Introductory Lecture: On the History and Future of Stable Isotope Signals in Biomarkers
- John Hayes, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Emeritus and now at Berkeley, USA – The development of compound specific isotope analyses in ecology, ecosystem and earth sciences - abstract
SESSION 1
Recent Methodological Improvements in the Analysis of C, H, N, O Stable Isotopes on Individual Organic Compounds
- Arndt Schimmelmann, Indiana University, USA - Standardization for compound-specific H, C, N, O isotope analysis - abstract
- Eric Crosson, Picarro Inc., USA – High-precision optical measurements of 13C/12C in inorganic bulk organic material and individual organic compounds - abstract
- Andreas Hilkert, Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen), Germany – Improvements in irm-GC/MS Technology – abstract
SESSION 2
Tracing Biosynthetic Processes and the Stable Isotope Composition of Biomarkers
- Yoshito Chikaraishi, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan - Tracing lipid biosynthesis in higher plants with carbon and hydrogen isotope analysis - abstract
- Frank Keppler, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany - Tracing methane production by plants using compound-specific stable isotope ratios - abstract
- Hans Ludwig Schmidt, TU Munich, Germany – Systematics of in-vivo hydrogen isotope fractionations – The basis of the deuterium patterns of natural plant compounds - abstract
- Andrew Merchant, University of Sydney, Australia - Isotopic composition of organic compounds in phloem sap - abstract
- Lucas Cernusak, Charles Darwin University, Australia – Isotopic composition of non-photosynthetic tissues in plants - abstract
- Stefan Schouten - Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands - The effect of biosynthetic pathways on the stable isotopic composition of lipids in algae, bacteria and archaea - abstract
SESSION 3
Compound Specific Analysis in Ecology, Ecosystem and Soil Sciences
- Brian Popp, University of Hawaii, USA - Compound specific nitrogen isotope analyses of amino acids in marine organisms and their use in marine food webs - abstract
- Ann Pearson, Harvard University, USA - Insights into modern and past marine nutrient cycles – Compound specific nitrogen anaylsis of geoporphyrins - abstract
- Gerd Gleixner, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany - Microbial fingerprints in terrestrial carbon cycling - abstract
- Tim Filley, Purdue University, USA - Using plant biopolymer isotopic composition to track litter and soil organic matter dynamics - abstract
- Richard Evershed, University of Bristol, UK - The fate of methanotrophically fixed carbon in soils - abstract
- Egbert Schwartz, Northern Arizona University, USA - δ13C and δ15N of DNA extracted from soils; a new approach to investigate microbial control of C and N cycling - abstract
SESSION 4
Paleo-Environmental Applications of Compound Specific Stable Isotope Analysis
- Kate Freeman, Penn State University, USA - Reconstructing paleoenvironments using compound specific C and N isotopes analyses - abstract
- Julian Sachs, University of Washington, USA - Tropical Pacific Hydrologic Changes during the Holocene from Lipid D/H Ratios on Remote Islands - abstract
- Yongsong Huang, Brown University, USA - Driven by the ice and Sun: understanding the abrupt and high frequency climate changes in New England during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene - abstract
- Enno Schefuss, University of Bremen, Germany - African paleo-climatology from a marine molecular-isotopic perspective - abstract
- Mark Pagani, Yale University, USA - Arctic hydrology during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum - abstract
- Tim Eglinton, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA - Exploring the links between climate and the stable isotopic compositions and radiocarbon ages of terrestrial biomarkers in marine sediments - abstract
- Jürgen Rullkötter, University of Oldenburg, Germany - Reconstruction of continental climate using the molecular and isotopic composition of land-plant biomarkers in deep-sea sediments of the Atlantic Ocean - abstract
Evening Lectures
