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 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. 


Rob Kimmich
A day in the life of an amateur diatomist


David U. Hernández-Becerril
Marine planktonic diatoms from the Mexican Pacific: a journey through their diversity and ecology

Sunčica Bosak
Diversity of microbial jungles carried by Loggerhead sea turtles

Roksana Majewska
Diatom associations with marine megafauna

Xavi Benito
The Iberoamerican diatom network and database

Luca Pellegrino
Exploring the late Miocene diatomaceous event in the Mediterranean

Emily Hutcheson
A "Central Bureau of Feminine Algology:" Algae, mutualism, and gendered ecological perspectives

International Society for Diatom Research, Young ISDR
Informational webinar on ISDR Grant Awards

Marina Potapova
Virtual microscopy

Jeffery Stone
The influence of Holocene marine flooding events on Lake Izabal, Guatemala

Andrew Alverson, Matt Ashworth, and Pat Kociolek
The slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution yields a new, natural classification

Nelida Abarca
The Hustedt Collection in Berlin

Nick Schulte
Checking in with diatoms, eDNA, and environmental assessments