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EU COST Action aiming to advance and apply knowledge and expertise on zoosporic parasites (i.e. aquatic fungi and fungi-like microorganisms) and the relation with their hosts in natural ecosystems and industrial algal biotech production.
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📣 The 17th ParAqua EU COST Action newsletter is out: paraqua-cost.eu/news/paraqua...
with our grantees sharing their work on #zoosporic #parasites and #microalgae and a look back at 4 years of COST Action.
ParAqua Newsletter - ParAqua - COST ACTION CA20125
Here you can download all the previous issues of the ParAqua Newsletter
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January 15, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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Our #COST Action #ParAqua Grantees Conference Abstracts Booklet is published. 😁
Check it here 👇

#COSTactions #ZoosporicParasites #AlgaeBiotech

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ParAqua Grantees Conference Abstracts Booklet
Abstracts of talks presented at ParAqua Grantees Conference held in Zagreb (Croatia), 1-2 September 2025
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November 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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The scientific article with the results of our #COST Action #ParAqua member Martyna Budziak STSM is now published in Environmental Microbiology. Click and check it below 👇
#COSTActions #ZoosporicParasites #AlgalBiotech

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Phytoplankton Under Pressure: Temperature, Precipitation and Cyanobacterial Blooms as Drivers of Chytrid Infections
Chytrid parasites of phytoplankton infect a wide range of species, including green algae, diatoms, and cyanobacteria. Infection patterns varied, indicating that chytrid occurrence is highly dynamic i...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Our #COST Action #ParAqua members recently participated at the 18th Symposium on Aquatic Microbial Ecology - SAME18 in Barcelona 😊
Check the postcard that they've sent to us 📸
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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The video produced during the #ParAqua meeting in Zagreb is online!! many thanks again to all the contributors :)
#COSTActions #ZoosporicParasites #AlageBiotech

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzIP...
MC8-Network Meeting and Grantees Conference
YouTube video by ParAqua-COST
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October 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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⚠️REMINDER⚠️
ParAqua Webinar in October: "Microalgae platform as antimicrobial peptide producer: prospects in aquaculture" by Arzu Yildirim!
More details in the flyer below 👇
Registration link 👉 framaforms.org/paraqua-webi...
October 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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#ParAqua members presented our special issue in Aquatic Ecology (link.springer.com/collections/...). You can see Gianluca Corno, who was amazed!!
#COSTaction #ZoosporicParasite #AlgaBiotech
October 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Pietro Marchese presenting #COST ParAqua STSM results at SAME18 Conference.

#ParAqua #COSTactions #CA20125 #ParAqua #ZoosporicParasites #STSM
October 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Laura Garzoli presenting #COST ParAqua STSM results and ParAqua special Issue on "Zoosporic Parasites of Primary Producers in Aquatic Systems" in Aquatic Ecology at the 18th SAME (Symposium on Aquatic Microbial Ecogy) conference.
#COST #COSTactions #CA20125 #ParAqua #ZoosporicParasites
October 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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At the first day of the 18th SAME (Symposium on Aquatic Microbial Ecogy) activities of our #COST action #ParAqua attracted attention. ParAqua members Laura, Albert, Silke and Caio presented their works and ParAqua results this week in Barcelona.
#COSTaction #STSM #YRIG
September 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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ParAqua Webinar in October!! Check the info below👇!!

For registrations, access the link: framaforms.org/paraqua-webi...

#COSTActions #AlgaeBiotech
September 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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ParAqua #COST action MC meeting in Zagreb, Croatia was held during the last two days. Time to wrap-up results of this 4 years amazing project on #ZoosporicParasites, #AlgalBiotech and more. Thanks to our hosts @anagavrilovic.bsky.social and all the fantastic organisation team :)
September 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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New #COST Action #ParAqua is out. Check out our latest activities 👇
paraqua-cost.eu/news/paraqua...
ParAqua Newsletter - ParAqua - COST ACTION CA20125
Here you can download all the previous issues of the ParAqua Newsletter
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August 20, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Victoria Prins, a #Paraqua member, was awarded third place for best oral presentation about FunAqua project at the 14th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences (SEFS14), held in Bolu, Türkiye from 20–25 July 2025. Congratulations Victoria!🎉✨
#COST #ParAqua #FunAqua
August 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Video abstract for ParAquaSeq, created by Dr. Lepère, Dr. Van den Wyngaert, Dr. Rasconi, and Dr. Reñé. The video highlights key features of the available sequences, taxonomic diversity of parasites and hosts, and the range of aquatic environments represented.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoV3...
ParAquaSeq Video Abstract
YouTube video by ParAqua-COST
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August 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Videos presenting the meeting and workshop in Pallanza are now published on YouTube in the "ParAqua Events" Playlist

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI1Q...

#COSTAction #ZoosporicParasites #AlgalBiotech
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July 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Special Issue in Aquatic Ecology about "Zoosporic Parasites of Primary Producers in Aquatic Systems" is now open for submission.
We welcome contributions Collection deadline : 31 December 2025.
All the information at the Journal webpage link.springer.com/collections/...
June 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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New episode of the #COST Action #ParAqua Podcast is out!

In this 12th episode of the ParAqua Podcast Joe speaks to Prof Kevin Lafferty. You can listen more about the influence of parasites on food webs and challenges of treating outbreaks of neglected tropical parasites.
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June 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Nice contribution of our young Member Martyna Budziak at the Polish Phycological Conference presenting the results of her STSM published in RIO. Awarded first prize in the conference’s competition 🤩
preprints.arphahub.com/article/1609...
#PArAqua #COSTAction #AlgalBiotech
Phytoplankton Under Pressure - The Role of Environmental Drivers in Parasitism
Fungal parasitism is attracting growing attention in phytoplankton ecology because of its outstanding importance for aquatic food webs and energy cycling. However, relatively few studies have addresse...
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June 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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This very nice collaborative work led by WG1 is now available Open Access
doi.org/10.1111/1755...

#PArAqua #COSTActions #AlgalBiotech #Algae #ZoosporicParasites
ParAquaSeq, a Database of Ecologically Annotated rRNA Sequences Covering Zoosporic Parasites Infecting Aquatic Primary Producers in Natural and Industrial Systems
Amplicon sequencing tools such as metabarcoding are commonly used for thorough characterisation of microbial diversity in natural samples. They mostly rely on the amplification of conserved universal...
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June 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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We welcome contributions about micro and macro parasites of aquatic primary producers (cyanobacteria, algae, macroalgae and seaweeds) in different systems (natural ecosystems, experimental tests, industrial algal biotech production plants etc.)!
June 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Special Issue in Aquatic Ecology about "Zoosporic Parasites of Primary Producers in Aquatic Systems" is now open for submission.
We welcome contributions Collection deadline : 31 December 2025.
All the information at the Journal webpage link.springer.com/collections/...
June 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Teaser from the upcoming episode of The ParAqua podcast in which I chatting to Prof. Kevin Lafferty about his work on parasites. We touch on everything from mind controlling nematomorph worms to butter sauteed lung flukes🤮 #parasitology #aquaticbio
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June 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM