Grant report: 4th Meeting for Protistology in the Nordics

 

The 4th meeting for Protistology in the Nordics was held for the first time in Finland on 12-13 May 2025 in Jyväskylä. The meeting was open to all studying protists and had a special focus on early career researchers with a half day training session on “Making the most of supervision”.  There were altogether 25 participants registered from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany and Czech Republic, including undergraduate and doctoral students as well as postdoctoral and senior researchers. Thanks to support from Nordic Society Oikos, meetings such as ours can provide a friendly, supportive, and accessible platform for research networking and career development in the Nordic region. 
 
Participants of the 4th meeting for Protistology in the Nordics - The University of Jyväskylä’s Faculty of Mathematics and Science is visible in the background on the opposite shore of Lake Jyväsjärvi.
 
Invited speaker Prof. Sonja Rückert from Faculty of Biology, Universität Duisburg-Essen brought us up to date on new research models and approaches with her keynote "Understanding gregarine-host relationships: Where are we now?"

Website: Protistology in the Nordics 2025 | University of Jyväskylä

University of Jyväskylä Organizing Team: Senior Lecturer Emily Knott; Post-doctoral researcher Paulina Arancibia; Academy researcher Minna Hiltunen; Senior Lecturer Katja Pulkkinen; and Post-doctoral researcher Marco Calderini.

This event was funded by the NSO Networking and Education Grant 2024 awarded to Emily Knott.