Publications and Dissipation of Results at the Centre for Geobiology

Publications and dissipation of results 2007 ...... 2 Articles published in scientific, refereed journals ...... 2 Books published (textbooks, anthologies (ed.), etc.)...... 4 Presentations published from international meetings/conferences ...... 5 Other reports, lectures and presentations from scholarly fora ...... 9 Dissemination measures aimed at relevant target groups...... 9 Guest lectures, invited talks, Keynote speaker engagements...... 9 Meeting organization...... 10 Public-oriented dissemination activity (popular science articles, documents circulated for review, exhibitions, etc.) ...... 10 News publications in the media ...... 10 Publications and dissipation of results 2008 ...... 11 Articles published in scientific, refereed journals (including chapters in books) ...... 11 Books and book chapters (textbooks, anthologies (ed.) etc.)...... 15 Presentations published from international meetings/conferences ...... 15 Meeting organization...... 21 Other reports, lectures and presentations from scholarly fora ...... 21 Dissemination measures aimed at relevant target groups...... 22 Public-oriented dissemination activity (popular science articles, documents circulated for review, exhibitions, etc.) ...... 22 News publication in the media ...... 23 Publications and dissipation of results 2009 ...... 24 Articles published in scientific, refereed journals ...... 25 Presentations published from international meetings/conferences ...... 28 Other reports, lectures and presentations from scholarly fora ...... 33 Published papers in other non-refereed scientific or academic journals ...... 34 Dissemination measures aimed at relevant target groups...... 34 Guest lectures, invited talks, Keynote speaker engagements...... 34 Convenor activity ...... 36 Meeting organization...... 36 Public-oriented dissemination activity (popular science articles, documents circulated for review, exhibitions, etc.)...... 36 News publication in the media...... 37

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 1 Publications and dissipation of results 2010 ...... 37 Published papers in refereed scientific journals and refereed book chapters...... 37 Submitted...... 43 Presentations published from international meetings/conferences ...... 44 Other reports, lectures and presentations from scholarly fora ...... 51 Published papers in other non-refereed scientific or academic journals ...... 51 Dissemination measures aimed at relevant target groups...... 52 Guest lectures, invited talks, Keynote speaker engagements...... 52 Convenor activity ...... 53 Meeting organization...... 53 Public-oriented dissemination activity (popular science articles, documents circulated for review, exhibitions, etc.)...... 54 News publication in the media...... 54

Publications and dissipation of results 2007

Articles published in scientific, refereed journals

1. Banerjee N, Simonetti A, Furnes H, Muehlenbachs K, Staudigel H, Heaman LM, Van Kranendonk MJ (2007). Direct dating of Archean microbial ichnofossils. Geology 35(6):487-490. 2. Cardenas PA, Xavier J, Tendal OS, Schander C, Rapp HT (2007). Redescription and resurrection of Pachymatisma normani (Demospongiae: Geodiidae), with remarks on the genus Pachymatisma. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87:1511-1525. 3. Caron JB, Scheltema AH, Schander C, Rudkin D (2007). Reply to Butterfield on stem group "worms": fossil lophotrochozoans in the Burgess Shale. Bioessays 29(2):200-202. 4. Chew DM, Schaltegger U, Košler J, Whitehouse MJ, Gutjahr M, Spikings RA, Miškovíc A (2007). U-Pb geochronologic evidence for the evolution of the Gondwanan margin of the north-central Andes. Geological Society of America Bulletin 119(5-6):697-711. 5. Chumakov NM, Pokrovsky BG, Melezhik VA (2007). Geological history of the Patom Complex, Late Precambrian, Central Siberia. Izvestiya, Russian Academy of Sciences. Physics of the Solid Earth (413):379-383. 6. Dilek Y, Furnes H, Shallo M (2007). Suprasubduction zone ophiolite formation along the periphery of Mesozoic Gondwana. Gondwana Research 11(4):453-475. 7. El-Sayed MM, Furnes H, El-Sayeda AS (2007). Growth of the Egyptian crust in the northern East African Orogen: A review of existing models and proposed modifications. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen 183(3):317-341 April 2007. 8. Fedøy AE, Yang N, Martinez A, Leiros HKS, Steen IH (2007). Structural and functional properties of isocitrate dehydrogenase from the psychrophilic bacterium Desulfotalea psychrophila reveal a cold-active enzyme with an unusual high thermal stability. Journal of Molecular Biology 372(1):130-149. 9. Fröls S, Gordon PM, Panlilio MA, Duggin IG, Bell SD, Sensen SW, Schleper CM (2007). Response of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus to UV damage. Journal of Bacteriology 189(23):8708-8718. 10. Fröls S, Gordon PMK, Panlilio MA, Schleper CM, Sensen CW (2007). Elucidating the transcription cycle of the UV-inducible hyperthermophilic archaeal virus SSV1 by DNA microarrays. Virology 365(1):48-59.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 2 11. Furnes H, Banerjee N, Staudigel H, Muehlenbachs K (2007). Pillow lavas as a habitat for microbial life. Geology Today (23):143-146. 12. Furnes H, Banerjee N, Staudigel H, Muehlenbachs K, Mcloughlin N, de Wit M, Van Kranendonk M (2007). Comparing petrographic signatures of bioalteration in recent to Mesoarchean pillow lavas: Tracing subsurface life in oceanic igneous rocks. Precambrian Research 158(3-4):156-176. 13. Furnes H, de Wit M, Staudigel H, Rosing M, Muehlenbachs K (2007). A vestige of Earth's oldest ophiolite. Science 315(5819):1704-1707. 14. Furnes H, de Wit M, Staudigel H, Rosing M, Muehlenbachs K (2007). Response to comments on "A vestige of Earth's oldest ophiolite". Science 318(5851). 15. Hellevang H, Kvamme B (2007). An explicit and efficient algorithm to solve kinetically constrained CO2-water-rock interactions. WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on Environment and Development. 16. Hoffmann F, Sauter E, Sachs O, Røy H, Klages M (2007). Oxygen distribution in Tentorium semisuberites and in its habitat in the Arctic deep sea. In: Custódio M, Lôbo- Hajdu G, Hajdu E, Muricy G (eds) Porifera Research: Biodiversity, Innovation, Sustainability. Série Livros. Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro: 379-382. 17. Horner-Devine MC, Silver JM, Leibold MA, Bohannan BJM, Colwell RK, Fuhrman JA, Green JL, Kuske CR, Martiny JBH, Muyzer G, Øvreås L, Reysenbach AL, Smith VH (2007). A comparison of taxon co-occurrence patterns for macro- and microorganisms. Ecology 88(6):1345-1353. 18. Järnegren J, Schander C, Sneli JA, Rønningen V, Young CM (2007). Four genes, morphology and ecology: distinguishing a new species of Acesta (; Bivalvia) from the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology 2007:152(1):43-55. 19. Košler J (2007). Laser ablation ICP-MS - a new dating tool in Earth science. Proceedings Geological Association 118:19-24. 20. Kvalø HK, Schander C, Åkesson B (2007). The Phylogeny of the Annelid Genus Ophryotrocha (Dorvilleidae). Marine Biology Research 3:412-420 21. Leiros HKS, Pey A, Innselset M, Moe E, Leiros I, Steen IH, Martinez A (2007). Structure of phenylalanine hydroxylase from Colwellia psychrerythraea 34H, a monomeric cold active enzyme with local flexibility around the active site and high overall stability. Journal of Biological Chemistry 282(30):21973-21986. 22. Leiros I, Nabong MP, Grøsvik K, Ringvoll J, Haugland GT, Uldal L, Reite K, Olsbu IK, Knævelsrud I, Moe E, Andersen OA, Birkeland NK, Ruoff P, Klungland A, Bjelland S (2007). Structural basis for enzymatic excision of N-1-methyladenine and N-3- methylcytosine from DNA. EMBO Journal 26(8):2206-2217. 23. Mason PRD, Asschert A, Reimer TO, Kosler J, Whitehouse MJ (2007). Sulfur isotopes in barite deposits from the lower Onverwacht Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt: Evidence for microbial sulfate reduction at > 3.5 Ga?. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(15):A633- A633. 24. Melezhik VA, Fallick AE, Smith RA, Rosse DM (2007). Spherical and columnar, septarian, 18O-depleted, calcite concretions from Middle-Upper Permian lacustrine siltstones in northern Mozambique: evidence for very early diagenesis and multiple fluids. Sedimentology (54):1389-1416. 25. Melezhik VA, Huhma H, Condon DJ, Fallick AE, Whitehouse MJ (2007). Temporal constraints on the Paleoproterozoic Lomagundi-Jatuli carbon isotopic event. Geology (35):655-658. 26. Mikkelsen NT, Schander C, Willassen E (2007). Local scale DNA barcoding of bivalves (Mollusca): a case study. Zoologica Scripta 36(5):455-463. 27. O-Thong S, Prasertsan P, Intrasungkha N, Dhamwichukom S, Birkeland NK (2007). Improvement of biohydrogen production and treatment etticiency on palm oil mill effluent

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 3 with nutrient supplementation at thermophilic condition using an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor. Enzyme and microbial technology 41(5):583-590. 28. Perry RS, McLoughlin N, Lyne BY, Sephton MA, Oliver J, Perry CC, Campbell K, Engel MH, Farmer JD, Brasier MD, Staley JT. (2007). Defining biominerals and organominerals: direct and indirect indicators of life. Sedimentary Geology, 201, 157-179. 29. Rahman MZ, Sultana M, Khan S., Birkeland NK (2007). Serological cross-reactivity of environmental isolates of Enterobacter, Escherichia, Stenotrophomonas, and Aerococcus with Shigella spp.-specific antisera. Current Microbiology 54(1):63-67. 30. Reimann C, Melezhik VA, Niskavaara H (2007). Low-density regional geochemical mapping of gold and palladium highlightning the exploration potential of northernmost Europe. Economic geology and the bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists (102):327-334. 31. Rieu R, Allen P, Cozzi A, Kosler J, Bussy F (2007). A composite stratigraphy for the Neoproterozoic Huqf Supergroup of Oman: integrating new litho-, chemo- and chronostratigraphic data of the Mirbat area, southern Oman. Journal of the Geological Society 164(5):997-1009. 32. Ruppel S, Torsvik VL, Daae FL, Øvreås L, Rühlmann J (2007). Nitrogen availability decreases prokaryotic diversity in sandy soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils 43(4):449- 459 March. 33. Schläppy M-L, Hoffmann F, Røy H, Wijffels RH, Mendola D, Sidri M, Beer Dd (2007) Oxygen dynamics and flow patterns of Dysidea avara (Porifera, Demospongiae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 86: 1677-1682. 34. Skage M, Schander C (2007). DNA from formalin-fixed tissue: extraction or repair? That is the question. Marine Biology Research 3(5):289-295. 35. Slama J, Košler J, Pedersen RB (2007). Behaviour of zircon in high-grade metamorphic rocks: evidence from Hf isotopes, trace elements and textural studies. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 154(3):335-356. 36. Spetland F, Rapp HT, Hoffmann F, Tendal OS (2007). The reproductive cycle of Geodia barretti (Bowerbank, 1888) (Porifera, Astrophorida) in two Scandinavian fjords. In: Custódio M, Lôbo-Hajdu G, Hajdu E, Muricy G (eds) Porifera Research: Biodiversity, Innovation, Sustainability. Série Livros. Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro: 613-620. 37. Stokke R, Birkeland NK, Steen IH (2007). Thermal stability and biochemical properties of isocitrate dehydrogenase from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum. Extremophiles 11(2):397-402. 38. Stokke R, Karlström M, Yang N, Leiros I, Ladenstein R, Birkeland NK, Steen IH (2007). Thermal stability of isocitrate dehydrogenase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus studied by crystal structure analysis and engineering of chimers. Extremophiles 11(3):481-493 39. Stokke R, Madern D, Fedøy AE, Karlsen S, Birkeland NK, Steen IH (2007). Biochemical characterization of isocitrate dehydrogenase from Methylococcus capsulatus reveals a unique NAD(+)-dependent homotetrameric enzyme. Archives of Microbiology 187(5):361- 370. 40. Sørensen MB, Ottemöller L, Havskov J, Atakan K, Hellevang B, Pedersen RB (2007). Tectonic processes in the Jan Mayen fracture zone based on earthquake occurrence and bathymetry. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA) 97(3):772-779. 41. Wacey D, Kilburn MR, Mcloughlin N, Parnell J, Stoakes CA, Grovenor CRM, Brasier MD (2007). Using NanoSIMS to test the role of biology in the formation of ambient inclusion trails in a ca 3400 Ma sandstone. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 164: 1-11.

Books published (textbooks, anthologies (ed.), etc.)

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 4 1. Biske NS, Medvedev PV, Melezhik VA, Romashkin AE, Rychanchik DV, Filippov MM (2007). Atlas of Textures and Structures of Sungite-Bearing Rocks from the Onega Synclinorium. Filippov MM, Melezhik VA. (eds), Karelian Science Centre, Petrozavodsk, Russia (in Russian), 80 pp. 2. Schleper C (2007). Diversity and ecology of Archaea: Perspectives from microbial ecology and metagenomics. I: Archaea: Evolution, Physiology and Molecular Biology. Malden, MA USA: Blackwell Publishing 2007. ISBN 1405144041.

Presentations published from international meetings/conferences

1. Banerjee N, Furnes H, Muehlenbachs K, Chacko T, Mcloughlin N, Sheshpari M (2007). Prospecting for evidence of life in ancient oceanic basalts from Canadian greenstone belts as analogue sites for studies of ancient life on Mars. Joint Annual Meeting Geol. Assoc. Canada and Mineralogical Assoc. Canada; 23.05- 25.05. 2. Banerjee N, Simonetti A, Furnes H, Muehlenbachs K, Staudigel H, Mcloughlin N, de Wit M, Van Kranendonk M (2007). Direct dating of Archean microbial ichnofossils. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(15) Suppl 1:A58-A58 Goldschmidt. Conf; 19.08 - 24.08. 3. Banerjee N, Simonetti A, Furnes H, Muhelenbachs K, Staudigel H, Mcloughlin N, De Wit M, Van Kranendonk M (2007). Direct Dating of Archean Microbial Ichnofossils. Goldschmidt. Conf; 19.08 - 24.08. 4. Bridge NJ, Banerjee N, Mueller W, Chacko T, Muehlenbachs K, Furnes H (2007). Traces of early life in Archean volcanic rocks from the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Canada. Geol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting; 28.10 - 31.10. 5. De Cock H, Hertogen J, Kosler J (2007). Sr-Nd isotope data on diorite-trondhjemite associations from the central Norwegian Caledonides. Goldschmidt Conf.; 19.08 - 24.08. 6. Dahle H, Garshol F, Madsen MS, Birkeland NK (2007). Microbial community structure analysis of produced water from a high-temperature North-Sea oil-field. Thermophiles 2007; 24.09- 27.09. 7. Dahle H, Garshol F, Madsen MS, Birkeland NK (2007). Microbial community structure analysis of produced water from a high-temperature oil-field in the North-Sea. 18th International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry; 11.11 - 16.11. 8. De Cock H, Hertogen J, Kosler J (2007). Sr-Nd isotope data on diorite-trondhjemite associations from the central Norwegian Caledonides. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(15) Suppl 1:A210-A210. 9. Dilek Y, Altunkaynak S, Furnes H, Genq SC (2007). Continental collision, slab breakoff and postcollisional Cenozoic plutonism in western Anatolia, Turkey. Geol. Soc, Am. Annual Meeting; 28.10 - 31.10. 10. Daae F L, Øverås L, Bjelland T, Økland IE, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB (2007). Microbial life associated with weathering of ultramafic rocks. Eur. Geosciences Union; 15.04 - 20.04. 11. Dilek Y, Furnes H, Genc S (2007). Continental collision, slab breakoff and postcollisional Cenzoic plutonism in Western Anatolia, Turkey. GSA Denver Annual Meeting, Denver, 28– 31 October, 2007. 12. Faryad SW, Kosler J (2007). Incipient eclogite facies metamorphism in a granulite recorded by inclusion pattern and compositional zoning in garnet. Goldschmidt Conf. 20.08.2007 - 24.08. 13. Faryad SW, Kosler J (2007). Incipient eclogite facies metamorphism in a granulite recorded by inclusion pattern and compositional zoning in garnet. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(15) Suppl 1:A269-A269.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 5 14. Filippov MM, Melezhik VA, Rychanchik DV (2007). Sedimentary occurrences of anthraxolite in Palaeoproterozoic rocks of the Onega structure. All-Russian Conference "Geodynamics, Magmatism, Sedimentogenes and Metallogeny of NW Russia"; 12.11 - 15.11. 15. Furnes H (2007). Ocean volcanics as habitats for microbial life through time. [Vitenskapelig foredrag]. Geol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting; 28.10 - 31.10. 16. Furnes H (2007), Dilek Y, De Wit M, Staudigel H, Rosin M, Muehlenbachs K. The Isua supracrustal belt (Greenland) - a vestige of a 3.8 Ga suprasubduction zone ophiolite, and its significance for Archean geology. Geol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting; 28.10 - 31.10. 17. Geffen A, Høie H, Folkvord A, Hufthammer AK, Andersson C, Ninnemann US, Pedersen RB, Nedreaas K, Modin J (2007). High Latitude Climate Variability and Its Effect on Fishery Resources As Revealed by Fossil Otoliths. First International Sclerochronology Conference; 14.07 - 19.07. 18. Haflidason H, Hjelstuen BOB, Sejrup HP, Pedersen RB. Gas Hydrates on the Norway - Barents Sea - Svalbard margin (GANS). NGF Vinterkonferansen; 08.01.2007 - 10.01.2007. 19. Hannisdal B (2007). Detecting subtle morphological changes in Miocene Pseudononion (foram.) with multimodel inference. Palaeontological Association 51st Annual Meeting, Uppsala, Dec. 16-19th, Dec. 20. Hansen HE, Pedersen RB (2007). Strontium and neodymium isotope systematics of plutonic rocks from the Atlantis Massif Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Amer. Geophys. Union Annual Meeting; 10.12 - 14.12. 21. Hatteland BA, Noble LR, Schander C, Skage M, Solhøy T, Symondson WOC (2007). Differentiation between the invasive Arion lusitanicus and the native Arion ater in western Norway combining morphology and genetics. International Organisation for biological Control specialist meeting; 02.04 - 04.04. 22. Ilkhchi MR, Faryad SW, Jerabek P, Kosler J (2007). Origin and exhumation of the Shotur Kuh core Complex. 5th CETeG Meeting; 11.04 - 14.04. 23. Islam T, Jensen S, Reigstad LJ, Larsen Ø, Birkeland NK (2007). Methane oxidation at 60 degrees C and pH2 by a novel thermoacidophilic bacterium belonging to the Verrucomicrobia phylum. Thermophiles 2007; 24.09 - 27.09. 24. Islam T, Larsen Ø, Birkeland NK (2007). A novel thermophilic type I methane-oxidizing bacterium from heated soil in Bangladesh. Thermophiles 2007; 24.09 - 27.09. 25. 25. Kilburn M, Wacey D, McLoughlin N (2007), NanoSIMS Analysis of Archean Fossils and Biomarkers. SIMS XVI conference, Manchester, October. 26. Klötzli E, Klötzli U, Kosler J (2007). A possible laser ablation xenotime U-Pb age standard: Reproducibility and accuracy. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(15):A495-A495. 27. Klötzli U, Klötzli E, Günes Z, Kosler J (2007). External accuracy of laser ablation U-Pb zircon dating: Rresults from a test using five different standards. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(15) Suppl 1:A495-A495. 28. Keuning R, Schander C, Kongsrud JA, Willassen E (2007). Distribution and Ecology of Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in coastal waters of Hordaland Norway. Molluscan Forum; 13.11 - 13.11. 29. Keuning R, Schander C, Kongsrud JA, Willassen E (2007). Distribution and ecology of Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in coastal waters of Hordaland, Norway. World Congress of Malacology; 15.07 - 20.07. 30. Keuning R, Schander C, Kongsrud JA, Willassen E (2007). Diversity and Ecology of Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in coastal waters of Hordaland, Norway. Norske Havforskeres Forenings årsmøte; 23.10 - 26.10. 31. Konopasek J, Kosler J, Tajcmanova L, Ulrich S, Kitt SL (2007). Neoproterozoic granulite- facies metamorphism and igneous activity in the western park of the Kaoko belt, NW Namibia. CzechTec 07 meeting abstracts, 44, Tepla. 11-14 Apri.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 6 32. Kosler J, Sylvester PJ, Tubrett M, Maaløe S, Hansen H, Kruber C, Tumyr O (2007). Catching the dust – study of plasma-induced elemental fractionation by collection solid particles in the ICP region. Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Taormina. 18- 23 Feb. 33. Kosler J, Pedersen RB (2007). Fe isotopic composition in suphides from hydrothermal deposits at the Arctic mid-ocean ridge. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(15) Suppl 1:A514- A514. 34. McLoughlin N (2007). Ramman Spectroscopy of bioalteration in volcanic rocks. Vibrational Spectroscopy Workshop the University of Vienna, Austria, March. 35. McLoughlin N, Furnes H, Banerjee NR, Simonetti A, Muehlenbachs K, Staudigel H, De Wit M, Van Krankendonk M (2007). Volcanic Glass a Habitat for the Origins and Evolution of Microbial Life 2007: II International conference Biosphere Origin and Evolution, Loutraki, Greece, Oct. 28 – Nov. 2. 36. Medvedev PV, Melezhik VA, Filippov MED MER (2007). Palaeoproterozoic petrified oil field. II International Conference "Biosphere Origin and Evolution", October 28 – November 2, Loutraki, Greece. 37. Melezhik VA, FAR-DEEP Central Science Team (2007). ICDP FAR-DEEP – Scientific Drilling through the Archaean-Palaeoproterozoic transition: Progress report. II International Conference "Biosphere Origin and Evolution", October 28 – November 2, Loutraki, Greece. 38. Melezhik VA, Lepland A, Philippov N (2007). Early Earth Drilling Project: Results of the first phase. All-Russian Conference "Geodynamics, Magmatism, Sedimentogenes and Metallogeny of NW Russia", 12-15 November, Petrozavodsk, Russia. 39. Melezhik VA (2007). ICDP FAR-DEEP – Results of the drilling operations and suggestions for the co-operation with the Russian Academy of Sciences. Round-Table-Discussion, All- Russian Conference "Geodynamics, Magmatism, Sedimentogenes and Metallogeny of NW Russia", 12-15 November, Petrozavodsk, Russia. 40. Meyer R, Hertogen J, Pedersen RB, Viereck-Götte L, Abratis M (2007). Crustal - mantle melt interactions during continental breakup at the Early Paleocene Voring Plateau, North Atlantic igneous province. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2007;71(15) Suppl 1:A661- A661. 41. Mikkelsen NT, Willassen E, Schander C, Todt C (2007). Where is the Chaetodermomorpha (=Caudofoveata) in the tree of life? Molluscan Forum; 13.11 - 13.11. 42. Miskovic A, Schaltegger U, Kosler J (2007). Interrogating a paleo-cratonic margin - The Peruvian Cordillera oriental batholiths. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(15) Suppl 1:A672- A672. 43. Muehlenbachs K, Furnes H, de Wit M, Rosing M, Staudigel H (2007). The delta O-18 of the ocean at 3.8 Ga. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(15) Suppl 1:A692-A692. 44. Muehlenbachs K, Furnes H, De Wit M, Rosing M, Staudigel H (2007). Is there a secular change in oxygen isotope composition of crustal fluids tracking that of seawater? GSA Denver Annual Meeting, Denver, 28–31 October. 45. Norberg N, Nasdala L, Kosler J, Slama J, Götze JU, Groschopf N (2007). Radiation damage, internal textures and post-growth history of the Plesovice zircon standard. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(15):A723-A723. 46. Pedersen RB, Thorseth IH, Hellevang B, Steinsbu BO, Knudsen HP, Øvreås L, Schander C, Butterfield D, Lilley M (2007). Hot spots in the Arctic: The 71N vent fields. Norges Geologiske Forening, Vinterkonferansen, Stavanger. 8-10 Jan. 47. Pedersen RB, Thorseth IH, Knudsen HP, Schander C, Butterfield D, Lelley M, Ona E, Økland IE, Hellevang B, Hellevang H (2007). The 71ºN vent fields at the Arctic Mid- Ocean Ridge. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2007, Vienna, Austria; 15.04 - 20.04. 48. Pedersen RB, Thorseth IH, Olson E, Hellevang H., Økland I, Baumberger T, Lilley M, Bruvoll V, Mjelde R, Haflidason H (2007). Hydrothermal activity and core complex

