WORKSHOP 1

Novel Insight Into Redox and Nutrient Cycles in the Ocean (SFB 754)
The workshop deals with exploring the potential of biological approaches to address key aspects of biogeochemistry in low oxygen waters. It is technically-oriented and brings experts in microbial processes related to oxygen minimum zones (OMZ) and N-cycling together with experts in areas of modern biology and environmental metagenomics. The workshop aims to provide “state of the art” information on the topics:

• The past and future of oceanic oxygen and key questions,
• OMZ microbial processes and
• potential and application of environmental metagenomics.

Organizers and speakers:
Marcel Kuypers (2) | Julie LaRoche (2) | Ruth Schmitz-Streit (3) | Douglas Wallace (1)

Cooperators and speakers:
Don Canfield (1) | Kirsten Habicht (3) | Bo Thamdrup (2)
 
Location: Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 1, Kiel
Contact: mtanhua@ifm-geomar.de
www.kunsthalle-kiel.de

WORKSHOP 2

Marine and Coastal Resources: Risks and Law
In today´s epoch of growing food and energy demands, marine and coastal resources represent a factor of rising economic and political importance. The scientific, economic and legal prerequisites relevant to their exploitation and management are, however, still not entirely clear. Against this background, the workshop aims at identifying the risks arising from selected forms of resource utilisation and suggesting possible solutions to the problems presented from an interdisciplinary viewpoint. It will deal with the exploitation of submarine gas hydrates, human impact on coastal systems, and transaction costs of fisheries policy, and will, thus, address topics which are currently discussed within the frameworks of relevant dis-ciplines. Speakers participating in the workshop will include invited guests as well as young researchers who will be given the opportunity to present first results of their research.

Location: GEOMAR, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Düsternbrooker Weg, 20
Contact: ttdreude@ifm-geomar.de, aproelss@internat-recht.uni-kiel.de
www.ifm-geomar.de

WORKSHOP 3

Fisheries: Economy and Ecology
Recent insights from marine biology (e.g. fisheries-induced evolution) and new ecological modeling methods (e.g. individual-based modeling) have not yet found their way into a comprehensive economic analysis of fisheries. New biological insights may form the basis for a better understanding of the processes leading to overfishing and new methods may be a key to develop better policies towards sustainable fisheries. The workshop will bring together marine ecologists and fisheries economists from Bergen and Kiel to explore these potentials.

(Monday only, group will join workshop 2 on Marine and Coastal Resources: Risk and Law on tuesday)

Location: GEOMAR, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Düsternbrooker Weg, 20
Contact: quaas@economics.uni-kiel.de
www.ifm-geomar.de

WORKSHOP 4

Marine Organisms Used to Understand Basic
Mechanisms Underlying Development and Disease
The workshop brings together scientists from Kiel University and The Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology in Bergen, Norway to discuss latest progress in understanding basic biological processes in marine organisms using functional and comparative molecular methods.
The meeting will cover a broad range of research on marine model systems including developmental mechanisms and their evolution, interaction between marine organisms and their respective microbial flora, and the evolution of genes responsible for human diseases affecting biological barriers. The workshop will provide a platform for both senior scientists and accompanying junior researchers to discuss collaborative work and to plan future joint activities.

Program/Flyer of Workshop 4 (pdf)

Organizers: Thomas C. G. Bosch and Ruth Schmitz-Streit
Location: GEOMAR, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Düsternbrooker Weg, 20
Contact: aantia@uv.uni-kiel.de
www.ifm-geomar.de