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XII International
Symposium on Tardigrada
The conference opened with a presentation
dedicated to the memory of Clark
Beasley, who passed away soon before the Symposium. The meeting
was attended by 77 tardigradologists from 21 countries and 5 continents
(Africa (represented for the first time), Asia, Europe, North and South
America).
During the congress 36
talks (in 6 thematic sessions) and 40 posters (in a single session) were
presented. The topics discussed at the Symposium included taxonomy,
phylogeny, morphology, biogeography, ecology, physiology, molecular
genetics, genomics and life histories.
The Young Scientist Award for the best
oral presentation and the best poster was given to
Eliana Beltran (Colombia)
and to Vladimir Gross
(USA), respectively. The closing lecture was a magnificent show by
Diane Nelson. This was the first tardigrade
Symposium held in Portugal.
Table of contents
Logo
Dates
Place
Venue
Organisers
Participants
Group photo
Programme
Proceedings
Booklet
Photos
Official website
Logo
The Symposium logo designed by Motion Design/Parque
Biologico de Gaia.
Dates
23-26 July 2012.
Place
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
World Map from
Wikipedia.
Venue
Parque Biologico.
Organisers
Dr.
Paulo Fontoura (University of Porto, Portugal),
Dr. Alexandre Valente
(University of Porto, Portugal),
Cristina Neves (Parque
Biologico de Gaia, Portugal),
Nuno Gomes Oliviera (Parque
Biologico de Gaia, Portugal).
Participants (alphabetically)
Altiero,
Tiziana (Italy)
Arakawa, Kazuharo (Japan)
Assunção,
Cláudia (Brazil)
Bartels,
Paul (USA)
Beltran,
Eliana (Colombia)
Bemm,
Felix (Germany)
Bertolani, Roberto (Italy)
Bryndová, Michala (Czech
Republic)
Cardoso,
Alexandra (Portugal)
Cytan,
Joanna (Poland)
Czerneková, Michaela (Czech
Republic)
Degma, Peter (Slovakia)
Devetter, Miloslav (Czech
Republic)
Eibye-Jacobsen, Jette (Denmark)
Ferreira
Ramos, Ana Sofia (Portugal)
Fontoura, Paulo (Portugal)
Förster,
Frank (Germany)
Fujimoto, Shinta (Japan)
Gonçalves,
Cátia (Portugal)
Gonçalves, Sofia (Portugal)
Greven, Hartmut (Germany)
Gross,
Vladimir (USA)
Grothman, Gary (Canada)
Guidetti, Roberto (Italy)
Guil, Noemi (Spain)
Halberg,
Kenneth Agerlin (Denmark)
Hashimoto,
Takuma (Japan)
Hinton,
Juliana (USA)
Horikawa, Daiki (France)
Inshyna,
Valentyna (Ukraine)
Jönsson, Ingemar (Sweden)
Jørgensen,
Aslak (Denmark)
Kiosya, Yevgen (Ukraine)
Komine, Shiori (Japan)
Kristensen, Reinhardt
Møbjerg (Denmark)
Kunieda,
Takekazu (Japan)
Lisi,
Oscar (Italy)
Luz,
Betty Rose (Brazil)
Lyons,
Ana (USA)
Marley, Nigel (UK)
Mayer, Georg (Germany)
McInnes, Sandra (UK)
Meyer, Harry (USA)
Michalczyk,
£ukasz (Poland)
Miller,
William R. (USA)
Møbjerg, Nadja (Denmark)
Nelson,
Diane (USA)
Neves, Cristina (Portugal)
Nilsson,
Charlotta (Sweden)
Oguchi, Kohei (Japan)
Oliveira,
Nuno Gomes (Portugal)
Olutayo,
Samuel Olufemi (Nigeria)
Persson, Dennis Krog
(Denmark)
Poprawa, Izabela (Poland)
Prasath, Thiruketheeswaran
(Germany)
Proença-Pinto,
Ana Inês (Portugal)
Quiroga, Sigmer (Colombia)
Ramsay,
Balbina (UK)
Rebecchi,
Lorena (Italy)
Rocha,
Alejandra Mariana (Argentina)
Rocha,
Clélia (Brazil)
Rubal, Marcos (Portugal)
Santos, Daniel (Portugal)
Santos, Érika (Brazil)
Satkauskiene,
Ingrida (Lithuania)
Schill, Ralph Oliver
(Germany)
Schulze, Corinna (Germany)
Suzuki, Atsushi (Japan)
Tanaka, Sae (Japan)
Tavares,
Ana Isabel (Portugal)
Tischer,
Tammy (Germany)
Trygvadóttir,
Birna Vár (Faroe Islands)
Valente,
Alexandre (Portugal)
Veiga, Puri (Portugal)
Zawierucha, Krzysztof
(Poland)
Group photo
Photo by
J.Teixeira
(Parque Biologico de Gaia).
