Geobiology is rapidly growing at the interface between geoscience and bioscience. As seen elsewhere in the world, geobiology in China received great attention in recent years by both scientists and administrative officials. Following the geobiology workshop in 2008, we organized three International Geobiology Conferences at Wuhan in 2010, 2012, and 2014. To explore the interaction among rocks, life and climate, we are going to hold the 4th International Conference of Geobiology in 2017 at Wuhan, central China.
The Chinese Organizing Committee, in collaboration with related national/international organizations and research institutes, is delighted to cordially invite you to the 4th International Conference of Geobiology. This meeting offers an important forum in which geologists, paleontologists, biologists, microbiologists, biogeochemists and other scientists with diverse approaches and methodologies can meet, and exchange ideas on a wide range of topics related to the coupling system of the biosphere and geosphere. I hope that such exchange and integration will accelerate the development of geobiology and the earth system sciences as a whole.
I hope that this invitation may help you to apply for visa in local Chinese embassies. I look forward to seeing you at Wuhan in June, 2017.
(1) Precambrian geobiology
Microbes and the Great Oxidation Event
Co-evolution of Proterozoic oceans, atmospheres and life
Habitability of early earth and other celestial bodies
(2) Phanerozoic geobiology
Cambrian explosion and mass extinction
Radiation and mass extinction in the Ordovician
Mass extinction and recovery through Permian to Triassic
Geobiology of vertebrates
(3) Geomicrobiology
Microbes-mineral interactions and geological consequences
Modern microbialites
Deep biosphere
(4) Geobiology and climate
Molecular and isotopic paleoclimate reconstruction
Biogeochemical cycles and climate change
Geobiology of greenhouse climate and oceanic anoxia
(5) Phylogeny and geobiology events
RNA world, LUCA, and phylogenomic approaches to the origin of life
Genomic approaches to Phanerozoic geobiology
Genomics of microbial functional groups
Jun 24
2017
Jun 26
2017
Abstract Submission Deadline
Registration deadline
2025-06-10 China Wuhan
第五届国际地球生物学会议2025-06-10 China Wuhan
The 5th International Conference of Geobiology
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