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SCIENTISTS

Abraham bij de Vaate
Institute for Inland Water Management &
Waste Water Treatment
P.O. Box 17
NL-8200 AA Lelystad
The Netherlands
b.bdvaate@riza.rws.minvenw.nl

Aquatic Ecologist
• Dreissena endosymbionts in The Netherlands
  
• Relationship between diseases and eutrophication
  
• Impact of parasites on population dynamics
  

Lyubov E. Burlakova
Ecology Department
Biology Faculty
Belarussian State University
4 F. Skoriny Avenue
Minsk, Belarus 220050
karataev@geo.bsu.unibel.by

Aquatic Ecologist
• Dreissena endosymbionts in Belarus
  
• Population dynamics of Conchophthirus acuminatus
  
• Life cycle of Ophryoglena sp. in Dreissena
  

Sergei I. Fokin
Biological Research Institute
St. Petersburg State University
Oranienbaumskoye sch. 2
Stary Petershof
St. Petersburg, 198904
Russia
fokin@peterlink.ru

Ciliate Biologist
• Bacterial endocytobionts of ciliates in Dreissena
  
• Ciliates symbiotic in Dreissena and other bivalves
  
• Intracytoplasmic prokaryotes in Dreissena cells
  

Laure Giamberini
UPRES Ecotoxicité Biodiversité et Santé Environnementale
Equipe d'Ecotoxicologie
Université de Metz
1 Rue des Recollets - B.P. 4116
57040 Metz Cedex 01, France
giam@bridoux.univ-metz.fr

Cytologist - Anatomist
• Anatomy and cytology of Dreissena
  
• Intracytoplasmic prokaryotes in Dreissena cells
  
• Haplosporidian protists in Dreissena
  

Alexander Y. Karatayev
Ecology Department
Biology Faculty
Belarussian State University
4 F. Skoriny Avenue
Minsk, Belarus 220050
karataev@geo.bsu.unibel.by

Aquatic Ecologist
• Dreissena endosymbionts in Belarus
  
• Population dynamics of Conchophthirus acuminatus
  
• Life cycle of Ophryoglena sp. in Dreissena
  

Dina P. Kurandina
Institute of Hydrobiology
Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
12, Prospect Geroyev Stalingrada
Kiev-210, 254655, MSP
Ukraine

Invertebrate Parasitologist
• Dreissena endosymbionts in the Ukraine
  
• Trematode parasites of molluscs
  
• Snail endosymbionts
  

Franck Laruelle
UMR 6539 - IUEM
Technopole Brest-Iroise
Place Nicolas Copernic
29280 Plouzane
France
franck.laruelle@univ-brest.fr

Bivalve Ecologist
• Ciliates symbiotic in Dreissena
  
• Trematodes parasites of Dreissena
  
• Intracytoplasmic prokaryotes in Dreissena cells
  

Denis H. Lynn
Department of Zoology
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario
Canada, N1G 2W1
ddr@uoguelph.ca

Ciliate Biologist
• Taxonomy of Ophryoglena sp. in Dreissena
  
• Biology of ciliates symbiotic in Dreissena
  
• Ultrastructure of ciliates symbiotic in Dreissena
  

Daniel P. Molloy
Biological Survey
New York State Museum
State Education Department
Cultural Education Center - 3140
Albany, New York 12230
USA
dmolloy@mail.nysed.gov

Invertebrate Pathologist
• Dreissena endosymbionts, especially parasites
  
• Intracytoplasmic prokaryotes in Dreissena cells
  
• Life cycle and taxonomy of Ophryoglena sp. in Dreissena
  

J. Frank Morado
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
National Marine Fisheries Service
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Resource Assessment &
Conservation Engineering Division
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115-0070
USA
frank.morado@noaa.gov

Parasitologist
• Intracytoplasmic prokaryotes in Dreissena cells
  
• Coccidia-like parasites in Dreissena
  
• Marine bivalve endosymbionts

Mykola A. Ovcharenko
Institute of Hydrobiology
Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
12, Prospect Geroyev Stalingrada
Kiev-210, 254655, MSP
Ukraine
zolotg@cnfa-kiev.org

Parasitologist
• Intracytoplasmic prokaryotes in Dreissena cells
  
• Haplosporidian protists in Dreissena
  
• Ciliates symbiotic in Dreissena
  

Romualda Petkeviciute
Institute of Ecology
Akademijos 2, Vilnius LT-2600
Lithuania
helmi@ekoi.lt

Cytogeneticist
• Comparative cytogenetics of parasitic Platyhelminthes
  
• Karyotypic divergence and phylogenetic relations of species
  
• Intramolluscan stages of trematodes
  

Institute of Ecology
Akademijos 2, Vilnius LT-2600
Lithuania
helmi@ekoi.lt

Cytogeneticist
• Cytogenetic and phylogenetic relations of Trematoda
  
• Intramolluscan stages of trematodes
  
• Trematodes parasites of Bivalvia
  

Jouni Taskinen
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
University of Jyväskylä
P.O. Box 35 (YAC.341)
FIN-40351 Jyväskylä
Finland
jtaskine@cc.jyu.fi
http://www.jyu.fi/~jtaskine/

Aquatic Ecologist
• Parasites of freshwater clams, snails and fishes
  
• Role of parasites in sexual selection
  
• Parasite virulence
  
• Immunological ecology
  

Gerard van der Velde
Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology
University of Nijmegen
Toernooiveld, 6525 ED
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
gerardv@sci.kun.nl

Aquatic Ecologist
• Endosymbionts of Mytilopsis leucophaeata
  
• Host specificity of Mytilus and Dreissena parasites
  
• Use of molecular probes for parasite detection
  

STUDENTS

Lyudmila K. Volkova , Ph.D. Student
Ecology Department
Belarussian State University
Minsk, Belarus 220050

Molluscan Parasitologist
• Dreissena endosymbionts in Belarus
  
• Life cycle of Ophryoglena sp. in Dreissena
  
• Trematode parasites of freshwater snails
  

Sergey Mastitsky , Undergraduate Student
Ecology Department
Belarussian State University
Minsk, Belarus 220050

Research Assistant
• Life cycle of Ophryoglena sp. in Dreissena
  
• Population dynamics of Conchophthirus acuminatus
  
• Dreissena endosymbionts in Belarus
  

Mari Saarinen, M.Sc., Ph.D. Student
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
University of Jyväskylä
P.O. Box 35 (YAC.341)
FIN-40351 Jyväskylä
Finland

Bivalve Parasitologist
• Trematode, copepod and water mite parasites of unionid clams
  

Vladimir Volosyuk , Undergraduate Student
Ecology Department
Belarussian State University
Minsk, Belarus 220050

Research Assistant
• Life cycle of Ophryoglena sp. in Dreissena
  
• Population dynamics of Conchophthirus acuminatus
  
• Dreissena endosymbionts in Belarus