iDIPCON

General Information

This is the first international conference to gather researchers working on diplonemids - one of the most abundant and diverse marine micro-eukaryotic groups known today.

The conference is held virtually, allowing a geographically-broad audience to participate and promoting inclusivity, accessibility, and sustainability.

Presentations cover four different research fields, each forming one session:

Mitochondrial Proteome & Macromolecular Complexes

Ecology & Evolution

Phylogeny, HGT & Symbiosis

Metabolic Pathways, Physiology, Morphology

Speakers

Fourteen renowned speakers have been invited. Additional ~15 will be selected based on their submitted abstracts.

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Program & Schedule

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Day	Session (Chair)	From	To	Duration	Speaker	Title
Wed 2 Apr 2025	Metabolism, Physiology, Morphology (I Skodova-Sverakova)
		10:00	10:10	0:10	G Burger	Welcome
		10:10	10:40	0:30	D Tashyreva	3D reconstruction of a diplonemid: ultrastructure of cell division
		10:40	11:00	0:20	B Akiyoshi	Unique mitotic mechanisms in diplonemids
		11:00	11:20	0:20	DW Shin*	Large scale diplonemid cultures for organelle isolations
		11:20	11:30	0:10	Break
		11:30	12:00	0:30	PAM Michels	Insights into the diplonemid intermediary metabolism
		12:00	12:30	0:30	I Skodova-Sverakova	Powering the protist: ATP production in P. papillatum
	Mitochondrial Proteome & Complexes (M Valach)
		13:30	14:00	0:30	MW Gray	Conserved and novel aspects of the Diplonema mitoproteome
		14:00	14:20	0:20	R Tarabuta*	The search for the hypothetical RNA joinosome
		14:20	14:50	0:30	M Valach	Proteomics of diplonemid mitochondrial complexes
		14:50	15:00	0:10	Break
		15:00	15:20	0:20	M Hammond*	The subcellular proteome of the diplonemid model species
		15:20	15:50	0:30	JA Letts	3D structure of mitochondrial (super)complexes in Diplonema
Thu 3 Apr 2025	Phylogeny & Gene transfer (G Lax)
		10:00	10:30	0:30	A Yabuki	Discovery of new diplonemids using Hemi-medium
		10:30	11:00	0:30	Y Inagaki	Origins of family A DNA polymerases in Euglenozoa
		11:00	11:20	0:20	SB Malik	Ancient gene duplications and HGTs from bacteria to eukaryotes
		11:20	11:30	0:10	Break
		11:30	12:00	0:30	G Lax	Phylogenomics of the abundant and diverse eupelagonemids
		12:00	12:30	0:30	D Faktorova	Transformation of (Para)diplonema papillatum
	Ecology & Evolution (P Lopez-Garcia)
		13:30	14:00	0:30	R Massana	Spatial and temporal surveys of marine protist diversity
		14:00	14:20	0:20	O Iorillo*	Evolution of the spliceosome in Euglenozoa
		14:20	14:30	0:10	Break
		14:30	15:00	0:30	A Horak	Eupelagonemids and their place in the global ocean
		15:00	15:30	0:30	P Lopez-Garcia	Endosymbiosis and gene transfer in the evolution of eukaryotes
		15:30	15:40	0:10	J Lukes	Closing remarks
					*Eligible for the best-talk award.

