Conference and workshop presentations.

Refereed papers Book chapters Conferences and workshops Invited seminars

(The presenter's name is marked by an asterisk).

2025

EMBL Symposium Wild Frontiers of Model Organisms.

Heidelberg, Germany, April 8–11, 2025.
Contributed talk: Paradiplonema papillatum – creating a new model pays off.
(Faktorová D*, Iorillo O, Akiyoshi B, Hammond M, Butenko A, Benz C, Zahonova K, Svobodová M, Valach M, Burger G, Widerman J, Lukes J)

International Diplonemid Conference (iDIPCON).

Virtual, April 2–3, 2025.
Contributed talk: The search for the hypothetical RNA joinosome.
(Tarabuta R*, Valach M, Oeffinger M, Aguilar MC, Burger G)

International Diplonemid Conference (iDIPCON).

Virtual, April 2–3, 2025.
Invited talk: Proteomics of diplonemid mitochondrial complexes.
(Valach M*, Oeffinger M, Aguilar MC, Burger G)

International Diplonemid Conference (iDIPCON).

Virtual, April 2–3, 2025.
Invited talk: Conserved and novel aspects of the Diplonema mitoproteome.
(Gray MW*, Valach M, Burger G)

2024

XIII International Vaccinium Symposium.

Halifax, NS & Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, August 24-29, 2024.
Contributed talk: Beneficial microbes of cranberry plants.
(Thimmappa BC*, Sahli L, Forget L, Sarrasin M, Bustamante P, Turcotte M, Lang BF, Burger G)

Computational Approaches to RNA Structure and Function.

Benasque, Spain, July 21-August 3, 2024.
Invited workshop talk: Evolution of mitochondrial rRNAs.
(Burger G*)

32nd Fungal Genetics Conference 2024.

Asilomar Conference Grounds Pacific Grove, California, USA, March 12-17, 2024.
Contributed poster: Endophytic fungi as biofertilizing and biocontrol agents of cranberry plants.
(Thimmappa BC*, Sahli L, Forget L, Sarrasin M, Bustamante P, Turcotte M, Lang BF, Burger G)

2023

North American Cranberry Research and Extension Workers Conference – NACREW 2023.

Absecon, New Jersey, USA, August 20-24, 2023.
Invited talk & contributed poster: Beneficial microbes living inside cranberry plants.
(Thimmappa BC*, Sahli L, Forget L, Sarrasin M, Bustamante P, Turcotte M, Lang BF, Burger G)

Montreal RNA Salon 2023.

Montreal, Canada, June 15, 2023.
Talk: In silico identification of PPR proteins.
(LeSieur FA*, Burger G)

37th Annual Symposium of the Protein Society.

Boston, MA, USA, June 13-16, 2023.
Contributed poster: The search for the hypothetical RNA joinosome.
(Tarabuta R*, Valach M, Aguilar LC, Oeffinger M, Burger G)

Association Canadienne-Française pour l'Avancement du Savoir (ACFAS) Congrès 2023.

Montreal, Canada, Mai 8-12, 2023. Colloque ARN et médecine moléculaire.
Contributed poster: Le joinosome, nouveau complexe d'épissage de l'ARN.
(Tarabuta R*, Valach M, Burger G)

16th European Conference on Fungal Genetics 2023.

Innsbruck, Austria, Mar 5-8, 2023.
Contributed talk & poster #1: Cranberry plant growth promotion by a fungal endosymbiont.
Contributed poster #2: Endophytic fungi as biocontrol agents of cranberry-plant pathogens.
(Thimmappa BC*, Sahli L, Forget L, Sarrasin M, Bustamante P, Turcotte M, Lang BF, Burger G)

Journée scientifique Simon-Pierre Noel 2023.

Montreal, QC, Canada, 28 Feb, 2023.
Contributed talk: Identification in silico d'une nouvelle famille de protéines liant l'ARN.
(Le Sieur FA*, Burger G)

International Society for Evolutionary Protistology (ISEP), Virtual Meeting 2023.

Online, Jan 19-20, 2023.
Contributed talk: Recent expansion of metabolic versatility in Diplonema papillatum, the model species of a highly speciose group of marine eukaryotes.
(Valach M* et al., Burger G)

2022

Montreal RNA Salon.

Montreal, QC, Canada, Dec 15, 2022.
Contributed talk: "Differential transcriptome expression in a symbiotic fungus."
(Thimmappa BC*, Salhi LN, Forget L, Sarrasin M, Bustamante Villalobos P, Lang BF, Burger G)

XXIII International Fungal Biology Conference (IFBC) 2022.

San Jose dos Campos, Brazil, Sept 25-29, 2022.
Contributed talk & poster: "Secrete life inside plants: the role of fungal endosymbionts."
(Thimmappa BC*, Salhi LN, Forget L, Sarrasin M, Bustamante Villalobos P, Lang BF, Burger G)

ACFAS Congrès 2022.

Montreal, Canada, Mai 8-12, 2022.
Contributed talk: "RNA trans-splicing complex in the mitochondria of Diplonema."
(Tarabuta R*, Valach M, Oeffinger M, Aguilar MC, Burger G)

Rencontre Louis-Philippe Bouthillier 2022 - Retreat of the Biochemistry Department, Université de Montréal.

Orford, QC, Canada, May 5-6, 2022.
Contributed talk: "Le joinosome, nouveau complexe de l'épissage d'ARN chez un micro-eucaryote."
(Tarabuta R*, Valach M, Burger G)

2021

- the year of Covid

2020

RNA2020 - 25th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society, Virtual Event.

