Prof. Jiří Vávra, 1933-2018
Dear friends, It is my sad duty to inform you about the passing away of Prof. Jiří Vávra (born 1933), an eminent Czech scientist, on October 1, 2018. A biologist by soul, parasitologist by profession, protistologist and microscopist by heart, Jiří was my teacher, who...
Prof. Denis Lynn, 1947-2018
I am writing with the very sad news that early on June 26 our friend and colleague Denis Lynn died in a tragic accident. Denis was working in the field on Calvert Island collecting mussels in a tide pool with graduate students and postdocs when he was struck by a...
William Trager Award 2015
The International Society of Protistologists and The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology conferred the 2015 William Trager Award on: R.S. Schwarz, G.R. Bauchan, C.A. Murphy, J. Ravoet, D.C. de Graaf, and J.D. Evans, for publishing the highest impact article entitled:...
48th Jírovec’s Protozoological Days were supported by ISOP
From April 30 to May 4, 2018 the conference "48th Jírovec’s Protozoological Days" took place in the village Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem, Czech Republic. This is the annual meeting organized by one of the Czech universities under aegis of the Protozoological section of the...
ISOP / PSA joint meeting, Vancouver, Canada July 29th – August 2nd, 2018
The annual meeting of ISOP will be held jointly with the Phycological Society of America in Vancouver, Canada July 29th - August 2nd, 2018. The meeting will feature plenary lectures highlighting protistan evolution, ecology, and physiology by Tom Richards, Fabrice...
ISOP announces a call for grants-in-aid to affiliate societies
We now encourage members of affiliated societies to submit an application for the grants supporting organization of the scientific meetings (to Anna Karnkowska ankarn[a]biol.uw.edu.pl, Vice-president of ISOP). The deadline is February 15th. All the applicants will be...
ICOP XV abstract submission deadline extended
Abstract submission for the ISOP meeting in Prague this summer ends Friday 5th May 12 AM CET. No abstracts will be accepted after this date, the only exceptions are the invited and symposia speakers. If you plan to apply for the Holz-Conner travel award, you MUST have...
William Trager Award 2014
The International Society of Protistologists and The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology conferred the 2014 William Trager Award on: H. J. Jeong, S. Y. Lee, N. S. Kang, Y. D. Yoo, A. S. Lim, M. J. Lee, H. S. Kim, W. Yih, H. Yamashita & T. C. LaJeunesse for...
ISOP announces a call for nominations for the Hutner Award
This award was established to honour Dr. Seymour H. Hutner. It is presented annually, to a Society member within 15 years of their PhD (or comparable terminal degree) who has made outstanding contributions in some area(s) of protistology. Along with the prestige that...
ISOP Policy Position on International Travel Restrictions
In the light of recent events involving high-profile policies that impact directly on the ability of members of our scientific community to participate in academic activities at the international level, the International Society of Protistologists wishes to reaffirm...
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