MOSCOW FORUM "PROTIST–2016"
- Annual meeting of the International Society of Protistologists (ISOP)
- 21st meeting of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology (ISEP)
- 1st International Symposium on Soil Protistology
- 5th Russian conference on the ecology of free-living protists in terrestrial and
aquatic ecosystems.
June 06 – 10, 2016
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Website: http://onlinereg.ru/protist-2016
International Society of Protistologists
Protozoological Society affiliated with
Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
International Society for Evolutionary Protistology
Faculty of Biology,
Moscow State University
Institute for Biology of Inland Waters
of Russian Academy of Sciences
Faculty of Soil Science,
Moscow State University
Russian Foundation
for Basic Research
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PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:
Avelina Espinosa ([email protected]) Roger Williams University, USA
Alastair Simpson ([email protected]) Dalhousie University, Canada
Frederick Spiegel ([email protected]) University of Arkansas, USA
Edward A. D. Mitchell ([email protected]) University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
Stefan Geisen ([email protected]) Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Netherlands
Daniel Lahr ([email protected]) University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Andrew J. Roger ([email protected]) Dalhousie University, Canada
Kamran Shalchian-tabrizi ([email protected]) University of Oslo, Norway
ORGANIZING COMMITEE:
Mikhail Kirpichnikov, co-chair: Full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS),
Dean of the Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University (MSU)
Sergey Shoba, co-chair: Corresponding member of RAS, Dean of the Faculty of Soil Science,
MSU
Yuri Mazei, vice-chair: Deputy vice-rector for international affairs, MSU
Sergey Skarlato, vice-chair: Deputy Director of the Institute of Cytology RAS
Andrey Azovsky: Professor, Faculty of Biology, MSU
Ludmila Ilyash: Professor, Faculty of Biology, MSU
Anatoly Bobrov: Professor, Faculty of Soil Science, MSU
Elena Novenko: Leading Scientist, Faculty of Geography, MSU
Alexey Tiunov: Head of the lab, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, RAS
Irena Telesh: Head scientist, Zoological Institute, RAS
Andrew V. Goodkov: Leading Scientist, Department of Cytology of Unicellular Organisms,
Institute of Cytology RAS
ORGANIZING SECRETARY:
Denis Tikhonenkov ([email protected]) : Leading Scientist, Institute for Biology of Inland
Waters of Russian Academy of Science
Andrey Tsyganov ([email protected]) : Associate professor, Penza State University
Ekaterina Nadezhkina ([email protected]) : Leading Specialist, Department of
the international educational cooperation, Moscow State University
Fig. 1. Location of important places in the area of Moscow State University
1.
The Faculty of Biology MSU
2.
The main building of Moscow State University
3.
Hostel of the Moscow State University (Sector E, 1, Leninskie gory, the main building)
4.
Canteen of the Laboratory Building A
5.
Hotel "Universitetskaya": 8/29, Michurinskyi prospect, tel. +7 (495) 363-35-87
6.
Hotel “Korston”: 15, Kosygina street, tel. +7 (495) 939-8000
7.
Restaurant “Tramplin” (Conference dinner, June 9)
8.
Bar “Linderhof” (Student night, June 8)
9.
Subway station “Universitet”
10.
Subway station “Leninsky prospect”
11.
Hotel “Sputnik”: 38, Leninskyi prospect, tel. +7 (495) 930-2287
Hotel Korston Moscow****
From hotel Korston morning transfers to the Conference venue will be organized. June 6: at 9:30; June 7, 8, 9
and 10: at 8:30
How to get to the Conference venue: go out of the hotel, turn to the left, walk to the first crossway and cross
Kosygina street (4 min walk). There take a trolleybus #7 (3 stops) to the stop “Universitetskaya ploshchad”. Be
aware that the average waiting time for a trolleybus is 15 min. Cross Kosygina street and walk to the direction of the
main building of MSU, walk it around on the right side, at the crossway with Akademika Khokhlova street turn to
the right and walk straight to the first side street on the left, cross it and shortly after that you will see the building of
the Faculty of Biology on your left side.
Optionally, you can walk to the Leninskyi prospect and take a bus #111 (see detailed description of the route from
the hotel Sputnik). To get to the Leninskyi prospect, turn right from the hotel and walk to the first side street
Akademika Zel’dovicha, follow it and you will come to avenue.
Hotel Sputnik***
From hotel Spuntik morning transfers to the Conference venue will be organized. June 6: at 9:30; June 7, 8, 9
and 10: at 8:30
How to get to the Conference venue: go out of the hotel and walk up to the Leninskyi prospect. There take bus #111
to the stop Mendeleevskaya ulitsa. Walk along Mendeleevskaya street to the right, at the first crossway with
Akademika Khokhlova street turn to the right and walk straight to the first side street on the left, cross it and shortly
after that you will see the building of the Faculty of Biology on your left side.
Hotel Universitetskaya***
How to get to the Conference venue: go out of the hotel and cross the Michurinskyi prospect and walk straight. At
the crossway with Akademika Khokhlova street turn to the right and walk straight, cross the crossway and shortly
after you will see the building of the Faculty of Biology on your right side.
MSU hostel
How to get to the Conference venue: go out of the hostel, at the crossway with Akademika Samarskogo street turn to
the left and walk straight. At the crossway with Mendeleevskaya street turn to the left and walk straight, at the
crossway with Akademika Khokhlova street turn to the right and walk straight to the first side street on the left,
cross it and shortly after that you will see the building of the Faculty of Biology on your left side.
