Topics

Major topics are as follows (tentative). A complete agenda book including abstracts will be given to all the participants at the conference. ●Ecosystem in Subseafloor Biogeochemical processes in sediments and rocks Microbial community in subseafloor biosphere Hydrothermal vents and cold seepages as windows to subseafloor Paleome and co-evolution of Earth and life ●Applications of Extremophiles Extremozymes for foods, detergents, diagnostics, etc. Protein engineering of enzymes Potential uses of enzymes from extremophiles Industrial processes of extremozyme production ●Physiology and Metabolism Metabolism and enzymes concerned Morphology, taxonomy, and evolution Mechanism of extremophily Metabolic engineering ●Genetics and Protein Functions Genomic sequencing of new extremophiles Metagenomics in extreme environments Functional analysis of extremophile genomes Tertiary structures of extremozymes ●Biodiversity and New Environments Biochemistry of marine and deep-sea inhabitants Astrobiology Nano-bio/technology In silico model building System biology, biophysics, and biomimetics

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