DEBI RCN Ocean Crust Processes and Consequences for Life Meeting, Bremen, Germany - new deadline

The DEBI RCN holds annual, theme-based meetings to enable scientists and students to exchange ideas in deep biosphere studies, to learn about practical developments and study opportunities in the field, and to coordinate research and education activities. Each meeting is part scientific conference and part training workshop, both parts focused on a specific theme within deep biosphere research. Our next Research Coordination Network meeting will focus on processes in the ocean crust, from formation to subduction, and consequences for ocean-crust exchange budgets and subseafloor life. This meeting will provide a forum for presenting and discussing the most recent results in ocean crust processes and identifying the most pressing challenges that lie ahead. Specific focus will be on (1) crustal heterogeneity and fluid flow, (2) ocean-crust interactions, and (3) role of microbes in rock alteration. The University of Bremen will be hosting the meeting, and organizers are Heiner Villinger, Ulla Röhl, and Wolfgang Bach. All undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral and principal investigators interested in the study of ocean crust processes and consequences for life are invited to apply to the meeting.

Further details: http://www.darkenergybiosphere.org/RCN/meetings/2012.html
Application deadline: March 15, 2012 (extended from 1 March 2012)