July 19th to July 24th 2026

ITM13 will take place at Humboldt University's lovely Campus Nord right in the middle of the city of Berlin (Germany).

Here you can find activities, you can join on Wednesday, July 22nd - all necessary organizational details will be on site.

Tunicata 101

A series of three webinars in anticipation of ITM13 see information here.

The third session on 'Pelagic Tunicate Morphology' will be held on Thursday, June 4th by Prof. Thomas Stach.

Note the change in time: Japan (JST) 15:00 / Central Europe (CEST): 08:00 / Pacific Daylight Time(PDT): 23:00

The recordings of the first two webinars 'Ascidian Taxonomy' by Prof. Marie Nydam and 'Ascidian Embryology & Neurobiology' by Prof. Takehiro Kusakabe are available now!)

Detailed program available now (at least as a small jpg)!

All abstracts have been approved by the Scientific Committee for their preferred respective presentation style!

Please check for typos, lapses, or omissions.

Registration is still open!

See details on the Registration & Submission page.

Also: a (very) preliminary program to facilitate your planning has been added to the Program page.

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