Online, May 26-31, 2020.
Poster: "Unexpectedly complex mitoribosomes in Andalucia godoyi, a protist with the most bacteria-like mitochondrial genome."
(Valach M*, Gonzalez Alcazar JA, Sarrasin M, Lang BF, Gray MW, Burger G)

CANCELLED: International Society for Evolutionary Protistology/International Society of Protistologists (ISEP-ISOP) joint Conference 2020.

Cancun, Mexico, May 31-Jun 4, 2020.
Poster/Talk: "Diplonemids: metabolism and beyond."
(Butenko A*, Opperdoes FR, Horak A, Williams T, Petitjean C, Burger G, Lukes J)

CANCELLED: Annual conference of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) 2020.

Quebec City, QC, Canada, Jun 28-Jul 2, 2020.
Invited talk: "Evolution at warp speed of mitochondrial genomes from the micro-eukaryotes Diplonemida."
(Burger G*, Valach M, Kaur B, Zahonova K, Faktorova D, Prokopchuk G, Lukes J)

CANCELLED: XII International Vaccinium Symposium 2020.

Halifax, NS, Canada, Aug 29-Sep 3, 2020.
Poster or Talk #1: "Use of symbiotic microorganisms to improve growth, productivity and quality of cranberries grown in Quebec."
(Diop M*, Bregard A, Forget L, Salhi LN, Lang BF, Burger G, Dorais M)
Poster or Talk #2: "Potential cranberry protection via interactions between endophytes."
(Salhi LN*, Forget L, Sarrasin M, Burger G, Lang BF)

2019

North American Cranberry Researcher and Extension Workers Conference (Nacrew) 2019.

Vancouver, Canada, Aug 18-21, 2019.
Talk: "Biodiversity and symbiotic microbes in cranberry."
(Salhi LN*, Forget L, Burger G, Lang BF)

EMBO Workshop on Comparative genomics of eukaryotic microbes: Genomes in flux, and flux between genomes, 2019.

San Feliu de Guixols, Spain, 14-19 Oct, 2019.
Talk: "Gene fragmentation and RNA editing without borders: eccentric mitochondrial genomes of diplonemids."
(Kaur B, Zahonova K*, Valach M, Faktorova D, Prokopchuk G, Burger G, Lukes J)

International Colloquium on Endocytobiology and Symbiosis (ICES) 2019.

Lille, France, Sept 1-5, 2019.
Talk: "The deep eukaryote comparative genome project including jakobids and malawimonads: developing improved gene annotation and ncRNA finding methodology."
(Sarrasin M, Burger G, Lang BF*)

VIII European Congress of Protistology ECOP-ISOP Joint meeting 2019.

Rome, Italy, July 28-Aug 2, 2019.
Talk #1: "Exploring the deep evolutionary history of phagotrophic euglenids with single-cell transcriptomics."
(Lax G*, Kolisko M, Eglit Y, Lee WJ, Burger G, Keeling P, Simpson AGB)
Talk #2: "Diplonema papillatum, a representative of the highly diverse and abundant marine microeukaryotes, can be genetically manipulated."
(Kaur B*, Faktorova D, Valach M, Burger G, Lukes J)

Congrès nord-américain de la canneberge 2019.

Association des Producteurs de Canneberges du Quebec (APCQ), Quebec City, March 25-26, 2019.
Invited talk: "Les mycorhizes pour améliorer le régime racinaire des plants / Using Mycorrhizae to Improve Plant Root Development."
(Lang BF*, Salhi LN, Forget L, Burger G)

2018

ASCB | EMBO 2018 Meeting

San Diego, CA, USA, December 8–12, 2018.
Poster: Successful transformation of Diplonema papillatum – the type species of the most diverse marine protists diplonemids.
(Faktorová D*, Kaur B, Graf L, Valach M, Burger G, Lukes J)

Interdisciplinary Science Workshop

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, November 15, 2018.
Invited talk: Underlying philosophy and challenges in designing trans-disciplinary training program. Example: bioinformatics.
(Burger G*)

1er Symposium sur le MICROBIOTE

Université de Montréal, Medical Faculty, Montreal, QC, Canada, November 2, 2018.
Invited talk: Lessons from the analysis of plant microbiomes – a bioinformatics/genomics approach.
(Salhi LN, Forget L, Sarrasin M, Burger G, Lang BF*)

Gene Ontology Workshop

Montreal, QC, Canada, October 16, 2018.
Talk: Plant-microbe interactions at the molecular level.
(C Thimmappa B*, Burger G)

Computational Approaches to RNA Structure and Function

Benasque, Spain, July 16–27, 2018.
Talk: Spliceosomal introns in 'primitive' unicellular flagellates.
(Sarrasin M, Burger G, Lang BF*)

XXII Meeting of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology

Droushia, Cyprus, May 27–June 1, 2018.
Talk #1: Eccentricities of mitochondrial genomes across diplonemids.
(Valach M, Kaur B, Moreira S, Faktorova D, Lukes J, Burger G*)
Talk #2: Comparative analysis of jakobid, malawimonad and ancyromonad nuclear genomes.
(Sarrasin M, Derelle R, Burger G, Lang BF*)

Journée de formation agricole

Ferme Bieler, St-Louis-de-Blandford, QC, Canada, April 16, 2018.
Invited talk: Le microbiome de la canneberge.
(Salhi LN, Forget L, Burger G, Lang BF*)

2017

Journée de la recherche à l’ARN – Département de biochimie, UdeM

Montreal, QC, Canada, December 15, 2017.
Invited talk: Decryption of hidden genes at the transcript level.
(Burger G*, Valach M, Moreira S)

