The International Society for Diatom Research promotes the study of marine, freshwater, modern, and fossil diatoms across the wide range of disciplines of biology, geology, paleoecology, cell metabolism, cell biology, metabolomics, nanotechnology, forensics, systematics, nomenclature, taxonomy, and biogeochemistry. 

The society:

  • holds biennial, international conferences
  • supports young scientists through the Young ISDR program
  • offers travel funding to attend conferences to students, members from select countries
  • publishes the international journal, Diatom Research
  • connects people around world to study the important roles of diatoms in ecosystems

ISDR is providing € 3,000 to reduce the registration fee for students and ECR scientists presenting at the European Diatom Meeting in Lake Ohrid, Macedonia (May 2024)

Early Career Research Awards - Congratulations to the first recipients of the Luc Ector Bursary! Each of the following three students received € 2,300 to pursue their research projects:

  • Kazuki Sugawara, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan
    Host specificity in diatoms – a case study of the marine epiphytic diatom Falcula rectangularis
  • Oktiyas Lufthfi, University of Szczecin, Poland
    Biodiversity of coral reef diatoms from Java and Bawean Island, Indonesia based on morphology approach
  • Deevena Elias, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India
    Evaluation of health and management of Renuka wetland: A RAMSAR site Himachai Pradesh

The submission date for ECR proposals is 15 August 2024. By joining, ECRs are eligible to be considered for an award.

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