Program
The Conference will be comprised of two days of oral presentations. Each morning and afternoon session will begin with a 45 minute long plenary talk followed by 20 minute long presentations and question and answer periods. Poster sessions will be held over the lunch period and after the sessions end in the afternoon. See below for a detailed Carbon Cycling program.
Workshop Agenda as of December 7, 2010
| Day 0 | Tue. Jan. 18 | |
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4:00pm |
Registration |
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6:00pm |
Reception and Welcome party (snacks) |
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7:30pm |
Dinner on your own |
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Day 1 |
Wed. Jan. 19 |
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7:15am |
Shuttles collect delegates at B&B's to be at venue on time. |
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Morning |
Examples of the Subsurface Biosphere – how we know what we know and what we know we do not know |
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Moderator: Barbara Sherwood Lollar |
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8:15 |
intro |
Welcome - Goals of Workshop - Logistics - Esta van Heerden |
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8:30 |
talk |
Beth Orcutt - THE DEEP BIOSPHERE IN IGNEOUS OCEAN CRUST |
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9:15 |
talk |
Merja Itavaara - DEEP TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE IN FINLAND |
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9:35 |
talk |
Everett Shock - ENERGY SUPPLIES AND CARBON ASSIMILATION PATHWAYS IN HYDROTHERMAL ECOSYSTEMS |
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9:55 |
talk |
T.C. Onstott - GEOCHEMICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON SUBSURFACE MICROBIAL CYCLING OF CARBON IN FRACTURED ROCK |
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10:15 |
break |
Break/Interaction & Posters. All Posters will be on boards in the foyer for the duration of the workshop |
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10:40 |
talk |
Phil Bennett - SULFIDIC CAVES - WINDOWS INTO SUBSURFACE ECOSYSTEMS |
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11:00 |
talk |
Gaetan Borgonie - WORMS FROM HELL: NEMATODA FROM THE TERRESTRIAL DEEP SUBSURFACE |
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11:20 |
talk |
Eric Wommack - UNCOVERING THE SECRETS OF VIRUSES IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS |
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11:40 |
talk |
Eric Boyd - ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ON HYDROGEN (H2)-BASED METABOLISMS IN GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (YNP), WYOMING, USA |
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12:00 |
lunch |
Lunch /Interaction & Posters. All Posters will be on boards in the foyer for the duration of the workshop |
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Afternoon |
How Subsurface Microbiology Benefits Mankind |
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Moderator: Tom Kieft |
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1:15 |
talk |
Shibu Yooseph - EXPLORING MICROBIAL DIVERSITY USING METAGENOMICS |
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2:00 |
talk |
Elizaveta Bonch-Osmolovskay - WHAT DOES THERMOCOCCUS SIBIRICUS DO IN A HIGH-TEMPERATURE OIL RESERVOIR: A COMPLETE GENOME ANALYSIS OF A DEEP SUBSURFACE HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ISOLATE |
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2:20 |
talk |
Gerald Gottschalk - MICROBIAL METABOLISM |
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2:40 |
talk |
Rick Colwell - MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN AQUIFERS OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASALTS AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL SCENARIOS HAT MAY RESULT FROM CARBON SEQUESTRIAN |
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3:00 |
break |
Break/Interaction & Posters. All Posters will be on boards in the foyer for the duration of the workshop |
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3:30 |
talk |
A.D.Surridge - CO2 SEQUESTRATION - PLANS FOR SOUTH AFRICA |
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3:50 |
talk |
Esta van Heerden - DEEP MINE BIODIVERSITY: FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTABILITY FOR APPLICATION |
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4:10 |
talk |
Dirk Opperman - DESIGNER ENZYMES THROUGH DIRECTED EVOLUTION |
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4:30 |
talk |
Lwellyn Parker - BIODIVERSITY ACT AND MOVING BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL ACROSS BORDERS |
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4:50 |
discussion |
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5:30 |
Depart for Bagamoya |
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6:00 |
Feeding of lions and braai (dinner) at Bagamoya |
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9:00 |
Return to B & B's |
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Day 2 |
Thur. Jan. 20 |
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Morning |
New methods and approaches to subsurface science |
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Moderator: T.C. Onstott |
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8:15 |
intro |
Recap of previous days talks and outline for today |
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8:30 |
talk |
Ramunas Stepanauskas - SINGLE CELL GENOMICS: DECODING THE MICROBIAL "DARK MATTER" |
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9:15 |
talk |
Michael Pullin - STRATEGIES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER IN DEEP GROUNDWATER: LESSONS LEARNED FROM SURFACE WATERS |
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9:35 |
talk |
Verena B. Heuer - CARBON FLOW IN THE DEEP SUBSEAFLOOR - INSIGHTS FROM |
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9:55 |
talk |
Barbara Sherwood Lollar - CYCLING OF VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS IN THE DEEP SUBSURFACE - THE CANADIAN SHIELD |
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10:15 |
break |
Break/Interaction & Posters. All Posters will be on boards in the foyer for the duration of the workshop |
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10:40 |
talk |
Roland Purtschert - GROUNDWATER DATING AND PAST CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION |
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11:00 |
talk |
Johanna Lippmann-Pipke - GEOGASES IN THE KAAPVAAL CRATON; ORIGIN AND MODES OF TRANSPORT |
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11:20 |
talk |
Greg Slater - CONSTRAINING MICROBIAL CARBON SOURCES AND CYCLING IN THE SUBSURFACE USING D14C and δ13C ANALYSES |
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11:40 |
talk |
Maarten de Wit - BARBERTON MOUNTAIN BELT - DEEP DRILLING PROJECT |
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12:00 |
lunch |
Lunch/Interaction & Posters. All Posters will be on boards in the foyer for the duration of the workshop |
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Afternoon |
Underground laboratories, deep mines and deep boreholes |
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Moderator: Esta van Heerden |
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1:00 |
talk |
Karsten Pedersen - DARK LIFE IN THE FRACTURE LABYRINTH OF DEEP HARD ROCK |
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1:45 |
talk |
Mary Voytek - BIOGEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR IN SITU MICROBIAL METABOLISM IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY IMPACT STRUCTURE |
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2:05 |
talk |
Wladyslaw Altermann - THE DEEP BIOSPHERE, A POSSIBLE COMMON SOURCE OF CONTAMINANTS IN THE "PRECAMBRIAN FOSSIL RECORD" |
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2:25 |
talk |
Tom Kieft - OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEEP BIOSPHERE STUDIES AT DUSEL |
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2:45 |
break |
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3:00 |
break out sessions - 1) NISO, database sharing, links to C-DEBI and DCO 2) South Africa Carbon Cycling Project planning session |
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5:30 |
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6:30 |
Beer Tasting with dinner at the Department of Microbiology and tour of the laboratory facilities |
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| Day 3 |
Fri. Jan. 21 | |
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Morning |
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4:00am |
Shuttles collect delegates fro B&B's (B&B to supply breakfast parcel for the road) |
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7:00am |
Visit Beatrix Au mine and perform a sample collection off a borehole |
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Afternoon |
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3:00 |
Shower and lunch and return to Bloemfontein |
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5:00 |
Gather samples in lab at UoFS with discussion of processing and shipping requirements |
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6:30 |
Dinner on your own |
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| Day 4 |
Sat. Jan. 22 | |
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7:30am |
Visit Amanzi Game Park followed by Braii |
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2:00pm |
Depart to Bloemfontein |
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6:30 |
Dinner on your own |
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