Fig. 2. Location of important places on the territory of Moscow State University
(see fig. 1 for location codes)
Fig. 3. The scheme of the 1st floor of the faculty of biology
FORUM PROGRAM
Monday, June 6
08.0011.00
11.0011.30
11.3012.30
12.3013.30
13.3015.00
15.0015.30
15.3016.45
16.4518.30
18.3020.30
Wednesday, June 8
Registration
Opening ceremony
Plenary lecture 1
Lunch 1
Genomics and
molecular biology
1
Cell biology 1
Coffee break 1
Genomics and
molecular biology
2
Cell biology 2
Poster session 1
Welcome reception
ISoP Executive Committee meeting (19.30-22.00)
Tuesday, June 7
09.00Plenary lecture 2
10.00
10.00Coffee break 2
10.30
10.30Evolution and
Parasitology 1
12.30
phylogeny 1
12.30Lunch 2
13.30
13.30- ISOP Symposium:
15.00 The integrative coDiversity and
evolution between
biogeography 1
mitochondria and
their hosts
15.00Coffee break 3
15.30
15.30- ISOP Symposium:
17.00 The integrative coDiversity and
evolution between
biogeography 2
mitochondria and
their hosts
17.00Poster session 2
18.30
18.30Dinner
20.00
9.0010.00
10.0010.30
10.3012.30
12.3013.30
13.3014.30
14.3018.00
19.0022.00
Plenary lecture 3
Coffee break 4
Evolution and
phylogeny 2
Ecology of Protists
1
Lunch 3
ISOP Meeting
City tour
Student night
Thursday, June 9
9.00Plenary lecture 4
10.00
10.00Coffee break 5
10.30
10.30Evolution and
Ecology of Protists
12.30
phylogeny 3
2
12.30Lunch 4
13.30
13.30- ISOP Symposium:
Taxonomy,
15.00 Protists of Marine
systematics and
Sediments
DNA barcoding 1
15.00Coffee break 6
15.30
15.30- ISOP Symposium:
Taxonomy,
17.00 Protists of Marine
systematics and
Sediments
DNA barcoding 2
17.30Reception
20.30
(banquet)
Friday, June 10
9.00Evolution and
Ecology of Protists
10.30
phylogeny 4
3
10.30Closing ceremony;
11.00
Group photo
DAY ONE, Monday, June 6 – morning
Time
08.00-11.00
Event
Registration
11.00-11.30
11.30-12.30
Opening ceremony
Plenary lecture 1
Title: Finding a Place for Protistology in Biology, in General
Frederick Speigel, University of Arkansas, USA
12.30-13.30
Location
Faculty of
biology,
hall in
front of
BBA
BBA
BBA
Canteens
of the
Faculty of
biology
and
Laboratory
Building A
Lunch
DAY ONE, Monday, June 6 – afternoon
13.3015.00
Concurrent session 1
Session 1A–
13.30Genomics
13.45
and
molecular
biology 1
Chair:
13.45Claudio
14.00
Slamovits,
Canada
14.0014.15
Session 1B –
Cell biology
1
Chair: Joel
Dacks, Canada
1A-1
1A-2
1A-3
14.1514.30
1A-4
14.3014.45
1A-5
14.4515.00
13.3013.45
1A-6
1B-1
Analysis of three single-cell amplified
genomes of the choanoflagellate
Monosiga brevicollis reveals single-cell
genomics as a limited approach for
evolutionary purposes
Capsaspora owczarzaki as a unicellular
model to study co-option of the
ancestral integrin adhesome
New genomes of unicellular holozoans
shed light onto the origins of complex
animal gene architecture
Global shifts in gene expression
profiles accompanied with
environmental changes in cnidariandinoflagellate endosymbiosis
The plastid genome of Polytoma uvella
is the largest known among nonphotosynthetic algae
The green alga and the salamander: A
suffocating love story
An evolutionary transition of
chloroplast degradation in euglenoids:
heterotrophic digestion to secondary
plastid senescence
David
LópezEscardó
BBA
Helena
ParraAcero
Xavier Grau
Bové
Francesc
Maruyama
Shinichiro
Adrian
Reyes
Prieto
John Burns
Yuichiro
Kashiyama
M1
13.4514.00
1B-2
14.0014.15
14.1514.30
1B-3
14.3014.45
14.4515.00
1B-5
1B-4
1B-6
Iron Sulfur Cluster Assembly in
Vojtech
amitochondriate oxymonad
Vacek
Monocercomonoides
Chasing ion channels of dinoflagellates Ilya
Pozdnyakov
Reconstruction of cellular shape
Yukinori
deformation through contraction of
Nishigami
cortex actomyosin
Organelle DNA replication in
Yoshihisa
chlorarachniophyte algae
Yamazaki
An alveolate alga Vitrella
Zoltan
brassicaformis forms zoospores by
Fussy
budding
15.0015.30
Faculty
of
biology,
hall
under
M1
(ground
floor)
Coffee break
15.3016.45
Concurrent session 2
Session 2A – 15.30Genomics
15.45
and
molecular
biology 2
15.45Chair:
16.00
Claudio
Slamovits,
16.00Canada
16.15
Session 2B –
Cell biology
2
Chair: Joel
Dacks,
Canada
2A-1
2A-2
2A-3
16.1516.30
16.3016.45
15.3015.45
2A-4
15.4516.00
2B-2
16.0016.15
2B-3
2A-5
2B-1
RuBisCO in Non-Photosynthetic Alga
Euglena longa: Divergent Features,
Transcriptomic Analysis and Regulation
of Complex Formation
The genome of Undaria pinnatifida and
Undaria peterseniana: insights into
kelp evolution
Genomic and transcriptomic survey of
osmotrophic euglenid Rhabdomonas
costata
Supplementing symbionts: pathway
restoration in a long time parasite
The genomic cost of becoming a red
algal freeloader
Predatory capabilities of the filasterean
Capsaspora owczarzaki reveals its
potential for a free-living lifestyle
New data on the ultrastructure of the
genus Paradermamoeba: unusual
feeding mode and presence of
cytoplasmic MTOCs
Diversity of Thecamoebid amoebae
(Amoebozoa: Discosea:
Thecamoebidae)
Kristína
Záhonová
BBA
