Cédric Berney – full list of publications

2019

 Adl SM, Bass D, Lane CE, Lukeš J, Schoch CL, Smirnov A, Agatha S, Berney C , Brown MW, Burki F, Cárdenas P, Čepička I, Chistyakova L, del Campo J, Dunthorn M, Edvardsen B, Eglit Y, Guillou L, Hampl V, Heiss AA, Hoppenrath M, James TY, Karnkowska A, Karpov S, Kim E, Kolisko M, Kudryavtsev A, Lahr DJG, Lara E, Le Gall L, Lynn DH, Mann DG, Massana R, Mitchell EAD, Morrow C, Park JS, Pawlowski JW, Powell MJ, Richter DJ, Rueckert S, Shadwick L, Shimano S, Spiegel FW, Torruella G, Youssef N, Zlatogursky V, Zhang Q. Revisions to the classification, nomenclature, and diversity of . J. Eukaryot. Microbiol . 66 :4-119.

| https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu. 12691

2018

 Bass D, Czech L, Williams BAP, Berney C , Dunthorn M, Mahé F, Torruella G, Stentiford GD, Williams TA. Clarifying the relationships between Microsporidia and Cryptomycota. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol . 65:773-782.

| https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12519

 Bass D, Tikhonenkov DV, Foster R, Dyal P, Janouškovec J, Keeling PJ, Gardner M, Neuhauser S, Hartikainen H, Mylnikov AP, Berney C . Rhizarian ‘Novel Clade 10’ revealed as abundant and diverse planktonic and terrestrial , including Aquavolon n. gen. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol . 65 :828-842.

| https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12524

 del Campo J, Kolisko M, Boscaro V, Santoferrara LF, Nenarokov S, Massana R, Guillou L, Simpson A, Berney C , de Vargas C, Brown MW, Keeling PJ, Wegener Parfrey L. 2018. EukRef: Phylogenetic curation of ribosomal RNA to enhance understanding of eukaryotic diversity and distribution. PLoS Biol . 16 :e2005849. | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005849

 Ward GM, Neuhauser S, Groben R, Ciaghi S, Berney C , Romac S, Bass D. 2018. Environmental sequencing fills the gap between parasitic haplosporidians and free-living giant amoebae. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol . 65 :574-586. | https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12501

2017

 Berney C , Ciuprina A, Bender S, Brodie J, Edgcomb V, Kim E, Rajan J, Wegener Parfrey L, Adl S, Audic S, Bass D, Caron DA, Cochrane G, Czech L, Dunthorn M, Geisen S, Glöckner FO, Mahé F, Quast C, Kaye JZ, Simpson AGB, Stamatakis A, del Campo J, Yilmaz P, de Vargas C. 2017. UniEuk: time to speak a common language in protistology! J. Eukaryot. Microbiol . 64 :407-411. | https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12414

 Smirnov A, Nassonova E, Geisen S, Bonkowski M, Kudryavtsev A, Berney C , Glotova A, Bondarenko N, Dykova I, Mrva M, Fahrni J, Pawlowski J. 2017. Phylogeny and systematics of leptomyxid amoebae (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Leptomyxida). 168 :220-252. | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2016.10.006

 Yi Z, Berney C , Hartikainen H, Mahamdallie S, Gardner M, Boenigk J, Cavalier-Smith T, Bass D. 2017. High throughput sequencing of microbial eukaryotes in Lake Baikal reveals ecologically differentiated communities and novel evolutionary radiations. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 93 :fix073. | https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fix073

 Geisen S, Mitchell EAD, Wilkinson DM, Adl S, Bonkowski M, Brown MW, Fiore-Donno AM, Heger TJ, Jassey VEJ, Krashevska V, Lahr DJG, Marcisz K, Mulot M, Payne R, Singer D, Anderson OR, Charman DJ, Ekelund F, Griffiths BS, Rønn R, Smirnov A, Bass D, Belbahri L, Berney C , Blandenier Q, Chatzinotas A, Clarholm M, Dunthorn M, Feest A, Fernández LD, Foissner W, Fournier B, Gentekaki E, Hájek M, Helder J, Jousset A, Koller R, Kumar S, La Terza A, Lamentowicz M, Mazei Y, Santos SS, Seppey CVW, Spiegel FW, Walochnik J, Winding A, Lara E. 2017. Soil protistology rebooted: 30 fundamental questions to start with. Soil Biol. Biochem. 111 :94-103. | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.04.001

