{"id":100,"date":"2025-09-15T08:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T08:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aber.brphycsoc.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2025-12-26T17:48:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T17:48:51","slug":"programme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aber.brphycsoc.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please find the conference proceedings here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/aber.brphycsoc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/British-Phycological-Society-26-brochure-.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of British Phycological Society 26 brochure.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-73ab51d9-ebe3-4430-a100-51bbe4a15800\" href=\"https:\/\/aber.brphycsoc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/British-Phycological-Society-26-brochure-.pdf\">British Phycological Society 26 brochure<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/aber.brphycsoc.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/British-Phycological-Society-26-brochure-.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-73ab51d9-ebe3-4430-a100-51bbe4a15800\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Monday 5 January 2026<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Location: \u2018Main room\u2019. Interpol Hall, Penglais campus, Aberystwyth University<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13:00- 17:00<\/td><td>Registration<\/td><td>Interpol reception (outside hall)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13:00-17:00<\/td><td>Posters and stands up from now<\/td><td>Art centre \u2018studio\u2019 room<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Tuesday 6 January 2026<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Location: \u2018Main room\u2019. Interpol Hall, Penglais campus, Aberystwyth University<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8:00-9:00<\/td><td>Registration<\/td><td>Interpol reception (outside hall)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:00-9:20<\/td><td>Saul Purton, Jessica Adams<\/td><td>BPS Welcome<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:20-9:30<\/td><td>&nbsp;Angela Hatton, Aberystwyth PVC<\/td><td>Aberystwyth University welcome<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:30-10:00<\/td><td>Glen Wheeler<\/td><td>Plenary for microalgae physiology and taxonomy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:00-10:15<\/td><td>Break<\/td><td>Interpol reception (outside hall)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Split sessions<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><br><\/td><td><strong>Main room (Interpol hall)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Art centre cinema<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><br><\/td><td><strong>Microalgae physiology and taxonomy session<\/strong> <strong>Chair: Glen Wheeler<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>General phycology<\/strong> <strong>Chair: Puja Kumari<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:15-10:35<\/td><td><strong>Matthew Keys<\/strong> Diatom phycosphere carbonate chemistry measurements at single cell resolution: from modulation of carbon uptake to effects of flow on the diffusive boundary layer<\/td><td><strong>Manus Cunningham<\/strong> The way forward: Cultivation of Fucaceae for aquaculture purposes &nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:35-10:55<\/td><td>&nbsp;<strong>Harry Catherall<\/strong> Low-cost alternatives for direct measurement of CO2 fixation by intertidal microphytobenthic soft sediment systems<\/td><td><strong>Gregory Rorrer<\/strong> A process model for predicting of the effects of aeration rate on biomass productivity, aeration cost, and net CO2 emissions during tumble-tank cultivation of the red seaweed <em>Devaleraea mollis<\/em> (Pacific dulse)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:55-11:15<\/td><td><strong>Chris Williamson<\/strong> Ubiquitous and expanding glacier algal blooms around the Greenland Ice Sheet<\/td><td><strong>Rebecca McKinney<\/strong> Temporal Effects of Tailored Light Regimes on Phenolic Content of <em>Fucus serratus<\/em> (Phaeophyceae)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:15-11:35<\/td><td><strong>Deevena Elias<\/strong> Diatom Assemblages as Indicators of Anthropogenic Stress in the Renuka Ramsar Wetland, Indian Western Himalayas<\/td><td><strong>Puja Kumari<\/strong> Acquisition and maintenance of environmental stress memory in red seaweed <em>Bangia<\/em> sp.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:35-11:55<\/td><td><strong>Ingrid Juettner<\/strong> Recovery from acidification in streams after long-term liming &nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>Giulia Leanza<\/strong> How Long Before We Hit the Bottom? Settling Dynamics of Saccharina latissima from in situ and laboratory measurements<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:55-12:15<\/td><td><strong>Andrea Highfield<\/strong> Insights into the carbon concentrating mechanisms of the diatom <em>Thalassiosira pseudonana<\/em><\/td><td><strong>Reina Veenhof<\/strong> Thermal adaptation of <em>A. esculenta<\/em> gametophytes &nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12:15-12:35<\/td><td><strong>Attila Molnar<\/strong> Identification and Characterization of Genomic Safe Harbours for High and Stable Production of High-Value Compounds in <em>Chlamydomonas reinhardtii<\/em><\/td><td><strong>Ben Jennings<\/strong> Catalysing global action: An Overview of the Seaweed Breakthrough<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Art centre theatre bar area<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12:35-13:15<\/td><td>Lunch<\/td><td>Posters and stalls in adjoining studio<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Main room (Interpol hall)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Manton prize Session 1<\/strong> <strong>Chair: Ruby George<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13:15-13:30<\/td><td><strong>Tayla Leathers<\/strong><\/td><td>Temporal and Spatial Variability in <em>Laminaria digitata<\/em> Populations Across the UK Show Contrasting Dynamics Between Range-Centre and Range-Edge Sites.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13:30-13:45<\/td><td><strong>Rodrigo Munoz-Cordovez<\/strong><\/td><td>Drivers and resilience of urchins barrens in UK kelp forests<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13:45-14:00<\/td><td><strong>Ruby George<\/strong><\/td><td>Future function of Fucoid forests: linking traits to ecological functions along a large-scale latitudinal and climatic gradient<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14:00-14:15<\/td><td><strong>Niko Steiner<\/strong><\/td><td>The effects of thermal priming on heat tolerance in the kelp <em>Saccharina latissima<\/em> intragenerational and transgenerational responses across age classes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14:15-14:30<\/td><td><strong>Jack Duffy<\/strong><\/td><td>Experimental investigation into wave attenuation by Laminaria hyperborea using dynamically scaled mimics in a wave tank.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14:30-14:45<\/td><td>Break<\/td><td>Interpol reception. No refreshments&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14:45-15:00<\/td><td><strong>Friederike Gronwald<\/strong><\/td><td>&nbsp;Macrophyte dispersal from Racetrack flume to the Baltic Sea<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15:00-15:15<\/td><td><strong>Jack Burton<\/strong><\/td><td>Fine-scale population structure and genetic diversity of the sugar kelp, Saccharina latissima, in Ireland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15:15-15:30<\/td><td><strong>Ndeye Bineta Dia<\/strong><\/td><td>Production of the building-block molecule 3-hydroxypropionic acid from seaweed waste<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15:30-15:45<\/td><td><strong>Robyn Mastin-Wynne<\/strong><\/td><td>In-situ experiments to establish the role that UK kelp forests play in attenuating wave energy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15:45-16:00<\/td><td>Break<\/td><td>Interpol reception. With refreshments<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>C22 Hugh Owen lecture theatre<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16:00 -17:00<\/td><td>Prof Saul Purton<\/td><td>Presidential address as a Public lecture<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Art centre bar and adjoining studio room<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17:00-19:00<\/td><td>Poster and drinks session<\/td><td>Sponsored by Taylor and Francis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19:00-00:00<\/td><td>Student (PhD, MSc etc) and ECR icebreaker event<\/td><td>&nbsp;TBD<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Wednesday 7 January 2026<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Main room (Interpol Hall)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:00-9:30<\/td><td>Rhianna Rees<\/td><td>Plenary for Applied phycology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:30-9:50<\/td><td>Leon Williams<\/td><td>Lessons from the industrialisation of seaweed-based material: Challenges and Opportunities in Scaling Marine Biotechnologies<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>09:50-10:15<\/td><td>Break<\/td><td>Interpol reception<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Split sessions<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><br><\/td><td><strong>Main room (Interpol hall)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Art centre cinema<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><br><\/td><td><strong>Applied Phycology<\/strong> <strong>Chair: Rhianna Rees<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>General Phycology<\/strong> <strong>Chair: Francis Bunker<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:15-10:35<\/td><td><strong>Alla Silkina<\/strong> Green Economy Centre : Translating Algal Biotechnology for a Sustainable Bioeconomy<\/td><td><strong>Graham Underwood<\/strong> Contributions of benthic microalgal biofilms to sediment organic carbon stocks across a salt marsh gradient<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:35-10:55<\/td><td><strong>Yixing Sui<\/strong> Enhancement of Protein Extraction Efficacy from Red Seaweed Palmaria palmata Using Ultrasonication and High-pressure Homogenisation<\/td><td><strong>Juliet Brodie<\/strong> Developing new tools for identification and listing of vulnerable seaweed species&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:55-11:15<\/td><td><strong>Maxine Canvin<\/strong> Kelp Farming and Carbon: A Drop in the Ocean?<\/td><td>&nbsp;<strong>Christine Maggs<\/strong> How diverse is <em>Plocamium<\/em> (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) in Britain and Ireland?&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:15-11:35<\/td><td><strong>Thierry Tonon<\/strong> Pelagic sargassum events in Jamaica: morphotype abundance, and analysis of the biochemical and elemental composition of the biomass after different drying treatments to inform valorisation pathways<\/td><td><strong>Francis Bunker<\/strong> Some Algal Trends from long term monitoring in Pembrokeshire Marine SAC&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:35-11:55<\/td><td><strong>Jessica Adams<\/strong> Seaweed pilot-scale processing for fucoidan<\/td><td>&nbsp;<strong>Svenja Heesch<\/strong> Taxonomy of the Prasiolaceae (Trebouxiophyceae): new insights&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Art centre theatre bar area<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12:00-12:45<\/td><td>Lunch<\/td><td>Posters and stalls in adjoining studio<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Main room (Interpol hall)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Manton prize Session 2<\/strong> <strong>Chair: Jasmine Ramshaw<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12:45-13:00<\/td><td><strong>Ann Mary VB<\/strong><\/td><td>Chemical ecology and cross talk between cosmopoltian phytoplankton and pathogenic