December 9^th 2011

Next Conference of the Section

The upcoming scientific meeting of the Section which will take place from February 26th – 29^th 2012 in Wuppertal , Germany , is online now. The programme will be organized around topics suggested. A barcoding workshop will be offered as well. Early bird registration will be possible until January 8^th 2012 . The conference will be held in cooperation with the German Society for Protozoology.

September 15^th 2011

The speaker of the Section, Professor Peter Kroth, gives the Young Phycologists Traveller Award to Udo Nitschke. Natalya Rybalka receives her award from Professor Ulf Karsten, the deputy speaker. The secretary of the Section, Dr. Burkhard Becker, assists the speakers (from left to right).  

Young Phycologists Traveller Award

For the first time the section provided financial assistance for the participation of young scientists at an international congress. This year, Udo Nitschke und Natalya Rybalka applied for the so called Young Phycologists Traveller Award of the Section. Both were awarded with 150 Euro each to cover registration fees of the 5^th European Phycological Congress which took place on the Greek isle of Rhodos in early September this year.

September 15^th 2011

International Commitment

This Year the Section sponsored 5th European Phycological Congress (EPC5) with 1,000 Euros. The congress took place on the Greek isle of Rhodos from September 4^th to 9^th this year.

July 17^th 2011

Next Meeting of the Section

The upcoming conference of the Phycology Section will take place in Wuppertal, Germany from February 26^th - 29^th 2012. The meeting will be followed by the conference of the German "Gesellschaft für Protozoologie". The members of the Phycology Section will come together at the CVJM-Bildungsstätte Bundeshöhe which is in the hills near Wuppertal. Professor Dr. Gela Preisfeld will organise the get together.

Cover of the guide from Braune & Guiry. Copyright Koeltz.

Guide Book published in English

The Book “Meeresalgen” from Prof. Wolfram Braune from Jena, Germany, is now published together with Mike Guiry in an English version.  The guide wich is entitled “Seaweeds” is available from Koeltz Scientific Books. The German edition was introduced and reviewed by Dr. Inka Bartsch in the rubric Lesenswert!

Dec. 11^th 2009

13^th Scientific Meeting of the Phycology Section - Homepage

Information about the upcoming 13^th Scientific Meeting of the Phycology Section - which will take place on Isle Reichenau, Lake Constance
(Germany) in March 14th -17th 2010 - are now available at

Jan 21^st 2009

Alga bloom offshore Iceland. Photo: NASA/GSFC, MODIS Rapid Response

Alga of the year 2009: Emiliania huxleyi – an algal dwarf which impacts on the global climate

Algal researchers of the German Botanical Society have chosen Emiliania huxleyi as alga of the year to highlight its importance as a global key organism.

Gonyaulax spinifera, SEM image from M. Elbrächter

Special course: Taxonomy of Recent Dinophyceae

Dr. Malte Elbrächter invites students, technical assitants, and scientists to learn about dinofalgellates at the Wadden Sea Station on the isle of Sylt, Germany, an institute of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. The course will take place from Oct. 26th to Nov 5th 2009. Registration deadline is August 15th.

Alga of the Year 2008: Micrasterias - immortal but in the Red Data Book for endangered species

Algal researchers of the Phycology Section of the German Botanical Society have chosen the desmid Micrasterias as ‘Alga of the Year 2008’. Micrasterias, the name derived from Greek meaning ‘little star’, is a highly threatened, but species-rich and morphologically extremely diverse, genus of green algae. They entirely depend on the presence of unspoilt freshwater bodies for their existence.

Kelp nominated ‘Alga of the year 2007’

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