This was the second time when a tardigrade conference was held in Denmark. The last Danish meeting took place in 2000, also in København.

This was the first tardigrade symposium in which apart from the traditional (local) organising committee, there were also two additional bodies, the international and the advisory committee. The international committee aided the transfer of know-how between previous, current and future organisers of tardigrade meetings. The advisory committee, comprising senior tardigradologists, shared their extensive experience with the local organisers.

The Symposium was attended by 127 participants (+12 accompanying persons) representing 29 countries from five continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America).

During the congress 59 talks (in ten sessions) and 74 posters (in two sessions) were presented. The topics discussed at the Symposium included taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution, biodiversity and biogeography, ecology and behaviour, omics and physiology (including cryptobiosis), anatomy, development and reproduction, astrobiology and emerging methods.

The Young Scientist Award for the best oral presentation and the best poster was given to Ilaria Giovannini (Italy) and to Reira Shibahara (Japan) respectively.

Table of contents

Logo
Dates
Place
Venue
Organisers
Participants
Group photo
Programme
Proceedings
Booklet
Photos
Official website
 

Logo

The Symposium logo shows six individuals of Isoechiniscoides sifae drawn by Stine Elle (University of Copenhagen; see Møbjerg et al. 2016).

Dates

30 July - 03 August 2018.

Place

København, Denmark.

World Map from Wikipedia.

Venue

Copenhagen Biocenter, Ole Maaløes Vej 5.

Organisers

Chair:

Nadja Møbjerg (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Local Committee:

Maria Kamilari (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Thomas L. Sørensen-Hygum (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Jesper Guldberg Hansen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Lykke Keldsted Bøgsted Hvidepil (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Jette Eibye-Jacobsen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark/Birkerød Gymnasium)
Hans Ramløv (Roskilde University, Denmark)

International Committee:

£ukasz Michalczyk (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Sandra J. McInnes (British Antarctic Survey, UK)
Lorena Rebecchi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)
Roberto Guidetti (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)
£ukasz Kaczmarek (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)
Ingemar Jönsson (Kristianstad University, Sweden)
Ralph O. Schill (Stuttgart University, Germany)
Shinta Fujimoto (Kyoto University, Japan)
Takekazu Kunieda (University of Tokyo, Japan)

Advisory Committee:

Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Diane Nelson (East Tennessee State University, USA)
Roberto Bertolani (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)
Hartmut Greven (University of Düsseldorf, Germany)

Participants (alphabetically)