Vibrios<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13:00-13:15<\/td><td><strong>Holly Liken<\/strong><\/td><td>Dealing with biased class sizes in AI-based automatic microalgal classification<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13:15-13:30<\/td><td><strong>Anne Margrete Nilsen<\/strong><\/td><td>Effects of thermal priming on the <em>Saccharina latissima<\/em> transcriptome response to heat stress<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13:30-13:45<\/td><td><strong>Jose Ignacio Gayo Pelaez<\/strong><\/td><td>A novel, fast and reliable alternative for microalgal growth assessment in scalable cultivation systems<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13:45-14:00<\/td><td><strong>Aidan Salter<\/strong><\/td><td>Characterization of carbohydrate-active enzymes from species of green microalgae<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14:00-14:15<\/td><td><strong>Arianwen Herbert<\/strong><\/td><td>Nutrient controls on plankton communities in the South Atlantic subtropical gyre<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14:15-14:30<\/td><td>Break&nbsp;<\/td><td>Interpol reception<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14:30-14:45<\/td><td><strong>Ilona Shadrach<\/strong><\/td><td>&nbsp;Problem or opportunity? Utilising the biostimulant properties of microalgae for plant growth and pest control in hydroponic co-cultivation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14:45-15:00<\/td><td><strong>Adam Dingmann<\/strong><\/td><td>&nbsp;Variation in Lotic Parameters and its Influence in Structuring Stalk Forming Diatom Communities<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15:00-15:15<\/td><td><strong>Jasmine Ramshaw<\/strong><\/td><td>&nbsp;Quantifying bacterial assemblages associated with both farmed and wild populations of Saccharina latissima across the aquaculture growing season in SW England<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15:15-15:30<\/td><td><strong>Catherine Philip<\/strong><\/td><td>&nbsp;Dimethyl Sulfoniopropionate (DMSP) Metabolism in green tide causing seaweed<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15:30-15:40<\/td><td>Jessica Adams<\/td><td>Outline of evening\u2019s events<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15:40-16:00<\/td><td>Break<\/td><td>Interpol reception<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16:00-17:00<\/td><td><strong>AGM<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Interpol hall<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Marine hotel, on seafront<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18:30-23:00<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Conference dinner and ceilidh&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Thursday 8 January<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Main room (Interpol hall)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:00-9:30<\/td><td><strong>Mikey Ros<\/strong><strong>s<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Plenary for Science outreach<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:30-9:50<\/td><td><strong>Dan Franklin<\/strong><\/td><td>BPS education and outreach: a session to explore our current activities and plans, and to plot new directions<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:00-10:15<\/td><td>Break<\/td><td>Interpol reception<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Split sessions<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Main room (Interpol hall)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Bus to IBERS, Gogerddan<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Science outreach<\/strong> <strong>Chair: Mikey Ross<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Visit to IBERS, Gogerddan campus<\/strong> <strong>Lead: Valerie Rodrigues<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:15-10:35<\/td><td><strong>Matthew Julius<\/strong> Fostering Students\u2019 Awareness and Attitudes toward River Environments: Development of a Diatom-Based Educational Program<\/td><td rowspan=\"7\">Bus departs on road below Art Centre at 10:15 and returns 12:30. Tour includes visit to the National Plant Phenomics Centre and to AberInnovation where the IBERS Biorefinery facility is based.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:35-10:55<\/td><td><strong>Susi Arnott<\/strong> What&#8217;s science outreach for?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:55-11:15<\/td><td><strong>Niko Kappas<\/strong> SeaKey: an app, webkey and print version to guide the identification of seaweed species of the German North Sea and Baltic Coasts<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:15-11:35<\/td><td><strong>Kirsti Davies<\/strong> Gwymona, a local community project exploring creating ways of connecting people with seaweed<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:35-11:55<\/td><td><strong>Andrew Stone and Jon Somerscales<\/strong> Creating an interactive art-science installation with living microalgae<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:55-12:15<\/td><td><strong>Emma Heathcote<\/strong> An adventure through Wales, the land of seaweed<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12:15-12:35<\/td><td>Beat the queue to lunch\/ have (another) look at the Ar Lan y Mor exhibition in Art centre gallery 2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Art centre theatre bar area<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12:30-13:30<\/td><td>Lunch<\/td><td>Stalls in adjoining studio<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><br><strong>END OF CONFERENCE<\/strong><br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>UK Seaweed network workshop (Invitation only)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Main room (Interpol hall)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13:30-17:30<\/td><td><strong>Emily Kostas \/ Rhianna Rees<\/strong><\/td><td>Workshop<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please find the conference proceedings here: Monday 5 January 2026 Location: \u2018Main room\u2019. 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