The 53rd Jirovec’s Protozoological Days will take place in Karlova Studánka, a beautiful village in the heart of the Jeseníky Mountains from April 29 to May 3, 2024. As every year, this conference is organized by the Protozoological section of the Czech Society for Parasitology, but this year, it will also include participation from the Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava.

The conference focuses on a broad spectrum of scientific topics, comprising the whole field of protistology. Participants can look forward to talks and posters about parasitic protists, algae, amoebae, and much more. All of this will be presented from the perspectives of molecular biology, genetics, ecology, and taxonomy.