Programme
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Monday (23.07.2012) |
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08:30 |
Shuttle to
the Conference Venue |
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08:30-09:30 |
Registration |
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09:30-09:45 |
Opening
Ceremony |
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09:45-10:15 |
Opening Lecture:
L. Rebecchi |
Dry and survive: the role of the antioxidant
metabolism in anhydrobiotic organisms |
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10:15-10:45 |
Coffee break |
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TAXONOMY & PHYLOGENY |
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Session
I. Chairpersons:
R. Bertolani (Italy)
& P.j. Bartels (USA) |
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10:45-11:05 |
G. Pilato (read by
P. Fontoura) |
Past, present and future of Eutardigrade taxonomy |
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11:05-11:25 |
P. Fontoura, A. Jørgensen, R.M. Kristensen
& P. centena |
An illustrated dichotomous key to the genera of
the marine heterotardigrades (Tardigrada) |
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11:25-11:45 |
£.
Michalczyk
&
£.
Kaczmarek |
What should be the modern standards of tardigrade
taxonomic descriptions? |
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11:45-12:05 |
R.M.
kristensen,
N.
Møbjerg,
S.
Faurby,
D.
Persson,
K.A.
Halberg,
A.W.
nielsen,
D.
Grann
&
A.
Jørgensen |
A new revision of the tidal genus
Echiniscoides and its morphological variability
(Heterotardigrada: Echiniscoidea) |
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12:05-12:25 |
N.J.
Marley |
What do you do with a problem like Maria
Milnesiidae? |
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12:25-12:45 |
N.
Guil & A. Machordom |
The importance of being Milnesium tardigradum.
Preliminary results about morphological and molecular
variability among Milnesium tardigradum-like specimens |
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12:45-14:30 |
Lunch |
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Session
II. Chairpersons:
R.M. Kristensen (Denmark)
& R. Guidetti (Italy) |
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14:30-14:50 |
G.
Mayer |
Neural markers in onychophorans and tardigrades
help unravel the phylogenetic position of Tardigrada |
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14:50-15:10 |
T. Prasath, H. Greven & J. D’Haese |
EF-hand proteins in Tardigrades
and Onychophorans
(Presentation submitted to the Young Scientist Award) |
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15:10-15:30 |
M.
Cesari, L. Rebecchi, R. Guidetti, I. Giovannini, L. Mori & R.
Bertolani |
A DNA barcoding approach in the study of
tardigrades |
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15:30-15:50 |
T.
Marchioro, L. Rebecchi, J. Guldberg Hansen, R. Bertolani, & R.
Guidetti |
Comparative analysis and phylogenetic
implications of tardigrade musculature architectures |
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15:50-16:10 |
Coffee break |
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16:10-16-30 |
F. Bemm, M.A. Grohme, M. Frohme,
R.O. Schill, M. Ebeling, R. Schmucki, L. Burleigh, U. Certa, T.
Dandekar, J. Schultz & F. Förster |
The genome sequence of Milnesium
tardigradum reveals a condensed genome and supports the
tardigrades as sister taxon to the arthropods
(Presentation submitted to the Young Scientist Award) |
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16:30-16:50 |
A.
Jørgensen,
S.
