News for the beginning of 2012

[Jens Rößiger]

Dear everyone,

Happy New Year to everyone of course.

In this first newsletter in 2012 I'd like to inform you about several things:

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1.) EGU

I've been asked to promote a session on this email list.

It is organized by Maddalena Bayer-Giraldi (Maddale...@awi.de) and Marcela Ewert. See details below.

Abstract deadline is the 17th of January so you've got a few days left.

Session details
CR9.20 (co-listed in BG7)
*Interactions among biology, structure and processes in sea-ice*
Maddalena Bayer-Giraldi, Marcela Ewert

*Invited presentations*:
Jean-Louis Tison, jti...@ulb.ac.be
John S. Wettlaufer, john.we...@yale.edu

Abiotic processes like sea-ice formation and consolidation, brine and nutrient dynamics, and seasonal ice melt, together with factors such as brine-channels structure, temperature and salinity, shape the biological communities within the ice. Organisms have developed a series of mechanisms to cope with these conditions, of which the production of exopolymeric substances and antifreeze proteins are some examples. However, biological activity is in turn shaping its environment. Physical properties like sea-ice microstructure, porosity and permeability are influenced by biology. The presence of organisms also affects chemical processes within ice.

We encourage the submission of contributions regarding sea-ice biology and physical properties, as well as biological and chemical processes within the ice and in ice-related environments, with a focus on the interaction among them. The session welcomes contributions about sea-ice and sea ice-influenced waters.

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2.) The new deadline for short- and exchange visits or workshop applications is midnight of the 31st of March.

In the last three month we had 3 applications for visits and 1 for workshops. So keep them coming.

Go to http://microdice.eu/open-calls/short-and-exchange-visits/

to find out more about the exchange programs which can last for up to 15 days for a short visit and up to 6 month for an exchange visit.

If you want to organise a workshop which is in the scope of microDICE go to http://microdice.eu/open-calls/workshops/

for more details on application.

All applications have to be submitted online with the system linked on the pages.

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3.) Ice and deformation conference in Grenoble

We published a summary and some pictures (at the bottom of the page) of the conference.

http://microdice.eu/activities/past/ice-deformation-from-the-model-material-to-polar-ice/summary/

I especially like the one with Paul and his mottoes. So be sure to take a look ;)

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So happy abstract, application, paper, ... writing this year!

Regards,

Jens