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 7 formation at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge: An overview of preliminary results of the H2DEEP expedition to the southern Knipovich Ridge at 73N. AGU-2007, San Francisco. 10-14 Dec. 49. Pedersen RB (2007). The 71ºN vent fields. Thermophiles 2007; 24.09 - 27.09. 50. Peters SE. Hannisdal B (2007). The effect of depositional sequence asymmetry on origination and extinction rates: insights from modeling. Geological Society of America 2007 Annual Meeting, Denver, Co., Oct. 28-31. 51. Redl E, Salvini-Plawen L, Schander C (2007). Preliminary data on a new species of Kruppomenia (Simrothiellidae, Cavibelona, ) from Norwegian waters. World Congress of Malacology; 15.07 - 20.07. 52. Schander C, Rapp HT, Pedersen RB (2007). Macrofauna of Shallow Hydrothermal Vents on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge at 71°. AGU fall Meeting; 10.12 - 14.12. 53. Schander C (2007). Accessing DNA for molecular analyses from formalin fixed tissue. 9 Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Biologishe Systematik; 20.02 - 23.02. 54. Schander C (2007). Barcoding Marine Biodiversity. 2nd Workshop on DNA Barcoding of Polar Biodiversity; 07.10 - 08.10. 55. Schander C (2007). BIODEEP and DNA barcoding. 2nd Workshop on DNA Barcoding of Polar Biodiversity; 07.10 - 08.10. 56. Schander C (2007). Research on Vents, Falls and Seeps in Norway. Workshop on Whalefalls; 05.12 - 07.12. 57. Schander C, Todt C (2007). Molluscan ancestry - The model, the hypothetical ancestor, and the fossil record. The evolution of the : a Linnean tercentenary celebration; 18.06 - 19.06. 58. Schander C, Warén A, Todt C, Pedersen RB (2007). Molluscan fauna of shallow hydrothermal vents on the Knipowitch ridge. World Congress of Malacology; 15.07 - 20.07. 59. Sharma R, Kaur J, Birkeland NK (2007). Synthesis of methyl ester/s by transesterification using lipase produced by a thermophile. Thermophiles 2007; 24.09 - 27.09. 60. Slama J, Kosler J, Pedersen RB (2007). Behaviour of zircon in high-grade metamorphic rocks - evidence from Hf isotopes, trace elements and textural studies. CzechTec 07 meeting abstracts, 74-75, Tepla. 11-14 April. 61. Slama J, Kosler J, Crowley JL, Gerdes A, Hanchar J, Horstwood M, Morris GA, Nasdala L, Norberg N, Schaltegger U, et al (2007). Plesovice zircon - A new natural standard for U- Pb and Hf isotopic microanalysis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(15) Suppl 1:A947- A947. 62. Staudigel H, Furnes H, McLoughlin N, Banerjee NR (2007). Microbially Mediated Glass Alteration in the Geological Record: Textural clues for Microbial Functions. AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, Desember 9-13. 63. Steinsbu BO, Daae FL, Thorseth IH, Øvreås L (2007). Diversity and cultivability of micro-organisms from the 76°N hydrothermal fields on the Mohns Ridge north of Jan Mayen. Thermophiles; 24.09 - 27.09. 64. Thorseth IH, Kruber C, Hellevang H, Pedersen RB (2007). Seafloor alteration of basaltic glass: Textures, geochemistry and endolithic microorganisms. EGU2007-A-09890. 15-20 April. 65. Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB, Kruber C, Kosler J (2007). Low-Temperature Hydrothermal Deposits at the 71_N Vent Fields at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge: Architecture, Microtextures, and Geochemistry. Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS43A-0996. 66. Todt C, Härlin M, Bertrand Y, Schander C (2007). DNA Barcoding, Species and Species Boundaries. 9 Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Biologishe Systematik; 20.02 - 23.02. 67. Todt C, Schander C (2007). Biodiversity of aplacophoran mollusks in the coastal area near Bergen, Norway. World Congress of Malacology; 15.07 - 20.07.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 8 68. Øvreås L, Johannessen T, Jørgensen SL, Einen J, Thorseth, I. H., Pedersen, R-B (2007). Diversity of microorganisms associated with low temperature iron deposits at the 71°N hydrothermal vent field along the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridges. Annual Meeting American Geological Union; 09.12 - 14.12. 69. Øvreås L, Johannessen T, Jørgensen SL, Stokke R, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB (2007). Diversity of microorganisms associated with low temperature iron mounds at a hydrothermal vent field along the Arctic ridges. Jaque-Monod Conference Environmental genomics: from individual genomes to genomes of complex communities; 09.06 - 13.06.

Other reports, lectures and presentations from scholarly fora

1. Ksienzyk AK, Jacobs J, Kosler J, Sircombe KN. (2007): A comparative provenance study of the late Mesoproterozoic Maud Belt (East Antarctica) and Pinjarra Orogen (Western Australia): implications for a possible Mesoproterozoic Kalahari-Western Australia connection, in Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World – Online Proceedings of the 10th ISAES Santa Barbara, edited by AK Cooper and CR Raymond et al. USGS Open-File Report 2007-1047, Extended Abstract 090, 1-4. 2. Thorseth IH, et al (2007). H2DEEP cruise report 2007.

Dissemination measures aimed at relevant target groups

Guest lectures, invited talks, Keynote speaker engagements

1. Birkeland NK (2007). Isocitrate dehydrogenase from (hyper)thermophiles; Molecular adaptations to high temperatures. Invited lecture; 23.11 - 23.11. 2. Birkeland NK (2007). Microbial Diversity of Deep and Hot Petroleum Reservoirs. Invited lecture; 22.11 - 22.11. 3. Furnes H (2007). Ocean pillow lavas as habitats for microbial life through time (invited talk). Department of Geology and Geochemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden, May. 4. Furnes H (2007). Oceanic pillow lavas and hyaloclastites as habitats for microbial life through time. Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France, October. 5. Hannisdal B (2007). Inferring evolutionary patterns in the fossil record by Bayesian inversion. Invited lecture, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo. March 9. 6. Hannisdal B (2007). The Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS): an open, community-based modeling framework for earth surface processes. Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Yerseke, Netherlands. September 5. 7. Kosler J. (2007): Isotopic dating of accessory minerals by laser ablation ICP-MS: where do we stand? Frontiers in mineral Science abstracts, Cambridge. 8. McLoughlin N, Furnes H, Banerjee NR, Simonetti A, Muehlenbachs K, Staudigel H, De Wit M, Van Krankendonk M (2007). Life in volcanic glass: extending the ichnofossil record to the Archean sub-seafloor. Geological Survey of West Australia, July. 9. Melezhik VA (2007). Global climate change: Where is the truth? 20 December, All-Russian Geological Research Institute of the Ministry of Natural Resources, St. Petersburg, Russia. 10. Melezhik VA (2007). Early Earth Drilling Project: New opportunities for earth-science researchers. 20 December, All-Russian Geological Research Institute of the Ministry of Natural Resources, St. Petersburg, Russia.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 9 11. Melezhik VA (2007). ICDP FAR-DEEP: first results and suggestions for the cooperation. 21 December, Institute of Precembrian Geology and Geochronology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia. 12. Pedersen RB (2007). Mid-ocean ridges and hot vents: Chemosynthetic life in the Norwegian Sea. NOSAM, NGU, November. 13. Pedersen RB (2007). Hot-Spots in the Arctic – the 71ºN vent fields. PGP, University of Oslo. 14. Øvreås L (2007). The deep biosphere – a source or a sink of genetic diversity? Environmental workshop 2007. Microbial diversity in the Biosphere: trends and new perspectives. Baeza, Spain. October 4th – 6th.

Meeting organization Kosler J. Instrumentation and Radiogenic Isotopes, EGU, April 15-20, 2007, Vienna

Public-oriented dissemination activity (popular science articles, documents circulated for review, exhibitions, etc.)

Popular lectures & outreach activities 1. Hannisdal B (2007). Geobiologi - jorden som et koblet geologisk-biologisk system. Info- uken, 16. oktober. 2. Pedersen RB (2007). Secrets of the Deep Sea, VilVite senteret Bergen. 3. Schander C (2007). En uutforsket verden ved Jan Mayen. Veckomøte; 24.01 - 24.01. 4. Teacher at Sea program, July – 2007. 5. Øvreås L (2007). Dyphavets hemmeligheter. VilVite senteret Bergen. TEKNA familiearrangement. 27th October.

News publications in the media 1. Furnes H (2007). Oldest chunk of Earth's crust ever found. 22nd March New Scientist. 2. Furnes H (2007). Oldest Known Ocean Crust Found on Greenland 22nd March National Geographic. 3. Furnes H (2007). Earth's Oldest Chunk of Crust Found 22nd March Discovery Channel News. 4. Furnes H (2007). Found! Oldest chunk of Earth's crust 23rd March ABC news. 5. Furnes H (2007). Sea floor records ancient Earth 23rd March BBC News online. 6. Furnes H (2007). Fant verdens eldste havbunnstruktur 23rd March På Høyden. 7. Furnes H (2007). Geophysicists Find Evidence of First Plate Tectonics 23rd March Science Daily. 8. Furnes H (2007). Canadians find signs of ancient life in Australia 30th May CBC News. 9. McLoughlin N (2007). Søker «Marsboere» i urgammel stein 20. august På Høyden. 10. McLoughlin N (2007). Steinspising pa Mars. Nysgjerriper (4). 11. Melezhik V (2007). Borer i urtiden. GEO 01/2007. 12. McLoughlin N (2007). Mikrobeliv på Mars. Hubro 03/07. 13. Pedersen RB, Thorseth I, Furnes H (2007). Geobiosfæren – et uskrevet kapittel. GEO 8/2007. 14. Pedersen RB (2007). Nytt SFF-senter til geofagene. GEO 01/2007. 15. Pedersen RB (2007). ”Professoren” GEO 01/2007. 16. Pedersen RB (2007). Leter etter livets røtter. Forskning 03/2007. 17. Pedersen RB (2007). Utforsker livets opprinnelse. Hubro 1/2007.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 10 18. Kalgraf M, Schander C (2007). Evig Kamp mot spansk sleiping. VestNytt [Avis] 10.05. 19. Schander C, Aasen H (2007). Strandet hval i Bjørnefjorden. NRK Hordaland [Internett] 01.11. 20. Schander C, Osen AS (2007). Hvalkadaver. Osenbanden P3 [Radio] 01.11. 21. Schander C, Svendal JP (2007). Hvalkadavret blir laboratorium. bt.no Os og Eusa [Internett] 01.11. 22. Schander C, Ursin LH (2007). Hvalkadaver blir laboratorium. forskning.no [Internett] 30.08. 23. Thorseth I (2007). Min metode. Hubro 03/2007. 24. Ullaland K, Østgaard N, Pedersen RB, Molvær Gry Beate (2007). SIR-2, Chandrayaan. NRK Schrødingers katt [TV] 11.01. 25. Ursin LH, Schander C (2007). Hvalkadaver blir laboratorium. På Høyden [Internett] 22.08. 26. Willassen E, Schander C, Ursin LH (2007). Mangfold i fare. Oslo - Forskning.no [Internett] 22.03.

Publications and dissipation of results 2008

Articles published in scientific, refereed journals (including chapters in books)

1. Antcliffe J, McLoughlin N (2008). Deciphering the fossil evidence for the Origins of Life, Origins of Animals: Common problems in different worlds. In "From Fossils to Astrobiology" M. Walsh and J. Sekbach (Eds) Springer, 211-229 2. Barth T, Kleinert M (2008). Motor fuels from biomass pyrolysis. Chemical Engineering & Technology 31:773-781. 3. Baskar S, Baskar R, Lee N, Kaushik A, Theophilus PK (2008) Precipitation of iron in microbial mats of the spring waters of Borra Caves, Vishakapatnam, India: some geomicrobiological aspects. Environmental Geology 56:237-243. 4. Bayer K, Siegl A, Schmitt S, Hoffmann F, Hentschel U (2008). Unravelling microbial diversity and metabolism in marine sponges. Nova Acta Leopoldina NF 96 Nr. 356: 71-78 5. Buckland-Nicks J, Schander C (2008). Fertilization in the white chiton, Stenosemus albus, with implications for its phylogenetic position. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie 86:1024-1030. 6. Caron JB, Scheltema AH, Schander C, Rudkin D (2008) Odontogriphus: earliest molluscan radula.” In McGraw-Hill 2008 Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill, New York, pp 239-242. 7. Corfield RM, Searle MP, Pedersen RB (2008). Tectonic setting, origin and obduction history of the Spontang ophiolite, Ladakh Himalaya, N.W. India. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 8. Dahle H, Garshol F, Madsen M, Birkeland NK (2008). Microbial community structure analysis of produced water from a high-temperature North Sea oil-field. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 93:37-49. 9. Dilek Y, Furnes H, Shallo M (2008) Geochemistry of the Jurassic Mirdita Ophiolite (Albania) and the MORB to SSZ evolution of a marginal basin oceanic crust. Lithos 100:174-209.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 11 10. Einen J, Thorseth IH, Ovreas L (2008). Enumeration of Archaea and Bacteria in seafloor basalt using real-time quantitative PCR and fluorescence microscopy. FEMS Microbiol Lett 282:182-187. 11. Engelen B, Ziegelmueller K,Wolf L, Kopke B, Gittel A, Cypionka H, Treude T, Nakagawa S, Inagaki F, Lever MA, Steinsbu BO (2008). Fluids from the oceanic crust support microbial activities within the deep biosphere. Geomicrobiology Journal 25:56-66. 12. Fallick AE, Melezhik VA, Simonson BM (2008). The ancient anoxic biosphere was not as we know it. In: Dobretsov N, Kolchanov N, Rozanov A, Zavarzin G (eds.), In: Biosphere origin and evolution. Springer Science + Business Media, LLC, pp. 169-188. 13. Fliegel D, Mcloughlin N, Kosler J, Banerjee N, Simonetti A, Furnes H (2008). Direct in situ dating of titanite in biotextures using laser ablation MC-ICP-MS. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2008 ;Volum 72.(12) Suppl. 1 s. A274-A274 . 14. Fossen H, Pedersen RB, Bergh S, Andresen A (2008) Creation of a mountain chain. In: Ramberg I, Bryhni I, Nøttvedt A, Rangnes K (eds) The making of a land – Geology of Norway, Trondheim, Geological Society of Norway pp 178-231. 15. Fröls S, Ajon M, Wagner M, Teichmann D, Zolghadr B, Folea M, Boekema EJ, Driessen AJ, Schleper C, Albers SV (2008). UV-inducible cellular aggregation of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus is mediated by pili formation. Mol Microbiol 70:938-952. 16. Furnes H, McLoughlin N, Muehlenbachs K, Banerjee N, Staudigel H, Dilek Y, de Wit M, Van Kranendonk M, Schiffman P (2008). Oceanic pillow lavas and hyaloclastites as habitats for microbial life through time – a review. In: Dilek Y, Furnes H, Muehlenbachs K (eds) Links between geological processes, microbial activities & evolution of life - microbes and geology. Springer Science + Business Media B.V., pp 1-68. 17. Gellerstedt G, Li JB, Eide I, Kleinert M, Barth T (2008). Chemical Structures Present in Biofuel Obtained from Lignin. Energy & Fuels 22:4240-4244 18. Genov G, Nodland E, Skaare BB, Barth T (2008) Comparison of biodegradation level and gas hydrate plugging potential of crude oils using FT-IR spectroscopy and multi-component analysis. Organic Geochemistry 39:1229-1234 19. Haszprunar G, Schander C, Halanych KM (2008). Relationships of Higher Molluscan Taxa. In: Ponder WF, Lindberg DR (eds) Phylogeny and evolution of the Mollusca. University of California Press, pp 19-32. 20. Haugland GT, Innselset M, Madern D, Birkeland NK (2008). Characterization of the Cdc6 Homologues from the Euryarchaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum. Open Biochem J 2:129- 134. 21. Haugland GT, Sakakibara N, Pey AL, Rollor CR, Birkeland NK, Kelman Z (2008) Thermoplasma acidophilum Cdc6 protein stimulates MCM helicase activity by regulating its ATPase activity. Nucleic Acids Res 36:5602-5609. 22. Hellevang H (2008). On the forcing mechanism for the H2-driven deep biosphere. International Journal of Astrobiology 7:157-167. 23. Hellevang B, Pedersen RB (2008). Magma ascent and crustal accretion at ultraslow- spreading ridges: Constraints from plagioclase ultraphyric basalts from the arctic mid-ocean ridge. Journal of Petrology 49:267-294. 24. Hoffmann F, Røy H, Bayer K, Hentschel U, Pfannkuchen M, Brümmer F, Beer Dd (2008). Oxygen dynamics and transport in the Mediterranean sponge Aplysina aerophoba. Marine Biology 153: 1257-1264 25. Høj L, Olsen RA, Torsvik VL (2008). Effects of temperature on the diversity and community structure of known methanogenic groups and other archaea in high Arctic peat. ISME J 2:37 48. 26. Islam T, Jensen S, Reigstad LJ, Larsen O, Birkeland NK (2008). Methane oxidation at 55 degrees C and pH 2 by a thermoacidophilic bacterium belonging to the Verrucomicrobia phylum. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105:300-304.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 12 27. Jensen S, Neufeld JD, Birkeland NK, Hovland M, Murrell JC (2008) Methane assimilation and trophic interactions with marine Methylomicrobium in deep-water coral reef sediment off the coast of Norway. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 66:320-330 28. Jensen S, Neufeld JD, Birkeland NK, Hovland M, Murrell JC (2008). Insight into the microbial community structure of a Norwegian deep-water coral reef environment. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 55:1554-1563 29. Kleinert M, Barth T (2008). Phenols from lignin. Chemical Engineering & Technology 31:736-745 30. Kleinert M, Barth T (2008). Towards a lignincellulosic biorefinery: Direct one-step conversion of lignin to hydrogen-enriched biofuel. Energy & Fuels 22:1371-1379 31. Konopasek J, Kosler J, Tajcmanova L, Ulrich S, Kitt SL (2008). Neoproterozoic igneous complex emplaced along major tectonic boundary in the Kaoko Belt (NW Namibia): ion probe and LA-ICP-MS dating of magmatic and metamorphic zircons. Journal of the Geological Society 165:153-165. 32. Koren JH, Svendsen JI, Mangerud J, Furnes H (2008). The dimna ash - A 12.8 C-14 ka-old volcanic ash in Western Norway. Quaternary Science Reviews 27:85-94. 33. Kosler J (2008). Laser ablation sampling strategies for concentration and isotope ratio analyses by ICP-MS. In: Sylvester P (ed) Laser ablation ICP-MS in the Earth sciences: current practices and outstanding issues, Mineral. Assoc. Can. Short Course Series, 40, pp 79-92. 34. Kosler J, Forst L, Slama J (2008). Lamdate and Lamtool: spreadsheet-based data reduction for laser ablation ICP-MS. In: Sylvester P (ed) Laser ablation ICP-MS in the Earth sciences: current practices and outstanding issues, Mineral. Assoc. Can. Short Course Series, 40, pp 315-317. 35. Kruber C, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB (2008). Seafloor alteration of basaltic glass: Textures, geochemistry, and endolithic microorganisms. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 9, 1-18. 36. Lahtinen R, Garde AA, Melezhik VA (2008). Paleoproterozoic evolution of Fennoscandia and Greenland. Episodes 31:20-28. 37. Liles MR, Williamson LL, Rodbumrer J, Torsvik V, Goodman RM, Handelsman J (2008). Recovery, purification, and cloning of high-molecular-weight DNA from soil microorganisms. Appl Environ Microbiol 74:3302-3305. 38. Lundin K, Schander C, Todt C (2009) Ultrastructure of epidermal cilia and ciliary rootlets in Scaphopoda. Journal of Molluscan Studies 75:69-73. 39. McLoughlin N, Furnes H, Banerjee NR, Staudigel H, Muehlenbachs K, De Wit M, Van Kranendonk MJ (2008). Micro-bioerosion in volcanic glass: extending the ichnofossil record to Archaean basaltic crust. In: Wisshak M, Tapanila L (eds) Current developments in bioerosion. Erlangen Earth Conference Series, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp 371- 396. 40. McLoughlin N, Wilson LA, Brasier MD (2008). Growth of synthetic stromatolites and wrinkle structures in the absence of microbes - implications for the early fossil record. Geobiology 6:95-105. 41. Melezhik VA, Bingen B, Fallick AE, Gorokhov IM, Kuznetsov AB, Sandstad JS, Solli A, Bjerkgard T, Henderson I, Boyd R, Jamal D, Moniz A (2008). Isotope chemostratigraphy of marbles in northeastern Mozambique: Apparent depositional ages and tectonostratigraphic implications. Precambrian Research 162:540-558. 42. Melezhik VA, Roberts D, Fallick AE, Gorokhov IM (2008). The Shuram-Wonoka event recorded in a high-grade metamorphic terrane: Insight from the Scandinavian Caledonides. Geological Magazine 145:161-172. 43. Miroshnichenko ML, Kublanov IV, Kostrikina NA, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Birkeland NK, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA (2008). Caldicellulosiruptor kronotskyensis sp. nov. and Caldicellulosiruptor hydrothermalis sp. nov., two extremely thermophilic, cellulolytic,

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 13 anaerobic bacteria from Kamchatka thermal springs. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 58:1492- 1496. 44. Nasdala L, Hofmeister WG, Norberg N, Mattinson JM, Corfu F, Dorr W, Kamo SL, Kennedy AK, Kronz A, Reiners PW, Frei D, Kosler J, Wan YS, Gotze J, Hager T, Kroner A, Valley JW (2008). Zircon M257 - a homogeneous natural reference material for the ion microprobe U-Pb analysis of zircon. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research 32:247-265. 45. Nicol GW, Leininger S, Schleper C, Prosser JI (2008). The influence of soil pH on the diversity, abundance and transcriptional activity of ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria. Environ Microbiol 10:2966-2978. 46. Ntaflos T, Tschegg C, Coltorti M, Akinin V, Kosler J (2008). Asthenospheric signature in fertile spinel lherzolites from the Viliga Volcanic Field in Northern Russia. In: Colorti M. & Gregoire M. (eds.), Metasomatism in Oceanic and Continental Lithospheric Mantle. Geological Society London Special Publications, 293: 57–81. 47. O-Thong S, Prasertsan P, Intrasungkha N, Dhamwichukorn S, Birkeland NK (2008). Optimization of simultaneous thermophilic fermentative hydrogen production and COD reduction from palm oil mill effluent by Thermoanaerobacterium-rich sludge. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 33:1221-1231. 48. Perevalova AA, Kolganova TV, Birkeland NK, Schleper C, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Lebedinsky AV (2008). Distribution of Crenarchaeota representatives in terrestrial hot springs of Russia and Iceland. Appl Environ Microbiol 74:7620-7628. 49. Philippot P, van Zuilen M, Lepot K, Thomazo C, Farquhar J, Van Kranendonk M. (2008) Response to comment on ‘Early Archean microorganisms preferred elemental sulfur, not sulfate’. Science 319: 1336c. 50. Pleijel F, Jondelius U, Norlinder E, Nygren A, Oxelman B, Schander C, Sundberg P, Thollesson M (2008). Phylogenies without roots? A plea for the use of vouchers in molecular phylogenetic studies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48:369-371. 51. Reigstad LJ, Richter A, Daims H, Urich T, Schwark L, Schleper C (2008). Nitrification in terrestrial hot springs of Iceland and Kamchatka. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 64:167-174. 52. Schander C, Todt C (2008). Thoughts on Molluscan Ancestry-Models, Hypothetical Ancestors, and the Fossil Record. Journal of Morphology 269:1486-1486. 53. Schleper C (2008) Microbial ecology: Metabolism of the deep. Nature 456:712-714. 54. Schoenberg R, Zink S, Staubwasser M, von Blanckenburg F (2008). The stable Cr isotope inventory of solid Earth reservoirs determined by double-spike MC-ICP-MS, Chem. Geol. 249(3-4): 294-306. 55. Siltberg-Liberles J, Steen IH, Svebak RM, Martinez A (2008). The phylogeny of the aromatic amino acid hydroxylases revisited by characterizing phenylalanine hydroxylase from Dictyostelium discoideum. Gene 427:86-92. 56. Sláma J, Dunkley DJ, Kachlik V, Kusiak MA (2008). Transition from island-arc to passive setting on the continental margin of Gondwana: U-Pb zircon dating of Neoproterozoic metaconglomerates from the SE margin of the Tepla-Barrandian Unit, Bohemian Massif. Tectonophysics 46:44-59. 57. Sláma J, Kosler J, Condon DJ, Crowley JL, Gerdes A, Hanchar JM, Horstwood MSA, Morris GA, Nasdala L, Norberg N, Schaltegger U, Schoene B, Tubrett MN, Whitehouse MJ (2008). Plesovice zircon - A new natural reference material for U-Pb and Hf isotopic microanalysis. Chemical Geology 249:1-35. 58. Staudigel H, Furnes H, Mcloughlin N, Banerjee N, Connell LB, Templeton A (2008). Microbial glass bioalteration: Inferring mechanisnis of biocorrosion from trace fossil morphology. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2008; Volume 72.(12) Suppl. 1 s. A893- A893. 59. Staudigel H, Furnes H, McLoughlin N, Banerjee NR, Connel LB, Templeton A (2008). 3.5 billion years of glass bioalteration: Volcanic rocks as a basis for microbial life? Earth- Science Reviews 89:156-176.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 14 60. Todt C, Okusu A, Schander C, Schwabe E (2008). Solenogastres, Caudofoveata, and Polyplacophora. In: Ponder WF, Lindberg DR (eds) Phylogeny and evolution of the Mollusca. University of California Press, pp 71-96. 61. Todt C, Schander C (2008) The Ontogeny of Wirenia argentea (Solenogastres, Mollusca). Journal of Morphology 269:1486-1487. 62. Torsvik VL, Øvreås L (2008). Microbial diversity, life strategies, and adaptation to life in extreme soils. In: Dion P, Nautiyal CS (eds) Microbiology of Extreme Soils.Soil biology series, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, pp 15-43. 63. Urich T, Lanzen A, Qi J, Huson DH, Schleper C, Schuster SC (2008). Simultaneous assessment of soil microbial community structure and function through analysis of the meta- transcriptome. PLoS One 3:e2527. 64. van Zuilen MA. (2008). Stable isotope ratios as a biomarker on Mars. Space Science Review 135: 221-232. 65. Von Blanckenburg F, Mamberti M, Schoenberg R, Webb G, Kamber BS (2008). The iron isotope composition of microbial carbonate, Chem. Geol. 249(1-2): 113-128. 66. Wacey D, Kilburn MR, McLoughlin N, Parnell J, Stoakes CA, Grovenor CRM, Brasier MD (2008). Use of NanoSIMS in the search for early life on Earth: ambient inclusion trails in a c. 3400 Ma sandstone. Journal of the Geological Society 165:43-53. 67. Wacey D, McLoughlin N, Brasier MD (2008). The search for windows into the earliest history of life on Earth and Mars. In "From Fossils to Astrobiology" M. Walsh and J. Sekbach (Eds) Springer, 39-68. 68. Weiss DJ, Rehkämper M, Schoenberg R, McLaughlin M, Kirby J, Campbell P, Arnold T, Chapman J, Peel K, and Gioia S. (2008). Application of nontraditional stable isotope systems to the study of sources and fate of metals in the environment, Environmental Science and Technology 42(3): 655-664. 69. Wild C, Mayr C, Wehrmann L, Schöttner S, Naumann M, Hoffmann F, Rapp HT (2008). Organic matter release by cold-water corals and its implication for fauna-microbe interaction. Marine Ecology Progress Series 372: 67-75

Books and book chapters (textbooks, anthologies (ed.) etc.)

