Conferences
21–26 October 2018, Nantes, France
The 18th edition of the International Conference on Harmful Algae
Join us for the 18th International Conference on Harmful Algae, organized by Ifremer in Nantes, France, from 21-26 October 2018. The conference will cover a large array of topics related to the understanding of the causes, evolution and impacts of harmful micro-algae and cyanobacteria.
Join ICHA 2018, and seize the great opportunity to exchange, learn, interact and network with collegues from all over the world!
Session topics :
• Eco-physiology & cellular biology of harmful algae and cyanobacteria
• Biological oceanography and limnology of HABs
• Ecology – from the ecological niche to population dynamics and biogeography
• Ecology - harmful algae and global change
• Taxonomy
• Toxin analysis – Novel detection methods
• "Omic" technologies: genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics & metabolomics of HABs
• Human Toxicology
• Risk assessment for algal and cyanobacterial toxins
• Ciguatera and related benthic HAB organisms and toxins
• HABs causing aerosol and/or direct contact toxicity
• Medical applications of algae, cyanobacteria and their toxins
• Microbial interactions (allelopathy, parasites…)
• Impact of microalgae/cyanobacteria on aquatic organisms (incl. fish kills and shellfish mortalities)
• New major events & exploitation of longtime series (monitoring & case studies)
• New tools (omics, lab-on-a-chip, ecotron…)
• Mitigation of HABs and water treatment technologies
• Biotechnology or adding value to toxic and harmful algae
• Epidemiology, reports of human outbreak cases
• Socio-economic impacts of HABs
• Integrated ecosystem assessment and foresight planning (scenario building, HABs and multi-use offshore platforms, HABs and desalination…)
More details are available on the conference website:
