[Coral-List] Distribution request

[Michal Weis]

Dear Coral-List administrator,

I would appreciate the distribution of the email below, regarding the
upcoming 52nd European Marine Biology Symposium, 25-29 September 2017,
Piran, Slovenia (details below).

Much obliged and best regards,
Michal Weis.


*From:* Yehuda Benayahu [mailto:yehudab at tauex.tau.ac.il]
*Sent:* Thursday, March 2, 2017 10:45 AM
*To:* viviana.farstey at mail.huji.ac.il
*Subject:* 52nd European Marine Biology Symposium, 25-29 September 2017,
Piran (Slovenia)



Dear colleagues,



It is my pleasure to inform that during the upcoming *52nd European Marine
Biology Symposium, 25-29 September 2017,* *Piran, Slovenia* a sub-session
dedicated to the mesophotic environment will take place under the auspices
of the Horizon 2020 TASCMAR project: *http://www.tascmar.eu/project
<http://www.tascmar.eu/project>*



For further information please see below and at: http://www.embs52.org/



*GENERAL SESSION*

*Chair*: prof. dr. Lovrenc Lipej (National Institute of Biology, Marine
Biology Station, Slovenia)

*Co-chair*: assist. prof. dr. Patricija Mozetič (National Institute of
Biology, Marine Biology Station, Slovenia)



*In the General Session among other contributions a sub-session entitled:
"Mesophotic ecosystems: mysteries and research challenges" will be
organized by TASCMAR project and chaired by Prof. Yehuda Benayahu, Tel Aviv
University, Israel*.



The Horizon 2020 project TASCMAR develops new strategies to overcome
bottlenecks in the environmentally sustainable discovery and applications
of novel marine derived biomolecules. The project investigates applications
in pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, cosmetics and technologies for
bioremediation. It takes a whole new approach, using as its main
bioresource the invertebrates and symbionts found in the mesophotic
coral-reef ecosystems (MCEs) that have been defined as comprising the
light-dependent  organisms found below 30 to 150 m in tropical and
subtropical regions. Current technological advances, however, such as
remotely-operated vehicles, and closed-circuit re-breather diving, have now
facilitated the investigation of MCEs. MCEs are regarded as extensions of
the shallow ones with whom they share common species but also inhabit
unique ones, specialized to this twilight-zone. It is hypothesized that
mesophotic life forms may serve as refugia for endangered shallow water
species and potential sources to replenish degraded habitats.



*The new deadline for Abstract submission is April 15, 2017.*



We look forward  to meeting you in Piran,



Kind regards,



Hudi Benayahu





*Yehuda Benayahu*, Ph.D

Professor of Marine Biology

The Israel Cohen Chair in Environmental Zoology

Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences

Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, ISRAEL

Tel: +972-3-6409090/7292, Fax: +972-3-6409403

*https://en-lifesci.tau.ac.il/profile/yehudab*
<https://en-lifesci.tau.ac.il/profile/yehudab>

*http://tut6we.wix.com/yehudabenayahu
<http://tut6we.wix.com/yehudabenayahu>*

*http://**www.byefouling-eu.com* <http://www.byefouling-eu.com/>*/*

*http://www.tascmar.eu/project <http://www.tascmar.eu/project>*

-- 

Michal Weis

Laboratory manager at Prof. Y. Benayahu's laboratory
Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences
Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, ISRAEL
Tel: +972-3-6407292, Fax: +972-3-6409403
www.byefouling-eu.com
www.tascmar.eu/project