1. Dilek Y, Furnes H, Muehlenbachs K (eds) (2008). Links between geological processes, micro-bial activities & evolution of life - microbes and geology. Springer Science Business Media B.V., 348 pp ISBN: 978-1-4020-8305-1 2. Fossen H, Pedersen RB, Bergh S, Andresen A (2008). Creation of a mountain chain. I: The making of a land – Geology of Norway. : Geological Society of Norway 2008 ISBN 978- 82-92394-42-7. s. 178-231

Presentations published from international meetings/conferences

1. Banerjee NR et al. (Furnes H, McLoughlin N.) (2008). Direct dating of Archean microbial ichnofossils. Australian Earth Science convention 2008, Perth, Australia, 20-24 July 2. Banerjee NR, Chacko T, Furnes H, McLoughlin N, Simonetti A, Muehlenbachs K, Staudigel H, de Wit M, van Kranendonk M (2008). Ancient microbial life preserved in early Archean volcanic rocks on earth: Applications for Mars exploration. Astrobiology 8: A8-04- O. The Astrobiology Science Conference, 2008, Santa Clara, California 14-17 April.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 15 3. Banerjee NR, Chacko T, Muehlenbachs K, Furnes H, McLoughlin N, Shervais J (2008). Titanite mineralization as a mechanism for preservation of ~3.5 billion-year-old microbial ichnofossils. Astrobiology 8:A 24-03-O. The Astrobiology Science Conference, 2008, Santa Clara, California 14-17 April. 4. Banerjee NR, Furnes H, Muehlenbachs K, Staudigel H, McLoughlin N, Bebout G (2008). Biogeochemical tracers of modern and ancient life in seafloor lavas. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 72:A51. Goldschmidt 2008, Vancouver, Canada, 13-18 July. 5. Barth T, Talatori S, Erstad K, Borgund AE, Genov GY, Sæthre BS. Kosinski PJ, Hoffmann AC (2008). Hydrates in petroleum production-assessment of plug risk. Project HYPERION enters it s third and final year. 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2008); 2008-07-06 - 2008-07-10. 6. Baskar S, Baskar R, Mauclaire L, McKenzie A (2008). Microbially induced precipitation of calcite in culture experiments: Possible origin for Stalactites in Sahastradhara, Dehradun, India, BGB02401L, 33rd International Geological Congress (2008), Oslo, Norway, 6-14 August. 7. Baskar R, Baskar S, Natuschka L, Kaushik A, Theophilus PK (2008). Precipitation of iron in microbial mats of the spring waters of Borra Caves, Vishakapatanam, India. Abstract volume and field guide to excursions pp46. International Kalkowsky-Symposium (2008) Göttingen, Germany, 4-11 October. 8. Birkeland NK (2008). Thermo-acidophilic methane oxidation by Verrucmicrobia extends our perception of biological methane oxidation. Extremophiles (2008), Cape Town, South Africa, 7-11 September 9. Bjelland T, Grube M, Daae FL, Thorseth IH, Øvreås L (2008). Microbial communities in the lichen-rock interface. BGB02411L, 33rd International Geological Congress (2008), Oslo, Norway 6-14 August 10. Chen Y, Haflidason H, Knies J (2008). Methane fluxes from pockmark areas in Nyegga, Norwegian Sea. GAH01719P, 33rd International Geological Congress (2008), Oslo, Norway 6-14 August. 11. Crispin L, Thorseth IH, Grenne T, Slack J (2008). Bacteriogenic iron oxide precipitation at deep-sea hydrothermal vents: a 1.7 Gya record. 33rd International Geological Congress (2008), Oslo, Norway, 6-14 August 12. Dang BT, Levsen A, Schander C, Bristow GA (2008). Molecular phylogeny of Monogenean found in Grouper (Epinephelus spp.) in Vietnam. AFS Fish Health Section- Annual meeting (2008), Canada, 9 -12 July. 13. Dilek Y, Furnes H (2008). New Ophiolite classification. 245-7, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Houston, USA, 5-9 October. 14. Dilek Y, Furnes H (2008). Accretion of ancient oceanic crust as in ophiolites. MPI02202L, 33rd International Geological Congress (2008), Oslo, Norway, 6-14 August. 15. DiPippo JL, Nesbø CL, Dahle H, Doolittle WF, Birkeland NK, Noll KM (2008). Kosmotoga olearia gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic heterotroph isolated from Troll B oil production fluid in the North Sea. 7th Interrnational Symposium for Subsurface Microbiology; 2008-11-16 - 2008-11-21. 16. dos Santos E, Schander C, Svavarsson J (2008). Macrobenthos communities on hard bottoms east of Jan Mayen. Natural Science Symposium 2008; 2008-03-14 - 2008-03-15. 17. Daae FL, Økland IE, Øvreås L, Bjelland T, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB (2008). Microbial communities related to low-temperature alteration of ultramafic rocks. BGB02420P, 33rd International Geological Congress (2008), Oslo, Norway 6-14 August. 18. Engel AS, Meisinger DB, Porter ML, Baskar S, Baskar R, Lee NM (2008). Cave microbiology as a window into the subsurface. Summary of presentation for CAREX meeting, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain, 30 November – 2 December, 2008, WG4 – Deep biosphere.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 16 19. Fliegel D, McLoughlin N, Kosler J, Banerjee N, Simonetti A, Furnes H (2008). Direct in situ dating of titanite in biotextures using laser ablation MC-ICP-MS. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72:A274. Goldschmidt 2008, Vancouver, Canada, 13-18 July. 20. Fliegel D, McLoughlin N, Simonetti A, deWit M, Furnes H (2008). In situ dating of the oldest morphological traces of life on Earth. AGU Fall meeting San Fransisco. 21. Fortunato S, Torsvik V, Hoffman F, Jensen S, Øvreås L, Rapp HT (2008). Exploring Sulfur bacteria in a cold water sponge. Poster with abstract at The 12th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology ISME12, Cairns, Australia, 17-22 August 2008. 22. Furnes H, Robins B, de Wit M. (2008). Chemostratigraphy of the Hooggenoeg and Kromberg formations of the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa. HPP05814L, 33rd International Geological Congress (2008), Oslo, Norway, 6-14 August. 23. Furnes H, Rosing M, Dilek Y, de Wit M (2008). The Isua supracrustal belt (Greenland) - a vestige of a 3.8 Ga suprasubduction zone. HPP05703L, 33rd International Geological Congress (2008), Oslo, Norway, 6-14 August 24. Gärtner G, Bahlburg H, Melezhik VA, Lepland A, Berndt J, Kooijman E, FAR-DEEP scientists (2009). The Archean to Paleoproterozoic transition as recovered in the FAR DEEP cores: LA-ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology of detrital zircons and accompanying provenance analysis of siliciclastic sedimentary rocks, 2009 IODP/ICDP Colloquium, Potsdam, Germany 2009. 25. Glenner H, Schander C. The hunt for the adult Y-organism (Chrustacea: Thecostraca). Norsk Havforskermøte; 2008-11-05 - 2008-11-07 26. Haflidason H. et al. (Mienert J, Kvamme B, Barth T, Knies J, Kvalstad T, Høiland S, Planke S, Reichel T, Riis F, Hjelstuen BO, Bünz S, Chand S.) Gas Hydrates on the Norway- Barents Sea-Svalbard margin (GANS). 33rd International Geological Congress (2008), Oslo, Norway, 6-14 August. 27. Haflidason H. et al. (Hjelstuen BO, Chen Y, Vaular EN, Steen IH, Daae FL, Todt C, Hocking W, Portnova D). Active sea-floor seeps with associated methane and methane hydrate bearing sediments on the Mid-Norwegian margin, Nyegga: a multidisciplinary geological, geochemical and biological study. AGU Fall meeting, San Fransisco, USA, 15- 19.12.2008. 28. Hannisdal B, Hutton EWH (2008). Exploring the impact of bioturbation on seascape evolution. Meeting of Young Researchers in Earth Sciences 2008: Dynamic Interactions of Life and its Landscape. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA, 20-23.05.2008. 29. Hannisdal B (2008). The role of life in Earth surface dynamics. Stockholm-Bergen Meeting on Astrobiology; 2008-09-28 - 2008-09-30 UiB. 30. Hannisdal B (2008). The impact of bioturbation on seascape evolution. 33rd International Geological Congress (IGC), Oslo, August 6-14, Norway. 31. Hannisdal B, Hutton, EWH (2008).Exploring the impact of bioturbation on seascape evolution using SedFlux-2.0. Bioturbation: An update on Darwin’s last idea; 2008-08-23 - 2008-08. 32. Haugland GT, Shin J-H, Rollor CR, Sakakibara N, Pey A, Kelman Z, Birkeland NK (2008). Functional analysis of the MCM and Cdc6 proteins from the thermoacidophilic euryarchaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum. Extremophiles 2008; 2008-09-07 - 2008-09-11. 33. Hellevang H, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB (2008). Can dissolving basaltic glass generate enough H2 to sustain a deep biosphere? BGB02408L, 33rd International Geological Congress (2008), Oslo, Norway 6-14 August. 34. Henderiks J, Hannisdal B, Rickaby RE, Zondervan I, Winter A, Pagani M (2008). The Scales of Coccolithophores: Adaptation to Climate Change. AGU 2008 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 15-19.12.2008 (poster). 35. Hoffmann F, Cardenas P, Ramette A, Schöttner S, Rapp HT, Boetius A (2008). Diversity of sponges and sponge microbes on cold-water coral reefs: interactions between macro- and

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 17 microbial diversity. Annual Meeting of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), April 10- 16, Vienna. 36. Hoffmann F, Fortunato S, Ramette A, Schöttner S, Jensen S, Øvreås L, Rapp HT, Boetius A, Torsvik V (2008) Microbial community patterns of the cold-water sponge Geodia barretti. 12th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME), August 18-23, Cairns, Australia, Poster presentation. 37. Huismans RS. et al. (Pedersen RB, Thorseth IH, Haflidason H.) (2008). IODP Drilling of Conjugate North Atlantic Volcanic Rifted Margins, Causes and Implications of Excess Magmatism. 33rd International Geological Congress (IGC), Oslo, August 6-14, Norway. 38. Jacobs J, Emmel B, Kosler J, Ueda KU (2008). Project DELAM: Mid- to lower crustal expression of a partially delaminated orogen root recorded in the East African-Antarctic Orogen of northern Mozambique. 33rd International Geological Congress (IGC), Oslo, August 6-14, Norway. 39. Johannessen TV, Einen J, Thorseth IH, Øvreås L (2008). Isolation of neutrophilic ferrous iron oxidizing bacteria from terrestrial Fe-hydroxide deposits. 33rd International Geological Congress (IGC), Oslo, August 6-14, Norway. 40. Keuning R, Schander C (2008). Three species of Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) new to Norwegian waters. Norsk Havforskermøte; 2008-11-05 - 2008-11-07. 41. Kosler J. Laser ablation plasma spectrochemistry in Earth sciences. Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Temecula, CA, 7-12.01.2008. 42. Kosler J, Tubrett MN, Lam R (2008). Isotopic analysis of natural inorganic samples by laser ablation ICP mass spectrometry. Short course ST-16, Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Temecula, CA, 7-12.01.2008. 43. Kosler J, Fliegel D, Slama J, Pedersen RB (2008). Laser ablation MC ICP-MS U-Pb zircon dating using multiple channeltron ion counting detection. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 72:A492 Goldschmidt 2008, Vancouver, Canada, 13-18 July. 44. Kleinert M, Barth T (2008). Facile one-step conversion of lignin into bio-fuel components. 3rd World Bioenergy Conference & Exhibition; 2008-05-27 - 2008-05-29 45. Kleinert M, Barth T (2008). Novel solvolytic approach of biomass pyrolysis. Dream Reactions – Synthesis and Processes for Sustainable Chemistry; 2008-04-23 - 2008-04-25 46. Kleinert M, Barth T (2008). One-step Conversion of lignin to oxygen-depleted bio-fuels and phenols. 16th European Biomass Conference; 2008-06-02 - 2008-06-06 47. Kleinert M, Barth T, Gasson JR (2008). Determining the best reaction conditions for yields and composition of "oil" from lignin in a new solvolytic pyrolysis technique. 18th International Symposium on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis; 2008-05-18 - 2008-05-23 48. Ksienzyk AK, Jacobs J, Kosler J, Sircombe KN (2008). Detrital zircon ages from the Maud Belt (East Antarctica) and the Pinjarra Orogen (Western Australia): no evidence for a Mesoproterozoic Kalahari-Western Australia connection. 33rd International Geological Congress (IGC), Oslo, August 6-14, Norway. 49. Lekang K, Heldal M, Einen J, Øvreås L, Gessesse A, Cowan D. Characterisation of haloalkaliphiles from Lake Chitu and Shalla of the Ethiopian Rift Valley. Extremophiles. Cape Town, South Africa, 7–11 September 2008. 50. Little C, Thorseth I, Grenne T, Slack J (2008). Bacteriogenic iron oxide precipitation at deep sea hydrothermal vents: A 1.7 Gyr record. BGB02422L, 33rd International Geological Congress (2008), Oslo, Norway 6-14 August. 51. McLoughlin N, Furnes H, Muehlenbachs K, Staudigel H, Banerjee N, de Wit M, Van Kranendonk M (2008). Oceanic pillow lavas and hyaloclastites as habitats for microbial life through time - A review, BGB03306L, 33rd International Geological Congress (2008), Oslo, Norway, 6-14 August. 52. McLoughlin N, Furnes H, Staudigel H, Hanski E, Muehlenbachs K (2008). Seeking Microbial Bioalteration Textures in Pillow Lavas from the Proterozoic of the Pechenga

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 18 Greenstone Belt. HPP06907L, 33rd International Geological Congress (2008), Oslo, Norway, 6-14 August. 53. McLoughlin N, Furnes H, Fliegel D, Banerjee NR, Staudigel H (2008). A New Twist on Bioerosion: Helicoidal Ichnofossils in Volcanic Glass and Microbial Life in the Sub- seafloor. International Kalkowsky Symposium, Göttingen, 4. - 11.10.2008. 54. McLoughlin N, Brasier MD, Wilson LA (2008). Growth of Synthetic Stromatolites and Wrinkle Structures in the Absence of Microbes - Implications for the Fossil Record. . International Kalkowsky Symposium, Göttingen, 4.-11.10.2008 55. Melezhik VA, Fallick AE, Simonson B (2008). Response of the ancient anoxic biosphere to the oxidation of terrestrial environments. 33rd International Geological Congress (IGC), Oslo, August 6-14, Norway. 56. Melezhik VA, Lepland A, Philippov NB, Romashkin AE, Rychanchik DV, Deines YE (2008). ICDP FAR-DEEP: field mission accomplished – 3600 m of drill cores from 2500- 2000 Ma rocks from Russian Fennoscandia for tracking the emergence of the aerobic Earth System. 33rd International Geological Congress (IGC), Oslo, August 6-14, Norway. 57. Muehlenbachs K, Furnes H, de Wit M (2008). Oxygen isotope ratios in basalts and cherts from Barberton Mt. Land, South Africa: Implications for the Archean ocean. BGB03304L, 33rd International Geological Congress (2008), Oslo, Norway, 6-14 August. 58. O-Thong S, Prasertsan P, Birkeland NK (2008). Thermophilic biohydrogen production from palm oil mill effluent by mixed culture community with anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR). International workshop on biohydrogen production technology (IWBT 2008); 2008-02-07 - 2008-02-09. 59. Pedersen RB, Barriga F, Escartin J, Früh-Green G, MacLeod C, Mjelde R, Thorseth IH (2008). Ultra-slow spreading and hydrogen-based deep biosphere: Objectives and preliminary results of the H2DEEP project. EGU General Assembly Wien, Austria, 14.- 18.04.2008. 60. Pedersen RB (2008). Discovery of the Loki Castle vent filed at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. ESF Euro-MARC Conference, La Colle-sur-Loup, France, 15-17.09.2008. 61. Rahman MZ, Azmuda N, Akhter SK, Sirajul I, Birkeland NK (2008). Shigella-like bacteria from Bangladeshi aquatic environments provide possible shigellosis vaccine candidates. The 12th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME12); 2008-08-17 - 2008-08-22. 62. Reuschel M, Strauss H, Melezhik VA, Fallick AE (2008). Isotopic biogeochemistry in Paleoproterozoic strata. IAS Meeting, Bochum. 63. Reuschel M, Strauss H, Melezhik VA, Fallick AE (2008). FAR DEEP- Sulfur biogeochemistry in deep time. 33rd IGC Olso. 64. Robins B, Sandstå NR, Furnes H, De Wit M (2008). Flow banding in basaltic pillow lavas from the Paleoarchean Hooggenoeg formation, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Volcanic and magmatic studies group meeting, Dublin, 4-5.01.2008. 65. Schander C (2008). Pros and cons of DNA barcoding - a theoretical background. International Workshop on Barcoding of Deep-Sea Organisms; 2008-05-13 - 2008-05-18. 66. Schander C (2008). Vent & Seep Biota - BIODEEP. Merian 2010; 2008-10-13 - 2008-10- 14. 67. Schander C, Todt C (2008). Thoughts on molluscan ancestry - models, hypothetical ancestors and the fossil record. 1st International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology; 2008-08-17 - 2008-08-21. 68. Schleper C (2008). Metagenomics of ammonia-oxidizing Archaea Workshop of the Dutch Academy of Sciences: Assessing marine microbial diversity: Problems and solutions. 27.- 29.Mai 2008, in Amsterdam /Netherlands. 69. Schleper C (2008). Simultaneous assessment of soil microbial community structure and function using meta-transcriptomics. EMBO Workshop: Microbial diversity and Metagenomics. 21.-24.Juni 2008 in Chalkidiki / Greece.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 19 70. Schleper C (2008). Responses of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus to UV-irradiation Meeting: Biochemistry of Archaea – Molecular Biology of Archaea. 19.- 21.August in St.Andrews /Scottland. 71. Sharma R, Khullar E, Bangsal K, Kohl N, Birkeland NK (2008). Nitrile hydrolysing enzymes from extremophiles: their role in biocatalysis. Extremophiles 2008; 2008-09-07 - 2008-09-11. 72. Slama J, Pedersen RB, Kosler J (2008). Evolution of the Jan Mayen Ridge – New data from the Jan Mayen Fracture Zone. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72:A877 Goldschmidt 2008, Vancouver, Canada, 13-18 July. 73. Staudigel H, Furnes H, McLoughlin N, Banerjee NR, Connell LB, Templeton A (2008). Microbial glass bioalteration: Inferring mechanisnis of blocorrosion from trace fossil morphology. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72:A893 Goldschmidt 2008, Vancouver, Canada, 13-18 July. 74. Staudigel H, Furnes H, McLoughlin N, Banerjee NR, Connell L, Templeton A (2008). 3.5 Ga of Glass bioalteration: Inferring microbial function from trace fossil morphology. BGB03307L, 33rd International Geological Congress (2008), Oslo, Norway, 6-14 August 75. Storesund JE, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB, Øvreås L. Psychrophilic Planctomycetes – a common phylum present in iron deposits and deep-sea sediments along the Mohns and Knipovich Ridge in the Norwegian Arctic Sea. Extremophiles. Cape Town, South Africa, 7– 11 September 2008. 76. Thorseth IH, Kruber C, Pedersen RB (2008). Microbial influence on the structural design, microtexture and geochemistry of hydrothermal iron-deposits. BGB02409L, 33rd International Geological Congress (2008), Oslo, Norway 6-14 August. 77. Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB, Kruber C, Kosler J (2008). Microbial control of the formation of low-temperature hydrothermal iron-deposits at the 710 N vent field at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. EGU General Assembly Wien, Austria, 14.-18.04.2008. 78. Thorseth IH (2008). The deep biosphere; background, news and implications. 33rd International Geological Congress (IGC), Oslo, 6-14.08.2008 Theme of the day presentation. 79. Thorseth IH (2008). Microbilal life in basaltic ocean crust. International Kalkowsky Symposium, Göttingen, 4.-11.10.2008. 80. Thorseth IH (2008). The deep biosphere; background, news and implications. ESF Euro- MARC Conference, La Colle-sur-Loup, France, 15-17.09.2008. 81. Todt C, Schander C (2008). The ontogeny of Wirenia argentea (Solenogastres, Mollusca). 1st International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology; 2008-08-17 - 2008-08-21. 82. van Zuilen M, Lepland A, Philippot P. (2008). Carbonaceous matter in a >3.8 Ga quartz- rich rock on Akilia Island, southern West Greenland. 8th International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy Applied to the Earth Sciences, Ghent, Belgium. 83. van Zuilen M, Lepland A, Philippot P. (2008). Application of laser Raman spectroscopy to early life studies: Carbonaceous matter in a >3.8 Ga quartz-rich rock on Akilia Island, southern West Greenland. International Kalkowski Symposium "Geobiology of Stromatolites", Goettingen, Germany. 84. van Zuilen M, Thomazo C, Luais B, Philippot, P. (2008). Photosynthesis in a 3.5 Ga old shallow marine depositional environment; clues from carbon and iron isotope systematics. Australian Earth Sciences Convention, Perth, Australia. (Invited talk). 85. Vaular EN, Barth T (2008). Organic analysis of sediments in natural gas hydrate deposits on the Mid-Norwegian margin. International Conference on Gas Hydrate (ICGH 2008); 2008-07-06 - 2008-07-10. 86. Viereck-Goette L, Abratis M, Hertogen J, Meyer R, Pedersen RB, Elsner M, Schoener R (2008). Felsic magmas indicate crustal recycling during NAIP and FLIP formation. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 72:A983 Goldschmidt 2008, Vancouver, Canada, 13-18 July.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 20 87. Øvreås L, Johannessen T, Einen J, Jørgensen SL, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB (2008). Microbial diversity in low temperature iron deposits at the 710N hydrothermal vent field along the Arctic-Ocean Ridge. EGU General Assembly Wien, Austria, 14.-18.04.2008. 88. Øvreås L, Johannessen T, Hoem S, Einen J, Jørgensen SL, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB, Torsvik V (2008). Iron and sulphur transforming microorganisms in low temperature iron deposits at Arctic-ocean ridge. Poster with abstract at The 12th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology ISME12, Cairns, Australia, 17-22 August 2008 89. Øvreås L, Johannessen T, Einen J, Jørgensen SL, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB (2008). Microbial diversity in low temperature iron deposits at the71°N hydrothermal vent field the Arctic-Ocean Ridge. BGB02410L, 33rd International Geological Congress (2008), Oslo, Norway 6-14 August.

