AGU Fall Meeting 2011

The AGU Fall Meeting will be held in California, USA from 5th-9th December. There are numerous sessions including a session on 'Geomicrobiology. For details about abstract submission and meeting please visit http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/

CAREX Conference on Life in Extreme Environments

Building up on the project's activities and community, the CAREX conference will be a key event on the European and international scenes providing the opportunity to discuss and present the state of the art and the latest developments on research on life in extreme environments.

Following CAREX’s approach to research on life in extreme environment, the conference will be a truly interdisciplinary event. Oral presentations and posters will consider microbes, plants and animals evolving in various marine, polar, terrestrial extreme environments as well as outer space. It will be a unique opportunity to network and elaborate on cross-disciplinary scientific challenges.

Sessions which may be of interest to the YES community

Contributions of life in extreme environments to biogeochemical cycles and responses to environmental change
Biodiversity, bioenergetics and interactions in extreme environments


Last Date for Registration: 1st July, 2011.  Conference details at http://www.carex-eu.org/activities/carex-conference-on-life-in-extreme-environments.html

15th International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Symposium (IBBS-15)

IBBS-15 will be held in Vienna, Austria from 19th to 24th September, 2011. Some very interesting sessions relevant to Geomicrobiology. Please visit the symposium website for more details
http://www.biotec.boku.ac.at/14837.html

Gondwana 14- East meets West

The story of Gondwana can be subdivided in three main periods: the amalgamation (heritage, terranes and thermotectonic events), the development (thermotectonic evolution, intracontinental basins, paleoclimate and active margins) and the break up (rifting processes, mantle plumes and paleogeography). To reflect this, the Conference will be divided in three parallel sessions: Gondwana Amalgamation; Gondwana Development and Gondwana Break Up, which will merge at the end of each day into one big conference session. Technical sessions will include oral and poster presentations over a period of five days, including a day off in the middle for local field trips, workshops and recreational activities. For more details visit the conference website http://www.gondwana14.org/

PhD Opportunity in Geomicrobiology

The research group for Geomicrobiology at the Institute for Geosciences at the University of Tuebingen, Germany has an opening for a PhD position. The title of the project is

Biogeochemical and microbial processes associated with iron plaque formation in the rhizosphere of rice plants (Oryza sativa). For further details contact Prof. Andreas Kappler, University of Tuebingen, andreas.kappler@uni-tuebingen.de

Deadline for application: 31st May, 2011.

Postdoctoral openings in Earth System Science

The College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University, Corvallis Oregon, invites applications for two Institutional Postdoctoral Research Associate positions in any area of Earth System Sciences, including climate, ocean, and atmospheric sciences and geophysics. Details available at http://oregonstate.edu/jobs

SCAR Fellowship Scheme 2011-2012

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is inviting applications from early career scientists and engineers interested in Antarctic Science for the SCAR Fellowships. More details at http://www.scar.org/awards/fellowships/applicationdetails.html