22e Journées Horticoles et Grandes Cultures (JHGC) – Petits fruits

St-Rémi, QC, Canada, December 6, 2017.
Invited talk: Tirer profit du microbiome du sol.
(Lang BF*, Salhi LN, Forget L, Burger G)

31e Congrès de l’AQSSS – Valorisation des sols et biodiversité

Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada, May 30–June 1, 2017.
Invited talk: Biodiversité et microbes symbiotes : le cas de la canneberge.
(Lang BF*, Salhi LN, Forget L, Burger G)

Minisymposium on Mitochondria – University of Helsinki

Helsinki, Finland, August 14, 2017.
Invited talk: Decryption of hidden genes at the transcript level.
(Burger G*, Valach M, Moreira S)

31st Annual Symposium of the Protein Society

Montreal, QC, Canada, July 24–27, 2017.
Poster: The mitoribosome of a primitive eukaryote.
(Gonzalez J*, Valach M, Burger G)

30th Annual Meeting on The Biology of Genomes

Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA, May 9–13, 2017.
Contributed talk: Gene encryption in the mitochondrial genome of diplonemids.
(Moreira S*, Valach M, Burger G)

115th International Titisee Conference

Titisee, Germany, March 29–April 2, 2017.
Invited talk: Ingenious genome structures and innovative modes of gene expression in mitochondria.
(Burger G*, Moreira S, Valach M)
Talk: Translational hopping in yeast mitochondria.
(Lang BF*, Jakubkova M, Hegedusova E, Daoud R, Forget L, Brejova B, Vinar T, Kosa P, Fricova D, Nebohacova M, Griac P, Tomaska L, Burger G, Nosek J)

Innovation et progrès en agroalimentaire au Centre-du-Québec (INPACQ)

Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, QC, Canada, February 2, 2017.
Invited talk: Le microbiome de la canneberge.
(Salhi LN, Forget L, Burger G, Lang BF*)

2016

XXXI Congresso Nazionale Società Italiana di Protistologia

Pisa, Italy, 2016.
Poster: Genome analysis of an obligate bacterial endosymbiont of Paramecium.
(Castelli M*, Lang BF, Burger G, Petroni G)

69. Congresso Nazionale Unione Zoologica Italiana

Senigallia, Italy, September 22–25, 2016.
Poster: Genome analysis of the bacterial endosymbiont Holospora caryophila living in Paramecium.
(Castelli M*, Lang BF, Burger G, Petroni G)

Trajectoires de la Génétique – 150 ans après Mendel (Académie des Sciences)

Paris, France, September 11–13, 2016.
Invited talk: Non-functional genes repaired at the RNA level.
(Burger G*)

PROTIST-2016

Moscow, Russia, June 6–10, 2016.
Invited talk (Hutner lecture): New kids on the block.
(Lukes J*, Flegontova O, Flegontov P, Faktorova D, Kaur B, Votypka J, Tashyreva D, Yabuki A, Malviya S, de Vargas C, Bowler C, Burger G, Horak A)

EMBO | EMBL Symposium – A New Age of Discovery for Aquatic Microeukaryotes

Heidelberg, Germany, January 26–29, 2016.
Selected short talk: Cryptic mitochondrial genes in the aquatic microeukaryotes Diplonemea.
(Burger G*, Moreira S, Valach M, Lukes J)

2015

EMBO Conference – Exploring the Genomic Complexity and Diversity of Eukaryotes

San Feliu de Guixols, Spain, October 19–24, 2015.
Invited talk: Gene scrambling repaired at the RNA level.
(Burger G*, Valach M, Moreira S)

Computational Methods for RNA Analysis

Benasque, Spain, July 19–31, 2015.

Gordon Research Conference – RNA Editing

Lucca (Barga), Italy, March 8–13, 2015.
Talk: Two mechanistically different editing pathways act on diplonemid mitochondrial transcripts.
(Valach M*, Moreira S, Burger G)
Poster: Diverse and widespread RNA editing in mitochondria of diplonemids: biological role and evolution.
(Valach M*, Moreira S, Burger G)

2014

Bob's Legacy – Symposium in Honor of the Late Robert Cedergren

Montreal, Canada, December 19, 2014.
Invited talk: Descrambling genetic information at the RNA level.
(Valach M, Moreira S, Burger G*)

18th Evolutionary Biology Meeting at Marseille (EBM)

Marseille, France, September 16–19, 2014.
Talk: Gene camouflage by fragmentation, RNA editing and accelerated evolution in mitochondria of diplonemids.
(Moreira S, Valach M, Burger G*)

Recoding: Reprogramming Genetic Decoding – EMBO Workshop

Killarney, Ireland, May 13–18, 2014.
Invited talk: Massive programmed translational jumping in mitochondria.
(Lang BF, et al., Burger G, Nosek J*)
Poster #1: Comparative analysis of translational bypassing elements in yeast mitochondria.
(Jakubkova et al., Burger G, Nosek J*)
Poster #2: Recoding at the RNA level.
(Valach M, Moreira S, Burger G*)

2013

International Congress of Protistology (ICOP XIV)

Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 28–August 2, 2013.
Poster: Extremely derived ribosomal RNA in the mitochondrial genome of Diplonema.
(Valach M*, Moreira S, Kiethega GN, Burger G)

8th International Conference for Plant Mitochondrial Biology (ICPMB2013)

Rosario, Argentina, May 12–16, 2013.
Invited talk: The most bacteria-like mitochondrial genomes.
(Burger G*, Gray MW, Lang BF)

2012

9th International Phytotechnology Society (IPS) Conference

Diepenbeek, Belgium, September 11–14, 2012.
Invited talk: Environmental genomics of willows and microorganisms applied to the decontamination of abandoned industrial sites.
(Labrecque M*, Lang BF, Hijri M, Almeida-Rodriquez A, Andre P, Bourdel G, Burger G, et al.)

