23 April 2024
WEBINAR: Effects of invasive mussel grazing on plankton
Effects of invasive mussel grazing on plankton Description: Grazing by invasive dreissenid mussels can feed upon a range of aquatic organisms...
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23 April 2024
Diatom Web Academy 2024
Enjoy the summer break! See you again in fall of 2024. Would you like to be part of Diatom Web Academy? We welcome participation by diatomists at...
26 March 2024
WEBINAR: Taxonomic diversity, host-parasite interactions, and experimental research on chytrids that parasitize diatoms
Taxonomic diversity, host–parasite interactions, and experimental research on chytrids that parasitize diatoms Description: Diatoms are a major...
21 March 2024
OPPORTUNITY: Algal Taxonomist
Preference will be given to those who demonstrate experience and knowledge of diatom and soft algae samples with associated laboratory experience...
20 March 2024
OPPORTUNITY: Data Scientist / Postdoctoral Associate
This position will work to synthesize monitoring data collected from several agencies and institutions to develop an optimized monitoring strategy to...
18 March 2024
OPPORTUNITY: Marine Phytoplankton Specialist
Position DescriptionThis position is a key role in a grant-supported multi-state project focused on forecasting Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) along the...
12 March 2024
OPPORTUNITY: International Society for Diatom Research
The International Society for Diatom Research promotes the study of marine, freshwater, modern, and fossil diatoms across the wide range of...
08 March 2024
Diatoms as camouflage?
We see colonial diatoms on a white substrate. What is it? Zoom out a bit to see the head of a scorpionfish! This image was posted on iNaturalist by...
05 March 2024
OPPORTUNITY: Postdoctoral fellowship on benthic algae
About Us: Our research projects extend over multiple decades and include the Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research program....
05 March 2024
PUBLICATION: Diatoms as dandelions
ABSTRACT Nitzschia soratensis and N. inconspicua are two small diatoms that are extremely similar in the light microscope though separable in subtle...
29 February 2024
OPPORTUNITY: Postdoctoral fellowship on image-based classification
The overarching aim of the work is to analyse time series of phytoplankton and environmental dynamics in Lake Geneva, one of the largest, most...
27 February 2024
WEBINAR: Long-term records of Southern Ocean diatoms
Long-term records of Southern Ocean diatoms Description: As the Southern Ocean warms as a result of a changing climate, the effects of these...
20 February 2024
Plans to close Duke University Herbarium
FROM Science, Duke University announced this week that its iconic 100-year-old herbarium will be closing in the next 2 or 3 years, a decision that...
13 February 2024
Microscopic algae can change everything: diatoms
Iowa Lakeside Lab The year 2023 marks the 60th anniversary of the diatom course at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory. In 1963, Dr. Gene Stoermer started an...
13 February 2024
North American Diatom Symposium 2024
In celebration of 61 years of the Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms course that began at Iowa Lakeside Lab by Gene Stoermer, the North American...
13 February 2024
WEBINAR: Cocconeis and its mysteries
Cocconeis and its mysteries Description: The monoraphid genus Cocconeis is characterized by a low-profile, adnate growth-form, tightly attached...
13 February 2024
WEBINAR: Cocconeis and its mysteries
Cocconeis and its mysteries Description: The monoraphid genus Cocconeis is characterized by a low-profile, adnate growth-form, tightly attached...
30 January 2024
WEBINAR: Metabarcoding: una nueva herramienta para el estudio de la diversitat de las diatomeas
Metabarcoding: una nueva herramienta para el estudio de la diversitat de las diatomeas Descripción: El desarrollo y avances recientes en la...
30 January 2024
PUBLICATION: Nitrate respiration and diel migration patterns of diatoms are linked in sediments underneath a microbial mat
ABSTRACT Diatoms are among the few eukaryotes known to store nitrate (NO3−) and to use it as an electron acceptor for respiration in the...
29 January 2024
Special Session at the Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) Meeting - Spring Ecosystems
Connecting to Foster Understanding and Conservation of Spring Ecosystems Springs are unique habitats consisting of multiple ecotones connecting...
27 January 2024
OPPORTUNITY: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Phycology
The Research Associate will assist with a recent Interstate Commission on The Potomac River Basin / Virginia Department of Environmental Quality...
26 January 2024
CONVERSATION WITH MARK EDLUND: Who inspired you to become a scientist?
Who inspired you to become a scientist? We recently published a paper on a newly discovered species of diatom from South Carolina. Diatoms are a...
25 January 2024
OPPORTUNITY: Summer field course at Iowa Lakeside Lab
ECOLOGY AND SYSTEMATICS OF DIATOMSThe course, now in its 61st year, will introduce students to field and laboratory study of freshwater diatoms. We...
23 January 2024
WEBINAR: Diatoms in sea ice: the sediment record
Description: As human-induced climate change causes dramatic decreases in sea ice across the Arctic today, geologists ask: Has sea ice disappeared...
22 January 2024
Special Session at the Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) Meeting - Algal taxonomic data
Algal taxonomic data: embracing new protocols and analyses Taxonomic data are the foundation of bioassessment and much basic and applied research....
04 January 2024
International Society for Diatom Research - join our society
I am excited to share the highlights of 2023! Diatom Research After more than 10 years of service to our society, Eileen Cox is stepping down as...
