A list of all sessions and speakers

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Session 12

2026, May 22: Sister and novel Retaria lineages with Yana Eglit and Andrea Garvetto.

Session 11

2026, January 14: A collaborative effort to get Retaria genomes with John Burns.


Session 10

2025, November 13: Functional diversity with Pierre Ramond.

Session 9

2025, September 29: Cell-imaging with Johan Decelle.

Session 8

2025, July 16: We had a workshop on phylogenetics and molecular clock calibration with Raphael Morard, Mattia Greco and Miguel M. Sandin.

Session 7

2025, May 14: Ecology (sensu lato) with Yasuhide Nakamura and Dewi Langlet.

Session 6

2025, March 10: Culturing Retaria with Sophie Westacott and Jennifer Fehrenbacher.

Session 5

2025, January 13: Symbiosis with Caroline Juery and Filip Husnik.


Session 4

2024, November 06: Phylogenetic relationships and transcriptomics with Daniele Giannoti and Marie Leleu.

Session 3

2024, September 09: Metabarcoding with Lauren Kittel-Porter and a last minute change covered by Raphael Morard.

Session 2

2024, July 08: Global geochemical cycles with Manon Laget and Nielja S. Knecht.

Session 1

2024, June 10: We had the kick-off presentation by The Life of Retaria Committee and an overview of the life cycle of Retaria with Iris Rizos.