Introduction : From diatom species identification to ecological and biotechnological applications

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Acknowledgments

The organizers of the meeting thank the Association des Diatomistes de Langue Française (ADLAF), the Nederlands-Vlaamse Kring van Diatomisten (NVKD) and the Société Botanique de France (SBF) for their financial support.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Société Botanique de France (SFB), the Nederlands-Vlaamse Kring van Diatomisten (NCKD);Association des Diatomistes de Langue Française (ADLAF).

Notes on contributors

Benoît Schoefs

Benoît Schoefs is professor of plant physiology at the laboratory “Mer Molécules Santé” at Le Mans University (France). He leads the team “Metabolism and Bioengineering of Microalgal Molecules and Applications”. He is actually studying the reorientation of the carbon metabolism in microalgae induced by stress.

Bart Van de Vijver

Bart Van de Vijver is a full-time researcher at the Meise Botanic Garden, Belgium, and a part-time professor at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. His research focuses mainly on the taxonomy, morphology and biogeography of Antarctic freshwater and terrestrial diatoms. He has been studying diatoms in various parts of the Antarctic region for more than 20 years. His second research topic concentrates epizoic diatoms living on marine vertebrates. He has described almost 400 new taxa and revised an additional 250 taxa.

Carlos E. Wetzel

Carlos E. Wetzel is a botanist and a researcher at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology. He has written over 105 articles (h-index: 15) and he has been working on diatoms in rivers, lakes and soils. He has been teaching numerous training courses on diatom ecology and taxonomy designed for biologists, technicians and ecologists, contributing to the continuous improvement in the Water Framework Directive implementation in Europe.

Luc Ector

Luc Ector is a botanist and senior researcher at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology. He has written over 215 articles (h-index: 26) and has been working on diatoms in rivers, lakes and soils for the last 30 years. He was the President of the “Association des Diatomistes de Langue Française (ADLaF)”, which organizes annual meetings on diatom taxonomy, ecology and related subjects. Over the last 20 years, he has been organizing and teaching numerous training courses on diatom ecology and taxonomy designed for biologists, technicians and ecologists, contributing to the continuous improvement in the Water Framework Directive implementation in Europe.