Computational Methods for RNA Analysis

Benasque, Spain, July 21–August 4, 2012.

Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution (SMBE 2012)

Dublin, Ireland, June 23–26, 2012.
Poster: Identification of an elusive trans-splicing machinery.
(Moreira S, Breton S, Valach M, Kiethega GN, Aoulad Aissa M, Turcotte M, Burger G*)

2011

EMBO/FEMS Conference, Comparative Genomics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms

San Feliu de Guixols, Spain, October 15–20, 2011.
Invited talk: Discontinuous genes encoding contiguous proteins.
(Burger G*, Kiethega GN, Yan Y)

Joint conference of Poplar Council of Canada, IPC Environmental Applications Working Party, and Poplar Council of the United States

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, September 18–24, 2011.
Invited talk: Improving bioremediation of polluted soils through environmental genomics.
(Labrecque M*, Pitre F, Joly M, St-Arnaud M, Hiri M, Lang BF, Burger G, Courchesne F, Jabaji S, Konstantinos A, Greer C, Yergeau E)

Journées Ouvertes en Bioinformatique et Mathématiques (JOBIM 2011)

Paris, France, Institut Pasteur, June 28–July 1, 2011.
Talk: NGS: Neglected Genome Sequencing. Assembly and annotation challenges in a highly divergent protozoan genome.
(Moreira S*, Turcotte M, Burger G)

International Conference for Plant Mitochondrial Biology (ICPMB 2011)

Hohenroda, Germany, May 14–19, 2011.
Poster: Novel trans-splicing and RNA editing.
(Yan Y, Kiethega GN, Malekpour A, Turcotte M, Burger G*)

Gordon Research Conference, RNA Editing

Galveston, TX, USA, January 9–14, 2011.
Poster: Novel RNA editing – process associated with trans-splicing.
(Yan Y, Kiethega GN, Malekpour A, Turcotte M, Burger G*)

2010

Conference Piotr Slonimski – From Mitochondria to Genomes

Gif-sur-Yvette, France, July 8, 2010.
Invited talk: Eccentric mitochondrial genomes.
(Burger G*)

Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE 2010)

Lyon, France, July 4–8, 2010.
Poster: Unscrambling modularized genetic information.
(Burger G*, Kiethega GN, Yan Y, Teijeiro S)

Portugaliae Genetica

Porto, Portugal, March 18–19, 2010.
Invited talk: Experimental and in silico analysis of post-transcriptional processes in mitochondria.
(Burger G*)

2009

EMBO Conference, Comparative Genomics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms

San Feliu de Guixols, Spain, October 18–22, 2009.
Invited talk: Unconventional gene structure and gene expression discovered in mitochondria.
(Burger G*)

Computational Methods for RNA Analysis

Benasque, Spain, July 26–August 8, 2009.
Chalk talk: Modeling RNA motifs involved in RNA editing and trans-splicing of diplonemids.
(Burger G*)

Gordon Research Conference, RNA Editing

Galveston, TX, USA, January 11–16, 2009.
Invited talk: Coupling RNA editing with trans-splicing.
(Burger G*)
Poster: RNA editing and trans-splicing in the mitochondrial genome of diplonemids.
(Kiethega GN, Yan Y, Teijeiro S, Burger G*)

2008

International Forum Science et Société 2008

Montreal, QC, November 14–16, 2008.
Invited talk in Workshop: Émergence de la vie.
(Burger G*)

Protist 2008 (ISOP 59; ISEP XVII)

Halifax, NS, July 21–26, 2008.
Poster: Mitochondrial genome organization in diplonemids.
(Kiethega GN*, Teijeiro S, Roy J, Burger G)

Mitochondria, Ribosomes and Cells: Symposium in Honor of Michael W. Gray

Halifax, NS, July 3–4, 2008.
Invited talk: Evolution of U-indel RNA editing in mitochondria – testable hypotheses.
(Burger G*)

Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE08)

Barcelona, Spain, June 5–8, 2008.
Poster: Complex genome and gene organization in Euglenozoa.
(Burger G*, Kiethega GN, Teijeiro S)

CIFAR Integrated Microbial Biodiversity General Program Meeting

Lac Carling, QC, May 6–10, 2008.
Invited talk: Warum einfach wenn’s auch kompliziert geht – unconventional gene expression in diplonemid mitochondria.
(Burger G*)

2007

EST-EMBO Symposium on Comparative Genomics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms

San Feliu de Guixols, Spain, October 20–25, 2007.
Talk: Novel genome architecture and gene structure in mitochondria of unicellular eukaryotes.
(Burger G*)

Gordon Conference on Structural, Functional & Evolutionary Genomics

Hixton, Cambridge, UK, July 29–August 3, 2007.
Poster: Novel gene expression in Diplonema mtDNA.
(Marande W, Teijeiro S, Burger G*)

Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE07)

Halifax, NS, June 24–28, 2007.
Poster: A genomic jigsaw puzzle: gene pieces scattered over hundred chromosomes in diplonemid mitochondria.
(Marande W, Teijeiro S, Burger G*)

Human Genome Meeting (HGM2007)

