In case any of you aren't on the APECS list and are interested in the
CAREX conference in Duiblin this October, here's a great opportunity.
-Allen
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From: APECS <apecsinfo@gmail.com>
Date: 2011/4/29
Subject: [Apecs] Travel Funding for members interested in life in
extreme environments
To: apecs@tek.iarc.uaf.edu
Cc : Warwick Vincent <Warwick.Vincent@fsg.ulaval.ca>, Cynan
Ellis-Evans <jcel@bas.ac.uk>
Dear APECS Members interested in Life in Extreme Environments....
We are proud to be partnering with CAREX, an EU funded Coordination
Action for Research on Life in Extreme Environments on their upcoming
meeting 18-20 October 2011.
The extreme systems studied include various polar environments, deep
oceans, the deep subsurface, marine hydrothermal vents, hot springs,
alkaline lakes, acid environments and hot deserts. Astrobiology and
the possibilities of life on other planets are also included within
the CAREX remit. For the past three years the CAREX project has been
bringing together European researchers studying life in extreme
environments to create a coherent community with opportunities for
cross-disciplinary research cooperation. It has also made links to
various research organisations outside the EU, including NSF and NASA
in the States and JAMSTEC in Japan. A major outcome of CAREX has been
a strategic Roadmap outlining the priorities for extremophile research
that needs to be undertaken by Europe.
The themes of this Roadmap provide the focus for an international
CAREX conference to be held in Dublin in October 2011 and there will
be opportunities for APECS researchers to participate in this meeting
which will offer a unique opportunity to meet a remarkably diverse
group of researchers to discuss life in all manner of extreme
environment both on and off Earth. A polar splinter session will be
included in the conference where it is hoped to focus on polar
microbial ecology and genomics. IASC is offering funding to support
the involvement of a number of APECS researchers in the meeting and it
is hoped that there will also be APECS contributions to the polar
splinter session so please apply.
If you are an early career polar researcher (within 5 years of
completing your PhD, or close to that) interested in travel support
for the CAREX meeting in Dublin 18-20 October 2011, please spend a few
minutes filling out this application. APPLICATIONS ARE DUE 13 MAY
2011.
Visit http://apecs.is/events/carex-2011 to apply.
For more information on the meeting: http://www.carex-eu.org/. The
application process is coordinated by APECS, so for questions dealing
with funding, please contact info@apecs.is.
Hope to see you in Dublin!
Jenny Baeseman -
- On behalf of Cynan Ellis-Evans and Warwick Vincent
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