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Microbes in aquifer: nature, contamination and its biotechnological alteration. |
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Co-conveners: |
Kenji Nanba (Fukushima Univ. Japan) |
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Yohey Suzuki (AIST, Japan) |
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Tillmann Lueders (German Research Center for Environmental Health) |
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Rainer Meckenstock (Helmholtz Center Munich, Germany) |
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Invited speakers: |
John Lloyd (Manchester University) |
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Mike Manefield (Univ. New South Wales, Australia) |
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Evolution of geochemical and microbiological systems. |
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Co-conveners: |
Ken Takai (SUGAR program/Precombrian Ecosystem Lab, JAMSTEC) |
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Yuichiro Ueno (Global Edge Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology) |
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Invited speaker: |
Giora Proskurowski (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute) |
| 3. |
Search for life in Mars and other extreme environments. |
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Convener: |
Takeshi Naganuma (Hiroshima Univ. Japan) |
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Invited speaker: |
Mahlon C. Kennicutt (TAMU, USA) |
| 4. |
Interaction between surface and subsurface in terrestrial and marine systems. |
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Co-conveners for terrestrial environment: |
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Nobuhito Ohte (Univ.Tokyo, Japan) |
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Teresa C. Balser (Univ.W-Madison, USA) |
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Co-conveners for marine environment: |
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Kazuhiro Kogure (Univ. Tokyo, Japan) |
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Hiroshi Kitazato (JAMSTEC, Japan) |
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Invited speaker: |
Ronnie N Glud (Scottish Association for Marine Science) |
| 5. |
Meta-genomics and its future in geobiology. |
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Co-conveners: |
Satoshi Hanada (AIST, Japan) |
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Takuro Nunoura (JAMSTEC, Japan) |
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Invited speaker: |
Jennifer Biddle (Univ. North Carolina, USA) |
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Geological radioactive waste disposal and subsurface microbiology. |
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Co-conveners: |
Karsten Pedersen (Goeteberg Univ. Sweden) |
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Sakae Fukunaga (IHI, Japan) |
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Kazuhiro Aoki (RWMC, Japan) |
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Subseafloor microbial life and biosphere. |
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Convener: |
Fumio Inagaki (JAMSTEC, Japan) |
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Invited speaker: |
R. John Parkes (Univ. Cardiff, UK)
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Petroleum and gas hydrate. |
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Co-conveners: |
Frederick Colwell (Oregon State Univ. USA) |
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Kazuya Watanabe (RCAST, Univ. Tokyo, Japan) |
| 9. |
Technology for subsurface sciences. |
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Co-conveners: |
Hiroyuki Yamamoto (JAMSTEC, Japan) |
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Patricia Sobecky (Georgia Inst. of Tech. USA) |
| 10. |
Soil: top of subsurface system. |
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Convener: |
Kiwamu Minamisawa (Tohoku Univ. Japan) |
| 11. |
Other Topics |
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Convener: |
Mio Takeuchi (Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan) |
