The 2018 meeting of the Phycological Society of America and the International Society of Protistologists will take place July 29 – August 2, 2018 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC.

Registration and abstract submission are open until May 1, but reduced pricing for early registration ends April 2. Travel awards from PSA and ISOP are available for students and postdocs. Research symposia include

• Origins and early evolution of eukaryotes
• Kelp forests in flux
• The phycological legacy of the Pacific Northwest (PSA Presidential Symposium)
• From pharm to table: frontiers in applied phycology (Prof. Milton Sommerfeld memorial symposium)
• Protist responses to environmental stress: resilience to climate change?

UBC is a beautiful campus, and Vancouver is an amazing city. This promises to be a great meeting.