Louis Graf
Vladimir
Hampl
Christopher
Paight
Eric
Salomaki
Harcet
Matija
Oksana
Kamyshats
kaya
Yelisei
Mezentsev
M1
16.1516.30
2B-4
16.3016.45
2B-5
Molecular defence mechanisms in
spirotrich ciliates to prevent heavy
metal toxicity
Synchronized and ER-dependent
dynamics of mitosomes
Ravi Toteja
Lubos
Voleman
16.4518.30
Poster session 1
18.3020.30
Welcome reception
ISoP Executive Committee meeting – room #254, Faculty of Biology (19.30-22.00)
Faculty
of
biology,
hall and
corridor
in front
of M1
Faculty
of
biology,
hall
under
M1
(ground
floor)
DAY TWO, Tuesday, June 7 – morning
Time
09.0010.00
Event
Plenary lecture 2
Title: The search for the eukaryote root, now you see it now you don't
Sandra Baldauf, Uppsala University, Sweden
10.0010.30
Faculty of
biology,
hall under
M1
(ground
floor)
Coffee break
10.3012.30
Concurrent session 3
Session 3A –
10.30Evolution and 10.45
phylogeny 1
Chair: Alexey
Smirnov,
10.45Russia
11.00
11.0011.15
3A-1
3A-2
3A-3
An early-branching
cyanobacterium at the origin of
primary photosynthetic
eukaryotes
Characterization of strain
SRT308; a new heterotrophic
flagellate basal to Euglenozoa
Iotanema spirale gen. et sp. nov.,
a new endobiotic lineage of
Fornicata with strikingly
simplified morphology and
ultrastructure
Location
BBA
Rafael Ponce
Toledo
Takashi
Shiratori
Ivan Čepička
BBA
Session 3B –
Parasitology
1
Chair: Julius
Lukes,
Czech
Republic
11.1511.30
11.3011.45
3A-4
11.4512.00
3A-6
12.0012.15
3A-7
12.1512.30
3A-8
10.3010.45
3B-1
10.4511.00
3B-2
11.0011.15
3B-3
11.1511.30
11.3011.45
3B-4
11.4512.00
3B-6
12.0012.15
3B-7
3A-5
3B-5
´Anaeramoeba´ - new lineage
within Metamonada
The evolutionary importance of
predatory flagellates: new deep
branches on the eukaryotic tree
of life
Exploring cell type
differentiation in the filasterean
Capsaspora owczarzaki by
single-cell RNA-seq
Red algal phylogeny and
evolution based on
mitochondrial genome
Agamococcidians: coccidians or
gregarines? New species and
new data on the phylogenetic
position of the group
Amoebicidal activity of chlorine
dioxide against pathogenic
Acanthamoeba castellanii, A.
polyphga and Nageleria fowleri
N-acetyl ornithine deacetylase is
a moonlighting protein and is
involved in the adaptation of
Entamoeba histolytica to
nitrosative stress
Characterization of “Candidatus
Gortzia shahrazadis”, A Novel
Endosymbiont of Paramecium
multimicronucleatum from India
Oral protists: Importance to
canine periodontal disease
Attributable Risk of Capillaria
species in domestic pigeons
(Columba livia domestica)
Comparative morphometry of
Leidyana sp. (Eugregarinorida)
and its first record in
Conocephalus ictus (Orthoptera:
Ensifera: Tettigoniidae) from
Mexico
Genomic analysis of
Nephromyces sheds into an
enigmatic symbiotic system
between a tunicate and a
divergent apicomplexan
Petr Táborský
Denis
Tikhonenkov
Sebastian
Najle
Chan Yang
Eun
Tatiana
Panfilkina
Hae-Jin Sohn
Serge Ankri
Valentina
Serra
Niran Patel
Muhammad
Qamar
Humberto
MedinaDurán Jorge
Claudio
Slamovits
M1
12.1512.30
3B-8
Establishing Cryptosporidium as
a model for studying the biology
and evolution of apicomplexans
and unique organelles
Christopher
Miller
12.3013.30
Canteens
of the
Faculty of
biology
and
Laboratory
Building A
Lunch
DAY TWO, Tuesday, June 7 – afternoon
Time
13.3015.00
Event
Concurrent session 4
Session 4A –
13.30ISOP
14.00
symposium:
The
14.00integrative
14.30
co-evolution
between
14.30mitochondria 15.00
and their
hosts
Organizers:
Sergio A.
MuñozGómez,
Claudio H.
Slamovits, and
Andrew J.
Roger, Canada
Session 4B –
13.30Diversity and
13.45
biogeography
13.451
14.00
Chair: Igor
Dovgal, Russia 14.00-
Location
4A-1
4A-2
4A-3
4B-1
4B-2
4B-3
14.15
14.1514.30
4B-4
Evolution of the mitochondrial
proteome, from the large-scale
patterns to the nitty-gritty details
An ancestral bacterial division
system is widespread in eukaryotic
mitochondria
Mitosomes in Entamoeba
histolytica: differentiation,
metabolite transport, and fission
Martijn
Huynen
Global diversity and distribution of
marine benthic heterotrophic
flagellates
The protistan species maximum
concept and its implications to
invasive biology
Terrestrial alga Klebsormidium in
the light of the hypothesis
„Everything is everywhere, but the
environment selects“
Diversity of the genus
Monocercomonoides
Andrey
Azovsky
BBA
Michelle
Leger
Nozaki
Tomoyoshi
Irina
Telesh
David
Rysanek
Sebastian
Treitli
M1
14.3014.45
4B-5
14.4515.00
4B-6
Biogeography and the genetic
structure of morphospecies in the
genus Mayorella (Amoebozoa,
Discosea, Longamoebia)
Mapping the hidden diversity of
free living fresh water ciliates from
Delhi region, India
Anna
Glotova
Seema
Makhija
15.0015.30
Faculty of
biology,
hall under
M1
(ground
floor)
Coffee break
15.3017.00
Concurrent session 5
Session 5A –
15.30ISOP
16.00
symposium:
The
integrative
co-evolution
between
16.00mitochondria 16.30
and their
hosts
Organizers:
Sergio A.
16.30Muñoz17.00
Gómez,
Claudio H.
Slamovits, and
Andrew J.
