Archives 2025
11 November 2025
The Hustedt Collection in Berlin: History, Current Status, and Future PerspectivesDescription: The Hustedt Collection, today housed at the Berlin...
10 November 2025
Announcing to the 16th European Diatom Meeting! In 2026, the 16th European Diatom Meeting will take place, for the first time, in Spain. After 15...
10 November 2025
Join Diatom Web Academy 2025! We offer a series of live, online seminars. Join us and be part of the discussion! If you are not able to attend the...
02 November 2025
The Stockton University Marine Science Program seeks to fill a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning September 1, 2026....
28 October 2025
The slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution yields a new, natural classification for the group Description: For nearly two centuries, taxonomic...
20 October 2025
This project will be conducted in close collaboration with the University of Arkansas, Ghent University, North-West University, the University of...
07 October 2025
The influence of Holocene marine flooding events on Lake Izabal, Guatemala Description: The Izabal/Golfete freshwater ecosystem in Eastern...
07 October 2025
For over 50 years, Iowa Lakeside Lab, the University of Iowa and Iowa State University’s biological field station, had offered a class unique in the...
25 September 2025
You are cordially invited to attend the 28th North American Diatom Symposium being held on 6-10 January, 2027 at Archbold Biological Station,...
09 September 2025
Virtual microscopy: The ANSP Diatom Collection - becoming available to the world Description: Several thousand virtual slides...
02 September 2025
2025 Early Career Researcher Grant Program Background In 2023, the ISDR initiated a trial grant program for Early Career Researchers (ECR) who are...
10 July 2025
Queen's University is situated on traditional Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee Territory. Ne Queen’s University e’tho nońwe nikanónhsote tsi nońwe...
08 July 2025
Informational webinar on ISDR Grant AwardsDescription: In 2023, the ISDR initiated a trial grant scheme for Early Career Researchers (ECR) who are...
21 June 2025
The objective of the thesis project is to investigate aquatic ecosystem dynamics at centennial and millennial time scales based on the responses of...
16 June 2025
The International Society for Diatom Research promotes the study of marine, freshwater, modern, and fossil diatoms across the wide range of...
12 June 2025
Join an international course on diatom taxonomy to discover the incredible universe of these microorganisms essential to aquatic ecosystems. DATE:...
10 June 2025
Cox, E. J., and Van de Vijver, B. 2024. What constitutes a stigma? A review of isolated pores in raphid diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) and the value of...
20 May 2025
A "Central Bureau of Feminine Algology:" Algae, mutualism, and gendered ecological perspectives Description: Algologists provided distinct...
19 May 2025
Paul C. Silva worked at the University of California, Berkeley, and made important contributions to algal taxonomy and nomenclature throughout his...
19 May 2025
A statement from the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Approved April 2025. Since its founding in 1780, the American...
08 May 2025
Observations and typification of diatoms of the order Rhopalodiales (Bacillariophyta) in the Josef Pantocsek collection, Hungarian Natural History...
06 May 2025
The Bigelow Laboratory is pleased to offer training in marine harmful algae identification through the Karen A. Steidinger Marine Harmful Algae...
22 April 2025
Exploring the late Miocene diatomaceous event in the Mediterranean Description: The late Miocene was a time of global reconfigurations involving...
21 April 2025
About DIADAPT:Diatoms are a group of highly diverse, globally dominant microalgae which contribute significantly to global carbon fixation and...
16 April 2025
We are looking forward to welcoming you in South Africa! REGISTRATION IS EXTENDED TO 15 MAY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Our program will commence on the...
15 April 2025
2024 Diatom Taxonomic Certification Committee Report During the past year, a few changes were made in the staffing of the diatom certification...
10 April 2025
A supervolcano erupted near today’s Yellowstone National Park 11.86 mya. This was not a Mount St Helen’s type eruption, this was enormous! Volcanic...
08 April 2025
The Iberoamerican diatom network and database Description: The 2023 ISDR networking award “DiatomS mEEt Databases: resources and practices to...
01 April 2025
About Magic in a Drop of Water A brilliant scientist and intrepid explorer, the ecologist Ruth Patrick taught the world how to care for the...
01 April 2025
Diatom associations with marine megafauna Description: There is more to aquatic diatoms than simply plankton and benthos. Among the many types...
25 March 2025
Diversity of microbial jungles carried by loggerhead sea turtles Description: Sea turtles, like all animals, host complex microbial communities...
13 March 2025
These are informal meetings for people with an interest in algal taxonomy. We will make collections across a wide range of habitats during the day...
05 March 2025
The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) is a Research and Technology Organization (RTO) active in the fields of materials,...
25 February 2025
Marine planktonic diatoms from the Mexican Pacific: a journey through their diversity and ecology Description: Our knowledge about phytoplankton...
19 February 2025
The course, now in its 62nd year, will introduce students to field and laboratory study of freshwater diatoms. We will visit diverse aquatic habitats...
11 February 2025
Description: Amateur diatomists have played an important role in diatom science since the discovery of diatoms by an amateur in 1703. Some of the...
10 February 2025
The diatoms.org project leveraged generous funding from EPA, USGS, and the University of Colorado to develop a resource that 1) serves as the...
24 January 2025
This course is offered by John Wehr (Fordham University) focuses on algal identification. COURSE LOCATION Louis Calder Center, Fordham University's...
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