Meeting organization Kosler J. 9th European Workshop on Laser Ablation, June 7-9 2008, Prague Kosler J. U-Pb Data Handling workshop, Goldschmidt, July 13-18, 2008, Vancouver

Other reports, lectures and presentations from scholarly fora

1. Baskar S, Baskar R, Thorseth IH, Øvreas L, Pedersen RB, Lee NM, Routh J (2008). Microbial iron precipitation in an organic mat associated with a neutrophilic spring of Borra caves, Vishakapatanam, India: A SEM and TEM approach. International workshop on Geobiology (20-22 October 2008), Centre for Geobiology (CGB), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway 2. Baskar S (2008). Geomicrobiology of Cave Deposits from India, Invited Guest Lecture Centre for Geobiology (CGB), University of Bergen, Bergen (3rd September 2008) 3. Baskar S (2008). Cave bio-signatures from some Indian caves: Applications beyond Earth. International workshop on Geobiology, Centre for Geobiology (CGB), University of Bergen, Centre for Geobiology (CGB), University of Bergen (20-22 October 2008) 4. Dilek Y, Furnes H, de Wit M (2008). Evolution of Archean crust. Symposium, 33rd International Geological Congress (IGC), Oslo, August 6-14, Norway. 5. Fedøy AE, Yang N, Martinez A, Leiros HKS, Steen IH (2008). A cold-active enzyme with an unusual high thermal stability: Isocitrate dehydrogenase from the psycrophilic bacterium Desulfotalea psycrophila. Extremophiles 2008; 2008-09-07 - 2008-09-11 6. Flesland K (2008). Hydrotermal og vulkansk historie ved 71ºN hydrotermalfelt: en undersøkelse av sedimentkjerner. University of Bergen, Department of Earth Science. 2008 83 s. 7. Furnes H, de Wit M, Rosing M (2008). BGB-03: Life of the Early Earth. Symposium, 33rd International Geological Congress (IGC), Oslo, August 6-14, Norway. 8. Haflidason H, Hjelstuen BO, Monsen S, Ekerhovd M, Skaug MB, Alvheim S, Vaular EN, Chend Y, Steen IH, Daae FL, Todt C (2008). Marine Geological Cruise report from the Vøring Plateau. Report No. 100-08/03, Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Norway, 37 pp. 9. Hannisdal B (2008). Om Darwin, hvalross-geologi og kar-bonsyklusen. NGF, Bergen, 27.03.2008. 10. Hannisdal B, Mcloughlin N (2008). BGB-01: General Contributions to biogeosciences. Symposium, 33rd International Geological Congress (IGC), Oslo, August 6-14, Norway. 11. Keuning R, Schander C, Willassen E (2008). Diversity and Ecology of Thyasiridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in coastal waters of Hordaland, Norway. Bergen: Universitetet i Bergen, Department of Biology 2008 90 s.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 21 12. Kosler J, Hanchar J, Whitehouse M (2008). MPM-12: New developments in microbeam techniques. Symposium, 33rd International Geological Congress (IGC), Oslo, August 6-14, Norway. 13. Leininger SD, Schleper CM (2008). Ammonia-oxidizing Archaea. Environmental molecular studies on novel players in global element cycling. Bergen: Universitetet i Bergen 2008 (ISBN 978-82-308-0567-1) 173 s. 14. Melezhik V, David AD, Evans AA (2008). The evolving Earth system through Archaean- Palaeoproterozoic transition. 33rd International Geological Congress (IGC), Oslo, August 6- 14, Norway. 15. Monsen S, Vaular EN, Chen Y, Haflidason H (2008). Marine Geological Cruise Report from the Vestnesa Ridge. Report No. 100-04/08. Bergen: Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Norway, 16 s. 16. Pedersen RB (2008). Dypdykk langs den Arktiske Spredningsrygg. Norges Tekniske Vitenskapsakademi, Oslo, 03-12-08. 17. Schander C (2008). Taksonomi, systematikk og miljøovervakning, tradisjon og teknikk - en framtidsvisjon. Forskning og verdiskapning tilknyttet MAREANO; 2008-06-11 - 2008-06- 11. 18. Schander C, Sweetman A, Smith C, Berle A (2008). The effects of mangrove invasions on macrofaunal community structure in the Hawaiian coastal zone. Bergen: Universitetet i Bergen 2008 56 s. 19. Schouw A, Birkeland NK (2008). Isolering og karakterisering av nye termofile bakteriestammer fra et oljereservoar i det sydlige Sudan: Universitetet i Bergen 2008 112 s. 20. Thorseth I, Pedersen RB, et al (2008). Cruise Report from the Mohn-Knipovich Ridge. Report No. 101-10/09. Bergen: Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Norway, 20 s. 21. Thorseth IH, Little C (2008). BGB-02: Geomicrobiology: Low-temperature alteration, mineralization, and microbial interactions 22. Torresová V, Bristow GA, Schander C (2008). Biodiversity of parasites of the European Shore Crab Carcinus maenas (L.). Bergen: University of Bergen, department of Biology 2008 74 s.

Dissemination measures aimed at relevant target groups 1. Pedersen RB (2008). Hydrotermale felt og mineralforekomster i Norskehavet – ny kunnskap og nye muligheter. Oljedirektoratet; 17-11-08. 2. Pedersen RB (2008). Burial of the Mohn-Knipovich Ridge by the Bear Island Fan. Utenriksdepartementet; 2-04-08. 3. Pedersen RB (2008). Burial of the Mohn-Knipovich Ridge by the Bear Island Fan. United Nations, Commision on the limits of the continental shelf. FN 15-04-08 4. Pedersen RB (2008). Hydrothermal fields and deep marine habitats in the Norwegian- Greenland Sea, Institute of Marine Research. 14-10-08.

Public-oriented dissemination activity (popular science articles, documents circulated for review, exhibitions, etc.)

1. Bartle E (2008). På jakt etter havets skorsteiner. MARG, 19.09.2008. 2. Schander C (2008). Darwin och grenarna i livets träd. Naturen 2009 (1) s. 26-33. 3. Pedersen RB (2008). Fant varm kilde på 2400 meters dyp. GEO, 11 (8), 51.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 22 News publication in the media 1. Bartle E (2008). Swashbuckling Scientists Discover Northern Vents. NASA Astrobiology magazine, 18.09.2008. 2. Bartle E (2008). Swashbuckling Scientists Discover Northern Vents. Terra Daily, 18.09.2008. 3. Bartle E (2008). På jakt etter havets skorsteiner. Klassekampen, 25.09.2008. 4. Bartle E (2008). Oppdagelsen av varmekilden. NRK P1 18.07.2008. 5. Haflidason H (m.fl.) interjuvet i Dagens Næringsliv, 18. oktober 2008 under tittelen "Himmel og helvete på havdypet". 6. Haflidason H interjuv i PETROMAKS Faktaark mai, 2008 undertittelen "Brennende is i dypet". 7. Geffen A, Folkvord A, Høie H, Kosler J (2008). Bruker fisk som miljøovervåkere. På Høyden, 28.02.2008. http://nyheter.uib.no/?modus=vis_nyhet&id=39504 8. McLoughlin N (2008). NASA Astrobiology magazine summer 2008 Through a Glass Darkly. 9. McLoughlin N (2008). “Are Earth's oldest fossils just rocks after all?” COSMO magazine, April 2008. 10. McLoughlin (2008). På Høyden and Hubro, Livets opphav i små tunneler. Desember 2008. 11. Oug E, Brattegard T, Schander C, Willassen E, Alvestad T, Sylte G (2008). G.O. Sars hadde likevel rett. På Høyden [Internett] 2008-09-10. 12. Pedersen RB Bartle E. (2008). På tokt etter nye djuphavsfunn. På Høyden, 25.06.2008. http://nyheter.uib.no/?modus=vis_nyhet&id=40704 13. Pedersen RB (2008). Dekker kvite flekkar på kartet. På Høyden, UiB, 12.08.2008. 14. Pedersen RB (2008). Fann djuphavets skjulte samfunn.På Høyden, UiB, 11.08.2008. 15. Pedersen RB (2008). Oppdagelsen av varmekilden . NRK (Norge i Dag) kl. 21. Tidligere på kvelden ble samme reportasje vist på Nordnytt og Vestlandsrevyen (kanskje flere også). 16. Pedersen RB (2008). Anne Karin Wallace, Oppdagelsen av varmekilden. NRK radio 21.07.2008. 17. Pedersen RB (2008). Northernmost black smokers discovered, Geographical, October 2008. 18. Pedersen RB, Lilley M (2008). Boiling hot water found in frigid Arctic Sea, Live Science 24 July, 2008. 19. Pedersen RB, Lilley M (2008). Boiling hot water found in frigid Arctic Sea. Sina.com (China). 20. Pedersen RB, Lilley M (2008). Vent inside Arctic Circle baffles geologists. Softepdia.com 21. Pedersen RB, Lilley M (2008). Scientists break record by finding northernmost hydrothermal vent field. U of Washington (web news), 24.07.2008. 22. Pedersen RB, Lilley M (2008). Scientists break record by finding northernmost hydrothermal vent field. Science Daily 24. July. 08. 23. Pedersen RB, Lilley M (2008). Scientists break record by finding northernmost hydrothermal vent field. Bio-Medicine. 24. Pedersen RB, Lilley M (2008). Scientists break record by finding northernmost hydrothermal vent field. 24. 07, 2008. Physorg.com 25. Pedersen RB, Lilley M (2008). Scientists break record by finding northernmost hydrothermal vent field. 24. 07, 2008. Esciencenews.com 26. Pedersen RB, Lilley M (2008). Scientists break record by finding northernmost hydrothermal vent field. 24. 07, 2008. Sciencecentric.com 27. Pedersen RB, Lilley M (2008). Scientists break record by finding northernmost hydrothermal vent field. 24. 07, 2008. Spaceref.com 28. Pedersen RB (2008). Loki`s Castle hydrothermal field. Wikipedia. 29. Pedersen RB (2008). Fant gigantisk varmekilde i havet. Nettavisen. 18.07.08. 30. Pedersen RB (2008). 'Black smokers' found off Arctic. Mercury, 05.08.2008. CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 23 31. Pedersen RB (2008). Forskere fant varmekilde. BT 17.07.2008. 32. Pedersen RB (2008). Unikt funn i Norskehavet. BA 17.07.2008. 33. Pedersen RB (2008). Fant varmekilde på 2400 meters dyp, NRK, TV-web news, 17.07.2008. 34. Pedersen RB (2008). Fant varm kilde i Norskehavet, TV 2, TV-web news, 17.07.2008. 35. Pedersen RB (2008). Fant varmekilde på 2400 meters dyp, Fiskaren, web news17.07.2008. 36. Pedersen RB (2008). Fant gigantisk varmekilde i havet. ibergen.no (web news)23.07.2008. 37. Pedersen RB (2008). Discovery of world’s most northerly black smokers at 73°N.InterRidge, 25.07.2008. 38. Pedersen RB, Lilley M (2008). Discovery of world’s most northerly black smokersat 73°N. I ScienceDaily, 24.07.2008. 39. Pedersen RB, Lilley M (2008). Boiling Hot Water Found in Frigid Arctic Sea.Futura- Sciences, 29.07.2008. 40. Schander C (2008). «Supersnegler» funnet i Norge. Forskning.no [Internett]2008-06-19. 41. Schander C (2008). Så skyddar du din trädgård. Svenska Dagbladet [Internett]2008-06-18. 42. Schander C, Bordvik M (2008). Brun + svart = supersnegl.http://www.bt.no/forbruker/vitenskap/article543025.ece [Internett] 2008-04-10. 43. Schander C, Bordvik M (2008). Brunsnegler kan gjøre kuer sterile.http://www.bt.no/lokalt/hordaland/article542305.ece [Internett] 2008-04-09. 44. Schander C, Ekselius E, Hernadi A (2008). Nysupersnigel kan hota svenska trädgårdar. 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Publications and dissipation of results 2009

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 24 Articles published in scientific, refereed journals 1. Aggarwal J, Bohm F, Foster G, Halas S, Honisch B, Jiang SY, Kosler J, Liba A, Rodushkin I, Sheehan T, Jiun-San Shen J, Tonarini S, Xie Q, You CF, Zhao ZQ, Zuleger E (2009). How well do non-traditional stable isotope results compare between different laboratories: results from the interlaboratory comparison of boron isotope measurements. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 24:825-831. 2. Albers SV, Birkeland NK, Driessen AJM, Gertig S, Haferkamp P, Klenk H-P, Kouril T, Manica A, Pham TK, Ruoff P, Schleper CM, Schomburg D, Sharkey KJ, Siebers B, Sierocinski P, Steuer R, van der Oost J, Westerhoff HV, Wieloch P, Wright PC, Zaparty M (2009). SulfoSYS (Sulfolobus Systems Biology): towards a silicon cell model for the central carbohydrate metabolism of the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus under temperature variation. Biochemical Society Transactions 37: 58-64. 3. Baskar S, Baskar R (2009). Geobiology and geomicrobiology: importance and need for studies in the Indian context. Current Science 96:200-201. 4. Baskar S, Baskar R, Barton HA (2009). Cave geomicrobiology in the Indian context. Current Science 97:620-622. 5. Bruvoll VB, Breivik AJ, Mjelde R, Pedersen RB (2009). Burial of the Mohn-Knipovich spreading ridge by the Bear Island Fan: Time constraints on tectonic evolution from seismic stratigraphy. Tectonics 28, TC4001, doi:10.1029/2008TC002396. 6. Cardenas P, Menegola C, Rapp HT, Diaz MC (2009). Morphological description and DNA barcodes of shallowwater Tetractinellida (Porifera: Demospongiae) from Bocas del Toro, Panama, with description of a new species. Zootaxa: 1-39. 7. Cohen PA, Bradley A, Knoll AH, Grotzinger JP, Jensen S, Abelson J, Hand K, Love G, Metz J, McLoughlin N, Meister P, Shepard R, Tice M, Wilson JP (2009). Tubular Compression Fossils from the Ediacaran Nama Group, Namibia. Journal of Paleontology 83:110-122. 8. Dang BT, Levsen A, Schander C, Bristow GA (2009). Some Haliotrema (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) from Cultured Grouper (Epinephelus spp.) with Emphasis on the Phylogenetic Position of Haliotrema cromileptis. J Parasitol 1, doi:GE-2140 [pii] 10.1645/GE-2140.1. 9. Dilek Y, Furnes H (2009). Structure and geochemistry of Tethyan ophiolites and their petrogenesis in subduction rollback systems. Lithos 113:1-20. 10. Dipippo JL, Nesbo CL, Dahle H, Doolittle WF, Birkeland NK, Noll KM (2009). Kosmotoga olearia gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic heterotroph isolated from an oil production fluid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 59:2991-3000. 11. Eickmann B, Bach W, Kiel S, Reitner J, Peckmann J (2009). Evidence for cryptoendolithic life in Devonian pillow basalts of Variscan orogens, Germany. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 283:120-125. 12. Eickmann B, Bach W, Rosner M, Peckmann J (2009). Geochemical constraints on the modes of carbonate precipitation in peridotites from the Logatchev Hydrothermal Vent Field and Gakkel Ridge. Chemical Geology 268:97-106. 13. Eickmann B, Bach W, Peckmann J (2009). Authigenesis of Carbonate Minerals in Modern and Devonian Ocean-Floor Hard Rocks. Journal of Geology 117:307-323. 14. Fliegel D, Gunther D (2009). Laser ablation particle beam glow discharge time of flight mass spectrometry for the analysis of halogenated polymers and inorganic solid material. Spectrochimica Acta Part BAtomic Spectroscopy 64:399-407. 15. Frols S, White MF, Schleper C (2009). Reactions to UV damage in the model archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Biochem Soc Trans 37:36-41. 16. Furnes H, Rosing M, Dilek Y, de Wit M (2009). Isua supracrustal belt (Greenland)-A vestige of a 3.8 Ga suprasubduction zone ophiolite, and the implications for Archean geology. Lithos 113:115-132.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 25 17. Godard M, Awaji S, Hansen H, Hellebrand E, Brunelli D, Johnson K, Yamasaki T, Maeda J, Abratis M, Christie D, Kato Y, Mariet C, Rosner M (2009). Geochemistry of a long in- situ section of intrusive slow-spread oceanic lithosphere: Results from IODP Site U1309 (Atlantis Massif, 30 degrees N Mid-Atlantic-Ridge). Earth and Planetary Science Letters 279:110-122. 18. Grosch EG, McLoughlin N, De Wit M, Furnes H (2009). Drilling for the Archean roots of life and tectonic earth in the Barberton Mountains. Scientific Drilling 8:24-28. 19. Grosch EG, McLoughlin N, De Wit M, Furnes H (2009.) Deciphering Earth’s Deep History: Drilling in Africa’s Oldest Greenstone Belt. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 90:350-351. 20. Haloda J, Tycova P, Korotev RL, Fernandez VA, Burgess R, Thoni M, Jakes P, Gabzdyl P, Kosler J (2009). Petrology, geochemistry, and age of low-Ti mare-basalt meteorite Northeast Africa 003-A: A possible member of the Apollo 15 mare basaltic suite. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 73:3450-3470. 21. Hoffmann F, Radax R, Woebken D, Holtappels M, Lavik G, Rapp HT, Schläppy M-L, Schleper C, Kuypers MMM (2009) Complex nitrogen cycling in the sponge Geodia barretti. Environmental Microbiology 11 (9): 2228-2243. 22. Huang SS, Harris KDM, Lopez-Capel E, Manning DAC, Rickard D (2009). "Amorphous Nickel Sulfide" Is Hydrated Nanocrystalline NiS with a Core-Shell Structure. Inorganic Chemistry, 48, 11486-11488. 23. Huub JMOdC, Islam T, Stott MB, Harhangi HR, Hynes A, Schouten S, Jetten MSM, Birkeland NK, Pol A, Dunfield PF (2009). Environmental, genomic and taxonomic perspectives on methanotrophic Verrucomicrobia. Environmental Microbiology Reports 1:293-306. 24. Jensen S, Frost P, Torsvik VL (2009). The nonrandom microheterogeneity of 16S rRNA genes in Vibrio splendidus may reflect adaptation to versatile lifestyles. FEMS Microbiology Letters 294:207-215. 25. Klotzli U, Klotzli E, Gunes Z, Kosler J (2009). Accuracy of Laser Ablation U-Pb Zircon Dating: Results from a Test Using Five Different Reference Zircons. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research 33:5-15. 26. Koepke J, Schoenborn S, Oelze M, Wittmann H, Feig ST, Hellebrand E, Boudier F, Schoenberg R (2009). Petrogenesis of crustal wehrlites in the Oman ophiolite: Experiments and natural rocks, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q10002, doi:10.1029/2009GC002488 27. Kosler J, Magna T, Mlcoch B, Mixa P, Nyvlt D, Holub FV (2009). Combined Sr, Nd, Pb and Li isotope geochemistry of alkaline lavas from northern James Ross Island (Antarctic Peninsula) and implications for back-arc magma formation. Chemical Geology 258:207- 218. 28. Lie KK, Lanzen A, Breilid H, Olsvik PA (2009). Gene expression profiling in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) from two contaminated sites using a custom-made cDNA microarray. Environ Toxicol Chem 28:1711-1721. 29. Liles MR, Williamson LL, Rodbumrer J, Torsvik V, Parsley LC, Goodman, RM, Handelsman J (2009). Isolation and cloning of high-molecular-weight metagenomic DNA from soil microorganisms. Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP). DOI #: doi/10.1101/pdb.prot5271. 30. Lundin K, Schander C, Todt C (2009). Ultrastructure of epidermal cilia and ciliary rootlets in Scaphopoda. Journal of Molluscan Studies 75:69-73. 31. McLoughlin N, Furnes H, Banerjee NR, Muehlenbachs K, Staudigel H (2009). Ichnotaxonomy of microbial trace fossils in volcanic glass. Journal of the Geological Society 166:159-169. 32. Melezhik VA, Fallick AE, Filippov MM, Lepland A, Rychanchik DV, Deines JE, Medvedev PV, Romashkin AE, Strauss H (2009). Petroleum surface oil seeps from a Palaeoproterozoic petrified giant oilfield. Terra Nova 21:119-126.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 26 33. Melezhik VA, Pokrovsky BG, Fallick AE, Kuznetsov AB, Bujakaite MI (2009). Constraints on Sr-87/Sr-86 of Late Ediacaran seawater: insight from Siberian high-Sr limestones. Journal of the Geological Society 166:183-191. 34. Meyer R, Hertogen J, Pedersen RB, Viereck-Gotte L, Abratis M (2009). Interaction of mantle derived melts with crust during the emplacement of the Voring Plateau, NE Atlantic. Marine Geology 261:3-16. 35. Mikova J, Kosler J, Longerich HP, Wiedenbeck M, Hanchar JM (2009). Fractionation of alkali elements during laser ablation ICP-MS analysis of silicate geological samples. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy 24:1244-1252. 36. Mišković A, Spikings RA, Chew DM, Kosler J, Ulianov A, Schaltegger U (2009). Tectonomagmatic evolution of Western Amazonia: Geochemical characterization and zircon U-Pb geochronologic constraints from the Peruvian Eastern Cordilleran granitoids. Geological Society of America Bulletin 121:1298-1324. 37. Nesbo CL, Bapteste E, Curtis B, Dahle H, Lopez P, Macleod D, Dlutek M, Bowman S, Zhaxybayeva O, Birkeland NK, Doolittle WF (2009). The Genome of Thermosipho africanus TCF52B: Lateral Genetic Connections to the Firmicutes and Archaea. Journal of Bacteriology 191:1974-1978. 38. Patel S, Malde K, Lanzen A, Olsen RH, Nerland AH (2009). Identification of immune related genes in Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.) following in vivo antigenic and in vitro mitogenic stimulation. Fish Shellfish Immunol 27:729-738. 39. Pertoldova J, Tycova P, Verner K, Kosulicova M, Pertold Z, Kosler J, Konopasek J, Pudilova M (2009). Metamorphic history of skarns, origin of their protolith and implications for genetic interpretation; an example from three units of the Bohemian Massif. Journal of Geosciences 54:101-134. 40. Philippot P, Van Kranendonk MJ, van Zuilen M, Lepot K, Rividi N, Teitler Y, Thomazo C, Blanc-Valleron M, Rouchy ., Grosch EG, De Wit M. (2009). Early traces of life investigations in drilling Archean hydrothermal and sedimentary rocks of the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia and Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. C.R.Palevol 8, 649-663. 41. Prasertsan P, O-Thong S, Birkeland NK (2009). Optimization and microbial community analysis for production of biohydrogen from palm oil mill effluent by thermophilic fermentative process. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 34:7448-7459. 42. Quince C, Lanzen A, Curtis TP, Davenport RJ, Hall N, Head IM, Read LF, Sloan WT (2009). Accurate determination of microbial diversity from 454 pyrosequencing data. Nature Methods 6:639-641. 43. S OT, Prasertsan P, Birkeland NK (2009). Evaluation of methods for preparing hydrogen- producing seed inocula under thermophilic condition by process performance and microbial community analysis. Bioresour Technol 100:909-918 44. Schauss K, Focks A, Leininger S, Kotzerke A, Heuer H, Thiele-Bruhn S, Sharma S, Wilke BM, Matthies M, Smalla K, Munch JC, Amelung W, Kaupenjohann M, Schloter M, Schleper C (2009). Dynamics and functional relevance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in two agricultural soils. Environmental Microbiology 11:446-456. 45. Schoenberg R, Marks M, Schuessler JA, von Blanckenburg F, Markl G (2009). Fe isotope systematics of coexisting amphibole and pyroxene in the alkaline igneous rock suite of the Ilímaussaq Complex, South Greenland, Chem. Geol. 258(1-2): 65-77. 46. Schöttner S, Hoffmann F, Wild C, Rapp HT, Boetius A, Ramette A (2009). Cold-water coral-mediated effects on the structure of associated bacterial communities. ISME Journal 3: 756-759 47. Schuessler JA, Schoenberg R, Sigmarsson O (2009). Iron and lithium isotopes in volcanic rocks from Hekla, Iceland – Implications for isotopic fractionation during magma differentiation, Chem. Geol. 258(1-2): 78-91.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 27 48. Tajcmanova L, Konopasek J, Kosler J (2009). Distribution of zinc and its role in the stabilization of spinel in high-grade felsic rocks of the Moldanubian domain (Bohemian Massif). European Journal of Mineralogy 21:407-418. 49. Todt C, Cardenas P, Rapp HT (2009). The chiton Hanleya nagelfar (Polyplacophora, Mollusca) and its association with sponges in the European Northern Atlantic. Marine Biology Research 5:408-411. 50. Valderrama D, Rossi AL, Sole-Cava AM, Rapp HT, Klautau M (2009). Revalidation of Leucetta floridana (Haeckel, 1872) (Porifera, Calcarea): a widespread species in the tropical western Atlantic. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157:1-16. 51. von Proschwitz T, Schander C, Jueg U, Thorkildsen S (2009). Morpholology, Ecology and DNA-barcoding distinguish Pupilla Pratensis (Clessin, 1871) from Pupilla Muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pulmonata: Pupillidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 75:315-322.

