BACKGROUND
Every two years starting in winter 2011, approximately 70 scientists have gathered to discuss and research the biophysics of microscale marine processes. Meetings alternate between North America and overseas (Aspen, Les Houches, Eilat, Whistler). They stem from the growing realisation that physical processes in the ocean play a fundamental role in marine ecosystem dynamics and the need for an interdisciplinary perspective to tackle these problems effectively. To this end, we need to foster the creation of a community at the intersection between marine biology, ecology, physical oceanography, soft and active matter, applied mathematics, engineering. We focus on microscale interactions because it has become clear that ‘the very small’ are not just the most abundant, but also the ones governing most limiting processes in the sea, with profound implications on ocean and planet health.
We are now pleased to announce that the next meeting in the series will be held at the Museu Marítim, Port de Soller, Majorca, Spain, from May 22-27 May, 2022.
THE MEETING
As before, this meeting will be focused on the physics underlying biological interactions at microscale. The study of the microscale dynamics of the ocean will significantly benefit from a stronger input by physicists, and will simultaneously present physicists with a new set of problems in need of quantitative tools and mechanistic thinking. Bringing these crucial issues to the attention of the wider physical community is one of the primary aims of this workshop.
The format of the workshop is similar to that of a Gordon conference: conference activities in the morning and late afternoon, with ample time for informal discussions, poster presentations and outdoors activities (hiking, snorkeling and scuba). We envisage two invited talks per day, a moderate number of short contributed talks, as well as interactive posters and targeted chalk-talk-like presentations.
A SAFE MEETING
In order to safeguard the health of the participants, we will require proof of complete vaccination or recent test (details on the latter TBD). Current healthcare requirements to enter Spain can be found here. If you are travelling to the Balearic Islands from another region in Spain, see here.
Organising committee:
Roman Stocker (ETH Zurich)
Stuart Humphries (University of Lincoln)
Thomas Kiørboe (Technical University of Denmark)
Roi Holzman (Tel Aviv University)
Shilpa Khatri (UC Merced)
Henry Fu (University of Utah)
Douglas Brumley (University of Melbourne)
Marco Polin (IMEDEA, UIB-CSIC)
Jennifer Prairie (U San Diego)
Idan Tuval (IMEDEA, UIB-CSIC)
Every two years starting in winter 2011, approximately 70 scientists have gathered to discuss and research the biophysics of microscale marine processes. Meetings alternate between North America and overseas (Aspen, Les Houches, Eilat, Whistler). They stem from the growing realisation that physical processes in the ocean play a fundamental role in marine ecosystem dynamics and the need for an interdisciplinary perspective to tackle these problems effectively. To this end, we need to foster the creation of a community at the intersection between marine biology, ecology, physical oceanography, soft and active matter, applied mathematics, engineering. We focus on microscale interactions because it has become clear that ‘the very small’ are not just the most abundant, but also the ones governing most limiting processes in the sea, with profound implications on ocean and planet health.
We are now pleased to announce that the next meeting in the series will be held at the Museu Marítim, Port de Soller, Majorca, Spain, from May 22-27 May, 2022.
THE MEETING
As before, this meeting will be focused on the physics underlying biological interactions at microscale. The study of the microscale dynamics of the ocean will significantly benefit from a stronger input by physicists, and will simultaneously present physicists with a new set of problems in need of quantitative tools and mechanistic thinking. Bringing these crucial issues to the attention of the wider physical community is one of the primary aims of this workshop.
The format of the workshop is similar to that of a Gordon conference: conference activities in the morning and late afternoon, with ample time for informal discussions, poster presentations and outdoors activities (hiking, snorkeling and scuba). We envisage two invited talks per day, a moderate number of short contributed talks, as well as interactive posters and targeted chalk-talk-like presentations.
A SAFE MEETING
In order to safeguard the health of the participants, we will require proof of complete vaccination or recent test (details on the latter TBD). Current healthcare requirements to enter Spain can be found here. If you are travelling to the Balearic Islands from another region in Spain, see here.
Organising committee:
Roman Stocker (ETH Zurich)
Stuart Humphries (University of Lincoln)
Thomas Kiørboe (Technical University of Denmark)
Roi Holzman (Tel Aviv University)
Shilpa Khatri (UC Merced)
Henry Fu (University of Utah)
Douglas Brumley (University of Melbourne)
Marco Polin (IMEDEA, UIB-CSIC)
Jennifer Prairie (U San Diego)
Idan Tuval (IMEDEA, UIB-CSIC)
