Programme

 9:00–10:15

Registration & light refreshments

 10:15–10:30

Welcome & organisation details (Linda Nedbalová et al.)

 Topic 1: New snow algae, taxonomy and field work - chair: Thomas Leya

 10:30–10:50

Daniel Remias, Lenka Procházková: Premiere for a strain of a glacial ice alga: Ancylonema alaskanum (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta) differs in morphology and light requirements from field samples

 10:50–11:10

Thomas Pröschold: Limnomonas spitsbergensis, a new snow algal species belonging to Moewusinia (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta)

 11:10–11:30

Hirono Suzuki, Alexandre Détain, Nathalie Leborgne-Castel, Lenka Procházková, Chris J. Hulatt: Isolation of snow algae in Northern Norway

 11:30–13:30 Lunch & group photo

 Topic 1 (continuation) – chair: Linda Nedbalová

 13:30–13:50

Matthew Davey: Snow algae in Antarctica

 13:50–14:10

Lenka Procházková, Daniel Remias, Linda Nedbalová, Milena Kociánová: Chloromonas sp. „Milena-type“ (Chlorophyta) causing unusual salmon red snow in mountains in association with broadleaf shrubs

 14:10–14:30

Jade Ezzedine, Alpalga team: Study of green microalgae collected in the snowpack at high elevations in the French Alps

 14:30–14:45

Poster flash talks

 14:45–16:30

Poster session & "chlebíčky" session (legendary Czech open sandwiches)

 Topic 1 (continuation) & biotechnology – chair: Lenka Procházková

 16:30–16:50

Alex Innes Thomson, Naomi Thomas, Alex Détain, Hirono Suzuki, Chris J. Hulatt, Matt Davey: Capturing the community - approaches to community characterisation in mixed snow algae blooms

 16:50–17:10

Jana Kvíderová, Karel Šnokhous, Jiří Liška, Jaromír Lukavský, Pavel Přibyl, Lenka Procházková, Josef Elster: Medium- and large-scale cultivations of polar microalga Bracteacoccus sp.

 17:10–18:00 Discussion Topic 1 – moderator: Linda Nedbalová

 19:30 Conference dinner

 Invited lecture

 9:00–9:50

Andreas Holzinger: Survival strategies of Zygnematophyceae – is sexual reproduction a benefit for terrestrialization?

 Topic 2: Ecology, genetics & proteomics – chair: Thomas Leya

 9:50–10:10

Adeline Stewart, Jean-Gabriel Valay, Eric Coissac, Eric Maréchal: Altitudinal zonation of green algae in the French Alps

 10:10–10:30

Alexandre Détain: Cellular and molecular responses of snow algae under polar conditions

 10:30–11:30 Coffeebreak

 Topic 2 (continuation) – chair: Thomas Leya

 11:30–11:50

Sung Mi Cho, Sanghee Kim: The first report of microalgal dopamine production supported by a high-quality nuclear genome and LC-MS/MS analytics from the Antarctic Micractinium KSF0031

 11:50–12:10

Breanna B. Raymond, Lynne M. Quarmby: The genome of Sanguina aurantia

 12:10–12:30

Helen K. Feord et al.: Developing the analysis of Greenland Ice Sheet metaproteomes: steps towards the quantification of snow and ice algae proteins from field samples

 12:30–13:00 Discussion Topic 2 – moderator: Thomas Leya

 13:00–14:20 Lunch