Presentations published from international meetings/conferences

1. Arrhenius G, Daraio C, Misra A, Rudee L, Perez HS, Lepland A, van Zuilen M (2009). Sources and properties of carbon in Earth's oldest rocks. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 73:A55. Goldschmidt, Davos, Switzerland, 20-25 June 2009. 2. Baskar S, Baskar R, Thorseth IH, Ovreas L, Pedersen RB, Lee N, Routh J (2009). Microbial involvement in the precipitation of iron in organic mats associated with a neutrophilic spring of Borra caves, Vishakapatanam, India. NGF Abstracts and Proceedings, no. 1, p. 6, 2009 Geological Society of Norway, Winter Conference, Bergen, Norway, 13-15 January 2009. 3. Baumberger T, Fruh-Green GL, Pedersen RB, Thorseth IH, Lilley MD, Bernasconi SM (2009). Geochemistry of rift valley sediments and hydrothermal fluids at the ultra-slow spreading S. Knipovich ridge. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 73:A95. Goldschmidt, Davos, Switzerland, 20-25 June 2009. 4. Baumberger T, Frueh-Green GL, Pedersen RB, Thorseth IH, Lilley MD, Bernasconi SM (2009). Geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids and rift valley sediments of the Loki's Castle vent field at the ultra-slow spreading southern Knipovich Ridge. Abstracts p 16, Second EuroMARC Conference, Giens, France, 13-17 September 2009. 5. Bengtsson MMB, Ovreas L, Sjotun K (2009). Bacterial biofilms on kelp - Seasonal dynamics and important players. The 10th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO 10), Uppsala, Sweden 15– 19 June 2009. 6. Birkeland NK (2009). Extremophiles: basic concepts. International conference on microbial biotechnology (MICROCON 2009), Chandigarh, India, 3-4 March 2009. 7. Birkeland NK (2009). The oil reservoir ecosystem: what is happening and who is living down there? International conference on microbial biotechnology (MICROCON 2009), Chandigarh, India, 3-4 March. 8. Birkeland NK (2009). Oil Well ecology: What’s happening and who is living down there? Second International Course "Biotechnology and Petroleum", Caracas, Venezuela, 2 – 6 February. 9. Bjelland T, Grube M, Daae FL, Thorseth IH, Ovreas L (2009). Microbial communities in the lichen-rock interface. NGF Abstracts and Proceedings, no. 1, p. 9, 2009 Geological Society of Norway, Winter Conference, Bergen, Norway, 13-15 January. 10. Cardenas P, Xavier J, Reveillaud J, Schander C, Rapp HT (2009). Molecular phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiae) reveals extensive secondary loss of spicules in sponges. Celebrating Darwin: From the Origin of Species to Deep Metazoan Phylogeny, Berlin, Germany, 4-6 March. 11. Cromwell C, Tauxe L, Staudigel H, Pedersen LR, Constable C, Pedersen R, Duncan RA, Staudigel P (2009). Paleosecular variation analysis of high-latitude paleomagnetic data from CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 28 the volcanic island of Jan Mayen: Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GP13B-0775 2009 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 14-18 December. 12. De Wit M, Furnes H (2009). New stratigraphic architecture of the Onverwacht suite, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa: fresh ferment for mid-Archean tectonic models. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 529 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, USA, 18-21 October. 13. Deines Y, Melezhik VA, Lepland A, Filippov MM, Romashkin AE, Rychanchik DV (2009). Enigmatic organosiliceous rocks in the 2000 Ma petrified oil field in Russian Fennoscandia. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol 11, 475. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 19-24 April. 14. Dilek Y, Furnes H (2009). Tectonic evolution of Tethyan ophiolites and backarc basins in subduction rollback systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol 11, 10708. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 19-24 April. 15. Dilek Y, Furnes H, Schoenberg R (2009). Structure and geochemistry of the incipient oceanic crust of the Red Sea and the rifted margin of Western Arabia. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 73:A293 Goldschmidt, Davos, Switzerland, 20-25 June. 16. Dilek Y, Polat A, Furnes H (2009). Thick oceanic crust, hot mantle, and plate tectonics in the Archaean earth. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 528 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, USA, 18-21 October. 17. Dilek Y, Furnes H, Schoenberg R (2009). Structure and geochemistry of the incipient oceanic crust of the Red Sea and the rifted margin of western Arabia. Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T31C-1842 2009 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 14-18 December. 18. Daae FL, Ovreas L, Bjelland T, Okland I, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB (2009). Low- temperature alteration of dunite and microbial life. NGF Abstracts and Proceedings, no.1, p. 27, 2009 Geological Society of Norway, Winter Conference, Bergen, Norway, 13-15 January. 19. Daae FL, Ovreas L, Bjelland T, Okland I, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB (2009). Low- temperature alteration of ultramafic rocks and microbial life. Abstracts p 55, Second EuroMARC Conference, Giens, France, 13-17 September. 20. Eickmann B, Bach W, Rosner M, Peckmann J (2009). Carbonate formation in ultramafic- hosted hydrothermal environments and its implications for subseafloor mixing processes. Abstracts p28-29, Second EuroMARC Conference, Giens, France, 13-17 September. 21. Fliegel D, Wirth R, McLoughlin N, Furnes H (2009). Combined FIB and TEM analyses of tubular alteration textures in pillow lavas from the 2.0 Ga Pechenga Greenstone Belt, Russia. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 73:A384, Goldschmidt, Davos, Switzerland, 20- 25 June. 22. Fliegel D, Klementova M, Dundas S, Kosler J (2009). TEM investigations of laser ablated particles. Abstracts, 96, Abstract MO147, European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Graz, Austria, February 15-20. 23. Fliegel D, McLoughlin N, Simonetti A, Furnes H (2009). Dating of trace fossils in pillow lavas from the Solund-Stavfjord ophiolite and the implications for the timing and location of bioalteration in sub seafloor basalts. NGF Abstracts and Proceedings, no. 1, p. 32, 2009 Geological Society of Norway, Winter Conference, Bergen, Norway, 13-15 January. 24. Fliegel D, Wirth R, Simonetti A, McLoughlin N, Kosler J, Furnes H (2009). Titanite mineralization of bioalteration textures – the possible Ti precursor Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B21D-03 2009 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 14-18 December. 25. Furnes H, McLoughlin N, Staudigel H, Banerjee NR, Fliegel D, Muehlenbachs K, De Wit M (2009). Pillow lava as microbial habitat for 3.5 billion years: Petrographic signatures of

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 29 bioalteration. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 73:A404 Goldschmidt, Davos, Switzerland, 20-25 June. 26. Furnes H, de Wit M, Robins B. (2009). Volcanic evolution of the upper Onverwacht Suite, Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 529 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, USA, 18-21 October. 27. Grosch E, de Wit M, Furnes H, McLoughlin N (2009). Metamorphic constraints across a mafic-ultramafic tectonite zone between the Mendon and Kromberg Complexes, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 529 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, USA, 18- 21 October. 28. Haflidason H, Steen IH, Hjelstuen BO, Hocking W, Chen Y, Vaular EN, Daae FL, Todt C, Portnova D (2009). The extreme environments of active gas hydrate bearing pockmarks at Nyegga: a multidisciplinary geological, biological and geochemical study. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol 11, 6042, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 19-24 April. 29. Haflidason H, Steen IH, Hjelstuen BO, Hocking W, Daae FL, Chen Y, Vaular EN, Todt C (2009). The extreme environments of active seafloor seep pockmarks at Nyegga, the upper Mid-Norwegian margin: a multidisiplinary geological, biological and geochemical study. NGF Abstracts and Proceedings, no. 1, p.45, 2009 Geological Society of Norway, Winter Conference, Bergen, Norway, 13-15 January. 30. Hannisdal B (2009). The role of life in Earth surface dynamics. NGF Abstracts and Proceedings, no. 1, p. 45, 2009 Geological Society of Norway, Winter Conference, Bergen, Norway, 13-15 January. 31. Hannisdal B, Henderiks J (2009). Climatic forcings on algal cell size through the Cenozoic. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol 11, 8708. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 19-24 April. 32. Hannisdal B, Henderiks J (2009). Cenozoic climatic forcing of algal cell size. Cincinnati Museum Center Scientific Contribution No.3: 7, North American Paleontological Convention, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 21-26 June. 33. Huang S, Rickard D (2009). Catalytic hydrogen evolution from Ni-cysteine complex and its implication in origin of life. Abstracts p 39, Second EuroMARC Conference, Giens, France, 13-17 September. 34. Johannessen TV, Einen J, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB, Ovreas L (2009). Cultivation of iron oxidizing bacteria from the Jan Mayen hydrothermal vent fields. NGF Abstracts and Proceedings, no. 1, p. 55, 2009 Geological Society of Norway, Winter Conference, Bergen, Norway, 13-15 January. 35. Jorgensen SL, Baumberger T, Pedersen RB, Thorseth IH (2009). Microbial Diversity in Deep-Sea Sediments: Influence of Volcanism and Hydrothermal Activity. Abstracts p 41, Second EuroMARC Conference, Giens, France, 13-17 September. 36. Kosler J, Magna T, Mlcoch B, Mixa P, Hendriks BWH, Holub FV, Nyvlt D (2009). Sr, Nd, Pb and Li isotope geochemistry and Ar-Ar dating of alkaline lavas from northern James Ross Island (Antarctic Peninsula) - implications for back-arc magma formation. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol 11, 9969 European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 19-24 April. 37. Kosler J, Novak M, Krachler M, Mikova J (2009). Laser ablation and isotope dilution ICPMS analysis of Pb in spruce tree rings - a record of atmospheric pollution in NW Bohemia. Abstracts, p 86, European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Graz, Austria, 15-20 February. 38. Kosler J, Slama J, Fliegel D, Pedersen RB (2009). Combination of multiple ion counting and faraday detection for U-Pb and Hf isotopic analysis of zircon by laser ablation MC

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 30 ICPMS. Abstracts, p63, European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Graz, Austria, 15-20 February. 39. Kosler J, Slama J, Pedersen R (2009). Use of multiple channeltrons for U-Pb laser ablation ICP-MS dating of accessory minerals with improved spatial resolution: Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V53B-07 2009 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 14-18 December. 40. Lilley M, Pedersen RB, Thorseth IH, Lupton J, Olson E, Freuh-Green G, Baumberger T (2009). Volatiles in the Loki’s castle and Jan Mayen vent fields of the ultra-slow spreading Knipovich and Mohns Ridges. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73:A763 Goldschmidt, Davos, Switzerland, 20-25 June. 41. Liow LH, Hannisdal B (2009). Inferring climatic and biotic forcing of diversity and the global rise of species. Cincinnati Museum Center Scientific Contribution No.3: 7, North American Paleontological Convention, Cincinnati, OH, USA, 21-26 June. 42. McLoughlin N, Furnes H, Fliegel D, Simonetti A, Banerjee NR, Staudigel H, Muehlenbachs K, de Wit M, Van Kranendonk M. (2009). Age, Distribution and Preservation of Microbial Alteration Textures in Precambrian Sub-seafloor. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol 11, 10977 European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 19-24 April. 43. McLoughlin N, Furnes H, Fliegel D, Banerjee NR, Staudigel H (2009). The Twists and Turns of Microbial Life in the Subseafloor: Helocoidal trace fossils in volcanic glass. NGF Abstracts and Proceedings, no. 1, p.70, 2009 Geological Society of Norway, Winter Conference, Bergen, Norway, 13-15 January. 44. McLoughlin N, Furnes H, Staudigel H, Muehlenbachs K, Fliegel D, Grosch E, de Wit M (2009). Microbial bioalteration textures in greenstone belt pillow lavas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 530 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, USA, 18-21 October. 45. Melezhik VA, Fallick AE, Filippov MM, Lepland A, Rychanchik DV, Deines JE, Medvedev PV, Romashkin AE, Strauss H (2009). Petroleum surface oil seeps from Palaeoproterozoic petrified giant oilfield. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol 11, 4888 European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 19-24 April. 46. Melezhik VA, Fallick AE, Simonson BM (2009). Response of the ancient anoxic biosphere to the oxidation of terrestrial environments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73:A869 Goldschmidt, Davos, Switzerland, 20-25 June. 47. Muehlenbachs K, Furnes H, De Wit M (2009). Thermophile inhabitants of the Archean seafloor basalts. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73:A911 Goldschmidt, Davos, Switzerland, 20-25 June. 48. Muehlenbachs K, Furnes H, de Wit M (2009). Temperature gradients in the marine Archean exogenic cycle derived from the alteration of seafloor basalts, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 529 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, USA, 18- 21 October. 49. Mulich A, Uba CE, Strecker MR, Schoenberg R, Chamberlain CP (2009). A Late Miocene stable isotope paleosoil record of Andean foreland precipitation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73:A914 Goldschmidt, Davos, Switzerland, 20-25 June. 50. Philippot P, Van Zuilen M (2009). Two pools of mass-independent sulfur isotope anomalies of hydrothermal sulfides at North Pole (~3.5 Ga Dresser Formation, Pilbara). Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 73:A1024 Goldschmidt, Davos, Switzerland, 20-25 June. 51. Moller K, Pedersen RB, Schoenberg R, Thorseth IH (2009). Transition metal isotope fractionation in hydrothermal deposits. Abstracts p 51, Second EuroMARC Conference, Giens, France, 13-17 September.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 31 52. Ntaflos T, Mundl A, Bjerg EA, Tschegg C, Kosler J (2009). Metasomatic processes within the fertile lithospheric Mantle beneath Don Camilo, Santa Cruz, Argentina. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol 11, 12046 European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 19-24 April. 53. Peckmann J, Bach W, Eickmann B, Bottcher M, Reitner J (2009). Cryptoendolithic life in marine pillow basalts. Abstracts p110, GV 99th Annual Meeting, Göttingen, Germany, 5-7 October. 54. Pedersen RB, Thorseth IH, Lilley MD, Fruh-Green GL, Barriga F, Rapp HT, Baumberger T, Flesland K, Joergensen SL (2009). Discovery of the Loki’s Castle Vent field at the ultra-slow spreading Arctic Midocean ridge. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73:A1008 Goldschmidt, Davos, Switzerland, June 20-25. 55. Radax R, Lanzen A, Hoffmann F, Rapp HT, Urich T, Kuypers M, Schleper C (2009). Archaea are major players in nitrification in cold-water sponges: Evidence from physiological studies and metatranscriptomics. 11th Symposium on Aquatic Microbial ecology (SAME11), Piran, Slovenia. 30 August – 9 September. 56. Reuschel M, Strauss H, Lepland A, Melezhik VA, Cartigny P, Kaufman AJ (2009). Multiple sulfur isotope measurements from the 2.44 Ga Seidorechka Sedimentary Formation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, A1091. 57. Rividi N, van Zuilen M, Menez B, Poidatz E, Godard G, Philippot P (2009). Calibration of carbonate composition using micro-Raman analysis: Application to planetary surface exploration. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73:A1106 Goldschmidt, Davos, Switzerland, June 20-25. 58. Roalkvam I, Stokke R, Hocking WP, Steen IH (2009). Decreased expression of ATP- sulfurylase and APSreductase in Archaeoglobus fulgidus during respiration of hydrogen with thiosulfate. EMBO-FEMS Workshop on Microbial Sulfur Metabolism. Tomar, Portugal, 15-18 March. 59. Schander C, Rapp HT (2009). Macrofauna of shallow and deep hydrothermal vent fields on the ridges North of Iceland. NGF Abstracts and Proceedings, no. 1, p. 89, 2009 Geological Society of Norway, Winter Conference, Bergen, Norway, 13-15 January. 60. Schuessler JA, Schoenberg R, Melcher F, Horn I (2009). Exploring inter-mineral Fe isotope variations in sulphide ore deposits using UV femtosecond laser ablation MC-ICP- MS, DMG) Meeting of the German Mineralogical Society (DMG Meeting), Halle- Wittenberg, Germany, 13-17 September. 61. Svojtka M, Slama J, Kosler J (2009). Laser Ablation ICP-MS U-Pb Dating and Hf Isotopic Measurements of Granulite Facies Rocks from the Southern Part of Bohemian Massif (Czech Republic): Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V33B-2040 2009 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 14-18 December. 62. Slama J, Pedersen RB, Kosler J, Kandilarov A, Hendriks BWH (2009). Evolution of the Jan Mayen Ridge – new geochemical and geophysical data from the Jan Mayen Fracture Zone. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 11, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 19-24 April. 63. Slama J, Pedersen R, Kosler J, Walderhaug O, Jorgensen HF (2009). Provenance of Neoproterozoic to Cretaceous sediments in eastern Greenland: Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V43E-2314 2009 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 14-18 December. 64. Staubwasser M, Schoenberg R, von Blanckenburg F, Kruger S, Pohl C (2009). Iron Isotopes in Marine Anoxia, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73:A1265 Goldschmidt, Davos, Switzerland, June 20-25. 65. Tajcmanova L, Soejono I, Konopasek J, Kosler J, Klotzli U (2009). Structural position of high-pressure felsic to intermediate granulites from NE Moldanubian domain (Bohemian Massif). Granulites & granulites Meeting abstracts, 2009 Granulites and Granulites, Hruba Skala, Czech Republic 13-15 July.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 32 66. Thorseth IH, Kruber C, Pedersen RB (2009). Low-temperature siliceous Fe-deposits at the Jan Mayen hydrothermal fields: formation and processes deduced from architecture, microtexture and geochemistry. NGF Abstracts and Proceedings, no. 1, p. 97, 2009 Geological Society of Norway, Winter Conference, Bergen, Norway, 13-15 January. 67. Torsvik V (2009). Hyper-diverse microbial communities in arctic tundra. The 10th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO 10), Uppsala, Sweden 15 – 19 June, Invited talk. 68. Tveit A, Blake L, Gray N, Head IM, Lopez A, Curtis TP, Ovreas L, Torsvik VL (2009). Temperature effects on Arctic methane producing microorganisms. The 10th Arctic Science Summit Week Conference, Bergen, Norway, 22 – 28 March. 69. Ulrich S, Konopasek J, Kosler J, Tajcmanova L (2009). Melt-enhanced folding and vertical movement of granulite orogen core in the transpressional Kaoko Belt (NW Namibia). Granulites & granulites. Meeting abstracts, 2009 Granulites and Granulites, Hruba Skala, Czech Republic 13-15 July. 70. Urich T (2009). Simultaneous assessment of microbial community structure and function through analysis of the metatranscriptome. The 10th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO 10), Uppsala, Sweden 15 – 19 June. 71. Van Zuilen M, Philippot P (2009). Application of Raman Spectroscopy to early life studies: Carbonaceous matter in Early Archean rocks. NGF Abstracts and Proceedings, no. 1, p. 101, 2009 Geological Society of Norway, Winter Conference, Bergen, Norway, 13-15 January. 72. Van Zuilen M, Lepland A, Philippot P (2009). Raman spectroscopic characteristics of carbonaceous material in Archean rocks; Implications for early life studies. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 73:A1374 Goldschmidt, Davos, Switzerland, June 20-25, Keynote. 73. van Zuilen M, Philippot P, Lepland A, Rividi N. (2009). Raman spectroscopy in geobiological studies: merging molecular and mineralogical information with morphological observations. Geological Society of America Meeting, Portland, USA. (Invited talk). 74. Vaular EN, Barth T (2009). Headspace and pore water analysis of sediment samples from a gas hydrate bearing area off the Mid-Norwegian cost. 24th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Bremen, Germany, 6-11 august. 75. Zimmermann U, Fourie P, Naidoo T, Chemale Jr F, Nakamura E, Kobayashi K, Kosler J, Beukes N, Tait J, van Staden A (2009). Unroofing the Kalahari Craton: Provenance data from Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic successions, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73: A1536, Goldschmidt, Davos, Switzerland, June 20-25. 76. Zink S, Schoenberg R (2009). Isotopic Fractionation and Reaction Kinetics of Cr in Aqueous Solutions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73:A1537 Goldschmidt, Davos, Switzerland, June 20-25. 77. Øvreås L, Johannessen TV, Jorgensen SL, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB (2009). Microbial population structure at low-temperature siliceous Fe-deposits at the Jan Mayen hydrothermal fields. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73:A981 Goldschmidt, Davos, Switzerland, June 20-25. 78. Øvreås L, Johannessen T, Einen J, Jorgensen SL, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB (2009). Microbial populations in low temperature iron hydroxide deposits at the71°N hydrothermal vent field at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. NGF Abstracts and Proceedings, no. 1, p. 107, 2009 Geological Society of Norway, Winter Conference, Bergen, Norway, 13-15 January. 79. Øvreås L, Quinze C, Lanzen A Green J, Coulson S, Sloan W, Curtis TP (2009). Microbial diversity in Arctic tundra. The 10th Arctic Science Summit Week Conference Bergen, Norway; 22 – 28 March.

Other reports, lectures and presentations from scholarly fora

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 33 Published papers in other non-refereed scientific or academic journals 1. Schander C (15.01.2009). Darwin och grenarna i livets trad. Naturen ( ISSN 0028-0887). 2. Schander C, Rapp HT (15.01.2009). Ett inferno pa havsbotten. Havsutsikt.

Dissemination measures aimed at relevant target groups

Guest lectures, invited talks, Keynote speaker engagements 1. Birkeland NK (2009). The genome of Thermosipho africanus: lateral genetic connections to Firmicutes and Archaea. Symposium on Microbial Genome Dynamics and Evolution, Det Norske Vitenskapsakademi. (Invited talk). 2. Birkeland NK (2009). Extremophilic microorganisms; basic concepts. University of Stockholm, Sweden. 20 October (Invited talk). 3. Fliegel D (2009). Bioalteration of volcanic crust – the present is the key to the past, March 2009, Tsukuba University, Japan. March 2009 (Invited talk).. 4. Furnes H (2009). The Isua Supracrustal belt (Greenland) - a vestige of a 3,8 Ga suprasubduction zone ophiolite, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, Invited department lecture. 5. McLoughlin N (2009). Life in volcanic glass: the recent to Archean trace fossil record. University of Jena, Germany, May 2009. Invited department seminar. 6. McLoughlin N (2009). 3.5 Billion Years of Microbial Life in Volcanic Glass. University of Leeds advances in Palaeontology Course, Jan 2009. (Invited talk). 7. McLoughlin N (2009). Microbial Life in Volcanic Glass. Darwin Symposia series, University of Oxford, UK; Jan 2009, (Invited talk). 8. McLoughlin N (2009). The Emergence of Microbial Life in Archean Pillow Lavas. African Earth Observatory Network (AEON) University of Cape Town, South Africa, Sept 2009. (Invited talk). 9. Pedersen RB (2009). Ultraslow spreading and hydrothermal activity – new discoveries. Deep-Sea Science and Policy Workshop: Mining of Seafloor massive Sulfide - A Reality for Science and Society in the 21st Century, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA. April 1-2, 2009. 10. Pedersen RB (2009). Deep diving along the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences, Bergen. 21 May, Bergen. 11. Pedersen RB (2009). CO2 leakage Scenarios and Monitoring Strategies. CO2 Marine workshop, 14-14 May, Bergen. 12. Pedersen RB (2009). Modelling sub-surface CO2 ascent, seafloor release, and water- column dispersion. CO2 Sequestration Consortium Workshop, Southampton, UK 15-17 June. 13. Pedersen RB (2009). Dypdykk langs den arktiske midthavsryggen. Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences, Trondheim. 4 December. 14. Rapp HT, Schander HT, Ovreas L, Steen IH, Torsvik VL, Furnes H, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB (2009). Extreme possibilities in extreme environments – a large reservoir of biological diversity waiting to be discovered. BIOPROSP 2009. Tromsø, Norway. 15. Rapp HT, Hoffmann F, Possner S, Fehler K, Schander C (2009). Norwegian sponges, corals and ascidians: Rich sources of bioactive natural products. BIOPROSP 2009. Tromsø, Norway. 16. Schander C (2009). DNA barcode microarrays. DNA Barcoding of Marine Biodiversity Workshop; 1 May. 17. Schander C, Berggren M (2009). Marine Inventories by the Swedish Species Initiative. Workshop; 2009-06-23 - 2009-06-23.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 34 18. Schander C, Troedsson C, Thompson E, Bouquet J-M (2009). From barcodes to ecosystem functioning – a peek into the near future. DNA Barcoding of Marine Biodiversity Public Symposium; 2009-04-30 - 2009-04-30 UiB. 19. Schleper C (2009). International Conference SysMo: Systems Biology of Microorganisms 19.-20. May 2009, Vienna, Austria Presentation of Project. 20. Schleper C (2009). Ecology and Evolution of Ammonia oxidizing Archaea. International Workshop on the Evolution of Archaea - Les Treilles Foundation, Les Treilles, France, 11- 15 May, (Invited talk). 21. Schleper C (2009). Ecology and Evolution of Ammonia oxidizing Archaea. The 10th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO 10), Uppsala, Sweden 15 – 19 June, Invited Keynote lecture. 22. Schleper C (2009). Metagenomics and -transcriptomics of Ammonia oxidizing Archaea, 3rd Congress of European Microbiologists (FEMS 2009), Göteborg, Sweden, 28 June- 3 July, (Invited talk). 23. Schleper C (2009). Metagenomics of ammonia oxidizing archaea from soils and hot springs IcoN1: First International Conference on Nitrification, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. 6-10 July, (Invited talk). 24. Schleper C (2009). Ecophysiology and Evolution of Ammonia-Oxdizing Archaea, Gordon Research Conference: Archaea: Ecology, Metabolism and Molecular Biology, Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, USA, 27-31 July, (Invited talk). 25. Scoenberg R (2009). Hannover, Germanny, Graphiteinschlusse in >3.8 Milliarden Jahre alten Gesteinen auf Akilia, SW-Gronland, als Zeugen des fruhesten Lebens auf der Erde – Fakt oder Fiktion? Habilitation Presentation at the University of Hannover, Germany, 5 January. (Invited talk). 26. Scoenberg R (2009). Die Isotopenfraktionierung von Ubergangsmetallen in Hoch- und Tieftemperaturprozessen. Tübingen, Germany, 23 April. Invited talk. 27. Scoenberg R (2009). Eisenisotopenfraktionierung in Hoch- und Tieftemperatur-prozessen. Hannover, Germany, 11 May. Invited talk. 28. Steen IH (2009). Microbial Communities in Cold Seeps at Nyegga. University of Göttingen, Germany, April 2009 (Invited talk). 29. Steen IH (2009). Metagenomics and metaproteomics of deep arctic hydrothermal systems. VISTA Marine Bioinformatics network meeting. University of Oslo, Norway, May 2009. Invited talk. 30. Thorseth IH (2009). Microbial interactions with low-temperature geochemical processes at the seafloor. Deep-Sea Science and Policy Workshop: Mining of Seafloor massive Sulfide - A Reality for Science and Society in the 21st Century, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA. April 1-2. 31. Torsvik V (2009). Microbial metagenomic analysis in Arctic soils. In TerraGenome Workshop. Uppsala, Sweden, 14-15 June (Invited talk). 32. Urich T (2009). Simultaneous assessment of microbial community structure and function through analysis of the metatranscriptome. 7th international workshop on New Techniques in Microbial Ecology INTIME-7), Lackenhof, Austria. 27-30 August (Invited talk). 33. Van Zuilen MA (2009). Raman spectroscopic characteristics of carbonaceous material in Archean rocks; Implication for early life studies. NordCEE annual meeting, Odense, Denmark. 9 June. (Invited talk). 34. Øvreås L (2009). De usynliges fingeravtrykk. BIO-Medisinsk Fagdag, University of Bergen, Norway, 18 Feb (Invited talk). 35. Øvreås L (2009). Microbial Diversity in Arctic terrestrial ecosystems. Workshop on Terrestrial Ecosystems – a Flagship programme for Ny-Ålesund, Oslo, Norway 6-8 May, (Invited talk).

