The 21st Meeting of the Phycology Professional Committee of the Chinese Society for Oceanology and Limnology (CSOL) was held at IHB during August 9 and 10, 2022. (Credit: IHB)

The 21st Meeting of the Phycology Professional Committee of the Chinese Society for Oceanology and Limnology (CSOL) was held at the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences during August 9 and 10, 2022. It was the first time in the history of the Phycology Professional Committee that a meeting was held at an academic institution.   

More than 350 algae researchers and young scholars from 15 research institutes, 30 plus universities including Tsinghua University, Peking University, the University of Liverpool, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and eight companies attended the meeting from online and offline venues.   

In total, 288 abstracts were submitted, 35 poster presentations and 98 oral presentations were made at the meeting.    

Prof. XU Xudong, chairman of the CSOL Phycology Professional Committee, chaired the opening ceremony and gave an opening speech. Prof. YIN Zhan, director of IHB, attended the opening ceremony and gave a welcome speech. SUN Zhongmin, secretary general of the CSOL Phycology Professional Committee, gave a work report of the committee.    

The meeting consisted of keynote speeches, parallel speeches, posters and special discussion session, featuring four topics on algal biodiversity and ecology, algal breeding and biotechnology, algal physiology and biochemistry, algal molecular biology and two topics on cyanobacteria and Chlamydomonas.    

The participants engaged in extensive discussions on basic and applied algae study, as well as technical bottlenecks in algae industrialization. A number of young and middle-aged scholars have made systematic and in-depth research on important algae science issues, and some have made original discoveries, which is especially rewarding.   

As part of this meeting, the 10th board council held the second meeting, during which IHB Professor BI Yonghong was co-opted as vice secretary general, and discussed the specific arrangements for the preparation of algae textbooks for postgraduate students. 

Prof. XU Xudong, chairman of the CSOL Phycology Professional Committee, chaired the opening ceremony. (Credit: IHB)

Prof. YIN Zhan, director of IHB, gave a welcome speech. (Credit: IHB)