D-A-CH Geobiology Symposium 2023
11-13 Oct 2023 - Jena, Germany
Logo of the 2nd D-A-CH Geobiology Symposium 2023
We thank all the participants of the 2nd D-A-CH Geobiology Symposium held on 11-13 October 2023 in Jena, Germany! The D-A-CH Geobiology Symposium is a conference by early career scientists for early career scientists from the D-A-CH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) in the field of Geobiology or related fields. Geobiology is a highly interdisciplinary field that encompasses topics from diverse but related areas such as the origin and evolution of life, climate change, life in extreme environments, and the role of microorganisms in the geochemical processes in the biosphere.
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Participation at the 2nd D-A-CH Geobiology Symposium in Jena was free of charge thanks to the generous support of the Joachim Herz StiftungExternal link, the Jena Alliance 'Life in Focus'External link, and the Integrated Research Training Group AquaDiva.
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Joachim Herz Stiftung -
Jena Alliance Life in Focus -
IRTG AquaDiva
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Day 1 - Oct 12th
09:00-10:00 Early Career Event (city tour or hike)
10:00-11:15 Registration
11:15-11:30 Opening Remarks
11:30-12:30 Plenary Session with Liane Benning (GFZ Potsdam) "How microbial dynamics and geo-bio interactions accelerate the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet"
12:30-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-15:00 Talk Session 1
13:30-14:00 – Isabel Prater "Close interactions of microorganisms with mineral matrices as stabilizing factor for evaporite soil crusts in the Atacama Desert”
14:00-14:20 – Alisha Sharma “Iron coatings on carbonate rocks shape the attached bacterial groundwater community”
14:20-14:40 – Dimitri Meier “Investigating manganese-oxidizing microbial biofilms in a historic copper mine of Upper Franconia”
14:40-15:00 – Eleanor Georgiadis “Contributions of biotic and abiotic oxidative processes in CO2 emissions from sedimentary rocks”15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 Talk Session 2
15:30-16:00 – Simon A. Schroeter “Soil-to-groundwater connection under an increasingly extreme hydroclimate”
16:00-16:20 – He Wang "Temporal stability of microbial communities in fractured carbonate-rock aquifers"
16:20-16:40 – Andrew Acciardo “Microbial dynamics in response to induced seismicity at the Bedretto Tunnel”
16:40-17:00 – Anita Sanchez “Hydrological, chemical, and organic controls for metal mobilization in mine drainage waters”17:00-17:15 Break
17:15-18:15 Roundtable Discussion with Cara Magnabosco (ETH Zurich), Christian Griebler (Uni Vienna) & Tillmann Lüders (Uni Bayreuth)
- Career Advice & Hot Topics in Geobiology18:15-18:30 Closing Remarks
18:30-20:00 Dinner and Open Discussion
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Day 2 - Oct 13th
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:10 Opening Remarks
09:10-10:40 Talk Session 3
09:10-09:40 – Linus M. Zeller “Metabolic potential of a new genus of respiratory endosymbionts extends host ecological niche to oxic habitats”
09:40-10:00 – Linda Gorniak “Same same but different - gene expression changes in response to lanthanum concentration and lanthanide elements in a lanthanide-storing methylotroph”
10:00-10:20 – Paula Rodriguez “Functional redundancy in microbial communities an 8,000-year lacustrine sedimentary sequence”
10:20-10:40 – Georg Dittmann “Carbon input promotes free-living nitrogen fixation and synthesis of storage lipids in soils”10:40-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-13:00 Poster Session
13:00-13:30 Closing Remarks and Poster Prize
13:30-15:00 Lunch Snacks and Goodbye Get-Together
Front view of the Rosensäle at FSU Jena
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)VENUE
Rosensäle at FSU Jena
First floor
Fürstengraben 27
07743 Jena
Germany
Google Maps Site PlanExternal link
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Alisha Sharma
Beatrix Heinze
Dr. He Wang
Linda Gorniak
(Aquatic Geomicrobiology Group, FSU Jena)