08th September 2021

Dear Colleagues,

As announced, we are happy to confirm our special free Extremophiles Webinar to be held the 22nd and 23rd September 2021 from 15h00 to 18h00 CEST.

For connecting you will only need to use the link which will be available the days of the Webinar on the homepage of this website.
You can find the Webinar schedule at https://www.extremophiles2020.org/index.php/webinar-program

We are looking forward to a stimulating meeting on September 22 and 23.

Best regards,

Garo Antranikian on behalf of the International Organizing Committee
Konstantinos Vorgias - Chair National Organizing Committee for Extremophiles 2022
Harry Atomi - President of ISE
Marco Moracci - Vice president of ISE

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Wednesday 22nd September 2021 (from 15h00 to 18h00 CEST)
15:00–15:05 Welcome address GARO ANTRANIKIAN
15:05–15:10 Welcome address KONSTANTINOS VORGIAS

CHAIRPERSON MIKE ADAMS (HARUYKI ATOMI)
15:10–15:30 Patrick Forterre - The history of reverse gyrase: the hallmark enzyme of hyperthermophiles
15:30–15:50 Volker Müller - Life under extreme energy limitations: how thermophilic acetogens make a living
15:50–16:10 Johannes Gescher - Extremophiles in bioelectrochemical systems
16:10–16:30 Break

CHAIRPERSON HELENA SANTOS (DON COWAN)
16:30–16:50 Panagiotis Adam (Alexander Probst) - Carbon cycling by novel extremophilic subsurface Archaea
16:50–17:10 Sonja Albers - The role of cyclic nucleotides second messengers in Archaea
17:10–17:30 Nigel Scrutton - Halomonas as a host for biomanufacturing chemicals, fuels and materials
17:30–17:50 Reinhard Sterner - Relationship of catalysis and active site loop dynamics in a (ba)8-barrel enzyme from Sulfolobus solfataricus
17:50 Closing remarks

 

Thursday 23rd September 2021 (from 15h00 to 18h00 CEST)
CHAIRPERSON MARCO MORACCI (MIKE ADAMS)
15:00–15:20 Beate Averhoff - Shuffling genes around in hot environments: the unique DNA transporter of Thermus thermophilus
15:20–15:40 Belinda Ferrari - Trace gas chemoautotrophy in Antarctic soil microbiomes
15:40–16:00 Buzz Baum - Cell division in Sulfolobus
16:00–16:20 Break

CHAIRPERSON ANTONIO VENTOSA (DON COWAN)
16:20–16:40 Bettina Siebers - Activity-based protein profiling for the identification of novel extremozymes
16:40–17:00 Donato Giovannelli - Subsurface life can modify volatile cycling at convergent margins
17:00–17:20 Zita Martins - Astrobiology – detection of signatures of life on extreme environments in our solar system
17:20–17:40 Alison Murray - Signs of life from the cryosphere

17:40-17:45 International Society for Extremophiles (ISE) HARUYUKI ATOMI
17:45-17:50 Extremophiles 2022 congress, Loutraki, Greece KONSTANTINOS VORGIAS
17:50 Closing remarks GARO ANTRANIKIAN