How have these mechanisms contributed to the survival or extinction of certain species? How exactly do these reciprocal influences function? In what kind of timeframe?
Kiel University (CAU) and the Max Planck Society (MPG) are determined to pursue these exciting and highly topical questions together. With the support of the state of Schleswig-Holstein a new research group of the Max Planck Society for “Environmental Genomics” will be established at Kiel University. The invited speakers are here as leading researchers in this new field of science and thus as candidates for the new professorship.
“This symposium offers a unique opportunity to explore the emergence of a new area of science with top international researchers, and the possibility to chat with them about it over a cup of coffee” raves Professor Thomas Bosch, Vice President of Research and International Affairs at Kiel University and host of the symposium.
The symposium “Perspectives on Environmental Genomics” is being jointly organized by Kiel University and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön. The eight scientific lectures of the symposium offer a good overview of the current state of research and approaches in this emerging field – from corals to intestinal flora and DNA of the earliest humans. The opening lecture by Professor Iliana Baums (USA) takes a look at the influence of climate change: “Adaptation to climate change in coral algal symbsioses”.
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2013
Time: 9.00 a.m.
Event location: Kiel University, Christian-Albrechts-Platz 3, Lecture Hall 3
If you are interested in the upcoming field of ‘Environmental Genomics’, please join us at the public symposium!
Program:
www.symposium-environmental-genomics.uni-kiel.de
No registration is necessary. The symposium is open to the public and free of charge.
Image may be downloaded:
www.uni-kiel.de/download/pm/2013/2013-012-1.jpg
Caption: On January 24 the international elite will meet at Kiel University to discuss the topic of "Environmental Genomics".
Copyright: Uni Kiel, Image: SHX/Nickol
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