Montreal, May 21–24, 2007.
Talk: Unorthodox genome and gene structures in mitochondria of trypanosome pathogens and their relatives.
(Burger G*)

2nd ASM Conference on Integrating Metabolism and Genomics (IMAGE2)

Montreal, April 30–May 3, 2007.
Poster 1: TBestDB: a taxonomically-broad EST database.
(Lang BF*, O'Brien EM, Marie V, Wang S, Zhang Y, Burger G)
Poster 2: In silico identification of the mitochondrial proteome reveals dual localization of beta oxidation in Rhizopus oryzae.
(Shen Y*, Burger G)

FEBS Advanced Course on the Origin and Evolution of Mitochondria and Chloroplasts

Acquafreddo-di-Mare, Italy, April 24–29, 2007.
Invited talk: Novel mitochondrial gene structures.
(Burger G*, Marande W, Roy J, Teijeiro S)

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) Meeting

Phoenix, AZ, USA, January 3–7, 2007.
Invited talk: The evolutionary transition from protists to metazoa.
(Liu Y, Stennkamp E, Darmon D, Burger G, Lang BF*)

2006

EMBO Conference on Protein Transport Systems: Protein Targeting and Translocation

Gdansk, Poland, September 30 – October 5, 2006.
Poster 1: In silico identification of nucleus-encoded mitochondrial proteins using EST data.
Poster 2: Improving the prediction of mitochondrial proteins via the integration of available tools for subcellular localization.
(Shen Y*, Burger G)

Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB 2006)

Fortaleza, Brazil, August 6–10, 2006.
Poster: Evaluation of ORF function predictions using domain-specific knowledge.
(Kannan S*, Burger G)

16th Meeting of the International Society of Evolutionary Protistology (ISEP XVI)

Wroclaw, Poland, August 1–5, 2006.
Invited talk: Jigsaw genes in mitochondria of kinetoplastids' sister group.
(Burger G*)

56th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists / 49th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Canada

London, Ontario, June 18–21, 2006.
Invited talk: The Protist EST Program: An exploration of genetic diversity and evolution within the world of eukaryotic microbes.
(Gray MW*, Burger G, Durnford DG, Keeling PJ, Lang BF, Lee RW, Pearlman RE, Roger AJ)

COST B-22 Expert Meeting

Prague, Czech Republic, June 5–7, 2006.
Invited talk: An update on kinetoplast DNA structure and replication and the evolution of mitochondrial genome in Euglenozoa.
(Lukes J*, Roy J, Faktorova D, Marande W, Burger G)

Congrès de la Société canadienne d'Écologie et d'Évolution

Montreal, Canada, April 3–4, 2006.
Poster 1: Comparative analysis of gender-associated, complete mitochondrial genomes in marine mussels (Mytilus ssp.).
(Breton S*, Burger G, Stewart DT, Blier PU)
Poster 2: New insights into the evolution of mitochondrial genome structure in Euglenozoa.
(Roy J*, Marande W, Faktorova D*, Lukes J, Burger G)

2005

EST-EMBO Symposium on Comparative Genomics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms

Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain, November 12–17, 2005.
Poster: Evolution of mitochondrial genome structure in Euglenozoa: New insights.
(Roy J, Marande W, Faktorova D, Lukes J, Burger G*)

World Congress of Cellular and Molecular Biology

Poitiers, France, October 9–12, 2005.
Invited talk: Specialized biological databases, value and challenges.
(Burger G*)

19th Annual Meeting of the CIAR Evolutionary Biology Program

Tigh-Na-Mara Resort, Parksville, Canada, September 15–19, 2005.
Poster: Evolution of mitochondrial genome and gene structure in Euglenozoa.
(Roy J, Marande W, Lukes J, Burger G*)

European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB 2005)

Madrid, Spain, September 28 – October 1, 2005.
Poster: In silico identification of nucleus-encoded mitochondrial proteins using EST data.
(Shen Y*, Burger G)

Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB 2005)

Michigan, USA, June 25–29, 2005.
Poster: Data rich but information poor: Applying data mining for protein function annotation.
(Kannan S*, Burger G)

International Congress on Plant Mitochondrial Biology (ICPM 2005)

Obernai, France, May 28 – June 2, 2005.
Invited talk: How many genes are required to infer deep phylogenies – the call for phylogenomics.
(Lang BF*, Rodriguez-Espeleta N, Burger G, Brinkmann H, Philippe H)
Poster: Monophyly of primary photosynthetic eukaryotes: green plants, red algae and glaucophytes.
(Rodriguez-Ezpeleta N, Brinkmann H, Burey SC, Roure B, Burger G*, Loeffelhardt W, Bohnert H, Philippe H, Lang BF)

Annual Meeting of the Northeast Algal Society

Rockport, Maine, April 15–17, 2005.
Invited talk: Protist EST database: automated annotation and data representation.
(Burger G*, Lang BF, Koski L, O'Brien E)
Poster: Mitochondrial genome diversity across Euglenozoa.
(Roy J*, Burger G)

Workshop on Computational Biology in the Post-genomic Era

Montreal, Canada, March 19–20, 2005.
Invited talk: Bioinformatics challenges in comparative genomics research.
(Burger G*)

15th Meeting of the International Society of Evolutionary Protistology (ISEP XV)

Melbourne, Australia, January 30 – February 3, 2005.
Invited talk: Novel mitochondrial genome structure in diplonemids, the sister group of kinetoplastids.
(Marande W*, Burger G)

2004

Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Protozoology

Yamaguchi, Japan, November 19–21, 2004.
Invited talk: On the origin of mitochondria: From endosymbiont to organelle.
(Burger G*)

Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB 2004)

Glasgow, UK, July 30 – August 4, 2004.
Poster 1: In silico approach to RNA editing. (Kleinman C*, Burger G)
Poster 2: The PEPdb database. (O'Brien E*, Zhang Y, Yang LS, Wang E, Lang BF, Burger G)
Poster 3: Analysis of structure and history of complex repetitive genome regions. (Hauth A*, Burger G, Lang BF)
Poster 4: Automated functional annotation of protist ESTs. (Koski L*, Lang BF, Burger G)

Colloque Bioinformatique

Aurillac, France, June 14–15, 2004.
Invited talk: Biological databases in the genomics era.
(Burger G*)

2003

MITACS Quebec Interchange – The Mathematics of Data Mining

Montreal, Canada, November 13–14, 2003.
Invited talk: Bioinformatics at the Université de Montréal. (Burger G*)
Poster: Gene function annotation: A predictive data mining approach. (Kannan S*, Burger G)

HUPO 2nd Annual & IUBMB XIX Joint World Congress

Montreal, Canada, October 8–11, 2003.
Invited talk: Diversity and evolution of mitochondrial genome architecture and information content. (Burger G*, Gray MW, Lang BF)
Poster 1: AnaBench: A Web-Corba-based workbench for biomolecular sequence analysis and annotation. (Badidi E, Lang BF, Burger G*)
Poster 2: Gene function annotation: Predictive data mining approach. (Kannan S, Burger G*)

National Genomics and Proteomics Symposium

Toronto, Canada, September 25–26, 2003.
Invited talk: The Protist EST Program. (Burger G*, Gray MW)

FEBS Advanced Course on the Origin and Evolution of Mitochondria and Chloroplasts

Hvar, Croatia, April 5–10, 2003.
Invited talk: Genome Evolution in Mitochondria and Bacterial Symbionts. (Burger G*, Marx S, Lang BF)
Poster: Identification of ORFs from organelle genomes using a data mining approach. (Kannan S*, Burger G)

11th International Conference on Microbial Genomes

Durham, NC, USA, September 28 – October 2, 2003.
Invited talk: Evolution of the mitochondrial genome: A study in extraordinary structural variation. (Gray MW*, Burger G, Lang BF)

2002

European Conference for Computational Biology (ECCB 2002)

Saarbrücken, Germany, October 6–9, 2002.
Poster: Identification of ORFs from organelle genomes: A data mining approach using C4.5 machine learning algorithm. (Kannan S*, Burger G)

16th Annual Meeting of the CIAR Evolutionary Biology Program

Harrison Hot Springs, BC, Canada, September 28 – October 2, 2002.
Talk: Phylogenetic position of jakobids based on complete mtDNA sequence data. (Lang BF*, Burger G, Gray MW)

Annual Graduate Research Conference – Concordia University

Montreal, QC, Canada, September 27–28, 2002.
Poster: Identification of ORFs from organelle genomes: A data mining approach. (Kannan S*, Boucher G, Burger G)

Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB 2002)

Edmonton, AB, Canada, August 3–7, 2002.
Poster: Identification of ORFs from organelle genomes: A data mining approach. (Kannan S*, Boucher G, Burger G)

14th Meeting of the International Society of Evolutionary Protistology (ISEP XIV)

Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 19–22, 2002.
Invited talk: Phylogeny of primitive mitochondriate eukaryotes: The jakobid flagellates. (Lang BF*, Burger G, Gray MW)
Poster: Characterization of the mitochondrial DNA of Diplonema papillatum. (Marande W*, Tremblay D, Lukes J, Burger G)

RECOMB 2002 – 6th Annual International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology

Washington DC, USA, April 18–21, 2002.
Poster: Building a genome database using an object-oriented approach. (Barbasiewicz A*, Liu L, Lang BF, Burger G)

Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Evolution

Ventura, CA, USA, January 13–18, 2002.
Invited talk: Primitive eukaryotes from a mitochondrial genomics perspective. (Burger G*, Gray MW, Lang BF)

2001

Prospects for Protist Genomics – The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR)

Washington DC, USA, December 11–13, 2001.
Invited talk: PEP, the Protist EST Program. (Lang BF*, Gray MW, Burger G)

15th Annual Meeting of the CIAR Evolutionary Biology Program

Val-David, QC, Canada, October 10–14, 2001.
Talk: Did DRIPs diverge before, simultaneously, or after the animal/fungi split? (Burger G*, Lang BF, Gray MW)

German Conference on Bioinformatics (GCB 2001)

Braunschweig, Germany, October 7–10, 2001.
Poster: Building genome databases using an object-oriented approach. (Barbasiewicz A*, Liu L, Lang BF, N Shimko, Burger G)

7th International Phycological Congress (IPC 2001)

Thessaloniki, Greece, August 18–25, 2001.
Invited talk: Organelle genomes and the evolutionary history of the stramenopiles. (Burger G*, Gray MW, Lang BF)

5th Annual Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB 2001)

Montreal, QC, Canada, April 19–21, 2001.
Invited talk: Comparative analysis of organelle genomes, a biologist's view of computational challenges. (Lang BF*, Burger G)

44th Annual Meeting, Canadian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology (CSBMCB)

Alliston, ON, Canada, May 31–June 2, 2001.
Invited talk: Lessons from the comparative analysis of mitochondrial genomes. (Lang BF*, Gray MW, Burger G)

FEBS Advanced Course on the Origin and Evolution of Mitochondria and Chloroplasts

