Diatom Web Academy 2026

Diatom Web Academy Spring Schedule 2026

We offer a series of live, online seminars. Join us and be part of the discussion! If you are not able to attend the live series, tune into the recordings. The recorded series (since 2020) offer a broad range to topics to enrich your diatomaceous understanding.

You are invited to join us, wherever you may be, from anywhere around the world. 

ZOOM LINK:
https://umn.zoom.us/j/99677239491

UPCOMING SEMINARS

April 7
17:00 UTC; 10 AM (mountain, US and Canada)
Sarah Spaulding, University of Colorado
Diatoms.org : the next generation

April 21
17:00 UTC; 10 AM (mountain, US and Canada)
Regina Radan
Marine harmful algal booms (HABS): Pseudonitzschia

May 5
17:00 UTC; 10 AM (mountain, US and Canada)
Cori Gibble, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Marine harmful algal booms (HABS): Domoic acid and birds

October 20
17:00 UTC; 10 AM (mountain, US and Canada)
Laura Aycock, Diatom Herbarium, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
ANSP Diatom Herbarium: Using the Symbiota database and preparing samples and slides for deposition

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ARCHIVE

Shelly Smith
Living Opals: Diatoms in art and scientific history

Martyn Kelly
Walking with diatoms

Elena Jovanoska
Evolution and diversity of diatoms in African Rift Lakes