Faurby,
D.
Persson,
K.A.
Halberg,
R.M.
Kristensen
&
N.
Møbjerg |
Local and small scale genetic diversity in clonal
lineages of the asexually reproducing tardigrade Echiniscus
testudo (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscoidea) |
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17:00-19:30 |
Visit to the Port Wine Cellars
(Caves Calém).
The visit offers all the participants and
accompanying persons the opportunity to taste this national
world famous drink and to know how it is made and its course
over the ages. |
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19:30 |
Shuttle to the hotels |
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Tuesday
(24.07.2012) |
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08:30 |
Shuttle to
the Conference Venue |
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BIOGEOGRAPHY,
ECOLOGY & MORPHOLOGY |
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Session
III. Chairpersons:
W.R. Miller (USA)
& S.j. McInnes (UK) |
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09:00-09:20 |
K.A.
Halberg, K.W. Larsen,
A.
Jørgensen,
H.
Ramløv
&
N.
Møbjerg |
Inorganic ion composition in Tardigrada:
cryptobionts contain large fraction of unidentified organic
solutes
(Presentation submitted to the Young Scientist
Award) |
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09:20-09:40 |
B.V.
Trygvadóttir
& R.M. Kristensen |
Eohypsibiidae (Eutardigrada, Tardigrada) and
other tardigrade records from the Faroe Islands |
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09:40-10:00 |
V. Inshyna |
The structure of the Tardigrada
communities in the “Cape Martyan” Nature Reserve (Crimean
Peninsula, Ukraine)
(Presentation submitted to the Young Scientist Award) |
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10:00-10:30 |
Coffee break |
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10:30-10:50 |
P.J.
Bartels & D.R. Nelson |
An analysis of the distribution and diversity of
soil tardigrades in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
(NC/TN, USA) using maximum entropy modelling |
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10:50-11:10 |
S.
Quiroga, M. Caicedo, R. Londoño, L. Mazenet, A. Daza & £.
Kaczmarek |
Water bears (Tardigrada) from the lower
Manzanares river basin, Santa Marta, Colombia |
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11:10-11:30 |
M. Bryndová & M. Devetter |
Long term effect of salvage
logging on soil population of Tardigrada in mountain spruce
forest in the Czech Republic
(Presentation submitted to the Young Scientist Award) |
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11:30-11:50 |
H.A.
Meyer, J.G. Hinton & C. Samletzka |
Water Bears in the Anthropocene: A Comparison of
Urban and Woodland Tardigrade Communities in Southwestern
Louisiana, USA |
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11:50-12:10 |
S.J.
McInnes & P.J.A. Pugh |
The role of human activity in the distribution
and population dynamic of soil Tardigrada on the maritime
Antarctic Peninsula |
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12:10-12:30 |
Group photo |
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12:30-14:30 |
Lunch |
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Session
IV. Chairpersons:
H. Greven (Germany)
& N.
Møbjerg
(Denmark) |
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14:30-14:50 |
M.
Devetter
& J. Frouz |
Primary succession of Tardigrade community on
brown coal post – mining dumps |
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14:50-15:10 |
E.J.C.
Nilsson, K.I. Jönsson & J. Pallon |
Element analysis of the eutardigrades
Richtersius coronifer and Milnesium tardigradum using
PIXE |
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15:10-15:30 |
C.
Schulze & A. Schmidt-Rhaesa |
The brain architecture of Echiniscus testudo
(Echiniscoidea, Heterotardigrada) |
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15:30-16:00 |
Coffee break |
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16:00-16:20 |
D.K. Persson, K.A. Halberg, A.
