Projekt pt. „40. Międzynarodowa Konferencja Polskiego Towarzystwa Fykologicznego”, został dofinansowany w ramach programu Ministerstwa Edukacji i Nauki pod nazwą „Doskonała Nauka” w ramach modułu „Wsparcie konferencji naukowych”. Wartość dofinansowania: 236 500,00 PLN, całkowita wartość 296 500,00 PLN.

40th International Conference of the Polish Phycological Society

Time of change: taxonomy and ecology of algae in theory and practice

Bydgoszcz – Wądzyń

23-26th of May 2023

Dear Participants

We are sending the Announcement II (the last one) concerning the 40th International Conference of the Polish Phycological Society.

1. The Conference will begin with the opening ceremony on 23rd May (Tuesday) at 11.00 a.m. in the Main Library of Kazimierz Wielki University (Karola Szymanowskiego 3 Street, Bydgoszcz).

2. The detailed program of the Conference is provided below.

3. During the Conference there will be a competition dedicated to Young Scientists in two categories: for the best oral and poster presentations under the conditions specified during registration.

4. Important information:

• The fee for accommodation from Tuesday (23rd May 2023) to Friday (26th May 2023), as well as meals and transportation from Bydgoszcz to Wądzyń are covered by the funds raised under the competition Excellent Science - Support for scientific conferences from the funds of the Ministry of Education and Science.

• Reservations and payment for accommodation in Bydgoszcz before the conference (22nd May 2023/23rd May 2023) are made individually by conference participants at their own expense.

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Conference agenda

23rd May 2023, Tuesday, Bydgoszcz-Wądzyń

09:00-11:00 Registration (Library of Kazimierz Wielki University, Karola Szymanowskiego 3, Bydgoszcz)

11:00-11:15 Opening ceremony

Plenary session

Chairman: Marcin Pliński

11.15-13.15

11:15-11:35 Lubomira Burchardt, Beata Messyasz, Mikołaj Kokociński, Natalia Kochman-Kędziora

Phycological discourse - the history of Polish Phycologists focused on taxonomy, ecology and interdisciplinary processes

11:35-12:20 Judit Padisák

Ecosystem services provided by algae (phytoplankton, diatoms, silica-scaled flagellates)

12:20-12:30 Coffe break

12:30-13:15 Jeffrey R. Johansen

Classification of cyanobacterial species utilizing the 16S-23S ITS region: progress and problems using Stenomitos (Leptolyngbyaceae) as an example

13:15-14:45 Lunch

14:45-16:15 Departure to Bydgoszcz, sightseeing: Museum of Bydgoszcz Canal (Staroszkolna str. 10)

16:30-18:30 Transfer to the Conference venue in Wądzyń (Hotel Półwysep Wądzyń, Wądzyń 39, 87-327 Bobrowo)

20:00 Dinner

24th May 2023, Wednesday, Wądzyń

07:30-09:00 Breakfast

Oral session 1: Taxonomy & ecology of Cyanobacteria

Chairman: Waldemar Surosz

09:00-11:00

9:00-09:20 István Bácsi, Kamilla Márton, Karina Corrales, Máté Aszalós, Milán Riba, Gábor Vasas Cyanopeptins jeopardizing survival by inhibition of resting stage maturation: laboratory studies with a green algal model

09:20-09:40 Marta Cegłowska, Alicja Kosakowska, Hanna Mazur-Marzec Chemodiversity of Baltic cyanobacteria from genus Limnoraphis

09:40-10:00 Arnoldo Font-Nájera, Mikołaj Kokociński, Joanna Mankiewicz-Boczek Potential ecological roles of bacterioplankton communities during the development of cyanobacterial blooms in different Polish Lakes

10:00-10:20 Julia Gostyńska, Beata Messyasz The effect of polyphenolic acids secreted by Cladophora glomerata on the condition and survival of Aphanizomenon gracile. Competitive success

10:20-10:40 Enikő T-Krasznai, Verona Lerf, István Tóth, Tibor Kisantal, Gábor Várbíró, Gábor Vasas, Viktória B-Béres, Judit Görgényi, Áron Lukács, Zsuzsanna Kókai, Gábor Borics Possibilities of cell number estimations in cyanobacterial colonies