Acevedo-Barrios, Rosa Leonor (Colombia)
Afzal, Muhammad (South Korea)
Akobi, Nezira (USA)
Altiero, Tiziana (Italy)
Arakawa, Kazuharu (Japan)
Bartels, Paul (USA)
Bartylak, Tomasz (Poland)
Bertolani, Roberto (Italy)
Bingemer, Jana (Germany)
Blaxter, Mark (UK)
Bonini, Raoul (Italy)
Bryndová, Michala (Czech Republic)
Calhim, Sara (Finland)
Choi, Yu-Na (South Korea)
Czerneková, Michaela (Czech Republic)
Deichman, Marcus (Denmark)
Delagoutte, Emmanuelle (France)
De Milio, Erica (Ireland)
Dunderdale, Holly (USA)
Dunn, Raymond (USA)
Eibye-Jacobsen, Jette (Denmark)
Ekrem, Torbjørn (Norway)
Fontoura, Paulo (Portugal)
Fukuda, Yohta (Japan)
Galas, Simon (France)
G¹siorek, Piotr (Poland)
Gemrich, Hannah (USA)
Giovannini, Ilaria (Italy)
Giribet, Gonzalo (USA)
Guidetti, Roberto (Italy)
Greven, Hartmut (Germany)
Grobys, Daria (Poland)
Gross, Vladimir (Germany)
Grothman, Gary (Canada)
Hansen, Jesper Guldberg (Denmark)
Hohberg, Karin (Germany)
Höög, Johanna (Sweden)
Horikawa, Daiki (Japan)
Hvidepil, Lykke Keldsted Bøgsted (Denmark)
Irvine, Andrew (UK)
Itang, Lowelyn Anne (Philippines)
Jackson, Kathy (USA)
Janelt, Kamil (Poland)
Jimenez, Jaime (USA)
Jönsson, Ingemar (Sweden)
Jørgensen, Aslak (Denmark)
Jørgensen, Ask Møbjerg (Denmark)
Jørgensen, Sif Møbjerg (Denmark)
Kaczmarek, £ukasz (Poland)
Kamilari, Maria (Denmark)
Kato, Saul (USA)
Keuenhof, Katharina (Austria)
Kihm, Ji-Hoon (South Korea)
Kmita, Hanna (Poland)
Koehler, Alwin (Austria)
Kondo, Koyuki (Japan)
Krzywañski, £ukasz (Poland)
Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg (Denmark)
Kulpa, Adam (Poland)
Kunieda, Takekazu (Japan)
Kurz, Katrin-Theres (Austria)
Lear, Joshua (UK)
Lee, Matthew (Chile)
Lisi, Oscar Paolo Vincenzo (Italy)
Lopez-Sandoval, B. Daniel (Mexico)
Lyons, Ana (USA)
Mapalo, Marc (Philippines)
Marley, Nigel (UK)
Marnissi, Jamila  Ben (Tunisia)
McInnes, Sandra (UK)
Meyer, Harry (USA)
Michalczyk, £ukasz (Poland)
Minato, Hiroki (Japan)
Moral, Adrian Nogales (Spain)
Morek, Witold (Poland)
Morgan, Sarah B. P. (Denmark)
Murai, Yumi (Japan)
Møbjerg, Nadja (Denmark)
Neitzel, Sarah (USA)
Nelson, Diane (USA)
Nymann, Nynne (Denmark)
Oded, Daniel (Hong Kong)
Ortega-Hernandez, Javier (UK)
Pedersen, Bjarke Haldrup (Denmark)
Perry, Emma (USA)
Persson, Dennis (Sweden)
Poprawa, Izabela (Poland)
Proesmans, Willem (Belgium)
Ramløv, Hans (Denmark)
Ramsay, Balbina (UK)
Ramsay, Paul (UK)
Rebecchi, Lorena (Italy)
Reichelt, Julian (Germany)
Richaud, Myriam (France)
Robertson, Michael (USA)
Rocha, A. Mariana (Argentina)
Roszkowska, Milena (Poland)
Rubal, Marcos (Portugal)
Saigo, Tokiko (Japan)
Scheurich, Annette (Germany)
Schill, Ralph (Germany)
Schiøtt, Morten (Denmark)
Schulze, Steven (USA)
Shibata, Shoko (Japan)
Shibahara, Reira (Japan)
Schigel, Dmitry (Denmark)
Short, Katherine (UK)
Smith, Frank (USA)
Stec, Daniel (Poland)
Stephen, Nancy Catherine (India)
Stone, Jonathon (Canada)
Sugiura, Kenta (Japan)
Sung, Hyung Jin (South Korea)
Surmacz, Bart³omiej (Poland)
Suzuki, Atsushi (Japan)
Sørensen-Hygum, Thomas Lunde (Denmark)
Tekatli, Cagri (Turkey)
Tekatli, Gulsah (Turkey)
Topstad, Lasse (Norway)
Tsaliki, Martha (USA)
Tsuji, Chisato (UK)
Tsujimoto, Megumu (Japan)
Tumanov, Denis (Russia)
Vonèina, Katarzyna (Poland)
Yoon, Tae-Sung (South Korea)
Yoshida, Yuki (Japan)
Young, Alexander (USA)

ACCOMPANYING PERSONS

Calhim, Jael (Finland)
Calhim, Teo (Finland)
Ferrari, Silvana (Italy)
Fromhage, Lutz (Germany)
Grothman, Allison (Canada)
Grothman, Lisa (Canada)
Horikawa, Umi (Japan)
Nelson, Jack (USA)
Scheurich, Klaus (Germany)
Suzuki, Juli (Japan)
Suzuki Kawada, Sanae (Japan)
Tseng, YuHan (Japan)

STUDENT VOLUNTEERS (from Birkerød Gymnasium)

Alexandra Lif Marie Devaleriola (Denmark)
Alysia Macdonald Hansen (Denmark)
Christian Erforth Andreasen (Denmark)
Isabella Schmidt (Denmark)
Magnolia Maja Rygaard-Hjalsted (Denmark)

Group photo

Photo by Leif Bolding.

Programme