Jørgensen, N. Møbjerg & R.M. Kristensen |
Comparative morphology of the
brain structure of Eutardigrada and Arthrotardigrada
(Presentation submitted to the Young Scientist Award) |
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16:20-16:40 |
S. Fujimoto & K. Miyazaki |
Musclular Architecture of Marine
Heterotardigrades
(Presentation submitted to the Young Scientist Award) |
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17:00-19:30 |
Porto Guided city tour:
all the participants and accompanying persons are cordially
invited to discover the charm and natural beauty of the city. We
will do a panoramic bus trip through Gaia and Porto, to admire
the river banks and bridges, the historical center and some of
the most beautiful monuments. The trip will finish at the
“Ribeira” (however, if they want, participants accommodated in
hotels with a special price can be returned to their hotel), in
the old city, a place full of typical restaurants and bars
offering the opportunity to taste the wonderful Portuguese
gastronomy and to admire the hospitality and authenticity of the
people. |
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19:30 |
Shuttle to the hotels |
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Wednesday (25.07.2012) |
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08:30 |
Shuttle to
the Conference Venue |
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PHYSIOLOGY, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & OTHER TOPICS |
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Session
V. Chairperson:
R.O. Schill (Germany) |
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09:00-09:20 |
T.
Kunieda,
K.
Arakawa,
T.
Katayama,
A.
Toyoda,
H.
Kuwahara,
D.D.
Horikawa,
Y.
Suzuki,
K.
Abe,
T.
Shin-i,
K.
Ohishi,
A.
Motoyama,
T.
Aizu,
Y.
Kohara
&
A.
Fujiyama |
Genome annotations and transcriptomic analysis in
Ramazzottius varieornatus |
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09:20-09:40 |
E. Beltran, R. Bermúdez, K.I.
Jönsson, A. Wojcik, S. Haghdoost, M. Harms-Rindahl & J. Bernal |
Tardigrades: characterization of
recombinase rad51, important protein of the DNA repair system
(Presentation submitted to the Young Scientist Award) |
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09:40-10:00 |
K.I.
Jönsson, E. Beltran, S. Haghdoost, A. Wojcik & M. Harms-Ringdahl |
Radiation tolerance of tardigrade eggs |
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10:00-10:20 |
T.
Altiero,
V.
Rossi,
R.
Bertolani
&
L.
Rebecchi |
Diversified bet-hedging strategy in the
desiccation tolerant tardigrade
Paramacrobiotus richtersi |
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10:20-10:50 |
Coffee break |
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Session
VI. Chairpersons:
T. Kunieda (Japan)
& k.I.
Jönsson
(Sweden) |
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10:50-11:10 |
F. Bemm, F. Förster, T. Dandekar &
J. Schultz |
Inside the genome of Milnesium
tardigradum: LEA, Trehalose, and stress response proteins
(Presentation submitted to the Young Scientist Award) |
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11:10-11:30 |
D.D.
Horikawa,
J.
Cumbers,
D.
Rogoff,
S.
Leuko,
R.
Harnoto,
K.
Arakawa,
T.
Katayama,
A.
Toyoda,
T.
Kunieda
&
L.J.
Rothschild |
UVC Radiation Tolerance in the Tardigrade
Ramazzottius varieornatus |
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11:30-11:50 |
N.
Møbjerg,
K.A.
Halberg,
D.
Persson,
R.M.
Kristensen
&
A.
Jørgensen |
On the current knowledge of osmoregulation in
tardigrades |
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11:50-12:10 |
K.
Arakawa, T. Ito, T. Kunieda, D.D. Horikawa, T. Soga, & M. Tomita |
Metabolomics of tardigrade Ramazzottius
varieornatus reveals dynamic metabolic response during
anhydrobiosis |
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12:10-12:30 |
R.
