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Extremophiles2016 Extremophiles2016 11th International Congress on Extremophiles September 12-16, Kyoto, JAPAN Book of Abstracts Extremophiles 2016 at a glance Sep 13 (Tue) Sep 14 (Wed) Time Room A Time Room A 9:20 G. Herndl 9:20 S. Albers 9:45 D. Prangishvili 9:45 T. Krulwich 10:10 M. Terns 10:10 Coffee Break (30 min) 10:35 Coffee Break (30 min) Room A Room B Room A Room B 10:40 B. Barquera F. Werner 11:05 K. Stedman M. Kimura 11:05 A. Driessen J. Reeve 11:23 M. Krupovic A. Hirata Room A Room B 11:41 T. Nunoura T. Fouqueau 11:30 M. Corsaro B. Clouet-d'Orval 11:59 M. Jebbar S. Watanabe 11:48 Y. Toyotake S. Dexl 12:17 Group Photo 12:06 D. McMillan X. Peng Time Sep 12 (Mon) 12:40 12:24 End 13:30 Lunch Room A Registration 14:00 R. Kelly 14:25 J. Maupin-Furlow Room A 14:50 L. Huang 15:30 Opening Ceremony Poster Rooms 1-3 Room A 15:15 Poster session with coffee Excursion (with lunch) 16:00 K. Stetter (Odd numbers) 16:30 T. Imanaka Room A 17:00 P. Forterre 17:15 G. Antranikian 17:30 D. Söll 17:30 A. Ventosa Room B 17:55 F. Robb 18:00 Welcome Reception 18:20 M. Ito 19:30 End 18:45 End Opening and Closing Lectures (30 min) Keynote Lectures (25 min) Oral Lectures (18 min) Memorial Session for Prof. Horikoshi Poster Sessions (2 h) Ceremonies & Reception Luncheon seminar, Lunch & Coffee Breaks Room A: Centennial Hall (1st Floor, Clock Tower Bldg.) Room B: International Conference Hall (2nd Floor, Clock Tower Bldg.) Room C: Symposium Hall (5th Floor, International Science Innovation Bldg.) 44 Extremophiles 2016 at a glance Sep 15 (Thu) Sep 16 (Fri) TimeRoom A Time Room A 9:20 T. Allers9:20 K. Takai 9:45 B. Baker9:45 E. Bonch-Osmolovskaya 10:10 M. Adams10:10 G. Antranikian 10:35 Coffee Break (30 min) 10:35 Coffee Break (30 min) Room A Room C Room A Room C 11:05 T. Santangelo B. Siebers 11:05 Z. Kelman M. Morraci 11:30 Y. Ishino M. Nishiyama 11:30 D. Flament J. Westpheling 11:55 Break (15 min) 11:55 Lunch Room B 12:10 Room A Room C Luncheon Seminar 13:10 D. Cowan F. Perler 12:55 Break (15 min) 13:35 T. Kikawada S. Kang Room A Room C 14:00 Break (10 min) 13:10 A. Yamagishi B. Mukhopadhyay Room ARoom B Room C 13:35 P. Girguis P. Schönheit 14:10 T. KuniedaT. Kanai K. Honda Poster Rooms 1-3 14:28 D. MadernC. Coscolin A. Sunna 14:00 Poster session with coffee 14:46 A. SlobodkinM. Yohda J. Vester (Even numbers) 15:04 X. XiaoT. Fukui E. Madore Room ARoom B Room C 15:22 Coffee Break (23 min) 16:00 H. MyllykallioJ. Aubé E. Cocca Room A 16:18 Y. FujiS. Suzuki R. Hidese 15:45 H. Santos 16:36 G. PeruginoM. Yakimov R. Mackie Room A 16:54 Y. ShenD. Holmes B. Lusk 16:10 T. Oshima 17:12 S. FujiwaraT. Milojevic C. Kato 16:40 E. Koonin 17:30 End Room A Mizuho-no-ma, Westin-Miyako Hotel 17:10 Poster Awards Ceremony 19:00 17:25 Closing Ceremony Banquet 17:40 End Preface Welcome to the 11th International Congress on Extremophiles! Two years have already passed since the great success in St. Petersburg. Now we have the honor to provide an opportunity for the Extremophiles community to gather once again, in Kyoto. The enthusiasm of the late Prof. Koki Horikoshi was a major driving force to hold the Congress in Kyoto. He was the founder and president of both the Japanese and International Societies of Extremophiles. His absence will be felt throughout the Congress, but the organizing committees have made tremendous efforts to ensure the continuation of his devotion towards research on extremophiles. On the second day of the Congress, we will hold a Memorial Session honoring his scientific achievements and contributions to our society. The program of Extremophiles2016 boasts presentations from the most distinguished scientists engaged in various fields of extremophile research, ranging from ecology, genomics, molecular biology, physiology, to biotechnology. We hope the Congress will provide an ideal opportunity for participants to meet and interact with experts from all over the world and serve as a platform to discuss the recent advances in extremophiles research, exchange new ideas and develop new relationships. Extremophiles2016 has received generous support from many foundations, companies and public organizations. The support is greatly appreciated and we would like to express our sincerest gratitude. Kyoto is an ancient city, and was the capital of Japan for over a thousand years. It is in many ways still the center of Japanese culture. Our excursion courses will introduce only a few of the major cultural sites in the city, and I hope the participants will be able to find the time to explore the many more treasures that lie in the city. On behalf of the Organizing Committees, we thank you once again for participating in Extremophiles2016. We sincerely hope you enjoy the Congress and the city of Kyoto! Haruyuki Atomi Congress Chair 1 Committees International Organizing Committee Michael W. W. Adams University of Georgia, USA Garabed Antranikian Hamburg University of Technology, Germany Don Cowan University of Pretoria, South Africa Koki Horikoshi