Program of the Conference
Tentative program of the conference. Will be updated as more information becomes available.
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
Farewell Party - in Solnice Pub in downtown České Budějovice (included in fee)