Schuster & H. Greven |
A 17-month study of the reproductive cycle of
Macrobiotus hufelandi in a lawn moss with notes on
reproduction of Macrobiotus richtersi and Diphascon
pingue (Eutardigrada) |
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12:30-12:50 |
A.C. Suzuki, H. Kagoshima & S. Imura |
Antarctic tardigrade culture from moss samples
near Syowa Station, East Antarctica |
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12:50-14:30 |
Lunch |
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14:30-16:00 |
POSTER SESSION |
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16:00-16:30 |
Coffee break |
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16:30-17:30 |
Conclusions by
D. Nelson and
Closing Ceremony |
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17:30 |
Shuttle to the coast; walk in the Park Dunes of
Aguda (meeting point: parking of the Biological Park). |
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19:30-23:00 |
Conference Dinner at the Restaurant Parque da
Aguda (Aguda, Vila Nova de Gaia). |
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23:30 |
Shuttle to the hotels
(meeting point: parking of the Restaurant). |
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Thursday (26.07.2012) |
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A whole day
excursion |
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07:00 |
Shuttle from the hotels
to Cais de Vila Nova de Gaia (Cais da Rota do
Douro) |
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08:00-19:00 |
Boat Cruise on the River Douro:
Boarding at 8:00 at
Cais de Vila Nova de Gaia (Cais da Rota do
Douro). We will go by
boat from Porto to Régua (breakfast and lunch on
board) and return by train (expected time to arrive at Porto –
19:00, however timetable can change). |
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19:30 |
Shuttle to the hotels |
ADDITIONAL
PROGRAMME FOR ACCOMPANYING PERSONS
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Monday
(23.07.2012) |
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10:30-12:00 |
Guided visit to the Parque Biológico and its
exhibitions. |
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An opportunity to admire some fascinating secrets
of the Portuguese fauna and flora and to get in touch with the
old lovely rural architecture and traditions that explain the
symbiosis between man and nature. Meeting point – Parque
Biológico. |
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Tuesday (24.07.2012) |
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09:00-12:30 |
Seaside of Vila Nova de Gaia and Museum Teixeira
Lopes. |
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A sightseeing tour at the seaside of Vila Nova de
Gaia to admire the picturesque landscape, and some stunning
beaches, not forgetting the fishing port of Afurada and the
Local Nature Reserve of the Douro Estuary. An interesting visit
of the Museum Teixeira Lopes (1866-1942), one of the most famous
Portuguese sculptors, is also included in this event. Meeting
point - Parque Biológico. |
POSTER SESSION
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Taxonomy |
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P. Degma |
A new Milnesium species (Tardigrada,
Eutardigrada, Milnesiidae) from Tanzania |
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P.
Degma & R.O. Schill |
A new Echiniscus species (Tardigrada,
Heterotardigrada, Echiniscidae) from the Alpi Marittime natural
park (Maritime Alps Mts, NW Italy) |
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Y.O.
Kiosya, R. Bertolani, L. Rebecchi, T. Altiero & M. Cesari |
Systematic position of Macrobiotus glebkai
within the “hufelandi group”, based on morphology and
molecular analysis of a population from Ukraine |
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M.
Rubal,
P.
Veiga,
P.
Fontoura
&
I.
sousa-pinto |
A new intertidal arthrotardigrade,
Prostygarctus aculeatus gen. nov., sp. nov.
(Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada), from the North of
Portugal (Atlantic Ocean) |
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K.
Janko, J. Smykla, £. Michalczyk & £. Kaczmarek |
Tardigrades from the Antarctic Peninsula with a
description of a new species of the genus Ramajendas
(Hypsibiidae) |
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Biogeography and
Ecology |
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H.A.
Meyer |
Freshwater and Terrestrial Tardigrada of the
Americas |
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J.G.
Hinton, H.A. Meyer, N.D. McDaniel, C.B. Bergeron, S.J. Keely &
A.M. Matte |
The Tardigrada of Big Thicket National Preserve,
Texas, USA: Final Results of an All Taxa Biological Inventory |
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J.G.
Hinton, H.A. Meyer, B.N. Soileau & A.P. Dupuis |
Tardigrada of Dominica, West Indies |
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I.
Satkauskiene |
A preliminary survey of tardigrades (Tardigrada)
in Lithuania |
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A.
Rocha & C. Claps |
Preliminary analysis of
urban tardigrades
of Rafaela, a medium
sized city in the province
of Santa Fe (Argentina) |
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C.M.C.
da
Rocha,
E.C.L.
Santos,
E.L.
Gomes
Júnior,
E.P.S.
Gomes,
R.A.F.
Pugas
&
B.R.A. LUZ |
Brazilian Marine Tardigrades |
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G.T.
