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 (at the Aspen Center for Physics in 2011 and 2015, at the School of Physics at Les Houches, France in 2013, and at the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat, Israel in 2016). These meetings had nucleated a group of researchers that had not formed a cohesive unit before. The reason underpinning this interest in the biophysics of microscale marine processes has been twofold: on the one side, the growing realization in oceanography that physical processes play a fundamental role in marine ecosystem dynamics; on the other side, the growing interest of physicists and engineers in oceanographic and more broadly environmental processes. This series of meetings has brought together scientists with highly complementary interests including oceanographers, applied physicists, applied mathematicians, engineers, biophysicists and biologists. The focus has been on microscale interactions, because it has become clear that ‘the very small’ are not only the most abundant, but also the ones governing most limiting processes in the sea, and thus have the most 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 Whistler Conference Center in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, from 11-16 January, 2019.
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 winter activities (skiing, cross country, and hiking) . 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.
Cost and financial support
Registration fees for the meeting are $400, due after acceptance to the conference (Oct 28th, 2018). Registration fees will be waived for students and post-docs requesting support. Rooms at the Aava hotel can be booked for ~$220 (CAD 275; deadline for reservation is Oct 28th, 2018). For further information go to the venue page
Invited speakers include:
Peter Franks (Scripps Institution of Oceanography )
Jeannette Yen (Georgia Tech)
John Dabiri (Stanford)
Brad Gemmell (University of South Florida)
Gerhard Herndl (University of Vienna)
Shilpa Khatri (UC Merced)
Douglas Brumley (University of Melbourne)
Glen Wheeler (MBA Plymouth)
Virginia Armbrust (University of Washington)
Lars Peter Nielsen (Aarhus University)
Ulrike Pfreundt (ETH Zurich)
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)
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 (at the Aspen Center for Physics in 2011 and 2015, at the School of Physics at Les Houches, France in 2013, and at the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat, Israel in 2016). These meetings had nucleated a group of researchers that had not formed a cohesive unit before. The reason underpinning this interest in the biophysics of microscale marine processes has been twofold: on the one side, the growing realization in oceanography that physical processes play a fundamental role in marine ecosystem dynamics; on the other side, the growing interest of physicists and engineers in oceanographic and more broadly environmental processes. This series of meetings has brought together scientists with highly complementary interests including oceanographers, applied physicists, applied mathematicians, engineers, biophysicists and biologists. The focus has been on microscale interactions, because it has become clear that ‘the very small’ are not only the most abundant, but also the ones governing most limiting processes in the sea, and thus have the most 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 Whistler Conference Center in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, from 11-16 January, 2019.
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 winter activities (skiing, cross country, and hiking) . 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.
Cost and financial support
Registration fees for the meeting are $400, due after acceptance to the conference (Oct 28th, 2018). Registration fees will be waived for students and post-docs requesting support. Rooms at the Aava hotel can be booked for ~$220 (CAD 275; deadline for reservation is Oct 28th, 2018). For further information go to the venue page
Invited speakers include:
Peter Franks (Scripps Institution of Oceanography )
Jeannette Yen (Georgia Tech)
John Dabiri (Stanford)
Brad Gemmell (University of South Florida)
Gerhard Herndl (University of Vienna)
Shilpa Khatri (UC Merced)
Douglas Brumley (University of Melbourne)
Glen Wheeler (MBA Plymouth)
Virginia Armbrust (University of Washington)
Lars Peter Nielsen (Aarhus University)
Ulrike Pfreundt (ETH Zurich)
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)
