonomy of Cyanobacteria
moderator: Petr Dvořák
9:00 - 9:20
Nomenclature of Cyanobacteria under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes
Aharon Oren
9:20 - 9:40
Cyanobacteria taxonomy: Problems and solutions in the electronic infosphere
Seán Turner
9:40 - 10:00
Taxonomic revision of cyanobacterial orders and families: state in 2022
Otakar Strunecký & Jan Mareš
10:00 - 10:20
Coffee Break
10:20 - 11:20 plenary talk
Advances in tropical cyanobacteria diversity
Marli F. Fiore
11:20 - 11:40
The Azores as a resource for new cyanobacteria taxa
Rúben Luz, Rita Cordeiro, Elisabete Dias, Amélia Fonseca, Jan Kaštovský, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Ralph Urbatzka, Vítor Vasconcelos & Vítor Gonçalves
11:40 - 12:00
Simple morphology, complicated taxonomy: the case study of Nostoc and Nostoc-like taxa
Prashant Singh
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch (included in fee)
Section II. Modern taxonomy of Cyanobacteria
moderator: Tomáš Hauer
13:30 - 13:50
Novel diversity of benthic cyanobacterial proliferations from the coasts of Florida (USA)
David E. Berthold, Forrest W. Lefler, Matthew Bertin, Paul V. Zimba, Maximiliano Barbosa & H. Dail Laughinghouse IV.
13:50 - 14:10
Opening the gap: Unexpected cyanobiont diversity in cyanolichens
Patrick Jung, Matthias Schultz, Burkhard Büdel & Michael Lakatos
14:10 - 14:30
Brief contribution to the taxonomy and phylogeny of the family Merismopediaceae – the plot thickens
Jan Pokorný, Lenka Štenclová & Jan Kaštovský
14:30 - 14:50
Coffee Break
14:50 - 15:10
Morphological and molecular characterization of marine genus Brachytrichia
Hilda León-Tejera, Laura González-Resendiz, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Gabriela Hernández-Pérez & José A. Martínez-Yerena
15:10 - 15:20
Use of the 16S-23S ITS region to delineate cyanobacterial species is complicated: the strange story of ribosomal evolution in Brasilonema
Chelsea D. Villanueva, Markéta Bohunická, & Jeffrey R. Johansen
15:20 - 15:40
Classification of Stenomitos (Leptolyngbyaceae): recognizing cryptic diversity with the description of seven new species
Jeffrey R. Johansen, Miranda K. Shetzer, Annick Wilmotte, Thomas Friedl & Josef Juráň
15:45 - 16:00
Transport to mid-conference program
17:00
Individual social & cultural progam in the city - see mid-conference program + Pub Crawl
Wednesday, August 17th
Section II. Modern taxonomy of Cyanobacteria
moderator: Jeff Johansen
9:00 - 9:20
Phylogenetical taxonomy of marine benthic cyanobacteria Entophysalis and Cyanoplacoma (Chroococcales, Entophysalidaceae) from Japan
Masayuki Fukuoka
9:20 - 9:40
Comparison of 2-MIB producing Pseudanabaena species by 16S rRNA and ITS structure analyses and ANI method
Yuko Niiyama & Akihiro Tuji
9:40 - 10:00
Aegeococcus: Genomic insights to a novel sponge-associated Synechococcus-like cyanobacterium
Efthymios Parisis & Spyros Gkelis
10:00 - 10:20
Coffee Break
Section III. Secondary metabolites of Cyanobacteria
moderator: Jan Mareš
10:20 - 11:20 plenary talk
Aetokthonos hydrillicola – more than just an Eagle Killer
Markus Schwark, José A. Martínez Yerena, Steffen Breinlinger, Tabitha J. Phillips, Pavel Hrouzek, Heike Enke, Susan Wilde, Jan Mareš & Timo H. J. Niedermeyer
11:20 - 11:40
Corroboration of the biosynthetic gene cluster for aetokthonostatin, a novel dolastatin from the “Eagle Killer” cyanobacterium
José A. Martínez-Yerena, Jan Mareš, Markus Schwark, Subhasish Saha, Pavel Hrouzek, Roman Sobotka & Timo H. J. Niedermeyer
11:40 - 12:00
On the toxicity and potential pharmacological applicability of cyanobacterial cyclic lipopeptides puwainaphycins
Pavel Hrouzek
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch (included in fee)
13:30 - 13:50
Photoreactive cyanobacterial siderophores an their possible role in microbial communities
Tomáš Galica
13:50 - 14:10
Absence of toxin production on cultured cyanobacteria with toxin biosynthesis genes identification
Rita Cordeiro, Rúben Luz, Joana Azevedo, Vítor Vasconcelos, Vítor Gonçalves & Amélia Fonseca
14:10 - 14:30
Quorum-sensing signals from epibiont mediate the induction of novel microviridins in the mat-forming cyanobacterial genus Nostoc
Subhasish Saha, Paul-Adrian Bulzu, Petra Urajová, Jan Mareš, Grzegorz Konert, João Câmara Manoel, Markéta Macho, Daniela Ewe, Pavel Hrouzek, Jiří Masojídek, Rohit Ghai & Kumar Saurav
14:30 - 15:00
Coffee Break
15:00 - 17:00
after poster session
Barbecue party - university campus - bonfire, draft beer, music (included in fee)
Thursday, August 18th
Section IV. Databases and culture collections
moderator: Nicole Pietrasiak
9:00 - 9:20
CyanoSeq: a curated reference database of cyanobacterial sequences with cyanobacterial-driven taxonomies for environmental studies
Forrest W. Lefler, David E. Berthold, H. Dail Laughinghouse IV
9:20 - 9:40
BCCM/ULC: a Public Culture Collection for ex situ conservation of the cyanobacterial diversity and support for taxonomic research
Marcelo G. M. V. Vaz, Anne-Catherine Ahn, Kim Beets, Véronique Simons, David Berthold, H. Dail Laughinghouse IV & Annick Wilmotte
9:40 - 10:00
Coffee Break
Section V. Cyanobacteria as inhabitants of extreme habitats
moderator: Nicole Pietrasiak
10:00 - 11:00 plenary talk
Cyanobacterial biocrusts of Australia defined by their resilience to disturbance
Wendy J. Williams, Maria Vega, Colin Driscoll, Susanne Schmidt, Paul Dennis & Angela Chilton
11:00 - 11:20
Cyanobacteria as an important biocrust component in areas under sandization processes in southern Brazil
Carla L. Webber, Vera R. Werner, H. Dail Laughinghouse IV, David E. Berthold, Jéssica A. M. Altarugio, Forrest W. Lefler, Vanessa M. Didoné, Steffen Seitz, Thomas Scholten & Ulisses F. Bremer
11:20 - 11:40
Using simulated wildland fire to assess microbial survival at multiple depths from biocrust and bare soils
Brianne Palmer, Nicole Pietrasiak & David Lipson
11:40 - 12:00
Comparison of the diversity of Cyanoprokaryota of biological crusts in three arid environments from the state of Puebla
Itzel Becerra-Absalón, Pilar Mateo, Ángeles M. Muñoz-Martín, Karina Osorio-Santos & Gustavo Montejano
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch (included in fee)
Section V. Cyanobacteria as inhabitants of extreme habitats
moderator: Jeff Johansen
13:30 - 13:50
New species of cyanobacteria in genera presently restricted to Brazil from soil crusts of San Nicolas Island, California, USA
Brian M. Jusko, Mathew Luknis, Salvadore Peron & Jeffrey R. Johansen
13:50 - 14:10
Metagenomic profiling and metabolic potential of mats-forming cyanobacteria from the cold desert of Eastern Pamir
Nataliia Khomutovska, Rochelle Soo, Malgorzata Sandzewicz, Łukasz Łach & Iwona Jasser
14:10 - 14:30
Chlorophyll-f-producing cyanobacterial communities in selected karst caves of the Lessini Mountains (Verona, Italy)
Francesco Bellamoli, Leonardo Latella, Marco Cantonati, Matteo Calgaro, Camilla Laiti, Stefano Cazzaniga, Nicola Vitulo & Matteo Ballottari
14:30 - 14:50
Coffee Break
14:50 - 15:10
Phylogenomics of the Antarctic Halotia branconii CENA392 and annotation of a cold-shock response gene
Rafael B. Dextro, Endrews Delbaje, Paloma N. N. Freitas, Vanessa Geraldes, Ernani Pinto & Marli F. Fiore
15:10 - 15:30
Desertinostoc kobbiae gen. et sp. nov., a new cryptic Nostoc-like genus (Nostocaceae, Cyanobacteria) isolated from desert soil crusts (Siwa Oasis, Egypt)
Abdullah A. Saber, Adel F. Hamed, Radka Hauerová, Lenka Štenclová, Jan Mareš, Marco Cantonati & Hala R. Nosair
15:30 - 16:30
Symposium Overview & The Next IAC Planning
18:00 - 22:00
Farewell Party - conference dinner