 Mahé F, de Vargas C, Bass D, Czech L, Stamatakis A, Lara E, Singer D, Mayor J, Bunge J, Sernaker S, Siemensmeyer T, Trautmann I, Romac S, Berney C , Kozlov A, Mitchell EAD, Seppey CVW, Egge E, Lentendu G, Wirth R, Trueba G, Dunthorn M. 2017. Parasites dominate hyperdiverse soil protist communities in Neotropical rainforests. Nat. Ecol. Evol. 1:0091. | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0091

2016

 Mordret S, Romac S, Henry N, Colin S, Carmichael M, Berney C , Audic S, Richter D, de Vargas C, Decelle J. 2016. The symbiotic life of Symbiodinium in the open ocean within a new species of calcifying planktonic ciliate ( Tiarina sp.). ISME J. 10 :1424-1436. | https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.211

 Schwelm A, Berney C , Dixelius C, Bass D, Neuhauser S. 2016. The large subunit rDNA sequence of brassicae does not contain intra-species polymorphism. Protist 167 :544-554.

| https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2016.08.008

 Van Wichelen J, D'Hondt S, Claeys M, Vyverman W, Berney C , Bass D, Vanormelingen P. 2016. A hotspot of amoebae diversity: 8 new naked amoebae associated with the planktonic bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis . Acta Protozool . 55 :61-87. | https://doi.org/10.4467/16890027AP.16.007.4942

 Ward GM, Bennett M, Bateman K, Stentiford GD, Kerr R, Feist SW, Williams ST, Berney C , Bass D. 2016. A new phylogeny and environmental DNA insight into paramyxids: an increasingly important but enigmatic clade of protistan parasites of marine invertebrates. Int. J. Parasitol . 46 :605-619.

| https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2016.04.010

2015

 Berney C , Geisen S, Van Wichelen J, Nitsche F, Vanormelingen P, Bonkowski M, Bass D. 2015. Expansion of the 'reticulosphere': diversity of novel branching and network-forming amoebae helps to define Variosea (Amoebozoa). Protist 166 :271-295. | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2015.04.001

 Cavalier-Smith T, Fiore-Donno AM, Chao E, Kudryavtsev A, Berney C , Snell EA, Lewis R. 2015. Multigene phylogeny resolves deep branching of Amoebozoa. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 83 :293-304.

| https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.08.011

 de Vargas C, Audic S, Henry N, Decelle J, Mahà F, Logares R, Lara E, Berney C , Le Bescot N, ProbertI, Carmichael M, Poulain J, Romac S, Colin S, Aury JM, Bittner L, Chaffron S, Dunthorn M, Engelen S, Flegontova O, Guidi L, Horák A, Jaillon O, Lima-Mendez G, Lukeš J, Malviya S, Morard R, Mulot M, Scalco E, Siano R, Vincent F, Zingone A, Dimier C, Picheral M, Searson S, Kandels-Lewis S, Tara Oceans Coordinators , Acinas SG, Bork P, Bowler C, Gorsky G, Grimsley N, Hingamp P, Iudicone D, Not F, Ogata H, Pesant S, Raes J, Sieracki ME, Speich S, Stemmann L, Sunagawa S, Weissenbach J, Wincker P, Karsenti E. 2015. Eukaryotic plankton diversity in the sunlit ocean. Science 348 :1261605. | https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1261605

2014

 Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE, Snell EA, Berney C , Fiore-Donno AM, Lewis R. 2014. Multigene phylogeny reveals the likely protozoan ancestors of opisthokonts (animals, fungi, choanozoans) and Amoebozoa. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 81 :71-85. | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.08.012

 Chambouvet A, Berney C , Romac S, Audic S, Maguire F, de Vargas C, Richards TA. 2014. Diverse molecular signatures for ribosomally ‘active’ Perkinsea in marine sediments. BMC Microbiol. 14 :110.

| https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-14-110

 Hartikainen H, Ashford OS, Berney C , Okamura B, Feist SW, Baker-Austin C, Stentiford GD, Bass D. 2014. Lineage- specific molecular probing reveals novel diversity and ecological partitioning of Haplosporidians. ISME J. 8:177-186.