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 35 Convenor activity 1. Dilek Y, Furnes H, De Wit M (2009). Greenstone Belts, Archean Earth, and Early Life. Session 89 at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Portland, Oregon, USA, 18-21 October. 2. Hannisdal B (2009). Chair, session Geobiologi, 29th Geological Winter Conference, Bergen, Norway, Jan 13-15. 3. Reynolds B, Mason P, Schoenberg R (2009). Session 18f at the Goldschmidt 2009 Conference, Davos, Switzerland, Pushing Precision and Accuracy in Radiogenic, Radioactive, and Non-Traditional Isotope Ratio Measurements. June 20-25. 4. Thorseth I (2009). Convenor, session Geobiologi, 29th Geological Winter Conference, Bergen, Norway, Jan 13-15. 5. Schleper C. FEMS 2009: 3rd Congress of European Microbiologists, Göteborg, Sweden. 28.6. – 3.7.

Meeting organization 1. Thorseth I (2009). Member of the organizing committee for the 29th Geological Winter Conference, Bergen, Norway, Jan 13-15. 2. Torsvik V (2009). Member of the International scientific committee of The 10th International Symposium in Bacterial Genetics and Ecology (BAGECO 10); Uppsala, Sweden, June 15-19.

Public-oriented dissemination activity (popular science articles, documents circulated for review, exhibitions, etc.) 1. Bartle E (05.04.2009). Ombord et forskningsfartoy. Guest lecture. VilVite Science Centre, Bergen. 2. Bartle E (01.07.2009). Searching for Black Smokers. Science documentary. 3. Furnes H, McLoughlin N (05.11.2009). Bedrock for life on a young Earth - searching for our planet's earliest life forms. Science documentary. 4. Furnes H, McLoughlin N (01.12.2009). Drilling Back 3.5 Billion Years to the Bedrock of Life. Popular science article. Geoviten ekstern des 2009. 5. Hannisdal B (12.02.2009). Darwins siste ide. Darwin Celebration at University of Bergen, Norway, 12 Feb. Invited talk 6. Hannisdal B (19.09.2009). Darwins siste ide. Popular Science lecture. Forskningsdagene Bergen 2009. 7. McLoughlin N (26.03.2009). The emergence of Life on Earth 3+ billion years ago: holes in the evidence or evidence in the holes? Guest lecture. Norsk Geologisk Forening. 8. McLoughlin N (19.03 & 20.03.2009). Darwin’s Lost World: the Evolution of Microbial Life on the Early Earth. Guest lecture. Darwin Bicentenary Celebrations Bergen & Oslo. 9. Pedersen RB (15.09.2009). Fri forskning- Lange spor. Video. Forskningsdagene 2009. 10. Schander C (19.01.2009). Utforsking av dyphavene. Guest lecture. Bergen Rotary Club. 11. Schander C (12.02.2009). Kan vi tegne livets tre? Guest lecture. Darwin Day celebrations, Bergen. 12. Schander C (13.04.2009). Fauna of the hydrothermal vents North of Iceland. Guest lecture. Fakultetsforelesning, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UiB. 13. Schander C (17.04.2009). Beyond Barcoding- plans for a Marine Centre in Bergen, Norway. Guest lecture. Bergen Museum. 14. Schander C (17.09.2009). En outforskad undervattensvarld vid Jan Mayen. Guest lecture. Veckomote Rotary Club.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 36 15. Øvreås L (19.09.2009). Nar oppstod livet på jorden? Forskningsdagene, Bergen Norway, Invited Talk. 16. Øvreås L (12.02.2009). Livets opprinnelse. Darwin Celebration at University of Bergen, Norway, Invited talk.

News publication in the media

1. Birkeland NK (21.04.2009). Ekstremofile mikroorganismer under isen i Antarktis. Radio Interview. NRK Verdt å vite. 2. Pedersen RB (09.08.2009). Minstemann blant mektige skip. web-based popular science journal. forskning.no http://www.forskning.no/artikler/2009/august/226134 3. Pedersen RB (01.10.2009). Ekstrem opplysning. Interviewed in Popular Science article. Hubro 2/2009 http://hubro.uib.no/hubro3-2009/opplysning.html 4. Pedersen RB (30.11.2009). Radio interview. NRK Verdt å vite. 5. Schander C (05.07.2009). Her er penis-sjoormen. Interview in popular press. Bergens Tidene. http://www.bt.no/nyheter/innenriks/Her-er-penis-sjoeormen-879409.html 6. Schander C (11.08.2009). Havet ar hans yrke och passion. Interview in popular press. Borås Tidning. http://www.bt.se/familj/i_fokus/havet-ar-hans-yrke-och- passion(1465275).gm#articleimage-popup 7. Øvreås L (10.12.2009). Radio interview. NRK Verdt å vite.

Publications and dissipation of results 2010

Published papers in refereed scientific journals and refereed book chapters 1. Balzer S, Malde K, Lanzen A, Sharma A, Jonassen I (2010). Characteristics of 454 pyrosequencing data-enabling realistic simulation with flowsim. Bioinformatics 26:i420- i425. 2. Bartossek R, Nicol GW, Lanzen A, Klenk HP, Schleper C (2010). Homologues of nitrite reductases in ammonia-oxidizing archaea: diversity and genomic context. Environ Microbiol 12:1075-1088. 3. Baskar S, Baskar R, Tewari VC, Thorseth IH, Øvreas L, Lee N and Routh J. (2011). Cave Geomicrobiology in India: Status and prospects (In: Tewari V and Seckbach J (Eds.), Stromatolites: Interaction of microbes with sediments), Cellular origin, life in extreme habitats and astrobiology, Vol.18, Cole series of the Springer, 490 p. ISBN: 978-94-007- 0396-4 (in press). 4. Bengtsson MM, Sjotun K, Ovreas L (2010). Seasonal dynamics of bacterial biofilms on the kelp Laminaria hyperborea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 60:71-83. 5. Bengtsson MM, Sjøtun K. and Storesund JE. Øvreås L. "Utilization of kelp-derived carbon sources by kelp surface-associated bacteria" Accepted for publication in Aquatic Microbial Ecology (2010) 6. Bengtsson MM, Øvreås L (2010). Planctomycetes dominate biofilms on surfaces of the kelp Laminaria hyperborea. BMC Microbiology 10:261. 7. Bergstad OA, Gjelsvik G, Schander C, Hoines AS (2010). Feeding ecology of Coryphaenoides rupestris from the mid-atlantic ridge. PLoS One 5:e10453 . 8. Bjelke U, Gärdenfors U, Karlsson A, Agrenius S, Berggren M, Cedhagen T, Hansson HG, Kautsky H, Lundberg S, Lundin K, Lundälv T, Von Proschwitz T, Schander C, Smith S

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 37 (2010). Blötdjur – Molluscs Mollusca. I: Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2010 - The 2010 Red List of Swedish Species. Uppsala: Artdatabanken 2010 ISBN 978-91-88506-35-1. p 495- 505. 9. Bjelke U, Karlsson A, Sandström J, Agrenius S, Berggren H, Berggren M, Cedhagen T, Edsman L, Hansson HG, Kautsky H, Lingdell PE, Lundin K, Lundälv T, Schander C, Smith S (2010). Kräftdjur – Crustaceans Crustacea. I: Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2010 - The 2010 Red List of Swedish Species. Uppsala: Artdatabanken 2010 ISBN 978-91-88506-35-1. p 487-493. 10. Bjelland T, Grube M, Hoem S, Jørgensen SL, Daae FL, Thorseth IH, Øvreås L (2010). Microbial metacommunities in the lichen-rock habitat. Environ. Microbiol. Reports doi:10.1111/j.1758-2229.2010.00206.x. 11. Bristow GA, Berland B, Schander C, Vo DT (2010). A new endosymbiotic bivalve (Heterodonta: Galemmatoidea) from Pacific holothurians. Journal of Parasitology 96:532- 534. 12. Bristow GA, Johanessen P, Berland B, Schander C. Devonia perrieri (Malard, 1903) found in situ on the holothurian Leptosynapta inhaerens (Müller, 1776). Fauna Norvegica. (In Press) 13. Cardenas P, Rapp HT, Schander C, Tendal (2010). OS Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of the Geodiidae (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida) – combining phylogenetic and Linnaean classification. Zoologica Scripta 39:89-106. 14. Chen Y, Ussler III W, Haflidason H, Lepland A, Rise L, Hovland M, Hjelsuten BO (2010). Sources of methane inferred from pore-water δ13C of dissolved inorganic carbon in Pockmark G11, offshore Mid-Norway. Chemical Geology 275, 127-138. 15. Dahle H, Hannisdal B, Steinsbu BO, Ommedal H, Einen J, Jensen S, Larsen Ø, Øvreås L, Norland S. (in press) Evolution of temperature optimum in Thermotogaceae and the prediction of trait values of uncultured organisms. Extremophiles. 16. Dang BT, Levsen A, Schander C, Bristow GA (2010). Some haliotrema (Monogenea: dactylogyridae) from cultured grouper (Epinephelus spp.) with emphasis on the phylogenetic position of Haliotrema cromileptis. Journal of Parasitology 96:30-39. 17. Dang BT, Levsen A, Schander C, Bristow GA (In Press). Classification of three capsalid monogenean species from cultured grouper (Epinephelus spp.) in Vietnam, with comments on their phenotypic variability. Acta Zoologica. 18. De Wit MJ, Furnes H, Robins B (accepted for publication). Geology and tectonostratigraphy of the Upper Onverwacht Suite, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Precambrian Research. 19. Drost K, Gerdes A, Jeffries T, Linnemann U, Storey C (In Press 2010). Provenance of Neoproterozoic and Early Paleozoic siliciclastic rocks of the Teplá-Barrandian unit (Bohemian Massif): Evidence from U-Pb detrital zircon ages. Gondwana Research. 20. Flatebø RS, Høl PJ, Leknes KN, Kosler J, Lie SA, Gjerdet NR (2010). Mapping of titanium particles in peri-implant oral mucosa by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and high-resolution optical darkfield microscopy. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine, doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2010.00958.x. 21. Fliegel D, Klementova M, Kosler J (2010). Phase and Composition Changes of Titanite during Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Analysis. Analytical Chemistry 82:4272-4277. 22. Fliegel D, Kosler J, McLoughlin N, Simonetti A, de Wit MJ, Wirth R, Furnes H (2010). In situ dating of earth's oldest trace fossil at 3.34 Ga. Earth and Planetary Science Letters: 299: 290-298 23. Fliegel D, Wirth R, Simonetti A, Furnes H, Staudigel H, Hanski E, Muehlenbachs K (2010 in press). Septate tubular textures in 2.0Ga pillow lavas from the Pechenga Greenstone Belt: a nano-spectroscopic approach to investigating their biogenicity. Geobiology DOI:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2010.00252.x

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 38 24. Furnes H, de Wit M, Robins B, Sandstå NR (accepted for publication). Volcanic evolution of the Upper Onverwacht Suite, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Precambrian Research. 25. Geffen AJ, Hoie H, Folkvord A, Hufthammer AK, Andersson C, Ninemann U, Pedersen RB, Nedreaas K, Modin J (in press). High latitude climate variability and its effect on fishery resources as revealed by fossil otoliths. Journal: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 26. Guelke M, von Blanckenburg F, Schoenberg R, Staubwasser M, Stuetzel H. (2010). Determining the stable Fe isotope signature of plant-available iron in soils, Chemical Geology 277(3-4), 269-280. 27. Hannisdal B, Peters SE (2010). On the Relationship between Macrostratigraphy and Geological Processes: Quantitative Information Capture and Sampling Robustness. Journal of Geology 118:111-130. 28. Hannisdal B (in press 2010). Detecting common-cause relationships with directional information transfer. Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 29. Happonen LJ, Redder P, Peng X, Reigstad LJ, Prangishvili D, Butcher SJ (2010). Familial Relationships in Hyperthermo- and Acidophilic Archaeal Viruses. Journal of Virology 84:4747-4754. 30. Hevrøy EM, Azpeleta C, Shimizu M, Lanzén A, Kaiya H, Espe M, Olsvik PA (2010). Effects of short-term starvation on ghrelin, GH-IGF system, and IGF-binding proteins in Atlantic salmon. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 1-16. DOI: 10.1007/s10695-010-9434- 3. 31. Hovland M, Heggland R, De Vries MH, Tjelta TI (2010). Unit-pockmarks and their potential significance for predicting fluid flow. Marine and Petroleum Geology 27:1190- 1199. 32. Holovachov O, Boström S, Reid N, Warén A, Schander C (2010 In Press). Endeolophos skeneae sp. nov. (Chromadoridae) - a free-living marine nematode epibiotically associated with deep-sea gastropod Skenea profunda (Skeneidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 33. Huang S, Lopez-Capel E, Manning DAC, Rickard D (2010). The composition of nanoparticulate nickel sulfide. Chemical Geology, 277, 207-213. 34. Janussen D, Rapp HT. Redescription of Jenkina articulata Brøndsted from the deep Eckström Shelf, E-Weddell Sea, Antarctica and a comment on the possible mass occurrence of this species. Deep Sea Research Part II. (In Press). 35. Jensen S, Duperron S, Birkeland NK, Hovland M. (2010) Intracellular Oceanospirillales bacteria inhabit gills of Acesta bivalves. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00981.x (in press) 36. Kandilarov A, Landa H, Mjelde R, Pedersen RB, Okino K, Murai Y (2010). Crustal structure of the ultra-slow spreading Knipovich Ridge, North Atlantic, along a presumed magmatic portion of oceanic crustal formation. Marine Geophysical Research. Volume 31, Issue 3 (2010), Page 173. DOI 10.1007/s11001-010-9095-8. 37. Karlsson A, Agrenius S, Berggren M, Bjelke U, Cedhagen T, Gärdenfors U, Hansson HG, Kautsky H, Lundin K, Lundälv T, Schander C, Smith S (2010). Ringmaskar och Planarier – Ringed Worms and Planarians Hirudinea & Tricladida. I: Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2010 - The 2010 Red List of Swedish Species. Uppsala: Artdatabanken 2010 ISBN 978-91-88506- 35-1. p. 511-514. 38. Karlsson A, Agrenius S, Berggren M, Cedhagen T, Hansson HG, Kautsky H, Lundin K, Lundälv T, Schander C, Smith S (2010). Armfotingar – Brachiopods Brachiopoda. I: Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2010 - The 2010 Red List of Swedish Species. Uppsala: Artdatabanken 2010 ISBN 978-91-88506-35-1. p. 507-509. 39. Karlsson A, Agrenius S, Berggren M, Cedhagen T, Hansson HG, Kautsky H, Lundin K, Lundälv T, Schander C, Smith S (2010). Koralldjur – Anthozoans Antozoa. I: Rödlistade

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 39 arter i Sverige 2010 - The 2010 Red List of Swedish Species. Uppsala: Artdatabanken 2010 ISBN 978-91-88506-35-1. p. 515-518. 40. Karlsson A, Agrenius S, Berggren M, Cedhagen T, Hansson HG, Kautsky H, Lundin K, Lundälv T, Schander C, Smith S (2010) Manteldjur – Tunicates Tunicata. I: Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2010 - The 2010 Red List of Swedish Species. Uppsala: Artdatabanken 2010 ISBN 978-91-88506-35-1. p. 333-337. 41. Karlsson A, Agrenius S, Berggren M, Cedhagen T, Hansson HG, Kautsky H, Lundin K, Lundälv T, Schander C, Smith S (2010). Tagghudingar – Echinoderms Echinodermata. I: Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2010 - The 2010 Red List of Swedish Species. Uppsala: Artdatabanken 2010 ISBN 978-91-88506-35-1. p 339-344. 42. Karlstrom M, Chiaraluce R, Giangiacomo L, Steen IH, Birkeland NK, Ladenstein R, Consalvi V (2010). Thermodynamic and kinetic stability of a large multi-domain enzyme from the hyperthermophile Aeropyrum pernix. Extremophiles 14:213-223. 43. Keuning R, Schander C. Thyasira ockelmanni (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneroida), a new species of Thyasiridae from the Norwegian Sea. Fauna Norvegica. 44. Kuznetsov AB, Melezhik VA, Gorokhov IM, Melnikov NN, Konstantinova GV, Kutyavin EP, Turchenko TL (2010 in press). Sr isotopic composition of Paleoproterozoic 13C-rich carbonate rocks: the Tulomozero Formation, SE Fennoscandian Shield, Precambrian Research. 45. Lepland A, van Zuilen MA, and Philippot P. 2010. Fluid deposited graphite and its geobiological implications in early Archean Gneiss from Akilia, Greenland. Geobiology in press (published online 12/11/10). 46. Luttinen AV, Leat PT. Furnes H (2010 in press, in review). Bjørnnutane and Sembberget basalts, geochemical provinciality of western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.07.011. 47. Lygre F, Schander C (2010). Six new species of pyramidellids (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pyramidelloidea) from West Africa, introducing the new genus Kongsrudia. Zootaxa 2657: 1-17. 48. McLoughlin N, Fliegel D, Furnes H, Staudigel, A Simonetti, Zhao GC, Robinson PT (2010). Assessing the biogenicity and syngenicity of candidate bioalteration textures in pillow lavas of the ~2.52 Ga Wutai greenstone terrane of China Chinese Science Bulletin 55:188-199. 49. McLoughlin N, Staudigel H, Furnes H, Eickmann B, Ivarsson M (2010). Mechanisms of microtunneling in rock substrates: distinguishing endolithic biosignatures from abiotic microtunnels. Geobiology 8:245-255. 50. Melezhik VA, Fallick AE (2010). On the Lomagundi-Jatuli carbon isotopic event: The evidence from the Kalix Greenstone Belt, Sweden. Precambrian Research 179:165-190. 51. Melezhik VA, Lepland A, Romashkin A, Rychanchik D, Mesli M, Finne TE, Conze R, FAR-DEEP Scientists (2010). The Great Oxidation Event recorded in Paleoproterozoic rocks from Fennoscandia, Scientific Drilling 9: 23-29. 52. Mitra S, Rupek P, Richter D, Urich T, Gilbert J, Meyer F, Wilke A, Huson D (2010). Functional analysis of metagenomes and metatranscriptomes using SEED and KEGG. BMC Bioinformatics. (Accepted for publication.) 53. Mulch A, Uba CE, Strecker MR, Schoenberg R, Chamberlain CP (2010). Late Miocene climate variability and surface elevation in the central Andes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 290:173-182. 54. Novak M, Mikova J, Krachler M, Kosler J, Erbanova L, Prechova E, Jackova I, Fottova D (2010). Radial distribution of lead and lead isotopes in stem wood of Norway spruce: A reliable archive of pollution trends in Central Europe. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 74:4207-4218. 55. Oug E, Rapp HT (2010). The Norwegian Red List 2010. Porifera. Artsdatabanken.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 40 56. Pasava J, Vymazalova A, Kosler J, Koneev RI, Jukov AV, Khalmatov RA (2010). Platinum-group elements in ores from the Kalmakyr porphyry Cu-Au-Mo deposit, Uzbekistan: bulk geochemical and laser ablation ICP-MS data. Mineralium Deposita 45:411-418. 57. Pedersen RB, Rapp HT, Thorseth IH, Lilley M, Barriga F, Baumberger T, Bernasconi- Green G, Flesland K, Fonseca R, Jørgensen SL. (2010). Discovery of a black smoker vent field and a novel vent fauna at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. Nature Comm. 1:126 doi: 10.1038/ncomms1124. 58. Pedersen RB, Searle MP, A. Carter A, Bandyopadhyay P (2010). U-Pb zircon age of the Andaman Ophiolite: implications for the beginning of subduction beneath the Andaman - Sumatra arc. Journal of the Geological Society. 59. Pedersen RB, Thorseth IH, Nygård TE, Lilley MD, Kelley DS (2010). Hydrothermal Activity at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridges. In Diversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean Ridges. Geophysical Monograph Series 188. 2010. American Geophysical Union. 10.1029/2008GM000783. 60. Peters M, Strauss H, Farquhar J, Ockert C, Eickmann B, Jost CL (2010). Sulfur cycling at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: A multiple sulfur isotope approach. Chemical Geology 269:180- 196. 61. Pokrovsky BG, Chumakov NM, Melezhik VA, Bujakajte MI (2010). Geochemical peculiarities of Neoproteroozoic “cap dolostones” of the Patom palaeobasin. Lithology and Mineral Deposits 6: 1-17. 62. Poujol M, Boulvais P, Kosler J (2010). Regional-scale Cretaceous albitization in the Pyrenees: evidence from in situ U-Th-Pb dating of monazite, titanite and zircon. Journal of the Geological Society 167:751-767. 63. Quince CM, Lanzén A, Turnbaugh PJ. 'Removing Noise from Pyrosequenced Amplicons', submitted to Bioinformatics and accepted with major revision (currently in process). 64. Rapp HT, Janussen D, Tendal OS (2010). Calcareous sponges from abyssal and bathyal depths in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Deep Sea Research Part II. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.05.022 65. Reigstad LJ, Bartossek R, Schleper C (2010). Preparation of high molecular weight DNA and metagenomics from soils and hot springs. Book chapter in Elsevier´s Methods in Enzymology, 2010; 483. 66. Reigstad LJ, Jorgensen SL, Lauritzen SE, Schleper C, Urich T. (2010) Sulfur oxidizing chemo-lithotrophic proteobacteria dominate the microbiota in high-arctic thermal springs on Svalbard. Astrobiology (in press). 67. Reigstad LJ, Jorgensen SL, Schleper C (2010). Diversity and abundance of Korarchaeota in terrestrial hot springs of Iceland and Kamchatka. ISME Journal 4:346-356. 68. Rividi N, van Zuilen M, Philippot P, Menez B, Godard G, Poidatz E (2010). Calibration of Carbonate Composition Using Micro-Raman Analysis: Application to Planetary Surface Exploration. Astrobiology 10:293-309. 69. Robins B, Sandsta NR, Furnes H, de Wit M (2010). Flow banding in basaltic pillow lavas from the Early Archean Hooggenoeg Formation, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Bulletin of Volcanology 72:579-592. 70. Robins B, Sandstå NR, Furnes H, de Wit M. Evidence for refilling of previously emptied basaltic pillows in the Hooggenoeg Complex, Barberton Greenstone Belt. Geological Magazine (accepted for publication). 71. Sandstå NR, Robins B, Furnes H, de Wit M. The origin of large varioles in pillow lavas from the Hooggenoeg Complex, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (accepted for publication). 72. Schander C, Rapp HT, Dahlgren TG (In Press). Osedax mucofloris, a bone eating worm new to Norway. Fauna Norvegica.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 41 73. Schander C, Rapp HT, Halanych K, Kongsrud JA, Sneli J-A (2010). A case of co- occurrence between a Sclerolinum pogonophoran (Siboglinidae, Annelida) and Xylophaga (Bivalvia) from a Northeast Atlantic wood-fall. Marine Biodiversity Records. doi:10.1017/S1755267210000394. 74. Schander C, Rapp HT, Kongsrud JA, Bakken T, Berge J, Cochrane S, Oug E, Byrkjedal I, Todt C, Cedhagen T, Fosshagen A, Gebruk A, Larsen K, Levin L, Obst M, Pleijel F, Stohr S, Waren A, Mikkelsen NT, Hadler-Jacobsen S, Keuning R, Petersen KH, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB (2010). The fauna of hydrothermal vents on the Mohn Ridge (North Atlantic). Marine Biology Research 6:155-171. 75. Schleper C (2010). Ammonia oxidation: different niches for bacteria and archaea? ISME Journal 4:1092-1094. 76. Schläppy M-L, Weber M, Mendola D, Hoffmann F, de Beer D (in press 2010). Heterogeneous oxygenation resulting from active and passive flow in two Mediterranean sponges. Limnology and Oceanography. 77. Schläppy M-L, Schöttner S, Lavik G, Kuypers MMM, de Beer D, Hoffmann F (2010). Evidence for nitrification and denitrification in high and low microbial abundance sponges. Marine Biology 157: 593-602. 78. Soejono I, Zackova E, Janousek J, Machek M, Kosler J (2010). Vestige of an early Cambrian oceanic crust incorporated in the Variscan orogen: Letovice complex, Bohemian Massif. Journal of Geological Society London 167:1113-1130. 79. Spang A, Hatzenpichler R, Brochier-Armanet C, Rattei T, Tischler P, Spieck E, Streit W, Stahl DA, Wagner M, Schleper C (2010). Distinct gene set in two different lineages of ammonia-oxidizing archaea supports the phylum Thaumarchaeota. Trends in Microbiology 18:331-340. 80. Steinsbu BO, Thorseth IH, Nakagawa S, Inagaki F, Lever MA, Engelen B, Ovreas L, Pedersen RB (2010). Archaeoglobus sulfaticallidus sp. nov., a novel thermophilic and facultatively lithoautotrophic sulfate-reducer isolated from black rust exposed to hot ridge flank crustal fluids. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. doi:ijs.0.016105-0. Published online 81. Steinsbu BO, Tindall BJ, Torsvik VL, Thorseth IH, Daae FL, Pedersen RB (2010). Rhabdothermus arcticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Thermaceae isolated from a hydrothermal vent chimney from Soria Moria vent field at the Arctic Mid- Ocean Ridge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, doi:ijs.0.027839-0. Published online 82. Sweetman A, Middelburg JJ, Berle A, Bernardino AF, Demopoulos AWJ, Schander C, Smith CR (2010). Impacts of exotic mangrove forests and mangrove deforestation on carbon remineralization and ecosystem functioning in marine sediments. Biogeosciences Discussions 7: 2631-2671. 83. Tajcmanova L, Soejono I, Konopasek J, Kosler J, Klotzli U (2010). Structural position of high-pressure felsic to intermediate granulites from NE Moldanubian domain (Bohemian Massif). Journal of the Geological Society 167:329-345. 84. Tandberg AHS, Schander C, Pleijel F (2010). First record of the association between the amphipod Metopa alderii and the bivalve Musculus. Marine Biodiversity Records 3:e5. 85. Torsvik V, Øvreås L. DNA reassociation yields broad-scale information on metagenome complexity and microbial diversity in Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology I: Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches. Frans J. de Bruijn, Editor Wiley- Blackwell Publisher (2010) 86. Tschegg C, Ntaflos T, Seghedi I, Harangi S, Kosler J, Coltorti M (2010). Paleogene alkaline magmatism in the South Carpathians (Poiana Rusc , Romania): Asthenosperic melts with geodynamic and lithospheric information. Lithos, doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2010.08.025 87. Wacey D, McLoughlin N, Whitehouse MJ, Kilburn MR (2010). Two co-existing sulfur metabolisms in a ca 3,400 Ma sandstone. Geology 38, 1115-1118.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 42 88. Zackova E, Konopasek J, Jerabek P, Finger F, Kosler J (2010). Early Carboniferous blueschist facies metamorphism in metapelites of the West Sudetes (Northern Saxothuringian Domain, Bohemian Massif). Journal of Metamorphic Geology 28:361-379. 89. Zaparty M, Esser D, Gertig S, Haferkamp P, Kouril T, Manica A, Pham TK, Reimann J, Schreiber K, Sierocinski P, Teichmann D, van Wolferen M, von Jan M, Wieloch P, Albers SV, Driessen AJM, Klenk HP, Schleper C, Schomburg D, van der Oost J, Wright PC, Siebers B (2010). "Hot standards" for the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Extremophiles 14:119-142. 90. Zak J, Kratinova Z, Trubac J, Janousek V, Slama J, Mrlina J (in print). Structure, emplacement, and tectonic setting of Late Devonian granitoid plutons in the Tepla– Barrandian unit, Bohemian Massif. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch). 91. Zink S, Schoenberg R, Staubwasser M (2010). Isotopic fractionation and reaction kinetics between Cr(III) and Cr(VI) in aqueous media. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74(20), 5729-5745. 92. Øvreås L. Curtis TP. (2010) Microbial Diversity and Ecology. In: Frontiers in Measuring Biodiversity. A. Magurran and B. McGill (eds). Oxford University Press

