Open Online Symposia Series
2023
30 November
Molluscan Microbiomes Open Online Mini Symposium
Exploring the world of microbes in molluscan research
11am-12:30pm (Sydney time)
Thank you to all who attended the symposium, and a huge thanks to our three speakers, Martin Guo, Elliot Scanes and Isa de Vries!
If you have registered for this event, you will have received an email with instructions to access the recording below, which will be available for three months.
Order of Talks:
- Martin Guo from the Auckland University of Technology (talk starts at the 00:00:04 mark in the video)
- Elliot Scanes from the University of Technology Sydney (talk starts at the 00:32:30 mark in the video)
- Isa de Vries from the University of Otago, New Zealand (talk starts at the 01:02:00 mark in the video
Program
11am – Opening (Priscila Salloum)
11:10am – Martin Guo, Evaluation of the Potential Effects of Marine Heatwaves and Formulated Feeds on the Gut Microbiome of the Black-Footed Abalone (Haliotis iris) in New Zealand.
11:35am – Elliot Scanes, Climate Change Alters Oyster Microbiomes and Triggers Bacterial Disease.”
12:00pm – Isa de Vries, Seasonality of Austrovenus stutchburyi Viromes
12:20pm – Closing (Priscila Salloum)
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7 September
Thank you for those who joined the Symposium! We had three brilliant talks on various aspects of malacology! If you did RSVP, you will shortly receive an email with the link to access the recoding.
Time:
- 10am – 11:40am Brisbane
- 8am – 9:40am Perth
- 12pm-1:40pm New Zealand
- 9pm-10:40pm Chile (6 September)
- 9am-10:40am Tokyo
Molecular Tools Applied to Molluscs
Organisers: Nathan Kenny and Priscila Salloum
MSA is hosting three fantastic speakers on this new symposium of the open online series. Join us to hear more about the discoveries facilitated by molecular tools in malacology, told by three fantastic speakers working on various aspects of molluscan biology.
We are honored to host the brilliant Distinguished Professor Hamish Spencer, from the University of Otago (New Zealand), who will deliver a keynote presentation entitled “Molecular biology at the beach: Genetic tools and the detection of Mollusca diversity”.
And if that wasn’t enough, we will have the privilege to hear from Associate Professor Felipe Aguilera, from University of Concepción (Chile) about ‘Shell formation in oysters’, and none less than Associate Professor Claudio A. González Wevar, from the Austral University of Chile, on “Biogeographical patterns in the periwinkle genus Laevilitorina”.
Given the time zones, we will have our Chile-based speakers first. Please see below for a tentative schedule (in Brisbane time).
10am – Introduction and housekeeping rules – Nathan and Priscila
10:05am – Cellular and molecular basis underlying sensitivity and adaptation of Crassostrea gigas to ocean acidification – Felipe Aguilera
10:30am – Biogeographical patterns in the periwinkle genus Laevilitorina across its distribution in different provinces of the Southern Hemisphere – Claudio A. González Wevar
10:55am – Molecular biology at the beach: Genetic tools and the detection of Mollusca diversity – Hamish Spencer
11:35am – Closing remarks – Nathan and Priscila.
We will aim to start at 10am on the dot, so please join us a couple of minutes before and make sure your mic is muted when you join (particularly if you are hopping in and out or joining a little late).
Talks will be recorded and made available for three months, but you will need to RSVP to receive a link to watch them.
We look forward to seeing you online!
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25 May
Molluscs of Inland Waters
Organiser: Michael Klunzinger
- First talk – How freshwater bivalves build their shells, Dorrit Jacob
- Second talk – Freshwater Gastropods of Tasmania, Karen Richards
- Third talk – Phylogenetic assessment of the Australian gastropod Coxiella and South African Tomichia resolves taxonomic uncertainties, uncovers new species and supports a Gondwanan link, Angus Lawrie
- Fourth talk – Artificial refuges for freshwater mussel conservation, Jake Daviot
- Final Q&A session
MSA Symposium flyer 25 May 2023 v 3.0
