Program

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Sunday, 3 November

17:00-20:00Welcome Reception (The Plough Inn, South Bank)

Monday, 4 November

08:00-09:00Registrations (GCI Atrium)
09:00-09:15Welcome and Opening (Steele 03-206)
09:15-09:45[P01] Protista: from kingdom to community - Mark A. Ragan, The University of Queensland, Australia
[SB] Systematics, phylogenetics, and biodiversity (Steele 03-206)
09:45-10:15[K01] Adapting to light: The role of phycobilisomes in Porphyridium's color change - Hwan Su Yoon, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
10:15-10:30[C01] Generic circumscription in an age of molecular sequencing - Giuseppe Zuccarello, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
10:30-11:00Morning tea (GCI Atrium)
11:00-12:15[C02] The eukaryotic component of soil metagenomes is substantial and yields novel genomes - Ben Woodcroft, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
[C03] Stochastic assembly processes significantly governed the communities of micro-eukaryotic generalists and specialists in the canal-disturbed wetland, Lake Weishan, China - Jie Huang, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
[C04] Morphology and phylogeny of two ectoparasitic peritrichs (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) infected rainbow trout from South Korea, Ambiphrya cf. ameiuri and Apiosoma pseudopiscicola - Borong Lu, University of Ulsan, South Korea
[C05] Phylogenetics suggests significant species diversity within the coralline red alga "Titanoderma tessellatum" on coral reefs - Timothy L Jackson, Griffith University, Australia
[C06] Stepwise fragmentation and transition to hairpin chromosomes in plastid genomes of Cladophorales, Ulvophyceae - Saelin Bjornson, The University of Melbourne, Australia
[C07] Generalist phenotypes hide high genomic diversity of the picoplanktonic cyanobacteria, Synechococcus and Cyanobium spp., under different temperature and light - Ming Fen Eileen Lee, CSIRO, Australia
[CB] Cell biology (Steele 03-206)
12:15-12:40[C08] Mating type inheritance and determination in the unicellular eukaryote Euplotes vannus (Protista, Ciliophora) - Feng Gao, Ocean University of China, China
[C09] Role of Mob proteins in cell polarity and cytokinesis regulation in Paramecium tetraurelia - Ying Yan, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, China
12:40-13:40Lunch (GCI Atrium)
13:40-13:55[C10] Development of an improved water freeze-drying method for scanning electron microscopy of various protist cells in unfixed state - Toshinobu Suzaki, Kobe University, Japan
[HA] Harmful algal bloom (Steele 03-206)
13:55-14:25[K02] Climate change, marine microalgae and their harmful toxins in the southern Pacific - Shauna Murray, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
14:25-15:10[C11] Can a neural network approach predict phytoplankton species composition? - Kaya Baxter, CSIRO, Australia
[C12] The impact of environmental change on long-term phytoplankton and protist trends in a southeastern Australian estuary - Dóra Víg, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
[C13] Assessment of ciguatoxin levels and risk management in Spanish Mackerel from Australian waters - Greta Gaiani, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
[C14] The diversity and abundance of Gambierdiscus species around Heron Island and Orpheus Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia - Caroline Dornelles, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
15:10-15:20Short break
[AB] Aquaculture and biotechnology (Steele 03-206)
15:20-15:50[K03] Insights from the ecology, chemistry and microbiomes of seaweeds that can underpin the sustainable development of restorative aquaculture systems - Alexandra Campbell, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
15:50-16:50[C15] Using machine learning and omics data to enhance algal bioprospecting - Cintia Iha, Australian National Algae Culture Collection - CSIRO, Australia
[C16] Genome mining as an alternative way for assessing protists' potential to produce UV-absorbing compounds - Nedeljka Rosić, Southern Cross University, Australia
[C17] Identifying and selecting for climate resilience in the early life stages of Macrocystis pyrifera: implications for aquaculture and restoration in Aotearoa, New Zealand - Lisa Miller, University of Otago, New Zealand
[C18] Temporal changes in growth and natural products after disruption of bacteria on the red seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis - Silvia Blanco, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
[C19] Assessing the interactive effects of temperature and other environmental factors on growth and natural products of the red seaweed A. taxiformis - Asri Pratitis, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
16:50-17:00Flash Talks (Steele 03-206)
[SB-04] The curious case of Hypotrichidium n. sp., a new polymorphic and cannibalistic spirofilid ciliate (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia) - Atef Omar, Gangneung-Wonju National University, South Korea
[SB-18] The species interactions and community assembly of environmental microorganisms in Haima cold seep - Changyu Zhu, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), China
[CB-04] Locomotion mechanism of the shelled amoeba Arcella sp. - Yukinori Nishigami, Hokkaido University, Japan
[HA-01] The impact of flooding from the Minjiang River on the succession of harmful algal blooms (HABs) caused by diatoms in China's offshore waters - Yun-Chi Lin, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
[AB-02] Asparagopsis armata in co-culture with finfish - Lily Heidmann, University of Otago, New Zealand
17:00-18:30Poster Session 1 (Themes: SB, CB, HA, and AB) (20-275)

