Logo

Designed by Juli Suzuki, inspired by the famous Ukiyo-e art by Hokusai Katsushika, Fujimigahara in Owari Province (Bishū Fujimigahara), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei). The logo portrays Milnesium tardigrade with Shonai scenary with Mt. Chokai. Two stamps read “Tsuruoka” (black) and “Bear Animalcule” (red), respectively.

Steering Committee

Chairs:

Atsushi Suzuki (Keio University, Japan)
Kazuharu Arakawa (Keio University, Japan)

Local Committee:

Shinta Fujimoto (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
Koyuki Kondo (Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan)
Takekazu Kunieda (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Kenta Sugiura (Gunma University, Japan)
Sae Tanaka (Keio University, Japan)
Yuki Yoshida (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan)

International Committee:

Sara Calhim (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
Vladimir Gross (University of Kassel, Germany)
Łukasz Kaczmarek (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)
Łukasz Michalczyk (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Nadja Møbjerg (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Lorena Rebecchi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)
Ralph O. Schill (Stuttgart University, Germany)
Frank W. Smith (University of North Florida, USA)

Honorary Committee:

Diane Nelson (East Tennessee State University, USA)
Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Hartmut Greven (University of Düsseldorf, Germany)
Roberto Bertolani (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)

Proceedings

Symposium Proceedings

Symposium Proceedings will be published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (ZJLS), one of the most prestigious zoological journals in the World, published by the Linnean Society of London, one of the oldest scientific societies, and by the Oxford University Press, one of the most recognized scientific publishers on the planet.

Every participant (regardless of the purchased Symposium Package) will be given an opportunity to submit one manuscript to the Symposium Proceedings. Accepted articles will be published online free of charge. Moreover, the journal offers a paid Open Access option ( more information here). Finally, some countries and institutions have direct agreements with the Oxford University Press to cover the costs of Open Access publications for the authors (check here if your institution participates in this programme).

Participants who purchased the full (***) Symposium Package will also receive a printed copy of the Symposium Proceedings.

The deadline for manuscript submission to the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society is projected to be around mid-July, 2025.

The Symposium Proceedings will be edited by Kazuharu Arakawa, Łukasz Michalczyk, and Frank Smith.