Roger, Canada
Session 5B –
15.30Diversity and
15.45
biogeography
2
15.45Chair: Igor
16.00
Dovgal, Russia
16.0016.15
5A-1
The evolution of mitochondrial
membrane contact sites
Jeremy
Wideman
5A-2
Ancient mitochondrial protein
secretion
Pavel
Dolezal
5A-3
The specialization of the protomitochondrion as a respiratory
organelle
Sergio
MuñozGómez
5B-1
Molecular diversity of summer
plankton picoeukaryotes in the
White Sea
The Black Sea Tintinnids
(Spirotrichea, Choreotrichia,
Tintinnida): current state of
biodiversity and species
composition
Population structure of planktonic
micro-organisms (tintinnid ciliates
of the microzooplankton) in the
South Pacific Ocean: comparison of
a high productivity bloom and a
typical oligotrophic site
Tatiana
Belevich
5B-2
5B-3
Nelly
Gavrilova
John Dolan
BBA
M1
16.1516.30
5B-4
16.3016.45
5B-5
16.4517.00
5B-6
Microbial eukaryotes in oilsandsassociated environments of
northern Alberta
Novel picoplanktonic groups from
Lake Baikal revealed by massive
sequencing
The marine caravan invading the
two big seas of the Read sea and
the Mediterranean through the
maritime Suez canal: 1 Cilioprotists
Joel Dacks
Nataliia
Annenkova
Hamed
Elserehy
17.0018.30
Faculty of
biology,
hall and
corridor in
front of
M1
Canteens
of the
Faculty of
biology
and
Laboratory
Building A
Poster session 2
18.3020.00
Dinner
DAY THREE, Wednesday, June 8 – morning
Time
09.0010.00
Event
Plenary lecture 3
Title: Phylogeny, diversity, and evolution of Amoebozoa: new findings and new
problems
Alexey Smirnov, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
10.0010.30
Faculty of
biology,
hall under
M1
(ground
floor)
Coffee break
10.3012.30
Concurrent session 6
Session 6A –
10.30Evolution
10.45
and
phylogeny 2
Chair:
10.45Vladimir
11.00
Hampl, Czech
6A-1
6A-2
Trends in endosymbiotic gene
transfer on plastid metabolic
pathways in dinoflagellates with
non-canonical plastids
Gene Transfer Accompanying the
Secondary Endosymbiosis of
Euglenid Plastid
Location
BBA
Eriko
Matsuo
Petr Soukal
BBA
Republic
Session 6B –
Ecology of
Protists 1
Chair: Sergei
Skarlato,
Russia
11.0011.15
6A-3
11.1511.30
6A-4
11.3011.45
6A-5
11.4512.00
6A-6
12.0012.15
6A-7
12.1512.30
6A-8
10.3010.45
10.4511.00
6B-1
11.0011.15
6B-3
11.1511.30
11.3011.45
6B-4
11.4512.00
6B-6
12.0012.15
6B-7
12.1512.30
6B-8
6B-2
6B-5
Diversity of photosynthetic
Paulinella species including a
comparative plastid genome
analysis
Evolution of heme biosynthesis
pathway in algae with complex
plastids
Horizontal transfer of a novel sixgene operon from a bacterium into
the plastid genome of
eustigmatophyte algae
Primary and secondary
endosymbiotic gene transfer of
bacterial RecA in Eukaryotes
The genome evolution of the
thermoacidophilic Cyanidales red
algae
The genomic study of agar
producing red alga Gracilariopsis
chorda
Are specialized troglobiont ciliates
exist?
The special case of Holospora
caryophila, bacterial symbiont of
ciliates Paramecium
"Candidatus Megaira": an
emerging genus of bacterial
endosymbionts widespread in
ciliates and other protists
Lying on the surface: new data on
the episymbionts of ciliates
Characterization of a novel
Paramecium endosymbiont and a
critical revision of “basal
Rickettsiales”
Correlation between Fresh Water
Ciliated Protist Communities and
their Micro-Ecology
Protistan versus cyanobacterial
picophytoplankton production and
grazing mortality in Sevastopol bay
and adjacent waters (the Black
Sea)
Diversity and temporal dynamics of
Cryptomycota and Aphelida, two
overlooked groups of parasites in
Hyun Lhee
Duck
Miroslav
Oborník
Tatiana
Yurchenko
Paulo
Hofstatter
Hyun Cho
Chung
JunMo Lee
Igor Dovgal
Alexey
Potekhin
Olivia
Lanzoni
Elena
Sabaneyeva
Franziska
Szokoli
Komal
Kamra
Vladimir
Mukhanov
David
Moreira
Fernandez
M1
freshwater ecosystems
12.3013.30
Canteens
of the
Faculty of
biology
and
Laboratory
Building A
Lunch
DAY THREE, Wednesday, June 8 – afternoon
Time
13.30-14.30
14.30-18.00
Event
Location
BBA
Buses will be
ready for
boarding
opposite the
main entrance
of the Faculty
of biology
Bar
“Linderhof”,
Lomonosovsky
avenue 7/1
ISOP Meeting
City tour
19.00-22.00
ISOP Student night
DAY FOUR, Thursday, June 9 – morning
Time
09.0010.00
Event
Plenary lecture 4
Title: Diplonemids – new kids on the block
Julius Lukeš, Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences,
and Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech
Republic
Faculty of
biology,
hall under
M1 (ground
floor)
10.0010.30
Coffee break
10.3012.30
Concurrent session 7
Session 7A –
10.30Evolution and 10.45
phylogeny 3
Chair: Denis
Tikhonenkov, 10.45Russia
11.00
7A-1
7A-2
Morphological and genetic
diversity of Opisthosporidia: new
aphelid Paraphelidium tribonemae
gen. et sp. nov
Phylogenomic insights on the
evolution of metchnikovellids
Location
BBA
Sergey
Karpov
Purificacion
Lopez
Garcia
BBA
Session 7B –
Ecology of
Protists 2
Chair: Alan
Warren,
United
Kingdom
11.0011.15
11.1511.30
7A-3
11.3011.45
7A-5
11.4512.00
7A-6
12.0012.15
12.1512.30
7A-7
10.3010.45
10.4511.00
7B-1
11.0011.15
7B-3
11.1511.30
7B-4
11.3011.45
7B-5
11.4512.00
7B-6
12.0012.15
12.1512.30
7B-7
7A-4
7A-8
7B-2
7B-8
Species classification and mating in
foraminifera
Morphological and molecular
investigation of marine
Paramoebidae (Amoebozoa,
Dactylopodida)