| https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2013.136

 Hartikainen H, Stentiford GD, Bateman KS, Berney C , Feist SW, Longshaw M, Okamura B, Stone D, Ward G, Wood C, Bass D. 2014. Mikrocytids are a broadly distributed and divergent radiation of parasites in aquatic invertebrates. Curr. Biol. 24 :807-812. | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.02.033

2013

 Berney C , Romac S, Mahé F, Santini S, Siano R, Bass D. 2013. Vampires in the oceans: predatory Cercozoan amoebae in marine habitats. ISME J. 7:2387-2399. | https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2013.116

 Guillou L, Bachar D, Audic S, Bass D, Berney C , Bittner L, Boutte C, Burgaud G, de Vargas C, Decelle J, del Campo J, Dolan JR, Dunthorn M, Edvardsen B, Holzmann M, Kooistra WHCF, Lara E, Le Bescot N, Logares R, Mahé F, Massana R, Montresor M, Morard R, Not F, Pawlowski J, Probert I, Sauvadet AL, Siano R, Stoeck T, Vaulot D, Zimmermann P, Christen R. 2013. The Protist Ribosomal Reference database (PR 2): a catalog of unicellular eukaryote small sub-unit rRNA sequences with curated . Nucl. Acids Res. 41 :D597-D604.

| https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gks1160

2012

 Bass D, Yabuki A, Santini S, Romac S, Berney C . 2012. is a long-branched Granofilosean () that is missing from sequence databases. PLoS One 7:e49090. | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049090

 Pawlowski J, Audic S, Adl S, Bass D, Belbahri L, Berney C , Bowser SS, Cepicka I, Decelle J, Dunthorn M, Fiore- Donno AM, Gile GH, Holzmann M, Jahn R, Jirků M, Keeling PJ, Kostka M, Kudryavtsev A, Lara E, Lukeš J, Mann DG, Mitchell EAD, Nitsche F, Romeralo M, Saunders GW, Simpson AGB, Smirnov AV, Spouge JL, Stern RF, Stoeck T, Zimmermann J, Schindel D, de Vargas C. 2012. CBOL Protist Working Group: Barcoding Eukaryotic richness beyond the Animal, Plant, and Fungal kingdoms. PLoS Biol. 10 :e1001419.

| https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001419

2011

 Glücksman E, Snell EA, Berney C , Chao EE, Bass D, Cavalier-Smith T. 2011. The novel marine gliding zooflagellate genus Mantamonas (Mantamonadida ord. n.: Apusozoa). Protist 162 :207-221.

| https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2010.06.004

2010

 Bråte J, Logares R, Berney C , Ree KR, Klaveness D, Jakobsen KS, Shalchian-Tabrizi K. 2010. Freshwater Perkinsea and marine-freshwater colonizations revealed by pyrosequencing and phylogeny of environmental rDNA. ISME J. 4:1144-1153. | https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2010.39

2009

 Bass D, Chao EE, Nikolaev S, Yabuki A, Ishida K, Berney C , Pakzad U, Wylezich C, Cavalier-Smith T. 2009. Phylogeny of novel naked filose and reticulose Cercozoa: cl. n. and revised. Protist 160 :75-109. | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2008.07.002

2008

 Shalchian-Tabrizi K, Bråte J, Logares R, Klaveness D, Berney C , Jakobsen K. 2008. Diversification of unicellular eukaryotes: Cryptomonad colonizations of marine and fresh waters inferred from revised 18S rRNA phylogeny. Environmental Microbiology 10 :2635-2644. | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01685.x

2007

 Lara E, Berney C , Ekelund F, Harms H, Chatzinotas A. 2007. Cultivation-independent analysis reveals a shift in ciliate 18S rRNA gene diversity in a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-polluted soil. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 62 :365-373.

| https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00387.x

 Lara E, Berney C , Ekelund F, Harms H, Chatzinotas A. 2007. Molecular comparison of cultivable protozoa from a pristine and a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon polluted site. Soil Biol. Biochem. 39 :139-148.

| https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.06.017

2006

 Berney C , Pawlowski J. 2006. A molecular time-scale for eukaryote evolution recalibrated with the continuous microfossil record. Proc. R. Soc. B 273 :1867-1872. | https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.3537

 Holzmann M, Berney C , Hohenegger J. 2006. Molecular identification of diatom endosymbionts in nummulitid . Symbiosis 42 :93-101.

