ICOP 2025 – 16th International Congress of Protistology
We are excited to announce the 16th International Congress of Protistology (ICOP 2025), which will be held from June 22 – June 27, 2025 at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
For more information, visit the official congress website: www.icop2025.org
Important Deadlines:
Registration Opens: 1 October 2024
Abstract Submission Starts: 1 February 2025
Early Bird Registration Closes: 28 February 2025
Abstract Deadline: 31 March 2025
Late Registration Closes: 30 April 2025
Congress Dates: 22-27 June 2025
2025 ISoP Affiliate Societies Meetings
summary by Avelina Espinosa, ISOP Vice President
Indian Society of Ciliate Biology (ISCB): ISCB 2025 will take place at Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi, on February 06-07, 2025. ISCB 2025 shall provide a platform to network, exchange information, present the latest research findings and establish collaborations on ciliate biology biodiversity, ecology, evolution, systematics, genomics, epigenetics, DNA barcoding, proteomics, and applied science. ISCB enthuse Indian and foreign students to focus their research on ciliated protists. Two pre-conference workshops on Feb 5 will center on Ciliate Culturing, Genomics, Metagenomics and Bioinformatics (Eukaryotes). Website: https://www.andcollege.du.ac.in/iscb2025/index. For additional information please contact Dr. Seema Makhija seemamakhija@andc.du.ac.in (organizer).
Society of Eukaryotic Microbiology (former German Society for Protozoology): The 2025 Society of Eukaryotic Microbiology meeting will take place in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, on February 12-14, 2025, and invites all community members with a keen interest in gathering and dissipating the latest happenings in the field of protozoology research, estimate 100-300 participants. Two pre-meeting workshops are planned on February 11th, about bioinformatics for high throughput protist biodiversity surveys and Dung-dwelling Protists. Website: https://www.protozoologie.de/meeting/44th-meeting/ For additional information please contact Dr. Edward Mitchell edward.mitchell@unine.ch (organizer).
Protozoological section of the Czech Society for Parasitology (CPS): The 54th Jírovec’s Protozoological Days will take place in the village of Frymburk, Czech Republic, on 21-25 April 2025, with approximately 120 participants. Organized by the Protozoological section of the CPS, the meeting attracts participants from Czech Republic and abroad with cutting edge topics of modern protistology. Jírovec’s Protozoological Days provides the environment to strengthen networks and facilitate integration of student and early-career-stage researchers within the protozoological community. Website: http://www.chromera.org/konference/54th-annual-jirovecs-protozoological-days/about/. For additional information please contact Dr. Hassan Hashimi protodny2025@gmail.com (organizer).
Korean Society of Protistologists KSOP: 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/. For additional information please contact Dr. Jong Soo Park jongsoopark@knu.ac.kr (general organizer). Dr. Hwan Su Yoon, hsyoon2011@skku.edu (KSOP president and organizer).
International Symposium on Testate Amoebae (ISTA): Tiny Microbes-Big Data will take place at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada on June 23-27, 2025. ISTA11/CAP-Niagara is a joint meeting of The International Society of Testate Amoeba Researchers (ISTAR) and the Canadian Association of Palynologists (CAP). The meeting aims to strengthen connections within this diverse research community, including ecologists, paleoecologists, molecular ecologists, and functional ecologists. Website: https://earthsci.carleton.ca/ista11cap-niagara. For additional information please contact Dr. Tim Patterson tim.patterson@carleton.ca or Francine McCarthy fmccarthy@brocku.ca (organizers).
Euglena International Network (EIN): The 4th International Congress on Euglenoids (EIN2025) will take place in Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan, on June 30 and July 1, 2025, with approximately 60 participants. Scheduled right after ICOP/ISOP 2025 in Korea, this setup makes it easy for participants to attend both events, with Osaka just a 2-hour direct flight away. The congress will offer a platform for in-depth discussions across various themes in euglenoid research, such as Basic Biology, Ecology and Environment, Evolution, and Commercialization. The program includes invited talks, selected presentations, and a poster session, fostering engagement among participants and strengthening collaboration among members. Website: https://euglenanetwork.org/ein2025/. For additional information please contact Dr. Masami Nakazawa mami@omu.ac.jp (organizer).
Protistology UK: The Protistology-UK Autumn 2025 meeting will be held in mid-September at the Natural History Museum, London, UK, for two half days (dates TBD). A proposed theme is Multiomic applications to understanding protistan spatial proteomics and the eukaryome. Website: https://www.protistology.org.uk/ (updates soon). For additional information please contact Dr. Fiona Henriquez-Mui fiona.henriquez@strath.ac.uk (general organizer) and Dr. Rachel Foster r.foster@nhm.ac.uk (local organizer).
Brazilian Society of Protozoology (SBPz): The 40th Meeting of the SBPz will be held jointly with the 51st Annual Meeting of Basic Research in Chagas Disease on November 10-12, 2025, at the Hotel Glória, in Caxambu, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The SBPz annual meeting (approximately 450 participants) aims at providing an environment for active discussion between national and international scientists and students who study protists, enabling the exchange and dissemination of knowledge and technologies between groups of researchers working in the country and abroad. website: https://sbpz.org.br/en/. For additional information please contact vilma@sbpz.org.br (organizer).
Chinese Protozoological Society (CSOP): The 23rd Symposium of the Chinese Protozoological Society will be held in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China, in October or November 2025 (exact dates to be determined). This symposium will bring together approximately 400 students, academics, researchers, and professionals to showcase the latest research on protists, explore applications of cutting-edge technologies, exchange ideas, and establish new connections. The main topics covered at this conference will include the taxonomy and systematics of free-living and parasitic protists, cell and molecular biology, development and differentiation, ecology, genomics, as well as the epidemiology, pathology, and control measures for parasitic protists. Website: coming soon. For additional information, please contact Dr. Jie Xiong at xiongjie@ihb.ac.cn (organizer).
