Excavata, their relatives and the eukaryote tree. Schedule of Presentations
 | What are the excavata |
| Excavata and the origin of mitochondria |
| Excavatas and rooting the eukaryote tree |
| Excavata as the key group of lower eukaryotes |
Phyletic relations among early divergent alveolates
| Colponema |
| Perkinsus |
| Colpodella |
| What do molecules tell us? |
Ciliate family tree
| Karyorelicta and Heterotrichs |
| Spirotrichs |
| Litostomes and related groups |
| Oligohymenophora |
| How views have changed 1970-2000 |
Slime mold life cycle and development
| The vegetative reproductive and dispersal cycle |
| Control of aggregation |
| Differentiation and its control |
| The sexual cycle |
Food vacuole processing in Paramecium
| Formation of the phagosome |
| Acidisomes |
| Phagosomes |
| Expulsion and membrane recycling |
How do amoebae move?
| Movements of cytoplasm |
| Classic theories |
| Molecular basis of movement 1 |
| Molecular basis of movement 2 |
Opistokonts
| The players - choanoflagellates, fungi and animals |
| Chthrids and the origin of fungi |
| Choanoflagellate and sponges |
| Phylogeny of lower animals |