JAMSTEC, Japan Mosè Rossi University of Naples, Italy Helena Santos Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Antonio Ventosa Universidad de Sevilla, Spain International Advisory Board Sonja-Verena Albers University of Freiburg, Germany Thorsten Allers University of Nottingham, UK Blanca Barquera Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Douglas Bartlett Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA Nils-Kåre Birkeland University of Bergen, Norway Jenny Blamey Foundacion Cientifica y Cultural Biociencia, Chile Elizaveta Bonch-Osmolovskaya Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Isaac Cann University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Arnold Driessen University of Groningen, The Netherlands Thijs Ettema Uppsala University, Sweden Patrick Forterre Institut Pasteur, France Charles Gerday University of Liege, Belgium Li Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences, France Mohamed Jebbar Université Bretagne Occidentale Affectation de recherché France Sung Gyun Kang The Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Korea Zvi Kelman National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA Eugene V. Koonin National Center for Biotechnology Information, USA Terry A. Krulwich Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA Julie Maupin-Furlow University of Florida, USA Marco Moracci Italian National Council of Research, Italy Biswarup Mukhopadhyay Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA Hannu Myllykallio Ecole Polytechnique, France Aharon Oren The Hebrew University, Israel David Prangishvili Institut Pasteur, France John Reeve The Ohio State University, USA Frank Robb University of Maryland, USA Christa Schleper University of Vienna, Austria Peter Schönheit Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany Yulong Shen Shandong University, China Bettina Siebers University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Karl Stetter University of Regensburg, Germany Michael Thomm Universität Regensburg, Germany John van der Oost Wageningen University, The Netherlands Malcolm White University of St. Andrews, UK Juergen Wiegel University of Georgia, USA 2 National Organizing Committee Tairo Oshima Chiaki Kato Toshiaki Kudo Tatsuo Kurihara Akira Inoue Ken Takai Toshihiro Itoh Shinsuke Fujiwara Satoshi Nakamura Yoshizumi Ishino Masahiro Ito Toshiaki Fukui National Advisory Board Teruhiko Beppu Seiki Kuramitsu Yoshitaka Bessho Norio Kurosawa Noriyuki Doukyu Tetsuya Miwa Isao Hasegawa Kentaro Miyazaki Hiroki Higashibata Akira Nakamura Kohsuke Honda Kaoru Nakasone Tadayuki Imanaka Issay Narumi Kenji Inagaki Hideaki Nojiri Masaharu Ishii Takuro Nunoura Sonoko Ishino Hiroyasu Ogino Mitsuhiro Itaya Toshihisa Ohshima Susumu Ito Akinobu Oshima Takashi Itoh Hirotaka Shiba Yuko H. Itoh Akiko Soma Yoichi Kamagata Ken-ichiro Suzuki Masahiro Kamekura Yasuhiro Takada Bunsei Kawakami Tomonori Takashina Yutaka Kawarabayasi Takayoshi Wakagi Takahiro Kikawada Akihiko Yamagishi Masaaki Konishi Rie Yatsunami Saori Kosono Isao Yumoto Takekazu Kunieda Secretariat Tamotsu Kanai Takaaki Sato 2 3 General information on Extremophiles2016 1. Congress Date September 12 (Mon) - 16 (Fri), 2016 2. Venues and Rooms Venue A: Kyoto University Clock Tower Building # Centennial Hall (1st floor: Room A) # International Conference Hall (2nd floor: Room B and Poster Room 3) # Conference Room II (2nd floor: Congress office) # Conference Room III (2nd floor: Poster Room 2) # Conference Room IV (2nd floor: Poster Room 1) Venue B: International Science Innovation Building # Symposium Hall (5th floor: Room C) 3. Addresses of the Venues Venue A: Kyoto University Clock Tower Building Yoshida campus, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501 JAPAN Tel: +81-75-753-2285, Fax: +81-75-753-2107 http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/about/profile/facilities/staff/clocktower Venue B: International Science Innovation Building Yoshida campus, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501 JAPAN Tel: +81-75-753-5536, Fax: +81-75-753-5538 4. Room schedules Opening Ceremony (Sep. 12) Opening Session (Sep. 12) Keynote Lectures (Sep. 13) Oral Session 1A (Sep. 13) Memorial Session for Prof. Koki Horikoshi (Sep. 13) Keynote Lectures (Sep. 14) Room A Oral Session 2A (Sep. 14) Centennial Hall Keynote Lectures (Sep. 15) Venue A, 1F Oral Session 3A (Sep. 15) Keynote Lectures (Sep. 16) Oral Session 4A (Sep. 16) Closing Session (Sep. 16) Poster Awards Ceremony (Sep. 16) Closing Ceremony (Sep. 16) Welcome Reception (Sep. 12) Oral Session 1B (Sep. 13) Room B Keynote Lectures (Sep. 14) Int'l Conference Hall Oral Session 2B (Sep. 14) Venue A, 2F Luncheon Seminar (Sep. 15) Oral Session 3B (Sep. 15) Oral Session 4B (Sep. 16) Keynote Lectures (Sep. 15) Room C Oral Session 3C (Sep. 15) Symposium Hall Keynote Lectures (Sep. 16) Venue B, 5F Oral Session 4C (Sep. 16) Coffee Breaks (Morning of Sep. 15 and 16) 4 Poster Room 1 Conference Room IV Poster Sessions (Sep.
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