The ICOP/ISOP 2025 joint 16th International Congress of Protistology will be held at Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea on June 22-June 27, 2025.

This meeting is cosponsored by ISOP and ISEP and will be organized by The Korean Society of Protistologists. ICOP/ISOP 2025 will fund 25 special symposia, each with four speakers, based on competitive submissions.

Website: https://www.icop2025.org/.

Important Dates:

1. Special symposium registration closes: 14 February 2025
2. Early bird registration closes: 31 March 2025
3. Late registration closes and 100% refund deadline: 30 April 2025
4. Abstract submission closes: 31 March 2025

ICOP General Topics:

1. Protist diversity, biogeography, and speciation
2. Protist evolution and development
3. Endosymbiosis (plastid and mitochondria)
4. Protist ecology
5. Protist microscopy, cell biology, and physiology
6. Protist genetics and biochemistry
7. Parasites, symbiosis, and pathogenic protists
8. Bacteria and viruses in protists
9. Photosynthetic eukaryotes
10. Harmful protists
11. Genomics, transcriptomics, and metagenomics
12. Taxonomy and Diverse protist lineages of all protists
13. Carbon capture and sequestration with algae
14. Transcription regulation or 3D genome structures

For additional information please contact Dr. Jong Soo Park (general organizer). Dr. Hwan Su Yoon (KSOP president and organizer)