24 December 2025
OPPORTUNITY: Summer workshop on freshwater algae
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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04 December 2025
OPORTUNITY: PhD Position in Limnology at Uppsala University
Do you want to explore how changes in lake ice cover influence the global carbon cycle? Are you looking for an employer who values your professional...
04 December 2025
OPPORTUNITY: Access to Umeå Marine Science Centre
About UMEA: Based at Umeå University, Umeå Marine Sciences Centre (UMF) is a dynamic environment for marine research, education and environmental...
03 December 2025
Diatom Web Academy 2025
Diatom Web Academy ARCHIVE 2025 We offer a series of live, online seminars. Join us and be part of the discussion! If you are not able to...
02 December 2025
WEBINAR: Checking in with diatoms, eDNA, and environmental assessments
Checking in with diatoms, eDNA, and environmental assessments Description: Over the past decade, DNA metabarcoding has moved from an emerging...
22 November 2025
OPPORTUNITY: Hannah T. Croasdale Fellowship
Applications for the Phycological Society of America Hannah T. Croasdale Fellowship are now being accepted until January 1st (11:59 PM PST). Letters...
11 November 2025
WEBINAR: The Hustedt Collection in Berlin: History, Current Status, and Future Perspectives
The Hustedt Collection in Berlin: History, Current Status, and Future PerspectivesDescription: The Hustedt Collection, today housed at the Berlin...
10 November 2025
OPPORTUNITY: Announcing the 2026 European Diatom Meeting
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...
02 November 2025
OPPORTUNITY: Assistant Professor of Marine Science
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
WEBINAR: The slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution yields a new, natural classification
The slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution yields a new, natural classification for the group Description: For nearly two centuries, taxonomic...
20 October 2025
OPPORTUNITY: Doctoral position in evolutionary biology
This project will be conducted in close collaboration with the University of Arkansas, Ghent University, North-West University, the University of...
07 October 2025
WEBINAR: The influence of Holocene marine flooding events on Lake Izabal, Guatemala
The influence of Holocene marine flooding events on Lake Izabal, Guatemala Description: The Izabal/Golfete freshwater ecosystem in Eastern...
07 October 2025
When the going gets tough...
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
OPPORTUNITY: Announcing the 28th North American Diatom Symposium
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
WEBINAR: Virtual microscopy - the ANSP Diatom Collection becoming available to the world
Virtual microscopy: The ANSP Diatom Collection - becoming available to the world Description: Several thousand virtual slides...
02 September 2025
OPPORTUNITY: Early Career Researcher Proposal Announcement REMINDER
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
OPPORTUNITY: Canada Research Chair in Paleolimnology and Environmental Change
Queen's University is situated on traditional Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee Territory. Ne Queen’s University e’tho nońwe nikanónhsote tsi nońwe...
08 July 2025
WEBINAR: Informational webinar on ISDR grant awards
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
OPPORTUNITY: Doctoral fellowship on Aquatic Paleoecology
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
International Society for Diatom Research
The International Society for Diatom Research promotes the study of marine, freshwater, modern, and fossil diatoms across the wide range of...
12 June 2025
OPPORTUNITY: Taxonomy of continental diatoms
Join an international course on diatom taxonomy to discover the incredible universe of these microorganisms essential to aquatic ecosystems. DATE:...
10 June 2025
PUBLICATION: What constitutes a stigma? A review of isolated pores in raphid diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) and the value of precise terminology
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
WEBINAR: A "Central Bureau of Feminine Algology:" Algae, mutualism, and gendered ecological perspectives
A "Central Bureau of Feminine Algology:" Algae, mutualism, and gendered ecological perspectives Description: Algologists provided distinct...
19 May 2025
OPPORTUNITY: Paul C. Silva Student Grants for Travel or Research
Paul C. Silva worked at the University of California, Berkeley, and made important contributions to algal taxonomy and nomenclature throughout his...
19 May 2025
STATEMENT: American Academy of Arts & Sciences
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
PUBLICATION: Observations and typification of diatoms of the order Rhopalodiales
Observations and typification of diatoms of the order Rhopalodiales (Bacillariophyta) in the Josef Pantocsek collection, Hungarian Natural History...
06 May 2025
OPPORTUNITY: Marine Harmful Algae Taxonomy Course
The Bigelow Laboratory is pleased to offer training in marine harmful algae identification through the Karen A. Steidinger Marine Harmful Algae...
22 April 2025
WEBINAR: Exploring the late Miocene diatomaceous event in the Mediterranean
Exploring the late Miocene diatomaceous event in the Mediterranean Description: The late Miocene was a time of global reconfigurations involving...
21 April 2025
OPPORTUNITY: PhD position at Ghent University
About DIADAPT:Diatoms are a group of highly diverse, globally dominant microalgae which contribute significantly to global carbon fixation and...
16 April 2025
REGISTRATION has been extended for the 2025 International Diatom Symposium!
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
Report by the Diatom Taxonomic Certification Committee (TCC)
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
Rhinos, camels, and diatoms, oh my!
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
WEBINAR: The Iberoamerican diatom network and database
The Iberoamerican diatom network and database Description: The 2023 ISDR networking award “DiatomS mEEt Databases: resources and practices to...
01 April 2025
PUBLICATION: Magic in a Drop of Water
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
WEBINAR: Diatom associations with marine megafauna
Diatom associations with marine megafauna Description: There is more to aquatic diatoms than simply plankton and benthos. Among the many types...
25 March 2025
WEBINAR: Diversity of microbial jungles carried by loggerhead sea turtles
Diversity of microbial jungles carried by loggerhead sea turtles Description: Sea turtles, like all animals, host complex microbial communities...
13 March 2025
Great Lakes Algal Foray - NOTE THE CHANGE IN DATE
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
OPPORTUNITY: Automated diatom analysis using deep learning
The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) is a Research and Technology Organization (RTO) active in the fields of materials,...
25 February 2025
WEBINAR: Marine planktonic diatoms from the Mexican Pacific: a journey through their diversity and ecology
Marine planktonic diatoms from the Mexican Pacific: a journey through their diversity and ecology Description: Our knowledge about phytoplankton...
19 February 2025
Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms - 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
WEBINAR: A day in the life of an amateur diatomist
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
Diatoms of North America fundraising campaign
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
OPPORTUNITY: Summer field course on freshwater algae
This course is offered by John Wehr (Fordham University) focuses on algal identification. COURSE LOCATION Louis Calder Center, Fordham University's...
