🍻Soon we'll join the International Diatom Symposium in South Africa!! ✌🏽So here are the program highlights:

We're back with the calendar for another year!! 😁✌🏽 If you'd like to take part, please do so through this form: forms.gle/KHXQRpHwyk2S... And feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions (⁉️) Share it with anyone you like!! ✅🎈

This year we are starting the 3rd run of the ISDR ECR grants. We plan 3 zoom meetings 👩‍💻 @ different times ⌚ for all timezones 🌐. You have an idea that you want to have funded or a network of Young diatomists to construct? Come to the information session that fits best! forms.gle/YvKFN1iDqWcb...

Have you ever wondered about the fascinating world of diatom sexual reproduction? Here’s your chance to dive in! Join us for the lecture "Sex and the Diatoms," presented by Prof. David G. Mann, organised by the Algolog. and Bot. Student Scient. Association "Chloris" on July 1st at 4 PM CEST.

Look at this round-up of meetings surrounding diatomology

Herman van Dam shares his experience, shared with other diatomologists, about their indicator list. Read all about it: isdr.org/the-history-...

The IDS Website is now live! Register to participate at this adventurous International Diatom Symposium. Find out how: natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/internationa...

This year we will vote for the next Young ISDR ECR representative. Will it be you? To know, what it is all about, Andrea prepared this post on her take on her role: isdr.org/young-isdr-o...

Today we celebrate women and girls in science. Regrettably, the „scissor effect“ in science continues, and although the quanity of women at the beginninng of their scientific careers supercede those that get to follow their dream and continue in science.

More job postings! Keep an eye out if you are looking for a diatom job! Isdr.org/opportunities

#RepostedFromZWU 🌱 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗴𝗮𝗲! 🌱 The ZWU and the #CentralCollectionofAlgalCultures (#CCAC) @ the UDE invite you to a special event with two speakers: 🗓 Date: 20 𝗝𝗮𝗻. 2025 ⏰ Time: 1:30 – 3:00 𝗣𝗠 📍 Location: 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 / 𝗥11 𝗧00 𝗞18, Campus Essen, UDE

Are you looking for a diatom job? A lot is happening at the isdr.org/opportunities at the moment. Take a look!

We are very happy to announce a free-to-attend #anvio workshop and ECR symposium in Oldenburg to discuss integrated microbial 'omics and learn applications of anvi'o. More information and application link (application deadline is Jan 10): anvio.org/workshops/20... Please apply and/or circulate 😇

Cool project by @raquelkyen , don‘t hesitate to participate!

Diatom Winter Solstice Party 2024 hosted by Paul Hamilton and the Young ISDR Team! This is a great opportunity to connect, network, and share your stories with fellow diatomists in a fun and informal setting!✅❄️🙌🏼 Contact for more info!

Do you want to celebrate the winter solstice with us and other diatomists? Register here: forms.office.com/e/6fRsVbmKM9...

Preview of the Dinktember activities! Take a look at this amazing design from Raquel Viso. Save the date! Young ISDR Winter Solstice Party on December 20th at 14h CET.

Winter Solstice Party time fast approaching. Will you come? More information and cute activities on our @youngisdr insta feed!

Just to give everyone a reminder: you should never have to get a loan for a graduate program in ecology, evolution, & organismal biology. #🧪

I am looking for a PhD student to start in fall of 2025 at MSU. Potential topics include trait-based approaches to plankton community resilience, temperature effects on communities, harmful algal blooms and many others. Please get in touch if interested. More info: www.kl-lab.group.

I have been turning a bunch of my own drawings (rendered from SEM images) of diatoms that I post onto Redbubble shop (www.redbubble.com/people/Diato...) as coloring pages. Feel free to use them for your outreach. Here's a marine diatom #Arachnoidiscus. #SciArt #Outreach #Diatoms #ColoringPage

This one is more like a diatom-inspired zentangle (for more advanced coloring). It's not just for kids! #SciArt #Outreach #Diatoms #ColoringPage

I have been turning a bunch of my own drawings (rendered from SEM images) of diatoms that I post onto Redbubble shop (www.redbubble.com/people/Diato...) as coloring pages. Feel free to use them for your outreach. Here's another one #Surirella. #SciArt #Outreach #Diatoms #ColoringPage

Interested in #polar #algae and their #predators? In this small paper we describe a novel genus of amoebae preying on #diatoms! Interestingly, the 18S sequence of #arctic and #antarctic isolates is completely identical. Meet Katarium polorum! doi.org/10.1111/jeu.... #protistsonsky

Some nice news for the coming month. #WinterSolsticeParty #diatomActivities #diatomsAreFun

New PhD and job postings on isdr.org/opportunities . Do you know of something that we missed? Let us know!

Remember to share your beautiful diatom pictures in our diatom calendar contest: forms.gle/xWJ6bbHB8pB9Bi…

Come and join us tomorrow!

How should the conferences of the future look like? How can we reduce our carbon footprint while maintaining connections? The new Silica Sessions lead by Sarah Spaulding will tackle this issue on April 16th at 15h (CET). More info here: isdr.org/silica-sessi... Please join us!

To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science we want to honour our women diatom scientists around the world.A word cloud of names.If you want to participate or if you are missing a name,please help us out to honour women in diatomology! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Young ISDR invites Early Career Researchers coming to the European Diatom Meeting Ohrid to a networking event on Friday 10th after the Workshop (18h). We are planning some fun activities, to get to know one another with free nibbles and drinks. We hope to see you there!

Happy new year! Are you looking for a PhD? A fantastic adventure has opened up a position. Job within a great Lab (web.natur.cuni.cz/ecology/DiCE/) and with fantastic possibilities. Take a look: stars-natur.cz/phd-position...

Happy New Year! 🎉 Wishing you all the best for 2024 ~ Young ISDR

New diatom of the Month post: Luke Brokensha presents the continuous plankton recorder, a long-term time series for Antarctic historical distribution of diatoms and other plankton around the Southern Ocean. isdr.org/diatom-of-th...

We are having a Diatom Winter Solstice Party! Meet us on Zoom on the 21st and 22nd of December to have some time with other diatomists! More info here: isdr.org/december-sch...

📢Save the date! Paul Hamilton and Young ISDR invite to two days of Winter solstice party on December 21st at 21h CET and December 22nd at 15h CET. Dare you miss it?

Next blog-post on the third prize in the IDS Oral Presentations. How can Diatom-derived biomarker be used in paleoreconstruktion? Kotaro Hoshi shares the practical case at the Gulf of Alaska. isdr.org/ids-early-ca...

Some new jobs listed on our opportunities page. 🧪🔬Looking for a PhD position, Postdoc position or Curator position in diatoms or algae? Look no further! Positions in France, Germany, Portugal and the UK... isdr.org/opportunities/

📢 Some new opportunities for PhDs in diatomology have just been published on our website: isdr.org/opportunities/ Do you know anyone who is looking for a PhD position studying diatoms? Please forward!

Are you interested to know all about Silica? Or do you know somebody who might need it? See this great online course organized by Jill Sutton (Brest, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer): www.isblue.fr/en/news/lear...

📢 #DiatomPostdoc New job opportunity posted. Keep informed of job offers around diatom research: isdr.org/opportunities/