Submitted 1. Baskar S, Baskar R, Thorseth IH, Øvreås L, Pedersen RB. Microbially induced iron precipitation associated with a neutrophilic spring at Borra caves, Vishakhapatnam, India. Astrobiology (submitted). 2. Bengtsson MM, Sjøtun K, Lanzen A, Øvreås L. Bacterial diversity and production on the surface of the kelp Laminaria Hyperborea (Submitted to Environmental Microbiology). 3. Bugiolacchi R, Mall U, Bhatt M, McKenna-Lawlor S, Banaszkiewicz M, Brønstad K, Nathues A, Søraas F,Ullaland K, Pedersen RB. An In-Depth Look At Copernicus Crater: Exposed Mineralogy by High-Resolution Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Submitted to ICARUS. 4. Cardenas P, Xavier J, Reveillaud J, Schander C, Rapp HT. Molecular phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiae) reveals an unexpected high level of spicule homoplasy. Plos One. (submitted) 5. Chang MY, Kosler J, Dundas SH, Maes GE, Geffen AJ. Comparison of ablation lines to improve temporal resolution for determining recent residence location of hake, Merluccius merluccius. Submitted to Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, September 2010. 6. Connelly DP, Pedersen R, et al. Hydrothermal vents on the world's deepest seafloor spreading centre. Nature. (submitted) 7. Dilek Y, Furnes H. Ophiolite Genesis and Global Tectonics: Geochemical and Tectonic Fingerprinting of Ancient Oceanic Lithosphere. Submitted to Nature Geoscience. 8. Grosch E, Vidal O, Abu Alam T, Furnes H, McLoughlin N. Ocean-Floor Metamorphism in an Early Archean Brittle-to.ductile Extensional Shear Zone, Kromberg Type-Section, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. (Submitted to Journal of Petrology.) 9. Hagnell J, Schander C, Jeske C, Magnusson H, von Proschwitz T. Low doses of caffeine enhances molluscicides. Journal of Conchology. (submitted) 10. Hannisdal B. Non-parametric inference of causal interactions from geological records. American Journal of Science. (in review 2010). 11. Hannisdal B, Henderiks J, Liow LH. Cenozoic decline in marine calcifying phytoplankton strongly linked to atmospheric CO2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. (in review 2010) 12. Hellevang H, Huang S, Thorseth IH. The potential for low-temperature abiotic hydrogen generation for the hydrogen-driven deep biosphere. Submitted to Astrobiology.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 43 13. Hoffmann F, Schläppy M-L (submitted 2010). Sponges and sponge microbes. In: Reitner J, Thiel V (Ed): Encyclopedia of Geobiology, Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, 800p., ISBN-978-1402092114 (in press) 14. Huang S. Catalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Ni-Cysteine Cluster in Seawater: A new energy source for primitive metabolism. Submitted to Astrobiology. 15. Høisæter T, Schander C, Rapp HT. Xandarovula patula (Pennant, 1777) (Gastropoda, Ovulidae) new to Norway. Fauna Norvegica. (submitted) 16. Keuning R, Schander C, Kongsrud JA, Willassen E. Ecology of twelve species of Thyasioridae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Marine Pollution Bulletin. (submitted) 17. Khalil IK, El-Sayed MM, Furnes H. Mineralogy and implication of wall rock alteration in the Sabahia gold mine area, Eastern desert, Egypt. Submitted to Chemie der Erde. 18. Kongsrud JA, Rapp HT. Nicomache lokei sp. nov. (Annelida, Polycaheta, Maldanidae) from the Loki’s Castle vent field – an important structure builder and decomposer in a Arctic vent system. Journal of the Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (submitted) 19. Lygre F, Schander C, Kongsrud JA, Krakstad JO. Three species of Parthenina (Chrysallidinae, Pyramidelloidea) new to West Africa. Journal of Conchology. (submitted) 20. McLoughlin N, Kruber C, Wacey D, Kilburn M, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB. A combined TEM and nanoSIMS study of endolithic microfossils in recent seafloor basalt. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. (submitted). 21. Reigstad LJ, Eme L, Spang A, Lanzén A, Weinmaier T, Rattei T, Schleper C, Brochier- Armanet C. Analyses of genome data from hyperthermophilic Thaumarchaeota expand the phylum diversity. Submitted to Environmental Microbiology 22. Roalkvam I, Jørgensen SL, Chen Y, Stokke R, Dahle H, Hocking WP, Lanzén A, Haflidason H, Steen IH. New insight into stratification of anaerobic methanotrophs in cold seep sediements. FEMS Microbiol Ecol (Submitted) 23. Rossi AL, Russo CAM, Solé-Cava AM, Rapp HT, Klautau M. Strong phylogenetic signal in the evolution of body colour and spicule skeleton in calcareous sponges. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. (submitted) 24. Scheltema A- H, Schander C. Formation and evolution of molluscan exoskeletons: a review of selected extant and fossil taxa over half a billion years. Acta Zoologica. (submitted) 25. Slama J, Walderhaug O, Fonneland H, Kosler J, Pedersen RB. Provenance of Neoproterozoic to Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rocks, eastern Greenland. Submitted to Sedimentary Geology 26. Stokke R, Roalkvam I, Lanzen A, Haflidason H, Steen IH. Functional characterization of an ANME-1 enriched community in marine cold-seep sediments by metagenomics and metaproteomics.ISME J. (submitted) 27. Øvreås L, Quince C, Sloan WT, Lanzen A, Green J, Coulson S, Curtis TP. Lognormal species abundance distribution in soils from the Arctic. Submitted to ISME Journal. 28. Øvreås L, Quince C, Sloan WT, Lanzen A, Green J, Coulson S, Curtis TP. Determining the Diversity and Species abundance Patterns in Arctic Soils using Rational Methods for Exploring Microbial Diversity. Submitted to ISME Journal.

Presentations published from international meetings/conferences

1. Barriga FJAS, Dias A, Cruz I, Fonseca R, Pedersen RB (2010). Mineralogy and Acid- Extractable Geochemistry from the Loki's Castle Hydrothermal Field, Norwegian Sea at 74 CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 44 degrees N (South Knipovich Ridge). American Geophysical Union, fall meeting. San Francisco. Eos Trans. AGU, 91(xx), Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract OS21A-1484. 2. Baumberger T, Frueh-Green GL, Pedersen RB, Thorseth IH, Lilley IH, Moeller K (2010). Loki’s Castle: A sediment-influenced hydrothermal vent field at the ultra-slow spreading Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. American Geophysical Union, fall meeting. San Francisco. Eos Trans. AGU, 91(xx), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS21A-1481. 3. Bengtsson MM, Sjøtun K, Øvreås L (2010). Hidden biodiversity in kelp forests: Bacterial diversity and production on the surfaces of Laminaria hyperborea. NMSC 2010, Strömstad, Sweden 13-16 September. 4. Cardenas P, Rapp HT (2010). Disrupted spiculogenesis in deep-water Geodiidae (Porifera, Demospongiae) growing in shallow waters. VIII World Sponge Conference, Girona 20-24 Sept. 2010. 5. Cardenas P, Xavier J, Reveillaud J, Schander C, Rapp HT (2010). Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiae) – an unexpected high level of spicule homoplasy. VIII World Sponge Conference, Girona 20-24. Sept. 2010. 6. Cavalcanti F, Rapp HT, Klautau M (2010). Taxonomic revision of the genus Leucascus (Porifera, Calcarea) with revalidation of the genus Ascoleucetta. VIII World Sponge Conference, Girona 20-24. Sept. 2010. 7. Chang MY, Kosler J, Dundas SH, Geffen A (2010). Comparison of ablation lines to improve temporal resolution for determining recent residence location of hake. 10th European Workshop on Laser Ablation, Kiel, Germany, July 2010. 8. Črne AE, Melezhik VA, Prave AR, Yuangao Q, and Lepland A (2010). Stratigraphy of an organic-rich Palaeoproterozoic succession (Onega Basin, NW Russia), In: Kosir A., Horvat A., Zupan Hajna N., and Otonicar B.(eds.) Abstracts and Field Trips, 3rd Slovenian Geological Congress, ZRC SAZU, p. 111. 9. Dahle H, Roalkvam I, Jørgensen SL, Hoem S, Mitra S, Huson D, Tooming-Klunderud A, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB, Steen IH (2010). Microbial community structure of biomats and chimney walls of the Loki’s Castle hydrothermal field at 73°N. 8th International conference on extremophiles. 2010, Azores, Portugal. 10. Dias ÁS, Cruz I, Fonseca R, Barriga FJ, Pedersen RB (2010). Mineralogy and Geochemistry from Trollveggen Vent Field Chimneys and Metalliferous Sediments (Mohns Ridge, West Jan Mayen Fracture Zone at 71°N). Eos Trans. AGU, 91(xx), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS21A-1483. 11. Dilek Y, Furnes H (2010). Geochemical and tectonic fingerprinting of ophiolites. 2010: Tectonic Crossroads, Geological Society of America, Ankara, Turkey, October 3-8. 12. Dilek Y, Furnes H (2010). The nature of magmatism and melt evolution in non-volcanic rifted margins of Pelagonia (Triassic) and Arabia (Miocene) in Western Gondwana. 2010: GSA, Denver, USA, November 1-5. 13. Dilek Y, Furnes H (2010). Spontaneous subduction initiation and forearc magmatism as revealed by Phanerozoic suprasubduction zone initiation. 2010: GSA, Denver, USA, November 1-5. 14. Dolphin A, Dundas SH, Kosler J, Tvinnereim HM (2010). Comparison of Laser Ablation and Solution ICP-MS Trace Element Analysis of Human Tooth Enamel. Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Florida, January 2010. 15. Dundas SH (2010). Isotopic Ratio Measurements in Zircons. 1st Nordic Thermo Scientific ICP-MS User Meeting, January 2010. 16. Eickmann B, van Zuilen M, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB (2010). Barite chimneys from two hydrothermal sites along the slow-spreading Arctic Ridge system: Initial isotope and mineralogical results. AGU 2010, San Francisco, USA 13-17 December. Eos Trans. AGU, 91(xx), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS21A-1482.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 45 17. Flesland K, Pedersen RB, Haflidason H, Thorseth IH (2010). Geochemistry of rift valley sediments at the ultra-slow spreading Mohns-Knipovich Ridge. Eos Trans. AGU, 91(xx), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS21A-1486. 18. Fliegel D, Wirth R, McLoughlin N, Simonetti A, Kosler J, Furnes H (2010). The age of the oldest fossils on Earth, insights into Early Archean life on Earth using absolute radiometric dating. Norwegian geological winter meeting, Olso, January 11-13. 19. Furnes H, Dilek Y (2010). Geochemical and tectonic evolution of a trench-distal backarc ophiolite, Solund-Stavfjord complex (443 Ma), in the Western Norwegian Caledonides. 2010: Tectonic Crossroads, Geological Society of America, Ankara, Turkey, October 3-8. 20. Furnes H, de Wit M, Robins B (2010). Evolution of the Onverwacht Suite of the Paleoarchean Barberton Greenstone Belt (South Africa) as oceanic crust and island arcs. 2010: Tectonic Crossroads, Geological Society of America, Ankara, Turkey, October 3-8. 21. García-Moyano A, Storesund JE, Torsvik VL, Reysenbach AL, Øvreås L (2010). Diversity and abundance of members of the Zetaproteobacteria in iron-rich hydrothermal deposits in the Lau Basin (SW Pacific). International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME2010), Seattle, USA, August 22-27. 22. Gärtner G, Adam Martin A, Bahlburg H, Lepland A, Melezhik VA, Prave AR, Condon DJ, Berndt J, Kooijman E, FAR-DEEP scientists (2010). U-Pb geochronology on detrital zircons from FAR-DEEP drill cores, Fennoscandian Shield – age constraints for events of the Archaean-Palaeoproterozoic transition and provenance, Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December, 2010. 23. Gärtner G, Bahlburg H, Melezhik VA, Lepland A, Berndt J, Kooijman E, FAR-DEEP scientists (2010). The Archaean-Palaeoproterozoic transition as recovered in the FAR- DEEP drill cores: First results of detrital U-Pb geochronology and provenance, 2010 IODP/ICDP Colloquium, Frankfurt, Germany. 24. Gärtner G, Bahlburg H, Melezhik VA, Lepland A, Berndt J, Kooijman E, FAR-DEEP scientists (2010). The Archaean-Palaeoproterozoic transition: First results of detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology and provenance from the FAR-DEEP drill cores, 2010 EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. 25. Gärtner G, Bahlburg H, Melezhik VA, Lepland A, Berndt J, Kooijman E, FAR-DEEP scientists (2010). Age constraints for events during the Archaean-Palaeoproterozoic transition: U-Pb geochronology on detrital zircons from FAR-DEEP drill cores, Fennoscandian Shield, Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft (DMG) Conference, Münster, Germany, 2010. 26. Hannisdal B (2010). Inferring causal relationships between geological and fossil records. Lyell Meeting 2010, Natural History Museum, London, June 30. 27. Hannisdal B, Henderiks J, Liow LH (2010). Cenozoic reduction in cell size and abundance of marine calcifying phytoplankton driven by a decline in atmospheric pCO2. 29th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting 2010, Oslo, Jan. 13-15. 28. Helland-Hansen W, Sømme TO, Hannisdal B, Martinsen O (2010). Partitioning and preservation of sediment over multiple time-scales. AAPG Annual Conference 2010, New Orleans, LA, USA, April 11-14 (Keynote). 29. Henderiks J, Hannisdal B, Liow LH (2010). Calcifying phytoplankton biomass and CO2: a striking balance. EGU General Assembly 2010, Vienna, May 2-7. 30. Henderiks J, Hannisdal B, Rickaby REM, Liow LH, Reitan T, Schweder T (2010). Phytoplankton size: climatic adaptation and long-term evolution. 3rd International Palaeontological Congress 2010, London, June 28 - July 3. 31. Hestetun JT, Rapp HT (2010). Cladorhizid sponges from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps in the northernmost Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. VIII World Sponge Conference, Girona 20-24. Sept. 2010. 32. Hocking WP, Roalkvam I, Stokke R, Steen IH (2010). Transcriptome analysis of Archaeoglobus fulgidus VC-16 grown on differential substrates. Presented at the 8th

