Dear Fellow Scientists,

International Conference on Toxic Cyanobacteria (ICTC) is a periodic summit of an international community focusing on the study of cyanotoxins and toxic cyanobacteria. Poland was chosen as the venue of the next ICTC by the participants of the conference in Wuhan in 2016. The five-day event includes interactive sessions and lively discussion panels which promote active scientific exchange and communication between scientists and students. This event will feature recent findings from leading academic experts in the field in the form of lectures and posters. Participants will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience from the experts on the subject and to network with other enthusiasts.

The theme of this year’s ICTC 11 is:
“Learning from the past to predict the future”

The event also includes excursions and off-site visits with the aim of giving the participants a wider insight about the heritage of Kraków and Małopolska region. The royal capital city of Kraków is the spiritual centre of Poland with rich heritage. Krakow’s Old Town, along with Wawel Castle and the city’s Kazimierz district found their place on the First World Heritage List, created by UNESCO in 1978. The city is home to Polish intellectual and artistic elites and is a magnet for the young. Students and young Polish professionals as well as a growing international community are drawn to the city.

On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee, we cordially invite you to attend the 11^th International Conference on Toxic Cyanobacteria to be held in Kraków, Poland from 5 to 10 May, 2019.

Chairman,

On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee

Scientific Sessions

11th International Conference of Toxic Cyanobacteria: Learning from the past to predict the future

Detection, identification and diversity of toxic/invasive cyanobacteria
Toxic cyanobacteria in the context of climate changes
Ecology of cyanobacteria, abiotic and biotic factors in the regulation of cyanobacterial growth and/or toxin production
Secondary cyanometabolites – structure, biosynthesis, physiological function, environmental significance and biotechnological application
Cell physiology and molecular biology of cyanobacteria
Toxicity and harmful effects of cyanobacteria and their metabolites
Risk identification, water management and toxin removal
New tools, new methods, most original findings and hypotheses
New generation of scientists – fresh view and original ideas (session dedicated to participants up to 35)

Scientific Sessions

speakers

Bojana Žegura

Assistant professor in Toxicology at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Bojana Žegura currently works in the Department of genetic toxicology and cancer biology at the National Institute of Biology (NIB) and is Assistant professor in Toxicology at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Diana Kirilovsky

Group Leader in the Institute of Integral Biology of the Cell (I2BC, CNRS) in Gif sur Yvette, France.

Diana Kirilovsky has born in Buenos Aires. She obtained her Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel).

Hanna Mazur-Marzec

Div. Marine Biotechnology, University of Gdańsk

Hanna Mazur-Marzec works at the Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdańsk, where she established the Division of Marine Biotechnology

Jef Huisman

Department of Freshwater and Marine Ecology (FAME), University of Amsterdam

Prof. Dr Jef Huisman works at the University of Amsterdam, where he is chair of the new department of Freshwater and Marine Ecology (FAME) of the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED).

Kaarina Sivonen

Professor of Microbiology, Department of Food and Environmental Sciences Division of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Helsinki University

Prof. Sivonen has studied toxic and bioactive compounds producing cyanobacteria since 1985.

Linda Lawton

Professor of Environmental Microbiology - Robert Gordon University

Prof. Linda Lawton works at the Rober Gordon University in Aberdeen, where she is a Research Group leader in Cyanobacteria, cyanotoxins and algal biotechnology.

Steven Wilhelm

Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee

Steven Wilhelm is the Kenneth and Blaire Mossman Professor & Associate Head of the Department of Microbiology.

Susie Wood

Senior Scientist at the Cawthron Institute in Nelson, New Zealand

Susie Wood obtained her PhD from Victoria University (Wellington, New Zealand) in 2006 specialising in cyanobacterial blooms and toxins.

Committees

Scientific Committee:

Maria Antoniou, Cyprus
Sandra Azevedo, Brasil
Ludek Blaha, Czech Republic
Michele Burford, Australia
Wayne Carmichael, USA
Geoff Codd, Scotland
Elke Dittmann, Germany
Tim Downing, South Africa
Dariusz Dziga, Poland

Ambrose Furey, Ireland
Elizabeth Hilborn, USA
Jean F. Humbert, France
Tri Kaloudis, Greece
Rainer Kurmayer, Austria
James Metcalf, USA
Jussi Meriluoto, Finland
Shin-ichi Nakano, Japan
Philip Orr, Australia

Hans Paerl, USA
Antonio Quesada, Spain
Lirong Song, China
Sigitas Sulcius, Lithuania
Nico Salmaso, Italy
Kaarina Sivonen, Finland
Zorica Svircev, Serbia
Petra Visser, The Netherlands

Local Organizing Committee:

Dr hab. Dariusz Dziga, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
Dr hab. Iwona Jasser, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw
Dr hab. Mikołaj Kokociński, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
Prof. Joanna Mankiewicz-Boczek, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz
Prof. Hanna Mazur-Marzec, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography , University of Gdańsk
Prof. Barbara Pawlik-Skowrońska, Faculty of Biology, Animal Sciences and Bioeconomy, University of Life Sciences, Lublin
dr Anna Toruńska-Sitarz, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography , University of Gdańsk