We are pleased to announce a one week International Phycological Training Workshop that will be held in Tunis, Tunisia at the National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies (INSTM) with the aid of funding from the International Society of Applied Phycology (ISAP).

The Seaweed cultivation and Biotechnology Training  is being organised by Dr. Leila Ktari and her team from the Tunisia INSTM.

Save the NEW DATES!
The ISAP 2024 Congress will be held from 16-21st June 2024 in Porto Portugal.

Stay tuned for more information.

Do you have an idea for an article in our next newsletter?  If so, we invite you to contribute to the second issue of the ISAP 2023 Newsletter.

DEADLINE: August 31st 2023

Please find the newsletter article submission guidelines here.

The second ISAP Newsletter for 2022 is now available.

This issue includes 5 articles entitled

1. Microalgae as a promising alternative for fish meal in aquafeed 
2. Agar from Sri Lankan Gracilaria verrucosa and development of food jellies
3.  In Memory of Professor Mario Roberto Tredici (1951-2022) 
4. Reporting on the online ISAP Training Course “Revealing algae biotechnological potentials to contribute to sustainable blue growth in the Mediterranean”
5. Educational Workshop on the Introduction to ArcGIS for Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Data Management
   

We are pleased to announce a one week International Phycological Training Workshop that will be held in person, in Pakistan, with the aid of aid of funding from the International Society of Applied Phycology (ISAP).

The Algal Ecology and Biotechnology Training  is being organised by Prof. Dr. Ghazala Yasmeen Butt from the Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab Qaid-i-Azam Camus, Lahore, Pakistan.

More details can be found under our Upcoming Workshops

ISAP would like to present the first newsletter of 2022!

This issue showcases three short articles.

1. EU projects devoted to the elucidation of microalgae-bacteria interactions in large-scale systems
2. The advantages of ensiling seaweed for downstream biochemical extraction in a biorefinery.
3. NanDeSyn Database Supports International Cooperation on Industrial Oleaginous Microalgae  

The full ISAP newsletter repository can be found here.

DEADLINE 10th July 2022
As part of the mission and commitment of ISAP to promote and contribute to the education of a young generation of scientists and engineers dealing with Algal Biotechnology the society has decided to allocate funds annually to support training courses in algal biotechnology.

Training course call 2022- ISAP.pdf

MOU- ISAP template_2022.pdf

Two Bids were submitted for the 2024 conference. 

- Porto, Portugal
- Cork, Ireland
After presenting the  bids to the ISAP executive committee, a vote was taken and the successful party was PORTO, PORTUGAL. 

The conference will be held 18-22 June 2024 and it is being planned as an hybrid event.