Cell coat evolution and phylogeny
of dactylopodid amoebae
(Amoebozoa, Discosea)
Bridging the gap between
traditional taxonomy and
transcriptomics in arcellinids
(Amoebozoa)
Prokaryotic endocytobionts of
Pelomyxidae
Retention of bacterivory in the
dominantly photoautotrophic
green alga Cymbomonas
tetramitiformis is influenced by
phosphate limitation
Soil protist bacteria consumption is
central to nutrient cycling
Land use and litter chemistry
impact microbial decomposer
communities and litter
decomposition in tropical lowlands
of Sumatra, Indonesia
The reliability of protozoans as
indicators of aquatic ecosystem
health
Potentially toxic marine
dinoflagellates: cell and molecular
adaptations to stress
Phylogeny and ecological
importance of phaeodarians
(Cercozoa, Rhizaria)
Rhizopod analysis in the peat-lake
sediments of the mountain mire
"Bezrybnoe" in the south of Middle
Siberia
Chemotaxis response of
Phytoplankton to Ciliates
Heterogeneity in nutrient uptake
by individual dinoflagellate cells
revealed using NanoSIMS
Agnes
Weiner
Ekaterina
Volkova
Ilya Udalov
Anush
Kosakyan
Ludmila
Chistyakova
Amber
Paasch
Sina Adl
Valentyna
Krashevska
Vladimir
Zolotarev
Sergei
Skarlato
Nakamura
Yasuhide
Irina Kurina
Zhuo Shen
Olga
Matantseva
M1
12.3013.30
Canteens
of the
Faculty of
biology
and
Laboratory
Building A
Lunch
DAY FOUR, Thursday, June 9 – afternoon
Time
13.3015.00
Event
Concurrent session 8
Session 8A –
13.30ISOP
14.10
symposium:
Protists of
Marine
14.10Sediments
14.30
Organizers:
Jun Gong
14.30(China) and
14.50
Virginia
Edgcomb
(USA)
Session 8B –
13.30Taxonomy,
13.45
systematics
and DNA
barcoding 1
13.45Chair: Denis
14.00
Lynn, Canada
Location
8A-1
8A-2
8A-3
8B-1
8B-2
14.0014.15
8B-3
14.1514.30
14.3014.45
8B-4
14.4515.00
8B-6
8B-5
Protist diversity and interactions
within deep-ocean sediment and
water-column microbial
communities
The stability of the marine ciliate
community to environmental
changes
Benthic Ciliates on Heron Island
Reef, Australia
Virginia
Edgcomb
Feeding selection of mix-trophic
flagellate, Poterioochromonas
malhamensis, on the green algae of
Chlorella
Parvularia gen. nov. represents a
filose amoeba related to
nucleariids, the earliest-branching
lineage of Holomycota
(Opisthokonta)
Two enigmatic genera are one?
Comparison of Belonocystis marina
Klimov, Zlatogursky, 2016 with
Luffisphaera spp
The state of art in the taxonomy of
“Heliozoa”
Yingchun
Gong
Oligotrophic Lagoons of the South
Pacific Ocean Are Home to a
Surprising Number of Novel
Eukaryotic Microorganisms
The Chlamydophryidae revisited
with special focus on the genus
Lecythium
BBA
Anton
Esaylov
Gaytha
Langlois
Guifré
Torruella
Vladimir
Klimov
Vasily
Zlatogursky
Kim Eunsoo
Kenneth
Dumack
M1
15.0015.30
Coffee break
15.3017.00
Concurrent session 9
Session 9A –
15.30ISOP
16.10
symposium 4:
Protists of
Marine
Sediments
16.10Organizers:
16.30
Jun Gong
(China) and
16.30Virginia
17.10
Edgcomb
(USA)
Session 9B –
Taxonomy,
systematics
and DNA
barcoding 2
Chair: Denis
Lynn, Canada
17.3020.30
Faculty
of
biology,
hall
under
M1
(ground
floor)
9A-1
9A-2
9A-3
15.3015.45
2B-1
15.4516.00
2B-2
16.0016.15
2B-3
16.1516.30
2B-4
16.3016.45
2B-5
16.4517.00
2B-6
Microbial Eukaryotes from the
Deep: Revealing the Diversity of
Protists and their Trophic
Relationships at Hydrothermal
Vents
High Arctic benthic foraminiferans
during the Polar night: dormancy
or active feeding?
Buried but not dead: Insights into
the diversity, physiology, functions
and ecological roles of deep
subseafloor fungi using an
integrated approach
Biodiversity Studies in Loricate
Protists: the Case of Tintinnids
(Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotricha)
Molecular diversity and phylogeny
of Oligotrichia and Choreotrichia
(Ciliophora, Spirotrichea)
The status of the species
Balantidium elongatum from the
gut of European common frog
Two new species of the
dinoflagellate genus Phalacroma
Stein (Dinophyta) from the tropical
Mexican Pacific
A re-investigation of the
Pelagophyte genus Sarcinochrysis
using material collected from the
type locality
Unveiling SSU rDNA intragenomic
polymorphism in deep-sea
foraminifera using single-cell high
throughput sequencing
Reception
(banquet)
Restaurant “Tramplin” Kosygina street, 28
Peter
Countway
BBA
Sergei
Korsun
Gaetan
Burgaud
Sabine
Agatha
Luciana
Santoferrara
Olga
Kornilova
David
HernándezBecerril
Young Han
Kwi
Maria
Holzmann
M1
DAY FIVE, Friday, June 10 – morning
Time
9.0010.30
Event
Concurrent session 10
Session 10A – 9.00Evolution and 9.15
phylogeny 4
Chair: Sina
Adl, Canada
9.159.30
Session 10B –
Ecology of
Protists 3
Chair: Irina
Telesh, Russia
10.3011.00
Location
10A1
10A2
9.309.45
10A3
9.4510.00
10A4
10.0010.15
10A5
9.009.40
9.409.55
2B-1
9.5510.10
2B-3
10.1010.25
2B-4
2B-2
Single cell RNA sequencing, an
effective approach for analyzing the
genome content and evolution of
non-cultivatable microbial
eukaryotes
Overview of the whole spectrum of
mitochondrial diversity within the
ciliate clade
The Small Subunit rRNA Gene
Sequence of the Chonotrich
Chilodochona carcini Jankowski,
2007 Confirms Chonotrichs as a
Dysteriid-derived Clade
(Phyllopharyngea, Ciliophora)
Origin and evolution of Paramecium
bursaria / Chlorella symbiotic
system: what can one say about the
host evolution studying evolution of
symbiont?