Grothman |
Preliminary survey of tardigrades from Alberta
and British Columbia, Canada |
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K.
Zawierucha, J. Smykla, J. Cytan & £. Kaczmarek |
Preliminary
studies on the tardigrade fauna of the Arctic archipelago of
Svalbard
(Poster submitted to the Young Scientist Award) |
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R.O.
Schill & P. Degma |
Census of tardigrades in the French and Italian
nature reserves Parc national du Mercantour and Parco Naturale
delle Alpi Marittime |
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P.J.
Bartels & D.R. Nelson |
A summary of the large-scale inventory of
tardigrades in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (NC/TN,
USA) |
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£.
Kaczmarek, £. Michalczyk & K. Zawierucha |
Costa Rican “bears” – what we do not know |
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£. Kaczmarek, £. Michalczyk & B. Go³dyn |
Invertebrates biodiversity of astatic waters of
Costa Rica in relation to the hypothesis of “The Great American
Biotic Interchange” |
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J.
Smykla, N. Iakovenko, D. Porazinska, M. Devetter, K. Janko & £.
Kaczmarek |
Diversity and abundance of tardigrades, nematodes
and rotifers in different soil habitats of the Edmonson Point
area (Northern Victoria Land, Continental Antarctica) |
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Y.O.
Kiosya & N.Y. Khudaeva |
Preliminary
data on terrestrial tardigrade diversity and small-scale
distribution in the park ‘Yalivshchina’ (Chernihiv, Ukraine)
(Poster submitted to the Young Scientist Award) |
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F.
Vicente, M. Cesari, A. Serrano, R. Bertolani |
The impact of fire on terrestrial tardigrade
biodiversity: a case-study from Portugal |
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Phylogeny |
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A.
Kume, A.C. Suzuki & K. Tojo |
A study into the dispersion pattern of
Milnesium cf. tardigradum: A molecular phylogenetic
approach |
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R.
Bertolani,
M.
Cesari,
O.
Lisi,
L.
Rebecchi,
I.
Giovannini
&
G.
Pilato |
Morphology, DNA barcoding and phylogeny of
Macrobiotus persimilis and
Macrobiotus polonicus |
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S.
Komine, K. Arakawa, T. Kunieda, T. Katayama, A. Toyoda & M.
Tomita |
Identification of Hox genes in the draft genome sequence
of Ramazzottius varieornatus
(Poster submitted to the Young Scientist Award) |
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T.
Marchioro, O. Rota-Stabelli, L. Rebecchi, R. Guidetti & D.
Pisani |
Dating tardigrade evolution and early
terrestrialization events |
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M.L.
Christoffersen & C.K.L. Assunção |
Tardigrades and emergent clades: a new framework |
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Morphology |
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R.
Guidetti, T. Marchioro, T. Altiero, R. Bertolani & L. Rebecchi |
Comparative analyses of the cuticular and
muscular structures of the buccal-pharyngeal apparatus of
tardigrades |
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M.M.
Rost-Roszkowska, I. Poprawa, M. Kszuk-Jendrysik, M.
Marek-Swêdzio³, £. Kaczmarek |
The fine structure of the midgut epithelium in
Xerobiotus pseudohufelandi (Iharos, 1966) (Tardigrada,
Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) with the special emphasis on midgut
degeneration |
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J. Cytan, K. Zawierucha, J.Z. Kosicki & £. Kaczmarek |
Morphometric
differentiation of Spitsbergen populations of Macrobiotus
islandicus islandicus Richters, 1904 (Eutardigrada,
Macrobiotidae)
(Poster submitted to the Young Scientist Award) |
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V.
Gross & R. Hochberg |
Bearly There: Differences in tardigrade muscular organization
reflect locomotory adaptations to different habitats
(Poster submitted to the Young Scientist Award) |
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K.A.
Halberg, D. Persson, A. Jørgensen, R.M. Kristensen & N. Møbjerg |
Comparative study on tardigrade myoanatomy: the
use of muscular body plans in tardigrade phylogeny |
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Physiology and Molecular Biology |
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T.
