Thursday Sept 12, 2024

Hadean recipes

Stephen Mojzsis, HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences (CSFK) MTA Centre of Excellence, Budapest, Hungary

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Woolly mammoth genomic adaptations to the extreme climate shifts of the Ice Age

David Diez-del-Molino, Centre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Efficient cold-active extremozyme for aldehydes monitoring

Georgiana Necula-Petrareanu, Institute of Biology, Bucharest, Romania
Paris Lavin, Universidad de Antofagasta,Chile
Alina Vasilescu, International Centre of Biodynamics, Romania
Cristina Purcarea, Institute of Biology, Bucharest, Romania

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

Antarctic glacier melting modeling distribution of bacterial community structure

Corina Itcus, Institute of Biology Bucharest of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
Constantin Marin, Emil Racovita Institute of Speleology, Bucharest, Romania
Soon Gyu Hong, Korean Polar Research Institute, Division of Life Science, Incheon, Rep. of Korea
Manuela Elisabeta Sidoroff, National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Bucharest, Romania
Cristian Coman, Institute of Biological Research, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Cristina Purcarea, Institute of Biology Bucharest of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM

Cave ice microbiome – reservoir for new biomolecules in medicine and biotechnologies

Victoria Ioana Paun, Institute of Biology Bucharest of the Romanian Academy
Corina Itcus, Institute of Biology Bucharest of the Romanian Academy
Carmen Mariana Chifiriuc, Research Institute of the University of Bucharest-ICUB
Paris Lavin, Facultad de Ciencias Del Mar y Recursos Biológicos, Universidad de Antofagasta
Cristina Purcarea, Institute of Biology Bucharest of the Romanian Academy

12:30 PM - 12:45 PM

The ecosystem of a remarkable glaciovolcanic cave at Mount Meager, British Columbia, Canada

Christian Stenner, Alberta Speleological Society
Kathleen Graham, Alberta Speleological Society
Morgan Cable, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Glyn Williams-Jones, Simon Fraser University
Jared J. Clance, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Jacob Shaffer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Jill Mikucki, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Anna Szynkiewicz, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Olivia Vinnes, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Michael Paton, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Jeremy Nash, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

12:45 PM - 1:00 PM

Sampling and DNA analysis of extreme environments

Scott Tighe, University of Vermont, USA

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

First biogeochemical study of Mira de Aire Cave: the biggest karstic system in Portugal

Alba Gómez-Arias, IRNAS-CSIC
Julio Castillo, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Nicasio Tomás Jiménez-Morillo, IRNAS-CSIC
Beatriz Cubero, IRNAS-CSIC
Sara Gutiérrez-Patricio, IRNAS-CSIC
Pedro N. Jimenez-Morillo, IRNAS-CSIC
José A. Gonzalez-Perez, IRNAS-CSIC
José M. De la Rosa, IRNAS-CSIC
Ana Z. Miller, IRNAS-CSIC

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Onsite microbial analyses in one of the most remote quartzite subterranean environment on Earth: Imawarì Yeuta on Venezuelan tepuis

Martina Cappelletti, University of Bologna

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Hraunrásir: Exploring and studying the steaming lava tubes of Fagradalsfjall Volcano (Iceland)

Francesco Sauro, University of Padova
Riccardo Pozzobon, University of Padova
Martina Cappelletti, University of Bologna
Bogdan P. Onac, University of South Florida
Ana Zelia Miller, IRNA-CSIC Siville
Groq Birkefeldt Moller Pedersen, University of Iceland
Tommaso Santagata, VIGEA

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Human remains in now-extreme cave settings: exploring ancient funerary practices

Andrea Demjén, National Museum of Transylvanian History, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Florin Gogaltan, Institute of Archaeology and Art History, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Szilárd Gall, Mureș County Museum, Târgul Mureș, România
Călin Ghemiș, Țării Crișurilor Museum, Oradea, România
Viorel Traian Lascu, National Institute for Research and Development in Environmental Protection, Bucharest, Romania
Bogdan Petroniu Onac, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Ioana Nicoleta Meleg, Emil G. Racoviță Institute, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, România

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Insights into past extreme environments through ancient biomolecules

Ioana Nicoleta Meleg, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
Magdalena Năpăruş-Aljancic, Karst Research Institute ZRC SAZU
Yuichi Naito, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI)
Hervé Bocherens, Department of Geosciences, Biogeology, University of Tübingen
Axel Barlow, School of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Bangor University

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM