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GeoBioChatter Newsletter of the & Division of the GSA

Volume 1, Issue 3 September 2009

Chair’s Corner membership in our division, plus a The Annual Meeting of GSA is here! The commemorative plaque. meeting will take place in Portland, OR, from 18th – 21st of October. In this issue, This year’s award recipients are: please find the list of exciting sessions and Dr. Anna-Louise Reysenbach symposia our division is organizing. Dr. Mary Droser Thank you to Carrine Blank, Jack Farmer, and Stuart Birnbaum, and the many other Dr. Ken Eriksson hands that helped to get our program into Congratulations! shape. We are planning to award a prize to the We also now have pins and mugs that best student poster presented at the display our division logo! The pins and the meeting in Portland. So students, please mugs can be purchased during the GSA send me an e-mail to let us know where meeting at the GSA bookstore or during and when you are presenting your poster! our division reception (see page 2). We look forward to seeing all of you at At our division reception, we would like to our division events at the 2009 Portland honor members in recognition of their meeting. special services to the geobiological and geomicrobiological community. The Nora Noffke honorary membership includes free

GeoBioChatter 1.3 Page 1 September 2009 Pin with our division logo!

Mug with our division logo!

GeoBioChatter 1.3 Page 2 September 2009 Division Reception Tuesday, Oct 20th, Noon – 1:30pm, Oregon Convention Center F149

We are happy to announce that Enriquetta Barrera and Richard Lane, National , as as Michael New, NASA Headquarter, Program Director of , will join us at our Division Reception!

Make sure to attend and use this opportunity to learn more about funding possibilities in geobiology, geomicrobiology and astrobiology.

For students, this event is a chance to mingle with and teachers and build good contacts for networking.

Technical Sessions and Pardee Keynote Symposia sponsored and/or organized by our Division

Time Date Location Description

8:00 AM-12:00 Sun. 18 C124 T37. Microbial Mats. Biogeochemical Markers, and Noon Oct. Microbial Evolution: The Co-Evolution of Early and Microbial Life

9:00 AM - 6:00 Sun. 28 Hall A Advances in Geobiology and Geomicrobiology: PM Oct POSTERS Biological, Chemical and Physical Interactions (Posters)

Time Date Location Description 8:00 AM Mon. 19 D137/138 T25. in Ecosystems: Oct Effects of Physical, Chemical, and Biological Processes and Feedback Mechanisms (GSA Division; U.S. National Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division)

GeoBioChatter 1.3 Page 3 September 2009 1:30 PM Mon. 19 C124 T141. What Does Have to Do With It? Oct Biota in Weathering, Nutrient Cycling, Mineral Surface Interactions, and Mineral Precipitation (GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division)

7:00 AM Tues. 20 D139/140 T34. Toward Integrating Cave and Science Oct (GSA Hydrogeology Division/ National Cave and Karst Research Institute; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division)

8.00AM Tues. 20 Portland P3. Pardee Keynote Symposium “Earth et al.: Our planets Oct Ballroom from the Hadean to Today”. (GSA International Division; 254 GSA Sedimentary Division; GSA Division; Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM); Paleontological Society; American Geological Institute; NASA Astrobiology Institute; Mineralogical Society of America; Geochemical Society of America)

8:00 AM Tues. 20 Portland T41. High-Resolution Terrestrial and Marine Geochemical Oct Ballrooms Proxies of Global Change: Progress, Problems, and Utility 251/258 I (Paleontological Society; Geochemical Society; Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division) 8:00 AM Tues. 20 C123 T97. EARTHTIME: From Developing Tools to Oct Teaching about Time (GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; Geochemical Society; Paleontological Society; GSA Geoscience Education Division)

1:30 PM Tues. 20 B116 T89 Greenstone Belts, Archaen Earth, and Early Life Oct. (GSA International Division; Precambrian (at large); GSA and Tectonics Division; GSA Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; Geochemical Society; Paleontological Society, GSA Division)

1:30 PM Tues. 20 Portland T41. High-Resolution Terrestrial and Marine Geochemical Oct Ballrooms Proxies of Global Change: Progress, Problems, and Utility 251/258 I (Paleontological Society; Geochemical Society; Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division)

9:00 AM Mon. 19 Hall A T123. Diurnal Biogeochemical Processes in , Oct POSTERS Lakes, and Shallow Groundwater (Posters) (Geochemical Society; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division)

GeoBioChatter 1.3 Page 4 September 2009 9:00 AM Tues. 20 Hall A T25. Groundwater in Ecosystems: Effects of Physical, Oct. POSTERS Chemical, and Biological Processes and Feedback Mechanisms (GSA Hydrogeology Division; U.S. National Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division)

9:00 AM Tues. 20 Hall A T34. Toward Integrating Cave and Karst Science Oct. POSTERS (GSA Hydrogeology Division; National Cave and Karst Research Institute; Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division)

9:00 AM Tues. 20 Hall A T41. High-Resolution Terrestrial and Marine Geochemical Oct. POSTERS Proxies of Global Change: Progress, Problems, and Utility I (Paleontological Society; Geochemical Society; Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division) 9:00 AM Tues. 20 Hall A T97. EARTHTIME: From Developing Tools to Teaching Oct. POSTERS about Time (GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; Geochemical Society; Paleontological Society; GSA Geoscience Education Division)

9:00 AM Wed. 21 Hall A T141. What Does Biology Have to Do With It? Giota Oct POSTERS in Weatherin, Nutrient Cycling, Mineral Surface Interactions, and Mineral Precipitation (GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division)

Congratulations to our Honorary Member Awardees 2009: Dr. Anna-Louise Reysenbach Dr. Mary Droser Dr. Ken Eriksson

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