Day	Session (Chair)	From	To	Duration	Speaker	Title
Wed 2 Apr 2025	Metabolism, Physiology, Morphology (I Skodova-Sverakova)
		07:00	07:10	0:10	G Burger	Welcome
		07:10	07:40	0:30	D Tashyreva	3D reconstruction of a diplonemid: ultrastructure of cell division
		07:40	08:00	0:20	B Akiyoshi	Unique mitotic mechanisms in diplonemids
		08:00	08:20	0:20	DW Shin*	Large scale diplonemid cultures for organelle isolations
		08:20	08:30	0:10	Break
		08:30	09:00	0:30	PAM Michels	Insights into the diplonemid intermediary metabolism
		09:00	09:30	0:30	I Skodova-Sverakova	Powering the protist: ATP production in P. papillatum
	Mitochondrial Proteome & Complexes (M Valach)
		10:30	11:00	0:30	MW Gray	Conserved and novel aspects of the Diplonema mitoproteome
		11:00	11:20	0:20	R Tarabuta*	The search for the hypothetical RNA joinosome
		11:20	11:50	0:30	M Valach	Proteomics of diplonemid mitochondrial complexes
		11:50	12:00	0:10	Break
		12:00	12:20	0:20	M Hammond*	The subcellular proteome of the diplonemid model species
		12:20	12:50	0:30	JA Letts	3D structure of mitochondrial (super)complexes in Diplonema
Thu 3 Apr 2025	Phylogeny & Gene transfer (G Lax)
		07:00	07:30	0:30	A Yabuki	Discovery of new diplonemids using Hemi-medium
		07:30	08:00	0:30	Y Inagaki	Origins of family A DNA polymerases in Euglenozoa
		08:00	08:20	0:20	SB Malik	Ancient gene duplications and HGTs from bacteria to eukaryotes
		08:20	08:30	0:10	Break
		08:30	09:00	0:30	G Lax	Phylogenomics of the abundant and diverse eupelagonemids
		09:00	09:30	0:30	D Faktorova	Transformation of (Para)diplonema papillatum
	Ecology & Evolution (P Lopez-Garcia)
		10:30	11:00	0:30	R Massana	Spatial and temporal surveys of marine protist diversity
		11:00	11:20	0:20	O Iorillo*	Evolution of the spliceosome in Euglenozoa
		11:20	11:30	0:10	Break
		11:30	12:00	0:30	A Horak	Eupelagonemids and their place in the global ocean
		12:00	12:30	0:30	P Lopez-Garcia	Endosymbiosis and gene transfer in the evolution of eukaryotes
		12:30	12:40	0:10	J Lukes	Closing remarks
					*Eligible for the best-talk award.

Day	Session (Chair)	From	To	Duration	Speaker	Title
Wed 2 Apr 2025	Metabolism, Physiology, Morphology (I Skodova-Sverakova)
		16:00	16:10	0:10	G Burger	Welcome
		16:10	16:40	0:30	D Tashyreva	3D reconstruction of a diplonemid: ultrastructure of cell division
		16:40	17:00	0:20	B Akiyoshi	Unique mitotic mechanisms in diplonemids
		17:00	17:20	0:20	DW Shin*	Large scale diplonemid cultures for organelle isolations
		17:20	17:30	0:10	Break
		17:30	18:00	0:30	PAM Michels	Insights into the diplonemid intermediary metabolism
		18:00	18:30	0:30	I Skodova-Sverakova	Powering the protist: ATP production in P. papillatum
	Mitochondrial Proteome & Complexes (M Valach)
		19:30	20:00	0:30	MW Gray	Conserved and novel aspects of the Diplonema mitoproteome
		20:00	20:20	0:20	R Tarabuta*	The search for the hypothetical RNA joinosome
		20:20	20:50	0:30	M Valach	Proteomics of diplonemid mitochondrial complexes
		20:50	21:00	0:10	Break
		21:00	21:20	0:20	M Hammond*	The subcellular proteome of the diplonemid model species
		21:20	21:50	0:30	JA Letts	3D structure of mitochondrial (super)complexes in Diplonema
Thu 3 Apr 2025	Phylogeny & Gene transfer (G Lax)
		16:00	16:30	0:30	A Yabuki	Discovery of new diplonemids using Hemi-medium
		16:30	17:00	0:30	Y Inagaki	Origins of family A DNA polymerases in Euglenozoa
		17:00	17:20	0:20	SB Malik	Ancient gene duplications and HGTs from bacteria to eukaryotes
		17:20	17:30	0:10	Break
		17:30	18:00	0:30	G Lax	Phylogenomics of the abundant and diverse eupelagonemids
		18:00	18:30	0:30	D Faktorova	Transformation of (Para)diplonema papillatum
	Ecology & Evolution (P Lopez-Garcia)
		19:30	20:00	0:30	R Massana	Spatial and temporal surveys of marine protist diversity
		20:00	20:20	0:20	O Iorillo*	Evolution of the spliceosome in Euglenozoa
		20:20	20:30	0:10	Break
		20:30	21:00	0:30	A Horak	Eupelagonemids and their place in the global ocean
		21:00	21:30	0:30	P Lopez-Garcia	Endosymbiosis and gene transfer in the evolution of eukaryotes
		21:30	21:40	0:10	J Lukes	Closing remarks