Hashimoto,
Y.
Saito,
M.
Oyama,
H.
Hata,
H.
Kuwahara,
D.D.
Horikawa,
A.
Toyoda,
T.
Katayama,
K.
Arakawa,
A.
Fujiyama,
T.
Kubo &
T.
Kunieda |
Proteomic
analysis of chromatin fraction in an anhydrobiotic tardigrade,
Ramazzottius varieornatus
(Poster submitted to the Young Scientist Award) |
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S.
Tanaka, A. Yamaguchi, S. yamaguchi, H. Kuwahara, C. Takamura, S.
Ohmi, D.D. Horikawa, A. Toyoda, T. Katayama, K. Arakawa, A.
Fujiyama, T. Kubo & T. Kunieda |
Two families of novel abundant heat-soluble proteins in an
anhydrobiotic tardigrade
(Poster submitted to the Young Scientist Award) |
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L. Rebecchi, T. Altiero, A.M. Rizzo, M. Cesari,
G. Montorfano, T. Marchioro, R. Bertolani, R. Guidetti |
Two tardigrade species on board of the STS-134
space flight |
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R.O.
Schill, B. Post & B. Sattler |
Freezing tolerance in the cryoconital tardigrade
Hypsibius klebelsbergi |
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A.
Bonifacio, R. Guidetti, T. Altiero, V. Sergo & L. Rebecchi |
Raman imaging study on living tardigrades:
origin, nature and function of pigments in
Echiniscus blumi |
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M.A.
Grohme, B. Mali, W. We³nicz, S. Michel, R.O. Schill & M. Frohme |
Aquaporin channel proteins in the tardigrade
Milnesium tardigradum |
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Other topics |
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R.O.
Schill & S. Hoos |
Life-history traits in the tardigrade species
Paramacrobiotus kenianus and
Paramacrobiotus palaui |
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M. Czerneková
& M. Devetter |
Comparison of different methods for quantitative extraction and
sample handling of soil Tardigrada
(Poster submitted to the Young Scientist Award) |
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W.R.
Miller & C.W. Beasley |
The Tardigrade Reference Center |
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T.
Tischer & C. Schulze |
The heat is on – different staining protocols for
tardigrades (Poster submitted to the Young Scientist Awards) |
Proceedings
The Symposium talks have been published in a
special volume of the 'Journal
of Limnology'. The volume contains 23
scientific papers on tardigrade
morphology, taxonomy, phylogeny, faunistics, biogeography, ecology and
methodology.
Journal of Limnology
vol. 72(Suppl. 1), 2013
12th International Symposium on Tardigrada
V.N. Gaia, Portugal, 23-26 July 2012
Guest Editors:
L.
Rebecchi, D.R. Nelson, R. Bertolani & P. Fontoura
COVER
CONTENTS
(click paper titles to open full texts in PDF)
| TITLE |
PAGES |
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Cover, Welcome, Group photo, Tribute to
Clark W. Beasley, Frank
Romano III and
Jeanne Renaud-Mornant |
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Pilato, G.
The past, the present and the future of eutardigrade taxonomy. |
1-7 |
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Rubal, M., Veiga, P., Fontoura, P. & Sousa-Pinto, I.
A new intertidal arthrotardigrade, Prostygarctus aculeatus
gen. nov., sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada) from the
North of Portugal (Atlantic ocean). |
8-14 |
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Kagoshima, H., Imura, S. & Suzuki, A.C.
Molecular and morphological analysis of an Antarctic tardigrade,
Acutuncus antarcticus. |
15-23 |
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Guidetti, R., Bertolani, R. & Rebecchi, L.
Comparative analysis of the tardigrade feeding apparatus:
adaptive convergence and evolutionary pattern of the piercing
stylet system. |
24-35 |
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Prasath, T., Greven, H. & D'Haese, J.
EF-hand proteins in onychophorans as compared to tardigrades and
other ecdysozoans. |
36-43 |
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Schulze. C. & Schmidt-Rhaesa, A.
