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29 August 2023

Live from Yamagata, Japan

The International Society for Diatom Research conference in Yamagata, Japan

Sarah Spaulding

Plenary talks are open to ISDR members for zoom attendance. All talks are scheduled for 9:30 - 10:30 AM (Tokyo time). The meeting is concluded as of September 3.

Tuesday August 29
Micheal Kloster
Digital transformation of light microscopic diatom analysis – current state and future prospects

Thursday August 31
Ken Sawada
Development of biomarker application for reconstructing diatom paleoproduction and chemotaxonomy

Friday September 1
Megumi Saito-Kato
Fossil lacustrine diatoms as the unique evidence of population dynamics and morphological evolution

Saturday September 2
Kálmán Tapolczai
Diatom metabarcoding – a new era in diatom biomonitoring?

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