Day	Session (Chair)	From	To	Day Update	Duration	Speaker	Title
Wed 2 Apr 2025	Metabolism, Physiology, Morphology (I Skodova-Sverakova)
		23:00	23:10	2 Apr	0:10	G Burger	Welcome
		23:10	23:40	2 Apr	0:30	D Tashyreva	3D reconstruction of a diplonemid: ultrastructure of cell division
		23:40	00:00	2 Apr	0:20	B Akiyoshi	Unique mitotic mechanisms in diplonemids
		00:00	00:20	3 Apr	0:20	DW Shin*	Large scale diplonemid cultures for organelle isolations
		00:20	00:30	3 Apr	0:10	Break
		00:30	01:00	3 Apr	0:30	PAM Michels	Insights into the diplonemid intermediary metabolism
		01:00	01:30	3 Apr	0:30	I Skodova-Sverakova	Powering the protist: ATP production in P. papillatum
	Mitochondrial Proteome & Complexes (M Valach)
		02:30	03:00	3 Apr	0:30	MW Gray	Conserved and novel aspects of the Diplonema mitoproteome
		03:00	03:20	3 Apr	0:20	R Tarabuta*	The search for the hypothetical RNA joinosome
		03:20	03:50	3 Apr	0:30	M Valach	Proteomics of diplonemid mitochondrial complexes
		03:50	04:00	3 Apr	0:10	Break
		04:00	04:20	3 Apr	0:20	M Hammond*	The subcellular proteome of the diplonemid model species
		04:20	04:50	3 Apr	0:30	JA Letts	3D structure of mitochondrial (super)complexes in Diplonema
Thu 3 Apr 2025	Phylogeny & Gene transfer (G Lax)
		23:00	23:30	3 Apr	0:30	A Yabuki	Discovery of new diplonemids using Hemi-medium
		23:30	00:00	3 Apr	0:30	Y Inagaki	Origins of family A DNA polymerases in Euglenozoa
		00:00	00:20	4 Apr	0:20	SB Malik	Ancient gene duplications and HGTs from bacteria to eukaryotes
		00:20	00:30	4 Apr	0:10	Break
		00:30	01:00	4 Apr	0:30	G Lax	Phylogenomics of the abundant and diverse eupelagonemids
		01:00	01:30	4 Apr	0:30	D Faktorova	Transformation of (Para)diplonema papillatum
	Ecology & Evolution (P Lopez-Garcia)
		02:30	03:00	4 Apr	0:30	R Massana	Spatial and temporal surveys of marine protist diversity
		03:00	03:20	4 Apr	0:20	O Iorillo*	Evolution of the spliceosome in Euglenozoa
		03:20	03:30	4 Apr	0:10	Break
		03:30	04:00	4 Apr	0:30	A Horak	Eupelagonemids and their place in the global ocean
		04:00	04:30	4 Apr	0:30	P Lopez-Garcia	Endosymbiosis and gene transfer in the evolution of eukaryotes
		04:30	04:40	4 Apr	0:10	J Lukes	Closing remarks
						*Eligible for the best-talk award.

Registration

Registration is free. Only registered participants will be sent the Zoom link.

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Abstract Submission

Researchers who wish to give a talk about their work are invited to submit an abstract, from which the organizing committee will select two contributing talks per session.

Abstract format: 1 page, format .docx or .pdf, max. 1.5Mo. File name: LastName-FirstName-abstract.pdf | docx.

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Best Talk Award: A $500 CAD prize will be awarded to a graduate student or postdoc for research excellence and presentation clarity.

Deadlines

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:

01 Mar 2025

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE:

15 Feb 2025

SELECTED CONTRIBUTING SPEAKERS WILL BE NOTIFIED:

01 Mar 2025

Organizers

Gertraud Burger
(President)

Robert-Cedergren Centre for Bioinformatics and Genomics,

Department of Biochemistry,

Université de Montréal,

Montréal, Canada

Julius Lukes

Institute of Parasitology,

Biology Centre,

Czech Academy of Sciences,

České Budějovice,

Czech Republic

Matus Valach