Posters

Posters should be no more than 47" tall and 95" wide.

All even numbered posters present on Monday. Odd numbered posters present on Tuesday.

Ecology & Biogeochemistry

1. Phosphate limitation drives changes in relative abundance of generalists in benthic diatom microbiomes. Kayacan, Yeseren

3. The ecology of genetic diversity in the northern Adriatic Sea. Daniela Maric Pfannkuchen

5. Revisiting how Cu chemical speciation affects Cu bioavailability in a marine diatom. Meizhen Li

7. Examining diatom metabolic predictions for future surface ocean ecosystems. Nicole Lynn-Bell

9. Modeling pairwise transcriptional interactions between diatoms and bacteria in the North Pacific. Zinka Bartolek

11. A crowded phycosphere: Interactions between bacteria, nanoflagellates, and diatoms. Emma E. George

13. Diversity and Biotic Drivers of Marine Diatoms across Chemical and Ecological Gradients. Rebecca S. Key

Biotechnology, Technical Developments, and Tools

32. Use of omics approaches to identify novel enzymes in marine diatoms. Marec G

33. Exploiting diatom subcellular organelles for the heterologous production of high-value mono- and sesquiterpenoids. Payal Patwari

34. Proposing Detection Methods for Use with Biosilica-Immobilized Nanoscale Biosensors. Nicole R Ford

35. Analysis of microbial community in large-scale outdoor cultivation of oleaginous diatom Fistulifera solaris. Satoshi Murata 

36. Exploring the Influence of Alb3b Insertase Loss on Lipid Profile in Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Marthe Hafskjold

37. Evaluating activity of algal Target of Rapamycin (TOR) kinase using Phos-tag PAGE and commercial antibodies. Yoshinori Tsuji

38. Chaetoceros muelleri as a potential model diatom species exhibits a specific nitrogen metabolism regulation mechanism. Hanhua Hu 

39. Investigating mitochondrial molecular organization using cryo-electron tomography. Florent Waltz

40. Adaptation of Prime editing allows introduction of precise mutations by homologous recombination in Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Frederike Sasse

41. Genetic manipulation of Thalassiosira pseudonana via electroporation and optimization of heterologous protein expression. Annika Messemer

42. DiatOmicBase, a gene-centered platform to mine functional omics data across diatom genomes. Chris Bowler

Evolution, Genomics, and Genome Biology

2. Gene duplication, molecular evolution, and functional diversification of silicon transporter proteins in marine and freshwater diatoms. Brylka K

4. Development of a forward genetic screen based on mitotic recombination in diatoms. Mirna Sekulic

6. Cellular and molecular characterization of short- and long-term hyposaline acclimation in a marine diatom: insights into the noncoding realm. Florent Charton

8. Identification and validation of diatom sex marker genes. Rijsdijk, N

10. Unravelling and Characterizing bio-silicification in diatoms. Ramya Ragunathan 

Molecular Ecophysiology

12. The interactions between olivine dissolution and phytoplankton in seawater: potential implications for ocean alkalinization. Xin Lin

14. Virus-induced extracellular subtilisin activity triggers vesicle-mediated cell death. Christopher T. Johns 

16. Characterizing biological rhythms and circadian clock in marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Raphaël Monteil 

18. Light sensing by diatom phytochromes. Marianne Jaubert

20. Photosynthetic properties of the lhcx1 knock-out mutant of the centric diatom Chaetoceros gracilis lacking energy-dependent NPQ. Minoru Kumazawa

22. Partners in survival: Understanding the nutrient exchange and growth dynamics in Hemialus-Richelia symbiosis. Vesna Grujcic 

24. Diatom defensive response and nutrient availability determine Alteromonas macleodii algicidal effect on the model diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. David Wiener

26. Diatom and diazotroph association: Epithemia catenata and its endosymbiont. Hsin-Ting Li 

28. Insights into Lhcx1 localisation in the pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Marie Wünsch

30. Characterization of Two Nitrite Reductase Enzymes in a Marine Diatom System. Anne Schulberg

Synthetic, Systems, and Cell Biology

15. Towards the Chemical Analysis of Diatoms’ Silicon Storage Pools: A Differential Centrifugation-Based Separation Approach. Tobias Reichelt (cancelled)

17. Characterization of digalactosyldiacylglycerol synthases in the model diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Yannick Sérès

19. Exploring the diatom periplastidial compartment and chloroplast for compartmentalized terpenoid engineering. Florian Pruckner

21. Unveiling the Role of Low Affinity Nitrate Transporters diNPFs: Key Regulators of Intracellular Nutrient and Ion Fluxes in Diatoms. M.I. Ferrante

23. The Cistrome of Aureochrome1a in the marine Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Nils F. Strumpen

25. Biochemical characterisation of peripheral pyrenoid proteins of Thalassiosira pseudonana. Sabina Musiał

27. Exploring Diatom Cellular Redox Biochemistry and Eco-Sustainable Production of the natural antioxidant Ovothiol through Sulfoxide Synthase OvoA Overexpression. Monia Teresa Russo

29. Automated and high-throughput combinatorial metabolic engineering of carotenoid biosynthesis in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Michele Fabris

31. Investigating the Genetic Mechanisms of Diatom Silicification for the Production of Novel Biomaterials. Hugh M. Purdy