 Nikolaev SI, Berney C , Petrov NB, Mylnikov AP, Fahrni J, Pawlowski J. 2006. Phylogenetic position of Multicilia marina and the evolution of Amoebozoa. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 56 :1449-1458.

| https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63763-0

2005

 Fiore-Donno AM, Berney C , Baldauf S, Pawlowski J. 2005. Higher-order phylogeny of plasmodial slime molds (Myxogastria) based on elongation factor 1-A and small subunit rRNA gene sequences. J. Eukaryotic Microbiol. 52 :201-210. | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00032.x

 Nikolaev SI, Mitchell EA, Petrov NB, Berney C , Fahrni J, Pawlowski J. 2005. The testate lobose amoebae (order Arcellinida Kent, 1880) finally find their home within Amoebozoa. Protist 156 :191-202.

| https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2005.03.002

 Smirnov A, Nassonova E, Berney C , Fahrni J, Bolivar I, Pawlowski J. 2005. Molecular phylogeny and classification of the lobose amoebae. Protist 156 :129-142. | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2005.06.002 2004

 Berney C , Fahrni J, Pawlowski J. 2004. How many novel eukaryotic ‘kingdoms’? Pitfalls and limitations of environmental DNA surveys. BMC Biology 2:13. | https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-2-13

 Longet D, Burki F, Flakowski J, Berney C , Polet S, Fahrni J, Pawlowski J. 2004. Multigene evidence for close evolutionary relations between oviformis and Foraminifera. Acta Protozool. 43 :303-311.

 Nikolaev SI, Berney C , Fahrni JF, Bolivar I, Polet S, Mylnikov AP, Aleshin VV, Petrov NB, Pawlowski J. 2004. The twilight of and rise of , an emerging supergoup of amoeboid eukaryotes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101 :8066-8071. | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0308602101

 Nikolaev SI, Mylnikov AP, Berney C , Fahrni J, Pawlowski J, Aleshin VV, Petrov NB. 2004. Molecular phylogenetic analysis puts Percolomonas cosmopolitus within Heterolobosea: evolutionary implications. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 51 :575-581. | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00294.x

 Polet S, Berney C , Fahrni J, Pawlowski J. 2004. Small-subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences of challenge the monophyly of Haeckel's . Protist 155 :53-63. | https://doi.org/10.1078/1434461000164

2003

 Berney C , Pawlowski J. 2003. Revised small subunit rRNA analysis provides further evidence that Foraminifera are related to Cercozoa. J. Mol. Evol. 57 :S120-S127. | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-003-0015-2

 Fahrni JF, Bolivar I, Berney C , Nassonova E, Smirnov A, Pawlowski J. 2003. Phylogeny of lobose amoebae based on actin and small-subunit ribosomal RNA genes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 20 :1881-1886.

| https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msg201

 Nikolaev SI, Berney C , Fahrni J, Mylnikov AP, Aleshin VV, Petrov NB, Pawlowski J. 2003. Gymnophrys cometa and Lecythium sp. are core Cercozoa: evolutionary implications. Acta Protozool. 42 :183-190.

 Nikolaev SI, Berney C , Fahrni J, Mylnikov AP, Petrov NB, Pawlowski J. 2003. Genetic relationships between desmothoracid heliozoa and gymnophryid as evidenced by comparison of the nucleotide sequences of 18S rRNA genes. Doklady Biological Sciences 393 :553-556. | https://doi.org/10.1023/B:DOBS.0000010322.33294.9f

 Nikolaev SI, Mylnikov AP, Berney C , Fahrni J, Petrov N, Pawlowski J. 2003. The taxonomic position of Klosteria bodomorphis gen. and sp. nov. (Kinetoplastida) based on ultrastructure and SSU rRNA gene sequence analysis. Protistology 3:126-135.

 Pawlowski J, Berney C . 2003. Episodic evolution of nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA gene in the stem-lineage of Foraminifera. In: Donoghue, P. C. J., and M. P. Smith (eds) Telling the evolutionary time: molecular clocks and the fossil record. Systematics Association Special Volume N°66, Taylor and Francis, London. Pp. 107-118.

