Determination Course

of Freshwater and Terrestrial Cyanobacteria

The three-days on-line course is focused on determination of freshwater and terrestrial Cyanobacteria in context with modern taxonomical approaches. It consists of theoretical lectures of systematic classification, ecology and taxonomic criteria of Cyanobacteria, and of virtual microscopic sessions with practical identification.

News

  • Registration for the webinar was terminated on June 1, 2021. If you are interested in registration, contact the organizing committee.

  • The on-line course in 2021 is scheduled for 26.-28. July.

  • After our cyanobacterial course (2.-4. August) a second ciourse is organised, focusing on euglenoids - more details on Euglenoids Determination Course

information for participants

Organizer

  • Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Branišovská 1760, 370 05 České Budějovice.

Lectures

  • Lectures will be realized through the MS Teams platform, lectures will not be recorded. Course language is English.

  • Maximum of participants is limited to 25.

Fees

  • The participation fee is the same for all participants - 100 EUR.

  • Please wait with the payment till 1st June. We will provide updated payment instructions during last week of May.

  • Fee includes course materials and reward for lecturers.

Pricing & payment

  • We quote all prices in the local currency (Czech crown, CZK). Actual exchange rates can be found at the page of the Czech National Bank.

  • We prefer your payment to be done via bank transfer. If you want to make your payment by credit card, please contact us in advance.

  • Cancellation - If you decide to cancel your participation in the course, we will return 90 % of the amount paid. We cannot return any money to you if you cancel after 10th July 2021.

Course Schedule

  • Lectures will be given from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. and 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. (CEST, UTC+02:00)

  • Theoretical lectures will be supplemented by microphotographs of many samples.

  • Monday

    • News in the taxonomy of cyanobacteria.

    • Coccal types (esp. Cyanobium, Cyanobacterium, Cyanothece, Aphanothece, Gloeothece, Synechococcus, Synechocystis , Aphanocapsa, Merismopedia, Snowella, Gomphosphaeria, Woronichinia, Microcystis, Gloeocapsa, Gloeocapsopsis, Chroococcus, Chamaesiphon, Chroococcidiopsis)

  • Tuesday

    • Simple trichal types (esp. Geitlerinema, Jaaginema, Leptolyngbya, Limnothrix, Pseudanabaena, Spirulina, Schizothrix, Arthrospira, Planktothrix, Trichodesmium, Phormidium, Microcoleus, Lyngbya, Oscillatoria )

  • Wednesday

  • Heterocytous types (Scytonema, Hassallia, Tolypothrix, Microchaete, Calothrix, Dichothrix, Gloeotrichia, Rivularia, Anabaena, Anabaenopsis, Aphanizomenon, Cylindrospermopsis, Cylindrospermum, Nodularia, Nostoc, Trichormus; Chlorogloeopsis, Stigonema, Fischerella, Hapalosiphon)

Lecturers

  • Jan Kaštovský

  • Jeff R. Johansen

  • Tomáš Hauer

Organization Committee

  • Feel free to contact us at hanys_at_prf.jcu.cz with your questions.