Tuesday, 5 November

08:00-08:55Registrations (GCI Atrium)
08:55-09:00Housekeeping / Announcements (Steele 03-206)
09:00-09:30[P02] Community-wide interactions sustain life in geothermal spring habitats - Debashish Bhattacharya, Rutgers University, USA
[EP] Ecology and physiology
09:30-10:30[C20] The lords of the sludge: Novel trichomonads are a probable keystone species in industrial anaerobic digesters - Aaron Heiss, Kyungpook National University, South Korea
[C21] Trophic relations between centrohelid and actinophryid heliozoans - Liudmyla Gaponova, Institute for Evolutionary Ecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
[C22] Reaction norm, molecular basis and evolution of phenotypic plasticity in a marine ciliate - Jiao Pan, Ocean University of China, China
[C23] Light spectrum as a structuring factor for the endolithic Ostreobium (Ulvophyceae) community of the coral skeleton - Marisa Margherita Pasella, The University of Melbourne, Australia
[C24] Temporal dynamics in growth and reproduction of the red seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis and its significance in crafting sustainable strategies for harvesting - Najeen Rula, Central Queensland University, Australia
10:30-11:00Morning tea (GCI Atrium)
11:00-11:30[K04] Bloom or Bust: How is the base of our marine ecosystems responding to a changing climate? - Kirsty Smith, Cawthron Institute, New Zealand
11:30-11:43[C25] Probing the dynamics of marine diatom silica production in a changing ocean - Katherina Petrou, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
[OM] Omics, microbiome, and model organisms (Steele 03-206)
11:43-12:20[C26] Evolutionary genomics of the soil ciliates Colpoda - Hongan Long, Ocean University of China, China
[C27] The role of ciliates in rhizosphere microbial community based on microbiome and morphology - Ying Chen, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China
[C28] Continental-scale diversity and distribution of Australian marine benthic and host-associated protist communities - Yuxuan Jiang, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
12:20-13:30Lunch (GCI Atrium)
12:25-13:25ASPAB Annual General Meeting (20-271)
13:30-14:00[K05] 3D genome and transcription in Tetrahymena thermophila - Xiaoyuan Song, University of Science & Technology of China, China
14:00-14:45[C29] Regulation of gene expression in dinoflagellates: The roles of long non-coding RNAs and RNA editing - Yibi Chen, The University of Queensland, Australia
[C30] Effects of light on growth, bromoform production, and gene expression in the red seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis - Jessica Webb, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
[C31] Conserved pathways of fatty acid catabolism in Stramenopiles &mdash investigations in diatoms and oomycete plant pathogens - Graham Peers, Colorado State University, USA
[C32] Unlocking the power of genomics to understand the ecology and evolution of symbiotic and bloom-forming dinoflagellates - Cheong Xin Chan, The University of Queensland, Australia
14:45-14:55Short break
14:55-15:25[K06] Identification and characterization of the de novo methyltransferases for eukaryotic N6-methyladenine (6mA) - Shan Gao, Ocean University of China, China
15:25-15:40[C33] Characterisation and expression of genes associated with Diarrhetic Shellfish Toxins - Leon Burgess, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
[C34] AlgaeDB: A comprehensive repository for multi-omics data on red algae - Lachlan McKinnie, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
15:40-15:50Flash Talks (Steele 03-206)
[EP-02] Carbon acquisition strategies of Tasmanian red seaweeds (Rhodophyta) and their sensitivity to ocean acidification - Barbara Labbe, University of Tasmania, Australia
[EP-06] Exploring bacterial predation dynamics of marine heterotrophic nanoflagellates with different feeding behaviors - Dong Hyuk Jeong, Kyungpook National University, South Korea
[OM-03] Decoding the low-light photosynthesis: transcriptomic insights into heat and high light stress responses of the endolithic alga Ostreobium sp. - Juntong Hu, The University of Melbourne, Australia
[SY-01] Study on the relationship between intracellular crystals and endosymbiotic Chlorella cells in the ciliated protozoan Paramecium bursaria - Mikihiko Arikawa, Kochi University, Japan
[PI-02] A novel parasitoid, Pseudopirsonia chaetoceri n. sp. (Imbricatea, Cercozoa) of the marine diatom Chaetoceros species (Mediophyceae, Bacillariophyta) discovered from Korean coastal water - Kyoungwon Cho, Pukyong National University, South Korea
15:50-17:20Poster Session 2 (Themes: EP, OM, SY, and PI) (20-275)
17:20-18:30Free time / Make way to the City
18:30-21:30Conference Dinner (Customs House, Brisbane)