Two new non-canonical nuclear
genetic codes from a rhizarian and a
fornicate with UAG, but not UAA, as
a sense codon
Ciliates as bioindicators of marine
water quality
Hidden diversity of filose testate
amoebae in the middle watershed of
the Danube
Changes in ciliates community across
an eutrophication gradient in a large
temprature estuary
Testate amoeba transfer function
performance along localised
hydrological gradients
Closing ceremony
Henning
Onsbring
Gustafson
BBA
Anastasios
Tsaousis
Denis
Lynn
Maria
Rautian
Tomas
Panek
Alan
Warren
Júlia
Török
M1
Ewelina
Rubin
Andrey
Tsyganov
BBA
Posters
Posters session 1 (Monday, June 6)
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First marine photosynthetic testate amoeba containing the chromatophore:
Paulinella Longichromatophora
The Plastid Genomes of the Cryptomonad Algae Reveal Lineage-Specific Gene
Loss
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The ultrastructure of amoeboid flagellates Amastigomonas
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Phylogeny of protistan four-domain voltage-gated ion channels
5
New Paramecium species “Candidatus Paramecium ossipovi”
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Finding and analysis of Amoebozoa-specific genes to study environmental
diversity of amoebae
Multigene phylogeny of Synura (Synurophyceae) and descriptions of four new
species based on morphological and DNA evidence
A New Soil Ciliate, Birojimia soyaensis nov. spec. (Ciliophora: Urostylida) from
South Korea
Morphology, phylogeny, and transcriptome data of a new anaerobic Metopus
species (Ciliophora, Armophorida) from Yantai, China
Make percise identificaiton using DNA taxonomy techniques for closely
related Euplotes congeners (Protozoa, Ciliophora) with highly phenotypic
plasticity
Epigenetic incompatibility of Paramecium tetraurelia strains
Paratrypanosoma, the most basal branch and another model species among
trypanosomatids
Mitochondrial transcriptome of Leptomonas pyrrhocoris H10 - close
monoxenous relative of Leishmania clade
The draft genome of Kipferia bialata reveals that the gain of function
contributes the massive reductive evolution in metamonada
Cyanobacterial genes in the nuclear genome of a diatom bearing N2-fixing
cyanobacterial endosymbionts: Potential factors involved in the hostendosymbiont partnership
Tim17 family protein in the mitosomes of Giardia intestinalis
Observation of zoospore settlement focusing on the development of actin
filaments (Labyrinthulea, Stramenopiles)
Chloroplast division of Tetraselmis sp. in the food vacuole of mixotrophic
algae Rapaza viridis
Ultrastructural and transcriptomic studies of kleptochloroplastidic
dinoflagellate Nusuttodinium aeruginosum (Dinophyceae)
Aggregative Behavior, Cell Signaling and Morphometrics in Entamoeba
Author
Park Myung
Gil
Kim Jongim
Mylnikov
Anton
Pozdnyakov
Ilya
Beliavskaia
Alexandra
Bondarenko
Natalya
Shin
Woongghi
Kim Kang-San
Omar Atef
Zhao Yan
Nekrasova
Irina
Flegontov
Pavel
Gerasimov
Evgeny
Tanifuji Goro
Nakayama
Takuro
Voleman
Lubos
Iwata Izumi
Maruyama
Moe
Onuma Ryo
Espinosa
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26
Discrimination Studies
Minions of Great Cthulhu awakening – a new insight into the diversity of
parabasalid symbionts of cockroaches
First records of moss ciliates in Mexico
First record of Bromeliophrya brasiliensis Foissner, 2003 (Ciliophora:
Glaucomidae) from tank bromeliads in Mexico with some notes on its
distribution and ecology
Nebela jiuhuensis nov. sp. (Amoebozoa; Arcellinida; Hyalospheniidae): A new
member of the Nebela saccifera - equicalceus - ansata group described from
Sphagnum peatlands in South-Central China
Benthic protists (Ciliophora, Gromiida, Foraminifera) in the Black Sea: Their
сontribution to the bottom communities
The parasitic assimilation from diatoms by Aplanochytrium
(Thraustochytriidae, Labyrinthulea, Stramenopiles)
27
Ecological study of thraustochytrids (Labyrinthulea, Stramenopiles)
28
Protist communities in water and sediment of a sea cucumber farming system
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32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
Comparison of Fresh Water Ciliated Protist Communities from Two Locations
along Najafgarh Drain, Delhi, India, and their Correlation with Physio-chemical
Parameters
Analyses of photosynthetic oxidative stress responses in herbivorous
unicellular organisms
Pelagic protists feeding on pico-cyanobacteria and their chlorophyll
catabolisms
The role of Caedibacter-induced killer traits in Paramecium interstrain and
interspecies competition
Taxonomic composition of prokaryotes-associates of haplophilic protists
Change community of autotrophic protists from the source to the mouth of a
small river (on the example of the Zivil, the Republic of Chuvashia)
Autotrophic the protests of the little river and its tributaries (on the example
of the Zivil, the Republic of Chuvashia)
Mixotrophic ciliates as special ecological group in waterbodies of Central and
Lower Volga and Kama
The role of protists in the plankton community of freshwater lake in the
period of its eutrophication
Heterotrophic flagellates in water column and bottom sediments in the
Rubinsk reservoir
Effect of the spectrum of available nitrogen sources on Prorocentrum
minimum morphology and physiology
Prey specificity and molecular phylogeny of the thecate mixotrophic
dinoflagellate Fragilidium mexicanum
Influence of salinity stress on DNA synthesis and chromosome fine structure
of dinoflagellates Prorocentrum minimum (Pavillard) Schiller
Species diversity and biotopical distribution of heterotrophic flagellates in
small river floodplain
New mitochondrial genomes and molecular markers for the coastal diatoms
of Korea
Heterotrophic nanoflagellates in the plankton of Laptev Sea
Avelina
Kotyk
Michael
Cruz Jimenez
Gerardo
DuranRamirez
Carlos
Zhang
Wenwen
Sergeeva
Nelli
Hamamoto
Yoko
Honda
Daisuke
Zhang
Qianqian
Kamra Komal
Uzuka Akihiro
Shihongi
Akira
Grevtseva
Inessa
Selivanova
Elena
Tarasova
Natalja
Tarasova
Natalja
Bykova
Svetlana
