Conference Agenda

10:30am - 10:45am
Topics: 05.04 Biogeochemistry, geomicrobiology, and biomineralogy

Fracture-filling calcite from the deep continental crust – an archive for microbial lipid biomarkers

Manuel Reinhardt¹, Christine Heim², Henrik Drake³

¹University of Göttingen, Department of Geobiology, Göttingen, Germany; ²University of Cologne, Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Cologne, Germany; ³Linnӕus University, Department of Biology and Environmental Science, Kalmar, Sweden

10:45am - 11:00am
Topics: 05.04 Biogeochemistry, geomicrobiology, and biomineralogy

Genes to make a calcite spicule: Innovation and functional diversification in calcareous sponges

Oliver Voigt¹, Matheus Vieira Lopes², Michelle Klautau², Magdalena V. Wilde³, Thomas Fröhlich³, Joëlle van der Sprong¹, Gert Wörheide^1,4

¹LMU München, Palaeontology and Geobiology, Germany; ²Taxonomy Laboratory (TaxoN), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; ³Gene Center - Laboratory for Functional Genome Analysis, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany; ⁴4GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

11:00am - 11:15am
Topics: 06.05 Linking physical, chemical and (micro)biological controls to biogeochemical turnover in groundwater

Holocene Floodplain Sediments: From depositional processes to biogeochemical pollutant turnover

Johann Holdt¹, Vitor Cantarella², Daniel Buchner³, Carsten Leven³, Adrian Mellage², Olaf Cirpka³, Jan-Peter Duda¹

¹Georg August University Göttingen, Germany; ²University of Kassel, Germany; ³University of Tübingen, Germany

11:15am - 11:30am
Topics: 06.05 Linking physical, chemical and (micro)biological controls to biogeochemical turnover in groundwater

Hydrogeochemical study for the evaluation of potential water sources in the community of Palo Colorado, Guanajuato

Armando Guerrero Aguilar¹, Alma Hortensia Serafín Muñoz¹, Christoph Schüth²

¹University of Guanajuato, Mexico; ²Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

11:30am - 12:00pm
Invited Session Keynote
Topics: 05.04 Biogeochemistry, geomicrobiology, and biomineralogy

3D shapes of magnetite nanocrystals from magnetotactic bacteria: clues to crystal growth processes

Péter Pekker^1,2, Regina Kövér^1,2, Mihály Pósfai^1,2

¹Research Inst. of Biomolecular and Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary; ²HUN-REN–PE Environmental Mineralogy Research Group, Veszprém, Hungary