[Coral-List] Marine Nitrogen-Fixing Symbioses: A Model for Biotic Interactions in Marine Biota

[Ulisse Cardini]

Dear all,

We would like to call your attention to a satellite meeting that we are 
organizing within the frame of the 14th European Nitrogen Fixation 
Conference, online event hosted by Aarhus University, Denmark (22nd 
September – 22nd October 2021).*The deadline for registration and 
abstract submission is Tuesday 31st August 2021.*


      Marine Nitrogen-Fixing Symbioses: A Model for Biotic Interactions
      in Marine Biota

Organisers: Ulisse Cardini, Alessandra Rogato, Maurizio Ribera D’Alcalà

Date: Tuesday 19^th October 2021

Understanding the functioning and relevance of symbiotic interactions 
among marine organisms is a growing research area in marine science. In 
particular, the interest in N_2 -fixing symbioses has exponentially 
increased in recent years, with new associations found in a wide array 
of organisms, from planktonic diatoms to scleractinian corals and 
chemosynthetic symbioses. The workshop “Marine Nitrogen-Fixing 
Symbioses” is designed to foster an interdisciplinary exchange covering 
disciplines such as microbiology, ecology, oceanography and marine 
biology, while seeking to attract scientists from different countries 
and fields of research. We aim to explore how symbioses involving N_2 
-fixing microorganisms function and evolve in marine habitats, and to 
benefit from the participation of a broad audience including both marine 
and terrestrial scientists. The workshop will provide a forum for 
attendees to discuss recent achievements and trends in a friendly and 
open environment, with the underlying goal of paving the way to a 
durable synergy between terrestrial and marine scientists.

The programme will consist of three sessions with invited speakers 
introducing each session and short oral presentations that will be 
selected from submitted abstracts. If you would like to attend the 
meeting, please register here 
<https://events.au.dk/marine-nitrogen-fixing-symbioses/signup> 
<https://events.au.dk/marine-nitrogen-fixing-symbioses/signup>. If you 
wish to give a short oral presentation at the workshop, you will have 
the opportunity to submit your abstract at the same link.

Meeting program:

Session 1: Planktonic N_2 -fixing symbioses and the Tara Ocean dataset
/Invited speaker: /Dr Chris Bowler; Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole 
Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Paris, France

Session 2: N_2 -fixing symbioses at the benthos: the role of the holobiont
/Invited speaker: /Dr Jeroen van de Water; Centre Scientifique de 
Monaco, Monaco

Session 3: Modeling N_2 -fixing symbioses
/Invited speaker: /Dr Angela Landolfi; GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean 
Research Kiel, Germany

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Hope to see you all at the event, and please spread the news!

Best,
Ulisse, Alessandra, Maurizio