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 46 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON EXTREMOPHILES, (12-16 September, 2010) Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal. 33. Hoem S, Dahle H, Roalkvam I, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB, Steen IH (2010). Detection of methanotrophic archaea in a barite chimney at Loki’s Castle, the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. 8th International conference on extremophiles 2010, Azores, Portugal 34. Hoffmann F, Schöttner S, Cardenas P, Rapp HT, Boetius A, Ramette A (2010). Cold- water coral reefs – hotspots for microbial diversity in the deep sea. Arctic Days – Deep Ocean, Tromsø May 31st-June 1st. 2010. 35. Hoffmann F, Cardenas P, Ramette A, Schöttner S, Rapp HT, Boetius A (2010). Diversity of sponges and sponge microbes on cold-water coral reefs: Interactions between macro- and microbial diversity. Arctic Days – Deep Ocean, Tromsø May 31st-June 1st 2010. Hovland, M., 2010. ‘Unit-pockmarks’ – The most recent micro-seep sites. (abstr.), NGF Vintermøte, Jan. 11 - 14, Oslo, Norway. 36. Hovland M (2010). Macro-and micro-seeps offshore Norway. (abstr.) Norsk Geologisk Forening (NGF), May 6, Oslo, Norway. 37. Hovland M (2010). Shallow gas-hydrate manifestations at Nyegga and Husmus off Mid- Norway. (abstr.), Arctic Conference, May. 31 – June 4, Tromsø, Norway. 38. Hovland M (2010). Unit-pockmarks and cold-water corals – a link? (abstr.) 10th Gas in Marine Sediments Conference, Listveyanka, Irkutsk, Sept. 6 – 10, Russia. 39. Hovland M, Rueslåtten H (2010). Evaporite anomalies in the Red Sea – evidence for hydrothermal formation of salt? (abstr.) 18th International Sedimentology Congress, Sept. 26 – Oct. 2, Mendoza, Argentina. 40. Hovland M, Jensen S, Indreiten T, Thomsen E (2010). A large, cold-water coral reef and associated ‘unit-pockmarks’, off Norway. (abstr.) 18th International Sedimentology Congress, Sept. 26 – Oct. 2, Mendoza, Argentina. 41. Hovland M, Hanken NM, Indreiten T, Lande E (2010). Habitat of Norwegian methane- derived carbonates – an overview. (abstr.) 18th International Sedimentology Congress, Sept. 26 – Oct. 2, Mendoza, Argentina. 42. Illing CJ, Strauss H, Summons RE, Kump LR, Fallick AE, Melezhik VA, FAR-DEEP scientists (2010). FAR-DEEP: organic carbon isotope chemostratigraphy of early Paleoproterozoic sediments from Fennoscandia. Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December, 2010. 43. Illing CJ, Strauss H, Summons RE, Lepland A, Melezhik VA, FAR-DEEP scientists (2010). Molecular and organic carbon isotopic evidence for the evolution of key metabolic pathways during the Archean-Proterozoic transition. In: IODP/ICDP Kolloquium Frankfurt a. M., 09. - 11.03.2010, Abstracts, 74 - 75 pp. 44. Jaeschke A, Bernasconi SM, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB, Früh-Green GL (2010). Diversity of microbial communities of Loki’s Castle black smoker field at the ultra-slow spreading Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. American Geophysical Union, fall meeting. San Francisco. Eos Trans. AGU, 91(xx), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS21A-1488. 45. Jorgensen SL, Lanzèn A, Baumberger T, Flesland K, Ovreas L, Pedersen RB Thorseth IH, Steen I, Schleper C (2010). Microbial community composition in the deep sea sediments surrounding the Loki’s Castle. American Geophysical Union, fall meeting. San Francisco. Eos Trans. AGU, 91(xx), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS21A-1487. 46. Jorgensen SL, Lanzèn A, Baumberger T, Ovreas L, Pedersen RB, Thorseth IH, Steen IH Schleper C (2010). Microbial Diversity in Arctic Deep-Sea Sediments: Influence of Volcanism and Hydrothermal Activity. Arctic Days - Deep Ocean, 31 May-4 June Tromsø. 47. Knowles E, Templeton A, McLoughlin N, Staudigel H, Lanzirotti A, Newville M (2010) Geochemical characterization of biosignatures in subseafloor volcanic glasses using synchrotron-based techniques. Geological Society of America, Annual General, Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 47 48. Kosler J (2010). Use of multi-collector ICP-MS for in-situ isotopic analysis of geological samples (keynote). Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Myers, USA, January 2010. 49. Kosler J, Müller W, Cheng CH, Holbrook DS, Broude S (2010). ‘Deep’ drilling of geological samples: effects of laser crater taper and aspect ratio on elemental fractionation during LA ICP-MS analyses. 10th European Workshop on Laser Ablation, Kiel, Germany July 2010. 50. Kosler J, Slama J (2010). U-Pb Dating of Accessory Minerals by Laser Ablation Multiple Ion Counting ICP-MS with Correction for Initial Common Pb. Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Myers, Florida, January 4 - 9, 2010. 51. Kump L, Junium C, Arthur M, Brasier A, Fallick A, Melezhik V, Lepland A, Crne A, Luo G, (and the FAR-DEEP Drilling Team) (2010). Carbon and nitrogen cycling pursuant to the Great Oxidation Event: Evidence from the Paleoproterozoic of Fennoscandia, Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December, 2010. 52. Kump L, Junium C, Arthur M, Brasier A, Fallick A, Melezhik V, Lepland A, Crne A, Luo G, (and the FAR-DEEP Drilling Team) (2010). Carbon and nitrogen cycling pursuant to the Great Oxidation Event: Evidence from the Paleoproterozoic of Fennoscandia, International Geobiology Conference, Wuhan, China, June, 2010. 53. Lepland A, Melezhik VA (2010). The rise of atmospheric oxygen and related environmental changes: Fennoscandian Arctic Russia – Drilling Early Earth Project (FAR- DEEP), Presentation at the Geological Survey of Western Australia, March 11, 2010. 54. Lepland A, Melezhik VA (2010). The rise of atmospheric oxygen and related environmental changes: Fennoscandian Arctic Russia – Drilling Early Earth Project (FAR- DEEP), Presentation at the Nordic Workshop on Drilling Technology and Downhole Studies, Trondheim, September 14, 2010. 55. Luttinen A, Leat P, Furnes H (2010). Bjørnnutane and Sembberget flood basalts and the geochemical provinciality of Jurassic magmatism in western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica 2010: Nordic Winter Meeting, Oslo, January 11-13. 56. Martin AP, Condon DJ, Prave AR, Melezhik VA, Fallick AE (2010). Constraining the termination of the Lomagundi-Jatuli positive isotope excursion in the Imandra-Varzuga segment (Kola Peninsula, Russia) of the North Transfennoscandian Greenstone Belt by high-precision ID-TIMS, Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December, 2010. 57. McLoughlin N, Furnes H, Staudigel H (2010). Developing an Ichnological Framework for Bioerosion in volcanic Glass. Geological Society of America, Annual General, Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October. 58. McLoughlin N, Furnes H, Staudigel H, Ivarsson M, Eickmann B (2010). Life or Not Life? Criteria for Distinguishing Endolithic Biosignatures and Crystal Migration Trails in Volcanic Substrates. NGF Vinterkonferansen, Oral Presentation, Oslo Jan, 2010. 59. Mikova J, Kosler J, Wiedenbeck M (2010). Evaluation of matrix effects during laser ablation MC ICP-MS analysis of boron isotopes in tourmaline. 10th European Workshop on Laser Ablation, Kiel, Germany, July 2010. 60. Meyer R, Pedersen RB, Hertogen J (2010). Pb-isotope constraints on crustal interactions with primitive magmas during the rift-to-drift transition at the Vøring Plateau, N.E. Atlantic. American Geophysical Union, fall meeting. San Francisco. 61. Moeller K, Schoenberg R, Thorseth IH, Øvreås L, Pedersen RB (2010). Fe stable isotope fractionation in modern and ancient hydrothermal Fe-Si deposits. American Geophysical Union, fall meeting. San Francisco. Eos Trans. AGU, 91(xx), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS21A-1480. 62. Muehlenbachs K, Furnes H, de Wit M (2010). Relationship between basalt alteration, chert formation and tectonostratigraphy at Barberton Mt. Land, South Africa. 2010: Tectonic Crossroads, Geological Society of America, Ankara, Turkey, October 3-8.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 48 63. Pedersen RB. Geobiology of hydrothermal vent fields in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea. Nordic Winter Meeting 2010, Oslo. 64. Pedersen RB (2010). Geodynamic processes and hydrothermal systems at the Arctic Mid- Ocean Ridges. Arctic Days - Deep Ocean, 31 May-4 June Tromsø. 65. Pedersen RB, Thorseth IH, Lilley M, Barriga FJAS, Früh-Green GL, Nakamura K (2010). Loki’s Castle: Discovery and geology of a black smoker vent field at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. Eos Trans. AGU, 91(xx), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS33F-02. 66. Pedersen RB, Thorseth I, Rapp HT, Schander C, Steen I, Øvreås L, Lilley M (2010). Geobiology of hydrothermal vent fields in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea. Nordic Geological Winter Meeting, Oslo, January 2010. 67. Pereira MF, Ribeiro C, Vilallonga F, Chichorro M, Drost K (2010). Denudation of SW Iberia during Pangea's break-up: geochemical and detrital zircon geochronology characterization of Triassic basins. EGU2010, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vienna, 2010. 68. Plotkin A, Gerasimova E, Rapp HT (2010). Phylogenetic reconstruction of Polymastiidae (Demospongiae: Hadromerida) based on morphology. VIII World Sponge Conference Girona 20-24. Sept. 2010. 69. Rapp HT, Janussen D, Tendal OS (2010). First records of calcareous sponges from bathyal and abyssal depths in the Antarctic Ocean. VIII World Sponge Conference, Girona 20-24. Sept. 2010. 70. Rapp HT (2010). Deep Ocean ecosystems on arctic seamounts and hydrothermal vents. Arctic Days - Deep Ocean, Tromsø May 31st-June 1st 2010 (Invited). 71. Rapp HT, Schander C (2010). Macrofauna of shallow and deep hydrothermal vent fields on the id-ocean ridges north of Iceland. Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Reykjavik Iceland 7-11 June 2010. 72. Rapp HT, Schander C, Halanych KM, Levin L, Sweetman A, Tverberg J, Hoem S, Steen IH, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB (2010). Investigations of a novel fauna from hydrothermal vents along the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge (AMOR). AGU Dec. 2010. (Invited). Eos Trans. AGU, 91(xx), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS33F-03. 73. Roalkvam I, Chen Y, Daae FL, Hocking WP, Lanzén A, Stokke R, Haflidison H, Steen IH (2010). Vertical variations in predominance of Thaumarchaeota and anaerobic methanotrophs in methane seep sediments. Presented at the 8th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON EXTREMOPHILES, (12-16 September, 2010) Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal. 74. Reuschel M, Strauss H, Melezhik VA, Lepland A, Cartigny P, Kumpl LR, Deines Y, Romashkin A, Rychanchik D (2010). The global sulfur cycle across the Archean Paleoproterozoic transition: Evidence from FAR DEEP, ICDP/ODP Meeting, Frankfurt. 75. Reuschel M, Whitehouse MJ, Lepland A, Melezhik VA, Strauss H (2010). Sulfate standards for in situ high spatial resolution SIMS measurements. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74, A863. 76. Salminen P, Karhu J, Melezhik VA, FAR-DEEP Scientists (2010). Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Composition of Paleoproterozoic Sedimentary Carbonates in the Kuetsjärvi Sedimentary Formation, the Pechenga Greenstone Belt, NW Russia, In: Laakso, K, Kultti, S. and Salonen, V-P. (eds) 7th National Geological Colloquium 2010 – Abstracts, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, C1, p. 47. 77. Slama J, Kosler J. Mineral single-grain Sm-Nd isotopic dating by means of laser ablation MC-ICP-MS technique. Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Myers, USA, January 2010. 78. Slama J, Kosler J, Pedersen RB (2010). Sm-Nd isotopic analysis of accessory minerals by means of laser ablation. MC-ICP-MS technique Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Myers, Florida, January 4 - 9, 2010.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 49 79. Steen IH (2010). Anaerobic methanotrophs - from cold seeps to hot vents International Workshop "Biodiversity, Molecular Biology and Biogeochemistry of Thermophiles" 2010. Paratunka, Kamchatka Peninsula. 80. Steen IH (2010). Microbial communities in cold seeps, Nyegga, Mid-Norwegian shelf. Deep Ocean conference 2010, Tromsø, Norway. 81. Steen IH (2010). Microbial processes in cold seeps from Nyegga. GANS WORKSHOP 2010, Bergen, Norway. 82. Stokke R. Combined presentation of the organisation of Centre for Geobiology and Metaproteomics of cold-seeps at Nyegga. NordCEE workshop: Joint workshop between Centre for Geobiology and Nordic Center for Earth Evolution, Denmark. 83. Stokke R, Lanzen A, Thorseth I, Steen IH, Øvreås L, Urich T (2010). Metaproteomic analysis of a chemosynthetic hydrothermal vent community reveals insights into key- metabolic processes. Presented at the 8th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON EXTREMOPHILES, (12-16 September, 2010) Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal. 84. Stokke R, Lanzen A, Thorseth I, Steen IH, Øvreås L, Urich T (2010). Metaproteomic analysis of a chemosynthetic hydrothermal vent community reveals insights into key- metabolic processes. Presented at AGU (American Geological Union) San Fransisco (December 2010). 85. Stokke R, Roalkvam I, Lanzen A, Chen Y, Haflidison H, Steen IH (2010). Metaproteomics of a cold-methane seep sediment at Nyegga, Mid-Norwegian margin.Presented at Molecular biology of Archaea II, 16—18 August 2010, Robinson College, Cambridge, UK. 86. Stokke R, Roalkvam I, Lanzen A, Chen Y, Haflidison H, Steen IH (2010). Community proteogenomics of cold-methane seep sediment at Nyegga, Mid-Norwegian margin. Presented at the 8th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON EXTREMOPHILES, (12-16 September, 2010) Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal 87. Stokke R, Roalkvam I, Lanzen A, Chen Y, Haflidison H, Steen IH (2010). Community proteogenomics of cold-methane seep sediment at Nyegga, Mid-Norwegian margin. Presented at AGU (American Geological Union) San Fransisco (December 2010). 88. Stokke R, Roalkvam I, Lanzen A, Chen Y, Haflidison H, Steen IH (2010). Metaproteomics of a cold-methane seep sediment at Nyegga, Mid-Norwegian margin. Presented at Molecular biology of Archaea II, 16—18 August 2010, Robinson College, Cambridge, UK. 89. Storesund JE, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB, Øvreås L (2010). Phylogenetic diversity of Planctomycetes in iron-hydroxide deposits at the Jan Mayen hydrothermal field. 13th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME-13), Seattle, USA, 22-27 August 2010. 90. Swan MM, Keith SB, Hovland M, Rueslåtten H, Johnsen HK, Page NJ (2010). The Serpentosphere. (abstr.) Goldschmidt Conference, June 13 – 14, Knoxville, USA. 91. Sømme TO, Helland-Hansen W, Hannisdal B, Martinsen O. Factors controlling stratigraphy and the use of uniformitarianism when interpreting the stratigraphic record. Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF) 2010, Stavanger, April 4-6 (Poster). 92. Tandberg AHS, Rapp HT, Berge J, Schander C (2010). A new amphipod from the Loki Castle hydrothermal vent field. XIV International Colloquium on Amphipoda, Sevilla 13- 16. Sept 2010. 93. Tangen S, Rapp HT, Tendal OS (2010). A taxonomic inventory of sponges from abyssal depths in the Norwegian-Greenland-Iceland (GIN) Seas. VIII World Sponge Conference, Girona 20-24 Seap. 2010. 94. Thornhill DJ, Hatleberg W, Schander C, Fielman KT, Santos SR, Halanych KM (2010). Recent insights on siboglinid phylogeny, symbiosis and evolution. 12th International Deep- Sea Biology Symposium; 2010-06-07 - 2010-06-11 102.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 50 95. Thorseth IH (2010). Low-temperature water rock interactions, microbial ecosystems and biomineralization at oceanic spreading ridges. Arctic Days 2010, Tromsø 31. May - 4 June. 96. Thorseth IH, Steen IH, Roalkvam I, Dahle H, Stokke R, Rapp HT, Pedersen RB (2010). Microbial life associated with low-temperature hydrothermal venting and formation of barite chimneys at Loki’s Castle vent field. Eos Trans. AGU, 91(xx), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS34A-03. 97. Torkildsen M, Rapp HT, Schander C, Tendal OS (2010). Species composition and zonation of sponges on the “Schulz Massive” – sponge grounds on an arctic seamount dominated by hexactinellid sponges. VIII World Sponge Conference, Girona 20-24 Sept. 2010. 98. Tveit AT, Torsvik V, Urich T (2010). Methane cycling, microbial community genomes and gene expression in high arctic ecosystems. 13th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME-13), Seattle, USA, August 22-27. 2010 99. Tveit AT, Blake L, Gray N, Head I, Salgado-Lopez M, Curtis TP, Øvreås L, Torsvik V. Temperature effects on arctic methane producing microorganisms. Arctic Science Summit Week Science Symposium, 24 – 26 March 2009. Bergen, Norway 100. Urich T, Lanzén A, Stokke R, Steen IH, Schleper C, Øvreas L (2010). Exploring the Structure and Functioning of Hydrothermal Vent Communities using an Integrated ’Omics' Approach. Presented at the 8th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON EXTREMOPHILES, (12-16 September, 2010) Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal. 101. Økland I, Daae FL, Huang S, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB (2010). Low temperature alteration of dunite in the Leka ophiolite complex. Arctic Days 2010, Tromsø 31. May - 4 June. 102. Øvreås L. Bioinformatics as a bottleneck for scientists applying molecular methods in microbial ecology. MCB workshop: Extracting ecological signal from noise: an introduction to tools for the analysis of high throughput sequencing data from microbial communities. University of Bergen, Bergen Norway. 103. Øvreås L, Lanzèn A, Johannessen T, Jørgensen S, Thorseth IH, Pedersen RB (2010). Microbial diversity in low temperature iron hydroxide deposits at the Jan Mayen hydrothermal vent field in the Arctic Ocean. 13th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME-13), Seattle, USA, August 22-27. 2010 104. Øvreås L, Quince C, Lanzen A, Green J, Coulson S, Sloan WT. Curtis T. Microbial Diversity in Arctic Tundra. Arctic Science Summit Week Science Symposium, 24 – 26 March 2009. Bergen, Norway.

Other reports, lectures and presentations from scholarly fora

Published papers in other non-refereed scientific or academic journals 1. Hellesund J. Veileder: Barth T, Samarbeid: Huang S. (2010 Masters Thesis) Eksperimentelle undersøkingar av danning hydrogen og ikkje? biogene organiske sambindingar, pluss løyseligheiten av NiS. Masteroppgåve, Kjemisk Institutt, UiB 2. Hovland M, Rueslåtten H, Pedersen RB (2010). Seepage-related stromatolists? Geoscientist online, March 3 (www.geolsoc.org.uk). 3. Schander C, Salvesen I (2010). Ukjente arter i Møre og Romsdal. Artsdatabanken [Internett] 2010-06-01.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 51 Dissemination measures aimed at relevant target groups

Guest lectures, invited talks, Keynote speaker engagements 1. Furnes H, McLoughlin N, Staudigel H, Muehlenbachs K (2010). Bioalteration of ocean floor pillow lava through time – 3.5 Ga to present. 2010: 63rd Geological Congress of Turkey, Ankara, April 5-9. Special keynote session on “Microbes, Tectonics and Life: ~4 Billion Years of Experimentation in Earth’s Evolution” (Invited talk). 2. Furnes H. de Wit M, Robins B (2010). Petrological and tectonic evolution of the Paleoarchean Barberton Greenstone belt, South Africa. 2010: Goldschmidt2010, Knoxville, TN, USA, June 14-18. (Invited Keynote talk). 3. Hannisdal B. (2010). Coupling between marine calcifying phytoplankton and atmospheric pCO2 over the Cenozoic. Uppsala University, March 3. (Invited talk). 4. Hannisdal B. Darwin's Last Idea: from walrus feeding to astrobiology. Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany. December 14. 5. Kocot KM, Cannon JT, Todt C, Kohn AB, Meyer A, Citarella M, Schander C, Santos SR, Moroz LL, Lieb B, Halanych KM (2010). Phylogenomic investigation of molluscan evolutionary relationships. Auburn University graduate student forum; 2010-05-07. 6. McLoughlin N (2010). Life in Volcanic Glass Under the Microscope. (Invited Talk), Center for Microscopy and Microcharacterisation, University of West Australia, Perth, September. 7. McLoughlin N (2010). The Bedrock for the Emergence of Life on Earth. (Invited talk). NGF Stavanger, Norway, March. 8. Pedersen RB (2010). Active and extinct vent fields at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. Norwegian Geological Survey. 11.2.2010 9. Pedersen RB (2010). Exploration of Deep-Sea hydrothermal systems. Statoil. 25.5.2010 10. Pedersen RB (2010). Exploration of deep-sea areas in the Arctic. Meeting with State secretary of Foreing Affairs, UiB. 10.11.2010. 11. Schander C (2010). Biodiversity, environmental monitoring, molecular methods and, the importance of Natural History Collections. Inter-Institute lecture; 2010-01-29. 12. Schander C (2010). Biodiversity research at UiB - Present and future. Study Visit from Ghana; 2010-02-17. 13. Schander C (2010). BIODIVERSITY, TAXONOMY, ENVIRONOMICS -Visions about an SFF Bergen. Policy day; 2010-05-06. 14. Schander C (2010). Ideas for a CENTER OF EXELLENCE (SFF) in Marine Taxonomy. Workshop on the Marine Fauna of Møre & Romsdal; 2010-05-03. 15. Schander C (2010). Investigations of the macrofauna of hydrothermal vent fields and seamounts of the mid-oceanic ridges north of Iceland. Institute seminar; 2010-09-13. 16. Schander C (2010). The Møre & Romsdal Marine Region - Largely unexplored. Workshop on the Marine Fauna of Møre & Romsdal; 2010-05-03. 17. Schander C (2010). Why Biodiversity? Why Taxonomy? -Visions about Marine Taxonomy in Bergen. Localt seminar; 2010-03-11. 18. Schander C (2010). Försvara mångfalden! Naturen 134(5): 218. 19. Schander C, Karlsen TA (2010). Fant ny Sjøstjerne-art. Fiskeribladet Fiskaren [Internet] 2010-06-01. 20. Schander C, Troedsson C (2010). Vem där? Nya metoder för att identifiera arter och biodiversitet. Naturen 134(5): 225-228. 21. Schleper C (2010). Diversity, Ecophysiology, and Genomics of Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea. University of Marburg, Germany. 27-30 April (Invited talk). 22. Schleper C (2010). Metagenomics to explore microbial diversity of the human body and other environments, Meeting of The Norwegian High-Throughput Sequencing Center (NSC) Oslo; Norway, 11 June (Invited talk).

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 52 23. Schleper C (2010). Evolution and Ecophysiology of Ammonia oxidizing Archaea. Molecular Biology of Archaea, Oxford/Cambridge. 16 – 19 August (Invited talk). 24. Schleper C (2010). Evolution and Physiology of Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea. 13th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, ISME-13, Seattle, USA. 21-26 August (Invited Plenary talk) 25. Schleper C (2010). In vivo activity of CRISPR-mediated virus defense In the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Internation CRISPR meeting, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 21-22 October (Invited talk). 26. Schleper C (2010). Archaea and the origin of Eukaryotes. Symposium on the Origin of Life, University of Vienna, Austria. 18-19. November (Invited talk). 27. Urich T (2010). Keynote lecture at the Isme13 conference, 2010, Seattle, USA, 22-27 August. Exploring the Structure and Functioning of Hydrothermal Vent Communities using an Integrated ’Omics' Approach. 28. Urich T (2010). Invited speaker at the “4th Microbiology and Immunology Introductory Course” of the Life Science Zürich Microbiology & Immunology graduate school (University Zürich and ETH Zürich). Zürich, Switzerland, 7-11 June 2010. Lithoautotrophic archaea: new metabolisms in an old group of organisms. 29. Van Zuilen M (2010). Analysing the Archean Workshop, Utrech University June 2010 30. Van Zuilen M (2010). Danish Geobiology Meeting (Invited talk). 31. Van Zuilen M (2010). Australia Geoscience Convention, Canberra. July 2010. (Invited talk) 32. Van Zuilen M, Philippot P, Thomazo C, Luais B, (2010). Photosynthesis and iron-oxide formation in a 3.5 billion-year-old anoxic ocean. 29th Nordic Geological Winter Meeting, Oslo, Norway. (Keynote). 33. Øvreås L. Utvikling av liv på jorden. BIO seminar. Institutt for Biologi, Universitetet i Bergen, 2 Septmeber 2010.

Convenor activity 1. Furness H (2010). Convenor of a session at GSA "Controls and Consequences of Continental Rifting: From Heat Flow, Stress, and Strain to Magmatism, Landscape-Basin Evolution, and Development of Natural Resources" November 2010, Denver, CO. 2. Kosler J. Limits on precision, accuracy and detection: New advances in isotope and trace element geochemistry, session S07, Goldschmidt, August 19-24, 2007, Cologne 3. Kosler J. New developments in microbeam techniques, session MPM-12, IGC Oslo, August 6-14, 2008 4. McLoughlin N (2010). Session co-chair “Common Approaches to Investigating Patterns and Processes of Bioerosion across Substrates” Geol. Soc of America Annual Meeting, Denver 2010 with L. Tapanila. 5. McLoughlin N (2010). Session co-chair “Volcanic Environments and Astrobiology” Astrobiology Science Conference Houston 2010 with C Cockell and S Cady. Editor of an accompanying Special issue. 6. Pedersen RB (2010). The Arctic Days Conference 2010: Deep Ocean 2010. 7. Urich T (2010). Convenor of the session “The metagenome in action” at the Isme13 conference, 2010, Seattle, USA, 22-27 August. 8. Van Zuilen M (2010). Geobiology session Nordic Winter conference Oslo, Jan 2010.

Meeting organization 1. Pedersen RB (2010). Session at AGU fall meeting San Francisco. Deep-sea Hydrothermal Systems – New knowledge for new discoveries and new technology. CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 53 2. Schleper C (2010). International workshop for sampling archaea from terrestrial hot springs. 12 – 16 June. Iceland 3. Steen IH (2010). The Arctic Days Conference 2010: Deep Ocean 2010 - Deep sea discoveries, resources and technologies. 31 may - 4 June. (member of the Conference Committee) 4. Øvreås, L. (2010) Main organiser for the Molecular and Computational Biology Research School Workshop: Extracting ecological signal from noise: an introduction to tools for the analysis of high throughput sequencing data from microbial communities. UiB.

Public-oriented dissemination activity (popular science articles, documents circulated for review, exhibitions, etc.)

1. Bartle E. Cutting-edge Research: Adding to Norway’s geological story & overturning scientific truths. Public lecture. 04.11.2010 2. Copley J. British scientific expedition discovers world's deepest known undersea volcanic vents. Press release from National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK). 11.04.2010 3. Hannisdal B. Hvalrossens spisevaner og koblingen mellom livets og jordens utvikling. VilVite, Bergen, Nov. 3 (Popular lecture). 4. Hannisdal B. Darwins siste idé. VilVite, Bergen, Sept. 22 (Popular lecture). 5. Pedersen RB. Dypdykk langs Arktiske Midthavsryggen. Hydro 04.01.2010. (Popular lecture). 6. Pedersen RB. Dyphavets hemmeligheter - samspill mellom vulkaner, vann og liv. Vitenskaps fremme. 10.02.2010. (Popular lecture). 7. Pedersen RB. Utforsking av Dyphavet. Senioruniversitetet. 02.03.2010. (Popular lecture). 8. Torkelsen T. METAS awarded NOK 4mill by Regional Research Fund. Bergen Teknologioverføring website. by Christina Hæraas 01.10.2010. Online. 9. Øvreås L. Origin of Life Darwin foredrag, 19 Sept. 2010. Forskningsdagene. Kunnskapsfest.

News publication in the media

1. Centre for Geobiology Researchers. Mighty Ships: GO Sars Research Vessel. Discovery Channel Canada. 18.07.2010 (first showing). http://www.discoverychannel.ca/Showpage.aspx?sid=13057 2. Centre for Geobiology Researchers. Universitetet på Discovery. By Ørjan Nilsson. Bergensavisen. 12.08.2010. 3. Fliegel D, McLoughlin N, Furness H, Kosler J. Tiny tubes point to ancient life. By Jonathan Amos. BBC News. 12.10.2010. 4. Furnes H. i NRK, Kveldsåpent, 22.03.2010. Beerenberg vulkanen på Jan Mayen. 5. Furnes H. Interview for studentradioen, 20.04.2010. Erupsjonen i Eyjafjalla-vulkanen på Island. 6. Furnes H. Interview for studentTV (www.BSTV.no), 21.04.2010. Erupsjonen i Eyjafjalla- vulkanen på Island. 7. Furnes H. TV2 for dagsrevyen, 29.08.2010. Interviev om vulkanutbruddet (Mt. Sinabung) i Sunda øybuen. 8. G. O. Sars i Discovery Channel. På Høyden 02.11.2010. Online. 9. Hovland M. Unlike BP's, natural oil seeps can help sea life. Canada.com. 13.07.2010 Online.

CGB Publications and Dissipation of Results 54 10. Hovland M. Unlike BP's, natural oil seeps can help sea life. Reuters. 13.07.2010 Online. 11. McLoughlin N. Millioner til unge forskningsledere. På Høyden 17.09.2010. Online. by Oppegård GG. 12. Pedersen RB. Fant verdens dypeste varmekilde. På Høyden 14.04.2010. Online. by Wehus WN. 13. Pedersen RB. (2010) Utvidet sokkelen. Forskning.no. 30.04.2010. journalist: Synnøve Bolstad. Online. 14. Pedersen RB. Bolstered by Geological and Geophysical Data: Total Area of Norway Expanded. ScienceDaily 11 May 2010. Online. 15. Pedersen RB. Tilfreds nikking over ny strategi. På Høyden 10.11.2010. Online. by Oppegård GG. 16. Pedersen RB. Vi er mindre åleine. BTMagasinet 13.11.2010:40-41 by Njord V. Svendsen 17. Pedersen RB. Life is found in deepest layer of Earth's crust. New Scientist 2787. Online 18.11.2010 18. Pedersen RB, Rapp HT. Fant nye arter i Arktis. På Høyden. 24.11.2010 Online 19. Pedersen RB, Rapp HT. Fant nye arter i Arktis. forskning.no. 24.11.2010 Online 20. Pedersen RB, Rapp HT. Fant nye arter i Arktis. Fiskeribladet. 26.11.2010 Online 21. Pedersen RB, Rapp HT. Aftenposten. 27.11.2010 22. Pedersen RB, Rapp HT. NOON. 01.12.2010 Online 23. Rapp HT. Denne har du aldri sett før. Dagbladet. 25.11.2010 Online 24. Schander C, Bakken T, Opland EM (2010) Fant sjøstjerner ingen før har sett. Addresseavisen [newspaper] 2010-06-01. 25. Torkelsen T. Finn CO2 lekkasje til havs. Bergens Tidende 01.10.2010 by Ove Olderklær

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