The 5th International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda was undoubtably a major success! We couldn’t have asked for better hosts at CEMACS, Malaysia. We miss you already!

IWOSC lectures and lab today on copepod identification at the Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies

Productive day of collecting at the 5th International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda (IWOSC) here in Penang, Malaysia 🇲🇾🧪

Tutors and organizers of the current International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepods (IWOSC). Official photo of the whole group to be taken on Friday. Stay tuned for more!

Kicking off the International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda here in Malaysia at the Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies 🥳

Congrats to this year’s recipients of our Student Grant Awards:
-Agostina Tabilio Di Camillo - functional traits of copepods in groundwater ecosystems
-Anitha Mary Davidson - Resilience of copepods to acidic waters
-Eve Smerczynski - Impacts of climate change on estuarine food webs [1/2] 🧪

We are excited to announce the 5th International Workshop on Symbiotic Copepoda (IWOSC) to be held 2-9 August 2025 at the Universiti Sains Malaysia's Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (CEMACS). Deadline to apply is 15 March 2025. See the attached flyer!

#DidYouKnow there are more than 14,500 species of #copepods? Thats more copepods than #mammals (6k) or #birds (10k)! They are found in all habitats where water is found including oceans, lakes, caves, bromeliads, and even damp soil. They are also the most abundant animals in the ocean! 🦐🧪