Interaction between microbes and metals |
INTERACTION BETWEEN MICROBES AND METALS
A one-day Symposium offered by the International Course “Ecology and Diversity of Marine Microorganisms” (ECODIM V) and the Austral Summer Institute VIII (ASI VIII)
Friday January 18, 2008 Auditorium Claudio Gay Faculty of Natural and Oceanographic Sciences, University of Concepcion
Symposium organizers: Dr. Bernardo González & Dr. María Angélica Mondaca
Program
08:45 – 09:00 Welcome Bernardo González, Osvaldo Ulloa
09:00 – 10:00 Sébastien Monchy, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Biology Department, USA Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34, a bacterial model for multiple resistance to heavy metals
10:00 – 11:00 María Angélica Mondaca, Universidad de Concepción Microbial interactions with heavy metals
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30 Jorge Yañez, Universidad de Concepción Biogeochemical cycle of arsenic: A case of study
12:30 – 13:30 Bernardo González, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Copper effects on the structure of microbial communities from marine and terrestrial environments
13:30 – 15:30 Lunch
15:30 – 16:30 Santiago Andrade, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Chemical speciation of copper in marine ecosystems
16:30 – 17:30 David Gillan, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bélgica The structure of microbial communities in heavy metal contaminated North Sea sediments
Sponsored by the Agouron Institute and the Millenium Nucleus in Microbial Ecology and Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology (EMBA)
The Symposium is open to the general public |