Eugene B. Small, 1931 – 2019
It is with sadness that I convey news of the death of Eugene B. Small on 1 July 2019, following prolonged illness that degraded his body and mind but that left his inner spirit intact. Gene emerged to prominence as a ciliatologist during an era of species...
Wiliam Trager Award 2016
The International Society of Protistologists and The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology conferred the 2016 William Trager Award on: M. Qi, R. Wang, H. Wang, F. Jian, J. Li, J. Zhao, H. Dong, H. Zhu, C. Ning, and L. Zhang, for publishing the highest impact article...
Prof. Alexander Mylnikov, 1952 – 2019
I am really sorry to inform you that Alexander Mylnikov passed away last week (May 30th) at the age of 66 after suffering from cancer for the last few years. Professor Mylnikov was an outstanding protistologist and scientist. A great expert in the morphology, the...
ISOP Sponsored Events at the VI ECOP – ISOP Joined Meeting, Rome 2019
ISOP funds 2 competitive symposia at every yearly meeting, each with 3/4 speakers. The fall prior to the yearly meeting an open call for proposals is sent to the ISOP membership, evaluated by the ISOP Program Committee (see members below); the top 2 are selected. The...
Revised Classification of Eukaryotes Published
Athens, GA --- The International Society of Protistologists (ISOP) has published a revised classification of eukaryotes in the Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. It is available online now as part of the January/February 2019 issue. This revision is the gold standard...
Holz-Conner Travel grant and Hutner Award 2019. Applications and nominations are now being accepted.
Holz-Conner Travel grant: Applications for the ISOP Holz-Conner Travel grant are now being accepted. If you plan to apply for this award, obtain here the application form. Although the deadline is the 9:00 am GMT, 22nd of April, we encourage early applications. Late...
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...