Dear all,
We are pleased to invite you to present your research to the Arctic Science Summit Week in March 2021 (virtual).
Session Theme:
Unravelling Arctic ecosystem dynamics
Session Title: ID12
Microbiomes and biogeochemical processes along geographic and environmental gradients in the circumpolar North
Convenors:
Jérôme Comte | Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Quebec city, Canada
Anne D. Jungblut | Natural History Musuem, London, United Kingdom
Klemens Weisleitner | University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
The deadline to submit an abstract to this session is November 30, 2020!
Abstract
Arctic ecosystems are underpinned by communities of diverse microscopic lifeforms, collectively referred to as microbiomes. These occur as interacting networks that control biogeochemical processes such as greenhouse gas production and nutrient cycling, and they contribute to the base of food webs and affect populations changes at higher trophic levels. Genomic analysis has shown that microbiomes contain assemblages of viruses, archaea, bacteria and microbial eukaryotes that are metabolically as well as taxonomically diverse with new emerging taxa, but still little is known about the extent of that diversity, network relationships, spatial and temporal variation, and coupling to biogeochemical and ecosystem processes. The session organized by T-MOSAiC Arctic Microbiome Action Group invites contributions on bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi and other microbial eukaryotes from any Arctic environments. The aim of this session is to encourage broad and comparative research across spatial and environmental gradients as well as connectivity between terrestrial and marine habitats in the circumpolar North using omics and other approaches. This may include studies on microbiomes along geographic and environmental gradients, seasonal and temporal drivers of diversity patterns, responses to environmental stress, as well as metabolic and physiological responses to environmental change with implications to biogeochemical and ecosystem processes.
Please follow the link below for more information on the conference and to submit an abstract. https://assw2021.pt/
Best wishes
Anne
Life Sciences Department
The Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London SW7 5BD
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7942 5285
