CSEC will be hosting a workshop on Biology under Extreme to Conditions to bring together biologists from several Schools and explore ways in which the biology theme in CSEC could be strengthened.
Workshop Programme
CSEC Seminar and Reading Room, Erskine Williamson Building
Friday, 10 October 2025
The morning sessions from 9:30 to 13:00 are open to all.
9:30 – 9:50 |
Arrival — Tea & Coffee |
9:50 |
Ingo Loa, Interim Director of CSEC Welcome & Introductions |
10:00 |
Louise Horsfall Microbial metal factories |
10:20 |
Sean McMahon The Planetary Palaeobiology Group |
10:40 |
Ben Jackson New capability at KB: Laser Ablation Capillary Absorption Spectrometry (LA-CAS) for spatially resolved 13C isotope tracing studies |
11:00 – 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
11:30 |
Charles Cockell Microbes and their molecules under extremes |
11:50 |
Fabio Nudelman Biomineralization |
12:10 |
Michael Chen Microtechnologies for biomedical innovation |
12:30 |
Andrew Free Microbiology under chemical extremes for bioremediation |
13:00 – 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
14:00 |
Discussion Session I |
15:30 – 15:50 |
Coffee Break |
15:50 |
Discussion Session II |
16:50 |
Closing Remarks |