The architecture of the nervous system of Echiniscus testudo
(Echiniscoidea, Heterotardigrada). |
44-43 |
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Rost-Roszkowska, M., Poprawa, I., Hyra, M., Marek-Swêdzio³, M. &
Kaczmarek, £.
The fine structure of the midgut epithelium in Xerobiotus
pseudohufelandi (Iharos, 1966) (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada,
Macrobiotidae). |
54-61 |
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Rebecchi, L.
Dry up and survive: the role of antioxidant defences in
anhydrobiotic organisms. |
62-72 |
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Jönsson, K.I., Beltran-Pardo, E., Haghdoost, S., Wójcik, A.,
Bermúdez-Cruz, R.M., Bernal Villegas, J.E. & Harms-Ringdahl, M.
Tolerance to gamma-irradiation in eggs of the tardigrade
Richtersius coronifer depends on stage of development. |
73-79 |
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Beltran-Pardo, E., Jönsson, K.I., Wójcik, A., Haghdoost, S.,
Bermúdez-Cruz, R.M., Bernal Villegas, J.E. & Harms-Ringdahl, M.
Sequence analysis of the DNA-repair gene rad51 in the
tardigrades Milnesium cf. tardigradum, Hypsibius dujardini
and Macrobiotus cf. harmsworthi. |
80-91 |
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Nilsson, C., Jönsson, K.I. & Pallon, J.
Element analysis of the eutardigrades Richtersius coronifer
and Milnesium cf. asiaticum using Particle Induced
X-ray Emission (PIXE). |
92-101 |
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Da Rocha, C.M.C., Dos Santos, E.C.L., Gomes Júnior, E.L., Da
Rocha Moura, J., Santana e Silva, L.G. & Barbosa, D.F.
New
records of marine tardigrades from Brazil. |
102-107 |
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Hinton, J.G., Meyer, H.A., Soileau, B.N. & Dupuid, A.P.
Tardigrada
of the Caribbean island of Dominica (West Indies). |
108-112 |
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Trygvadóttir, B.V. & Kristensen, R.M.
A zoogeographic study of the limnoterrestrial tardigrade fauna
on the Faroe islands. |
113-122 |
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Meyer, H.A., Hinton, J.G. & Samletzka, C.A.
Water
bears in the Anthropocene: a comparison of urban and woodland
tardigrade (Phylum Tardigrada) communities in Southwestern
Louisiana, USA. |
123-127 |
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McInnes, S.J. & Pugh, P.J.A.
The impact of tourists on Antarctic tardigrades: an
ordination-based model. |
128-135 |
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Jørgensen, A., Faurby, S., Persson, D.K., Halberg, K.A.,
Kristensen, R.M. & Møbjerg, N.
Genetic diversity in the parthenogenetic reproducing tardigrade
Echiniscus testudo (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscoidea). |
136-143 |
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Nelson, D.R. & Bartels, P.J.
Species richness of soil and leaf litter tardigrades in the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina/Tennessee,
USA). |
144-151 |
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Vicente, F., Cesari, M., Serrano, A. & Bertolani, R.
The impact of fire on terrestrial tardigrade biodiversity: a
first case-study from Portugal. |
152-159 |
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Schill, R.O.
Life-history traits in the tardigrade species Paramacrobiotus
kenianus and Paramacrobiotus palaui. |
160-165 |
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Schuster, R. & Greven, H.
Reproductive traits of Macrobiotus hufelandi during a
long-term field study with notes on Paramacrobiotus richtersi
and Diphascon pingue (Eutardigrada). |
166-174 |
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Michalczyk, £. & Kaczmarek, £.
The Tardigrada Register: a comprehensive online data repository
for tardigrade taxonomy. |
175-181 |
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Cesari, M., Guidetti, R., Rebecchi, L., Giovannini, I. &
Bertolani, R.
A DNA
barcoding approach in the study of tardigrades. |
182-198 |
Booklet
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Poprawa
and Cristina Neves),
by
Iza Poprawa,
by
Joao Teixeira
(Parque Biologico de Gaia),
by
Peter Degma.
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