Bykova
Svetlana
Kosolapova
Natalya
Pechkovskaya
Sofia
Kim Sunju
Berdieva
Mariia
Dubrovsky
Yuriy
Yang Eun
Chan
Kopylov
Alexander
45
Planktonic ciliates of the Sheksna Reservoir
46
Ciliofauna of natural and artificial ecosystems of Khabarovsk territory
47
Heterotrophic flagellates of Sphagnum bogs in south Patagonia, Chile
48
Epibiontic relationship in an artificial pond of Chiapas (Mexico): Procambarus
(Austrocambarus) sp. (Crustacea: Decapoda) and Epistylis hentscheli
(Ciliophora: Peritrichia)
Mylnikova
Zoya
Tribun
Mikhail
Prokina
Kristina
RamírezBallesteros
Mireya
Posters session 2 (Tuesday, June 7)
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Poster
The ultrastructure of amoeboid flagellate Thaumatomonas coloniensis
Wylezich et al., 2007 (Cercozoa, Rhizaria)
Many previously incertae sedis amoebozoans find a home within the
Centramoebida
The beginning: Inference of the Tintinnid Ancestor’s Morphology (Alveolata,
Spirotricha, Tintinnina)
The intricate evolutionary history of RhoBTB proteins
Unravelling the diversity of diplonemids by culture-based taxonomic study
Hidden diversity in Mallomonas matvienkoae species complex
Rare Corythionella and Cyphoderia species in the Hungarian section of the
Danube
The Rapunzel Tintinnid – Redescription of Tintinnopsis subacuta Jörgensen,
1899 (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotricha)
Some notes on the morphology, geographic distribution and 18S rRNA gene
sequence of a freshwater oxytrichid ciliate (Hypotrichia: Oxytrichidae) from
Mexico
The base of cercomonad radiation is still in for a surprise, Kraken gen. nov
Genome and transcriptome of Hemistasia phaeocysticola, a flagellate
related to a novel hyper-diverse clade of marine protists
The high complexity and dynamic evolution of the Ras superfamily of
GTPases in Naegleria
Development of a multiple-drug selection system for dual-transformation of
the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus
Conditional expression system is not suitable for developmental studies in
Leishmania
A draft genome of the anaerobic flagellate Carpediemonas membranifera, a
free-living relative of metamonad parasites
16
Nucleus-associated actin in different stages of Amoeba proteus cell cycle
17
PUF proteins in Giardia intestinalis
18
Nuclear division process in testate amoeba Paulinella chromatophora
Evaluation of acute toxicity of heavy metals and the activity of antioxidant
enzymes in freshwater ciliates
FISH technique as a possible tool for cortex investigation in armophorean
ciliates (Ciliophora, Armophorea)
Ocher-colored granules in the ciliate Cyclotrichium sp. are evidently diatom
chloroplasts
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Author
Mylnikov
Alexander
Tice Alexander
Ganser
Maximilian
Žihala David
Yabuki Akinori
Gusev Evgeniy
Török Júlia
Agatha Sabine
Méndez
Sánchez Daniel
Dumack
Kenneth
Butenko
Anzhelika
Petrželková
Romana
Sakamoto
Hirokazu
Podešvová
Lucie
Salas Leiva
Dayana
Berdieva
Mariia
Najdrova
Vladimira
Nomura Mami
Somasundaram
Sripoorna
Fokin Sergei
Hoshina Ryo
22
Canine babesiosis in Moscov region of Russia
Shaitanov
Vladimir
23
Characterization of monoclonal antibodies for cathepsin B and cathepsin BLike proteins of Naegleria fowleri
Seong Gi-sang
24
Isolation of free-living amoebae from Southern Han-Liver in Korea
Kang
Heekyoung
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27
Transcriptome analysis of Naegleria fowleri cysts and trophozoties by NextGeneration Sequecing
Application of recombinant antigens for the serodiagnosis of toxoplasmosis
Expression and purification of a Pneumocystis jirovecii synthetic
Sohn Hae-Jin
Matos Olga
Matos Olga
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31
32
recombinant antigen and application in the development of a serological
rapid diagnostic test
Selection and characterization of single chain variable fragment (scFv)
antibodies against Pneumocystis jirovecii from phage display libraries
Role of protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) on Toxoplasma-host interplay:
immunolocalization assays using anti-human PDI monoclonal antibodies
(MAbs) on in vitro culture systems
Ultrastructure and phylogeny of new species of Glugea infecting the
intestinal wall of Cephalopholis hemistiktos in Saudi Arabia
Lagenophrys patina (Ciliophora: Peritrichia: Lagenophryidae) attached to
two Mexican populations of Hyalella azteca (Crustacea: Amphipoda):
statistical approach to probe site pattern preference on host
Biodiversity and community structure of soil ciliates collected from three
different sites of Delhi, India to assess soil quality
33
Distribution and cryoconservation of protists in the arctic soils
34
Viable amoeboid Protists from the Arctic Permafrost
35
36
37
38
Unexpected diversity of the peculiar genus Creneis (Excavata:
Heterolobosea)
Deep sequencing of ancient 18S rDNA in sediment cores from continental
shelves of China
Spatiotemporal distribution of species diversity and community structure of
ciliates in intertidal sandy sediments of Huokun’ao beach, Nanji Islands (East
China Sea, China)
Biodiversity of benthic dinoflagellates along the southern coast of Oman
with emphasis on potentially toxic species
39
Interaction of different symbiotic bacteria in the ciliate Paramecium
40
Genetic diversity of centrohelid heliozoan in brackish inland waters of Russia
41
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44
45
46
47
48
49
Diversity of protists in saline and brackish continental water bodies revealed
by high-throughput sequencing
Development of the integrated information web-system on a biodiversity of
protists “Protist.ru”
Diversity and abundance of kinetoplastids in the world ocean
Species diversity and morphology of centrohelid heliozoans of some site in
European part of Russia and south-east Ukraine
Difficulties in assessing the global distribution of a model organism - the
biogeography of Favella panamensis (Alveolata, Ciliophora)
Modelling the local-to-global diversity for microbes and multicellulars: Could
we estimate the near-imponderable?