Hvar, Croatia, March 31–April 4, 2001.
Invited talk: Origin and evolution of mitochondria. (Burger G*, Lang BF, Lemieux C, Turmel M, Gray MW)

2000

Conference of Gene Order Dynamics, Comparative Maps and Multigene Families (DCAF)

Laurentian Mountains, QC, Canada, September 22–25, 2000.
Invited talk: MAPIT - A semi-automated approach to the representation of genetic maps. (Nip A*, Liu L, Seif C, Lang BF, Burger G)

14th Annual Meeting of the CIAR Evolutionary Biology Program

Digby, NS, Canada, October 11–15, 2000.
Talk: Cyanophora paradoxa and its relationship to red and green algae: Insights from complete mitochondrial DNA sequences. (Burger G*, Lang BF, Gray MW)

13th Meeting of the International Society of Evolutionary Protistology (ISEP)

Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, July 31–August 4, 2000.
Invited talk: Unusual structures of mitochondrial genomes in protists. (Burger G*, Gray MW, Lang BF)

6th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology (ISPMB)

Quebec, QC, Canada, June 18–24, 2000.
Invited talk: The sisterhood of red and green algae: A mitochondrial perspective. (Gray MW*, Lang BF, Burger G)
Invited talk: Gene nomenclature in comparative genomics databases. (Burger G*)

50th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society Canada (GSC)

Winnipeg, MB, Canada, June 11–14, 2000.
Invited talk: A future for Canadian microbial genomics? (Lang BF*, Burger G, Gray MW)

68th Annual Meeting of the French-Canadian Association for the Advancement of Science (ACFAS)

Montreal, QC, Canada, May 15–19, 2000.
Talk: A semi-automated approach to the representation of genetic maps. (Nip A*, Liu L, Seif C, Brossard N, Lang BF, Burger G)

1999

Dechema Workshop on Functional Genome Research on Microorganisms

Frankfurt a.M., Germany, November 4–5, 1999.
Poster: Genomics of Holospora obtusa: key to host–pathogen interactions. (Nickel M*, Jakob Y, Forget L, Lang BF, Burger G, Goertz D)

13th Annual Meeting of the CIAR Evolutionary Biology Program

Banff, BC, Canada, October 21–24, 1999.
Talk: The 1001 chromosomes of Amoebidium parasiticum. (Burger G*, Lang BF, Gray MW)

16th International Botanical Congress

St. Louis, MO, USA, August 1–7, 1999.
Invited talk: Early evolution of eukaryotes from a mitochondrial genomic perspective. (Burger G*, Lang BF, Lemieux C, Turmel M, Gray MW)

7th Annual Conference of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

Brisbane, Australia, July 11–14, 1999.
Invited talk: A comparative genomics approach to the evolution of mitochondria. (Lang BF*, Gray MW, O'Kelly CJ, Burger G)

1998

Symposium on Origins of Mitochondria and Chloroplasts

Joint symposium of the International Society of Evolutionary Protistology (ISEP), the Society of Protozoology (SOP), and the Phycological Society of America (PSA).
Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, August 2–4, 1998.
Invited talk: A comparative genomics approach to the evolution of mitochondria. (Lang BF*, Gray MW, O'Kelly CJ, Burger G)
Historical moment: GB invites JL to collaborate on Diplonema papillatum.

12th Annual Meeting of the CIAR Evolutionary Biology Program

Val Morin, QC, Canada, July 25–29, 1998.
Talk: How ancestral are heterolobosean protists? (Burger G*, Nerad T, Lang BF, Gray MW)

1997

11th Annual Meeting of the CIAR Evolutionary Biology Program

Elgin, ON, Canada, September 1997.
Talk: Ancestral mitochondrial DNAs in jakobid protozoa. (Burger G*, Gray MW, Lang BF)

General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology

Miami Beach, FL, USA, 1997.
Invited talk: Comparative genomics approach to the evolution of mitochondria. (Lang BF*, Burger G, Gray MW)

Second International Congress of Symbiosis

Woods Hole, MA, USA, April 13–18, 1997.
Invited talk: Early evolution of protist mitochondria. (Burger G*, Lang BF, Gray MW)

1996

10th Annual Meeting of the CIAR Evolutionary Biology Program

Sidney, BC, Canada, August 28 – September 1, 1996.
Talk 1: The Organelle Genome Database Project (GOBASE). (Burger G*, Gray MW, Lang BF, Korab-Laskowska M, Littlejohn TG, Rioux P)
Talk 2: The quest for the earliest mitochondriate protists, and for bacteria most related to mitochondria. (Lang BF*, Burger G, Cedergren RC, Golding B, Gray MW, Lemieux C, Sankoff D, Turmel M)

Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Canada (GSC)

Winnipeg, MB, Canada, June 12–15, 1996.
Invited talk: Bioinformatics projects of the Organelle Genome and Database Program. (Burger G, Cedergren RC, Golding B, Gray MW, Korab-Laskowska M, Lang BF, Lemieux C, Littlejohn TG, Rioux P*, Sankoff D, Turmel M)

11th International Meeting of the International Society of Evolutionary Protistology (ISEP-11)

Cologne, Germany, August 8–13, 1996.
Invited talk: Phylogenetic relationship of red, green and cryptophyte algae, investigated by complete mitochondrial DNA sequencing. (Burger G*, Cedergren RC, Golding B, Gray MW, Lang BF, Lemieux C, Sankoff D, Turmel M)