Wednesday, 6 November

08:30-09:00Registrations (GCI Atrium)
08:55-09:00Housekeeping / Announcements (Steele 03-206)
09:00-09:30[P03] A host-derived division endosymbiont machinery in the Trypanosomatid Angomonas deanei - Eva C. M. Novak, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
[SY] Symbiosis and holobiont (Steele 03-206)
09:30-10:35[C35] Survival strategies in the endosymbiotic relationship between Paramecium bursaria and Chlorella variabilis under oligotrophic conditions - Kaoru Okada, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Japan
[C36] Flow cytometry-based biomarker assay for in vitro identification of heat tolerance conferring coral symbionts - Patrick Buerger, Macquarie University, Australia
[C37] High-throughput phenotyping technique for quantifying the nutrient requirements and stoichiometry of competing coral symbionts - Sanna Eriksson, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
[C38] Two evolutionarily distinct autophagy-related ubiquitin-like conjugation systems in dinotoms - Euki Yazaki, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan
[C39] In silico assessment of Symbiodiniaceae community using coral hologenomes - Hisatake Ishida, The University of Queensland, Australia
10:35-11:05Morning tea (GCI Atrium)
11:05-12:20Career Development Discussion Forum (Steele 03-206)
Chair: Rochelle Soo
Panelists: Therese Solberg, Xiaoyuan Song, Todd McClay, Giuseppe Zuccarello
12:20-13:20Lunch (GCI Atrium)
[OM] Omics, microbiome, and model organisms (Steele 03-206)
13:20-13:50[K07] The role of histone methylations on DNA elimination in the ciliate Paramecium - Therese Solberg, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
13:50-14:50[C40] Reconstructing complex gut microbiomes in the "-ome" era - Phil B. Pope, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
[C41] Comparative genomics of an editable brown alga, Cladosiphon okamuranus, toward the effective cultivation in the warming ocean - Koki Nishitsuji, Fukui Prefectural University, Japan
[C42] Protist 10,000 Genomes Project (P10K) - Jie Xiong, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
[C43] Expansion microscopy (ExM) for localisation of intracellular bacteria in marine protist - Pranali Deore, The University of Melbourne, Australia
[C44] Ostreobium genome evolution: A key to unravelling coral bleaching recovery - Manuel Poretti, The University of Melbourne, Australia
14:50-15:20Afternoon tea
[PI] Parasites and infections (Steele 03-206)
15:20-15:55[C45] Contrasting developmental patterns of two novel parasitoids Pirsonia catenata n. sp. and P. proboscis n. sp. (Pirsoniales, Pirsonea, Gyrista) infecting marine diatoms in Korean coastal waters - Hyewon Kim, Pukyong National University, South Korea
[C46] Current status and problems of fish trypanosomiasis in China - De-Hua Lai, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
[C47] The transmission risk of African and American trypanosomes in China - Zhao-Rong Lun, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
15:55-16:25[P04] A gene drive that reduces fertility of malaria parasites and could end disease - Geoffrey McFadden, The University of Melbourne, Australia
16:25-16:40Closing and Awards (Steele 03-206)

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