Morphology of two species of the thecate dinoflagellate genus
Blepharocysta Ehrenberg (Dinophyta) from the tropical Mexican Pacific
Testate amoeba in Bau Sen and Bau Trang lakes, Binh Thuan Province,
Vietnam
Naked Amoebae of Ukrainian Polissya Fauna
Matos Olga
Matos Olga
Abdelgawwad
Abdelazeem
Mayén-Estrada
Rosaura
Abraham Jeeva
Shatilovich
Anastasia
Shmakova
Lyubov
Hanouskova
Pavla
Gong Jun
Chen Xumiao
Saburova
Maria
Shaidullina
Aisylu
Gerasimova
Elena
Plotnikov
Andrey
Tikhonenkov
Denis
Flegontova
Olga
Zagumennyi
Dmitry
Ganser
Maximilian
Azovsky
Andrey
HernandezBecerril David
Tran Quoc
Hoan
Patsyuk Marina
Excursion to the Kremlin Armoury Chamber
Date: June 7, Tuesday
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Departure: from the Faculty of Biology, Moscow State
University
Arrival: to the Faculty of Biology, Moscow State
University
Excursion to the State Tretyakov Gallery
Date: June 9, Thursday
Time: 11:00 – 15:00
Departure: from the Faculty of Biology, Moscow
State University
Arrival: to the Faculty of Biology, Moscow State
University
The Armoury Chamber preserves ancient state
regalia, ceremonial tsar's vestments and
coronation dress, vestments of the Russian
Orthodox Church’s hierarchs, the largest
collection of gold and silverware by Russian
craftsmen, West European artistic silver,
ceremonial weapons and arms, carriages, horse
ceremonial harness.
Besides, it presents more than four thousand items
of applied art of Russia, European and Eastern
countries of the IV - early XX centuries. The
highest artistic level and particular historical and
cultural value of the exhibits have made the State
Armoury of the Moscow Kremlin a world-wide
known museum.
Price includes:
- entrance ticket to the Armoury Chamber;
- English-speaking guide;
- transport (bus)
The State Tretyakov Gallery possesses a unique
collection of Russian art which includes masterpieces
which span a period of a thousand years.
The Gallery collection was started by Pavel
Tretyakov, the owner of a successful textile firm, and
became famous from the minute it was opened to the
public in 1870. After Tretyakov's death the gallery's
collection grew rapidly, especially after the October
Revolution when museum collections were
privatised: art was bought, donated or "transferred"
from other museums, private collections, cathedrals
and monasteries. Nowadays the Gallery contains
more than 170,000 works (painting, sculpture,
graphics, icons) by Russian artists from early
religious paintings to modern art.
Price includes:
- entrance ticket to the Tretyakov Gallery;
- English-speaking guide;
- transport (bus)
Excursion to the Moscow Kremlin
Date: June 10, Friday
Time: 13:00 – 17:00
Departure: from the Faculty of Biology, Moscow
State University
Arrival: to the Faculty of Biology, Moscow State
University
Inextricably linked to all the most important
historical and political events in Russia since the
13th century, the Kremlin was the residence of the
Great Princes and also a religious centre. Since 1991,
the Kremlin has been the official residence of the
President of the Russian Federation. The ensemble of
the Moscow Kremlin has been included in the
UNESCO World Heritage List. Its monumental walls
and towers, golden-domed cathedrals and ancient
palaces stand high on the Borovitskiy Hill above the
Moskva River forming a magnificent architectural
ensemble.
Excursion at the territory of the Kremlin will give an
idea of its history and significance for the country.
During the excursion you will see Kremlin's famous
towers, the Tsar Cannon and Tsar Bell and Cathedral
Square with its cathedrals (Assumption, Archangel's
and Annunciation).
Price includes:
- entrance to the territory of the Kremlin;
- English-speaking guide;
- transport (bus)
The Golden Ring is the name for several cities and
smaller towns north-east of Moscow.
Date: June 11-12, Saturday and Sunday
It's a great route to travel if you want to enjoy the
Departure: from the lobby of hotels Universitetskaya, quiet and peaceful life in the Russian province,
Sputnik and Korston, MSU hostel
beautiful countryside views, and ancient
Arrival: to hotels Universitetskaya, Sputnik and
architecture.
Korston, MSU hostel
During the tour you will visit three cities:
- Suzdal, considered a pearl of the Golden Ring and
featuring many fine examples of Russian
architecture, such as the Transfiguration Cathedral,
museum of wooden architecture and St. Epiphany
monastery,
Vladimir, a fromer capital of ancient Rus', boasting
three UNESCO World Heritage Sites (Golden Gates,
the Assumption and St. Dementrius Cathedrals),
and Bogolyubovo.
Post-conference tour to the Golden Ring of
Russia
Price includes:
- accommodation in Vladimir with breakfast;
- all entrance fees;
- English-speaking guide;
- lunches on both days, dinner on the first day:
- transport (bus)
- transfer to the hotel in Moscow