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CAREX Model Organisms Workshop
Presentations and Documents
The CAREX workshop Identification of model organisms in extreme environments (programme) was held from Tuesday 16 to Thursday 18 June in Sasbachwalden, Germany. This interdisciplinary workshop was attended by 69 European and international experts.
19 oral presentations were given during the workshop and 25 posters were displayed. Presentations can be downloaded from the table below.
The model organisms workshop aimed at identifying research priorities when considering organisms (from microbes to animal) evolving in extreme enviroments and opportunities to identify potential model organisms. It was structured around plenary sessions and extensive discussion sessions in working groups. Discussion and synthesis were based upon inputs received from the scientific community.
A strategic report gathering the recommenations expressed during the meeting as well as proceedings will be published in November 2009.
Plenary Session Presentations
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CAREX objectives and achievements Cynan Ellis-Evans, Carex coordinator (British Antarctic Survey, UK) |
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The CAREX Project: FP7 Coordination Action for Research Activities on Life in Extreme Environments (LExEn) Nicolas Walter (ESF, France) |
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Pan Thermus Gudmundur Oli Hreggvidsson (Matis-Prokaria & University of Iceland, Iceland) |
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Life (not only) under extreme conditions Reinhardt Wirth (University of Regensburg, Germany) |
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Extreme: More than words on microbial eukaryotes thriving in extreme conditions Silvano Onofri (Università della Tuscia, Italy) |
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Algae and cyanobacteria in polar terrestrial environments; Responses and/or tolerance to cold, freezing, drought, desiccation and salinity stress Josef Elster (Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic) |
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Plants in extreme environments: Species-specific biology and relevance to other organisms Arie Altman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) |
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Metazoan life in extreme environments K. Ingemar Jönsson (Kristianstad University College & Stockholm University, Sweden) |
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WG1 Microbes (Bacteria) - Presentations
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Proteomic study of a green S-Bacteria in the sulfide rich Lake Cadagno, Switzerland Kirsten S. Habicht (Nordic Center for Earth Evolution, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) |
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How to live in desert conditions when you are a Proteobacterium Thierry Heulin (CNRS-CEA-Aix-Marseille Univ. CEA Cadarache, France) |
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Large Scale Artificial Algal (Cyanobacterial) Crusts in Desertification Control indicating a Life Supporting System (LSS) on Mars Yong-ding Liu (Chinise Academy of Sciences, China) |
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WG2 Microbes (Archaea, Eukaryotes) - Presentations
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Halophilic and hypertermophilic archaea as model organisms for adaptative evolution, stress response and structural genomics Bruno Franzetti (CNRS-CEA-Grenoble, France) |
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WG3 Plants (Aquatic, terrestrial) - Presentations
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Avoiding Oxidative Stress - Lessons from extremophile plants |
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Bioweathering: intertidal organisms and a new geophycology paradigm |
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WG4 Animals - Presentations
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Hypersaline anostracans as potential model organisms for studying life in extreme enviroments Theodore J. Abatzopoulos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) |
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The Pompeii worm: a new eucaryote model from deep-sea hydrothermal vents to study thermal adaptation Didier Jollivet (CNRS, France) |
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Evolution in cold waters: molecular adaptations in polar fish Guido di Prisco (National Research Council, Italy) |
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Antarctic marine stenotherms, temperature, seasonality and change Lloyd S. Peck (British Antarctic Survey, UK) |
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The deap-sea hydrothermal vent shrimp, Rimicaris exoculata: a unique example of ectosymbiotic bacterial symbiosis in crustacea Philippe Compère (University of Liège, Belgium) |
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Inputs received in advance of the workshop
The following document gathers the various inputs received via the online consultation. 36 contributions were received and intergrated.
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Inputs |
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