 Pawlowski J, Holzmann M, Berney C , Fahrni J, Gooday AJ, Cedhagen T, Habura A, Bowser SS. 2003. The evolution of early Foraminifera. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100 :11494-11498. | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2035132100

2002

 Burki F, Berney C , Pawlowski J. 2002. Phylogenetic position of Gromia oviformis Dujardin inferred from nuclear- encoded small subunit ribosomal DNA. Protist 153 :251-260. | https://doi.org/10.1078/1434-4610-00102

 Pawlowski J, Holzmann M, Berney C , Fahrni J, Cedhagen T, Bowser SS. 2002. Phylogeny of allogromiid Foraminifera inferred from SSU rRNA gene sequences. J. Foraminiferal Res. 32 :334-343.

2000

 Berney C , Pawlowski J, Zaninetti L. 2000. Elongation factor 1-α sequences do not support an early divergence of the Acoela. Mol. Biol. Evol. 17 :1032-1039. | https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026384

 Gauchat D, Mazet F, Berney C , Schummer M, Kreger S, Pawlowski J, Galliot B. 2000. Evolution of Antp-class genes and differential expression of Hydra Hox/parHox genes in anterior patterning. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97 :4493- 4498. | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.97.9.4493

Cédric Berney – international meetings and workshops (selection)

July 1999 Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes – The Linnean Society, London, UK poster : “ Protein sequences do not support an early divergence of the Acoela ”

June 2002 Molecular Evolution, ISME / SMBE joint meeting – Sorrento, Italy talk : “ Episodic evolution in Foraminifera as evidenced by comparison of molecular and fossil data ”

Aug 2003 4th European Congress of Protistology – San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy talk : “ A molecular perspective on the phylogeny of amoeboid ”

March 2004 Symposium “Updating the tree of life” – 3ème Cycle Romand en Sciences Biologiques & University of Geneva, Switzerland invited speaker : “ How many new kingdoms? ”

June 2004 Annual meeting of the International Society of Protistologists (ISOP) Bryant College, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA talk : “ A molecular perspective on the phylogeny of amoeboid protists ” poster : “ How many novel eukaryotic ‘kingdoms’? Pitfalls and limitations of environmental DNA surveys ” - Award for Excellence in student presentations

Sept 2005 Novartis Foundation / Royal Society Scientific discussion meeting : “Problems in dating the origin of eukaryotes” – Royal Society, London, UK invited speaker : “ A molecular time-scale for eukaryote evolution recalibrated with the continuous microfossil record ”

June 2006 Bioinformatics lunch club – Dpt. of Biology, University of York, UK invited speaker : “ Molecular dating and the age of the Eukaryote radiation ”

Aug 2006 16 th meeting of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology (ISEP) Wroclaw, Poland poster : “ Establishing the phylogenetic position and monophyly of Amoebozoa using derived genetic characters ”

Sept 2006 Symposium “Dating the tree of life” – 3ème Cycle Romand en Sciences Biologiques & University of Geneva, Switzerland invited speaker : “ A molecular time-scale for eukaryote evolution recalibrated with the continuous microfossil record ”

Febr 2007 Informal meeting, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Norway invited speaker : “ Establishing the phylogenetic position, monophyly, and evolutionary relationships of Amoebozoa ”

July 2007 5th European Congress of Protistology – St. Petersburg, Russia talk : “ Myosin II and the evolution of unikonts ”

April 2008 Spring meeting of the British Society of Protist Biology (BSPB) Gregynog conference centre, University of Wales, UK talk : “ Myosin II evolution and the phylogeny of Amoebozoa ”

July 2008 Protist 2008 : Joint annual meeting of ISOP and 17 th meeting of ISEP Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada talk : “ Towards a multigene phylogeny of Amoebozoa ”

Aug 2009 13 th International Congress of Protistology – Armação dos Búzios, Brazil poster : “ Amoebozoa revisited: a phylogenomics point of view ”

July 2010 Joint annual meetings of ISOP and the BSPB University of Kent, Canterbury, UK talk : “ Unveiling the mysterious world of branching and network-forming naked amoebae ” poster : “ Amoebozoa revisited: a phylogenomics point of view ”

April 2011 Spring meeting of the BSPB – National Oceanography Centre, UK talk : “ The surprising morphological and genetic diversity of branching and network-forming naked amoebae ”

July 2011 6th European Congress of Protistology – Berlin, Germany Workshop: “Forams and Radiolaria: getting together” invited speaker : “ Diversity and phylogeny of , the possible ancestors of Foraminifera and Radiolaria ”

July 2012 Protist 2012 : Joint annual meeting of ISOP and 19 th meeting of ISEP University of Oslo, Norway talk : “ Phylogeny and ecology of Endomyxa, a bewilderingly diverse assemblage of lineages within Cercozoa (Rhizaria)” poster : “ Newly isolated, branching and network-forming naked amoebae enhance the morphological, genetic and ecological diversity of class Variosea (Amoebozoa) ” chair : Parallel session 8: Amoebozoa (with Alexey Smirnov)

April 2013 Spring meeting of the BSPB – Natural History Museum, London, UK poster : “ Newly isolated, branching and network-forming naked amoebae enhance the morphological, genetic and ecological diversity of class Variosea (Amoebozoa) ”

July 2014 Tara -Oceans meeting – Cala Gonone, Sardinia, Italy talk : “ Cercozoan diversity in the TARA-Oceans dataset ”

July 2015 First EukRef workshop – University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada talk : “ Tara -Oceans: global ocean's protist metabarcoding ” poster : “ Recent contributions to the Eukaryote tree of life ”

Sept 2015 Joint 7 th European Congress of Protistology and annual meeting of ISOP University of Sevilla, Spain talk : “ Towards an integrated taxonomic and morpho-genetic reference system for eukaryotes: 2.UniEuk: a universal, expert-validated taxonomic framework integrating reference gene databases for eukaryotic biology, ecology, and evolution ” talk : “ Parasites diversity and abundance in the Tara -Oceans dataset challenge classic views on marine plankton ecology ” poster : “ Expansion of the 'reticulosphere': diversity of novel branching and network-forming amoebae helps to define Variosea (Amoebozoa) ” poster : “ A combined 18S-28S rDNA dataset to elucidate higher-level relationships within Rhizaria, with focus on Endoymxa ”

Oct 2015 Oceanomics / Tara -Oceans meeting – Station Biologique de Roscoff, France talk : “ Oceans full of parasites: the rDNA view of parasitic lineages in the world plankton ”

Jan 2016 EMBO/EMBL symposium: A New Age of Discovery for Aquatic Microeukaryotes European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany poster : “ UniEuk: a universal taxonomic framework and integrated reference gene databases for eukaryotic biology, ecology, and evolution ”

Feb 2016 Meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Protozoologie – Saignelégier, Switzerland poster : “ UniEuk: a universal taxonomic framework and integrated reference gene databases for eukaryotic biology, ecology, and evolution ”

Apr 2016 Protistology UK annual meeting – Bournemouth, UK talk : “ Parasites diversity and abundance in the Tara -Oceans dataset challenge classic views on marine plankton ecology ” talk : “ UniEuk: a universal taxonomic framework and integrated reference gene databases for eukaryotic biology, ecology, and evolution ”

May 2016 UniEuk project kick-off meeting – Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France

Aug 2016 ISME16, International Society of Microbial Ecology meeting – Montréal, Canada roundtable : “ UniEuk: integrating protists into a universal taxonomic framework and genetic reference databases for eukaryotic biology, ecology, and evolution ”

Nov 2016 PARASED project kick-off meeting – Brest, France invited speaker : “ UniEuk: a universal taxonomic framework and integrated reference gene databases for eukaryotic biology, ecology, and evolution ”

Dec 2016 Second EukRef workshop – Barcelona, Spain

Apr 2017 Protistology UK annual meeting – Edinburgh, UK talk : “ UniEuk: a universal taxonomic framework and integrated reference gene databases to synergize research in eukaryotic biology, ecology, and evolution ”

Jul 2017 Joint International Congress of Protistology and annual meeting of ISOP Prague, Czech Republic special symposium : “ UniEuk: project advances and demonstration of the modules ”

Jul 2018 Joint annual meetings of the Phycological Society of America and ISOP Vancouver, Canada invited speaker : “ UniEuk: time to speak a common language in protistology ”

Oct 2018 International Conference on Harmful Algae – Nantes, France invited speaker : “ UniEuk: time to speak a common language in protistology ”

Nov 2018 Third EukRef workshop – Roscoff, France

Jul 2019 Joint 8th European Congress of Protistology and annual meeting of ISOP – Rome, Italy talk : “ EukBank: a community resource to explore the Earth eukaryotic diversity ” talk : “ UniEuk (universal taxonomic framework for eukaryotes): advances and future ”