10:40-11:00 Robert Konkel, Aleksandra Milewska, Krzysztof Pyrć, Hanna Mazur-Marzec Anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity of cyanopeptolins produced by Nostoc edaphicum CCNP1411

11:00-11:30 Coffe break

11:30-14:30 Conference tour to Brodnica

14:30-16:00 Lunch

Oral session 2: Diatoms diversity

Chairman: Elżbieta Wilk-Woźniak

15:30-16:30

16:00-16:20 Małgorzata Bąk, Andrzej Woźnica, Aleksandra Rubin, Damian Absalon, Magdalena Matysik, Natalia Janczewska Effects of riverbed regulation and discharges of industry- and mining-polluted water on the River Odra diatom assemblages

16:20-16:40 Viktória B-Béres, Áron Lukács, István Bácsi, Enikő T-Krasznai, Gábor Borics, Kamilla Márton, Stefána Kiss, Zsuzsanna Nemes-Kókai The response of benthic diatoms to extreme weather events

16:40-17:00 Cyprian Kowalczyk, Mikołaj Kokociński, Karina Apolinarska, Les Cwynar, Krzysztof Pleskot The relationship of subfossil diatoms to environmental variables for fifty lakes on the Burin Peninsula (Newfoundland, Canada)

20:00 Bonfire

25th May 2023, Thursday, Wądzyń

07:30-09:00 Breakfast

Oral session 3: Diversity of Euglenophyceae

Chairman: Konrad Wołowski

9:00-10:00

09:00-09:20 Alicja Fells, Maja Łukomska-Kowalczyk, Rafał Milanowski, Bożena Zakryś The taxonomy of Euglenophyceae loricate taxa – or how some clues are misleading

09:20-09:40 Maria Jagielska, Paweł Hałakuc, Anna Semik, Rafał Milanowski Nuclear genomes of euglenids – discoveries and challenges

09:40-10:00 Maja Łukomska-Kowalczyk, Katarzyna Jankowska, Bożena Zakryś New insights into autotrophic euglenid biodiversity based on the group specific DNA metabarcoding approach

10:00-10:30 Coffe break

Oral session 4: Time of change in aquatic environments

Chairman: Beata Messyasz

10:30-12:20

10:30-10:50 Wojciech Krztoń, Iwona Gołaś, Edward Walusiak, Elżbieta Wilk-Woźniak The 'time of change' for the perception of aquatic food web - a step from phytoplankton

10:50-11:10 Agnieszka Napiórkowska-Krzebietke Golden algae Prymnesium parvum blooms during the ecological disaster on the Oder River

11:10-11:30 Hanna Mazur-Marzec, Robert Konkel, Lidia Gaffke, Karolina Pierzynowska, Zuzanna Cyske, Łukasz Grabowski, Michał Grabski, Grzegorz Węgrzyn Genotypic and chemotypic characteristics of Prymnesium parvum from the Odra River

11:30-11:50 Konrad Wołowski, Petro Tsarenko, Bartosz Kulig, Wojciech Spisak, Jarosław Kozak, Mateusz Szar Periphyton mats – carriers of the diversity of aquatic microorganisms

11:50-12:10 Elżbieta Wilk-Woźniak, Edward Walusiak, Małgorzata Łaciak, Wojciech Krztoń, Martyna Budziak Results of the LIFE project "Algae - Economy Based Ecological Service of Aquatic Ecosystems/ Glony - Gospodarka ekologiczna" LIFE17 ENV /LT/000407

12:10-12:30 Sofia S. Sadogurska Brown algae (Ohrophyta, Phaeophyceae) in the flora of Ukraine

12:30-12:40 Łukasz Kubera International Society for Microbial Ecology

12:45-14:00 Lunch

14:00-16:00 Poster session with coffe break 

Chairman: Joanna Czerwik-Marcinkowska

16:30-19:00 Annual General Meeting of the members of the Polish Phycological Society

20:00 Banquet and Closing Ceremony of the conference; announcement of competition results

26th May 2023, Friday

07:00-09:00 Breakfast

9:00 - Transfer to Bydgoszcz travel by one bus only!