Genome Canada 96

Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 11–16, 1996.
Invited talk 1: Mitochondria as a unique window to resolve the phylogeny of the eukaryotes. (Lang BF*, Burger G, Cedergren RC, Golding B, Gray MW*, Lemieux C, Sankoff D, Turmel M)
Invited talk 2: The organelle genome database project (GOBASE). (Burger G*, Korab-Laskowska M, Rioux P, Lang BF, Gray MW, Littlejohn TG)

1995

EMBO Workshop – Evolution of Archaeal, Bacterial and Organelle Genomes

Stockholm, Sweden, October 6–9, 1995.
Invited talk: Mitochondria as a unique window on the evolutionary history of the lower eukaryotes. (Burger G*, Cedergren RC, Golding B, Gray MW*, Lang BF*, Lemieux C, Littlejohn T, Sankoff D, Turmel M)

9th Annual Meeting of the CIAR Evolutionary Biology Program

Val Morin, QC, Canada, August 22–27, 1995.
Talk: The Organelle Genome Sequencing Program, progress report. (Burger G*, Cedergren RC, Golding B, Gray MW, Lang BF, Lemieux C, Littlejohn T, Sankoff D, Turmel M)

45th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists

Kingston, ON, Canada, June 11–15, 1995.
Invited talk: Organelle genomics. (Burger G, Cedergren RC, Golding B, Gray MW, Lang BF*, Lemieux C, Littlejohn T, Sankoff D, Turmel M)

Plant Mitochondria: From Gene to Function

Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, April 7–12, 1995.
Invited talk: Complete sequence of the mitochondrial genome of the rhodophyte Porphyra purpurea: a mitochondrial perspective on the evolution of red and green algae. (Burger G, Gray MW*, Reith M, Lang BF)

Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology – Eukaryotic Microorganisms: Recent Evolutionary Studies

Washington, DC, USA, May 21–25, 1995.
Invited talk: Mitochondria as a unique window on the evolutionary history of the lower eukaryotes. (Burger G, Littlejohn T, Gray MW, Lang BF*)

4e Colloque de Biotechnologie de l’Université du Québec

Montreal, QC, Canada, April 28–29, 1995.
Talk: Megaséquençage de microgénomes. (Burger G, Littlejohn T, Gray MW, Lang BF*)

1994

5th International Mycology Congress

Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 14–21, 1994.
Invited talk: Fungal phylogeny based on complete mtDNA sequences. (Paquin B, Forget L, Burger G, Coleman A, Lang BF*)

8th Annual Meeting of the CIAR Evolutionary Biology Program

Halifax, NS, Canada, August 10–14, 1994.
Talk: Megasequencing of microgenomes (OGMP). (Burger G*, O'Kelly CJ, Gray MW*, Lang BF)

10th International Meeting of the International Society of Evolutionary Protistology

Halifax, NS, Canada, August 4–10, 1994.
Talk: The diversification of mitochondria in protists: megasequencing of microgenomes. (Burger G, O'Kelly CJ*, Gray MW, Cedergren RC, Turmel M, Lemieux C, Sankoff D, Golding B, Lang BF*)

4th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 19–24, 1994.
Invited talk: Mitochondrial genomes in unicellular algae and other protists. (Gray MW*, Burger G, Lang BF)

1993

Course on Molecular Methods in Algal Research

University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratory, USA, July 1–17, 1993.
Lectures, computer and wet lab instruction on PCR, cloning, sequencing, and phylogenetic analysis.
(Organizer: L. Goff and A. Coleman)
(Burger G*)

Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Canada

Lac Delage, QC, Canada, June 12–15, 1993.
Invited talk: Molecular evolution of mitochondrial genomes. (Lang BF*, Gray MW, Burger G*)

1992

6th Annual Meeting of the CIAR Evolutionary Biology Program

Lunenburg, NS, Canada, September 12–15, 1992.
Poster 1: The mitochondrial genome of Prototheca wickerhamii. (Wolff G, Kück U, Lang BF, Burger G*)
Poster 2: The mitochondrial genome of Acanthamoeba castellanii. (Plante I, Denis S, Zhu Y, Wang Z, Burger G*)

Course on Molecular Biology of Marine Algae

University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratory, USA, August 1–22, 1992.
Invited lectures: The mitochondrial genome. Cloning and sequencing techniques.
(Organizer: L. Goff and A. Coleman)
(Burger G*)

Molecular Evolution Workshop

Woods Hole, MA, USA, August 2–14, 1992.
Invited lecture: Genes, gene organization, and expression of the mitochondrial genome. (Burger G*)
(Organizer: M. Sogin)

9th Conference of the International Society of Evolutionary Protistology

Orsay Cedex, France, July 3–7, 1992.
Invited talk: Complete sequence of the mitochondrial genomes of three protists: phylogenetic implications. (Burger G*, Cedergren RC, Golding B, Gray MW, Turmel M, Lemieux C, Sankoff D, Lang BF)

1991

3rd International Congress of the International Society for Plant Molecular Biology

Tucson, Arizona, USA, October 6–11, 1991.
Poster 1: Phylogeny of the mitochondrial genomes of fungi and algae. (Paquin B, Forget L, Plante I, Zhu Y, Wolff G, Burger G, Lang BF*)
Poster 2: The chondriome of the alga Prototheca wickerhamii is closely related to plant mitochondria. (Wolff G, Burger G*, Lang BF, Kück U)

5th Annual Meeting of the CIAR Evolutionary Biology Program

Lac Delage, QC, Canada, August 10–14, 1991.
Poster: Do mitochondria from chlorococcal algae and land plants share a common ancestor? (Wolff G, Plante I, Lang BF*, Burger G)