Michael Sars Symposium 2023: Cells, organisms and their environment
The second edition of the Michael Sars Symposium will take place at Media City Bergen on June 1st, 2023 in Bergen, Norway.
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Symposium overview
The environment has shaped the evolution of organisms, cells and microbial communities since the origin of life. Organisms have evolved a diversity of cell types, cellular structures and cell-cell communication strategies to react and adapt to a variety of environmental changes. The symposium aims to bring together speakers working on the development, evolution and ecology of animals, plants and microorganisms to understand how a challenging environment has shaped their past and will impact their future.
Session topics
Neuroscience & motility
Microbial ecosystems & evolution
Plants & their environment
Location
Atlantis Auditorium. Media City Bergen. Lars Hilles gate 30, 5008 Bergen
Schedule
| Presentations | Title | ||
| 8:15 - 9:15 | Registration | ||
| 9:15 - 9:20 | Welcome by the Director of the Michael Sars Centre, Lionel Christiaen | ||
| 9:20 - 9:30 | Welcome by Dean Gunn Mangerud, The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at UiB | ||
| Session 1: Neuroscience & Motility | |||
| 9:30-10:00 | Brady Weissbourd | The neural control of swimming in a model jellyfish | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Carl Jones | Neuromechanics in the embryo of a simple chordate | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | ||
| Session 2: Microbial Ecosystems & Evolution | |||
| 11:00-11:30 | Christa Schleper | Cellular features of an Åsgard archaeon reveal insights into the evolution of eukaryotes | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva | Quantifying gut microbiota-host metabolic interactions | |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch | ||
| Session 3: Plants & Their Environment | |||
| 13:30-14:00 | Pau Formosa-Jordan | Dynamics of plant developmental transitions: from seed germination to flowering | |
| 14:00-14:30 | Manon Demulder | Encasing carbon fixation: the pyshell in diatoms | |
| 14:30-15:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| Session 4: Neuroscience & Motility | |||
| 15:00-15:30 | Kazuo Inaba | Structural and functional diversification of cilia in evolutionary adaptation to aquatic environments | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Inari Kursula | Molecular insight into malaria parasite actin-based motility | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Manu Prakash | TBA | |
| 16:30-16:45 | Closing Remarks |