Program

Tuesday, November 27th
Room 5, Palazzo Malvezzi Campeggi, Via Zamboni, 22, Bologna
14:00 - 17:00
Introduction to extremophiles.
Acidophiles, an environmental problem converted in a biotechnology.
Biohydrometallurgy.
Biomining perspectives.


Wednesday, November 28th
Room 5, Palazzo Malvezzi Campeggi, Via Zamboni, 22, Bologna
09:30 - 12:30
Río Tinto: geomicrobial ecology of an extreme acidic model environment.
Geomicrobiology of the water column and sediments.
Origin of the extreme conditions of the Rio Tinto basin.
Subsurface geomicrobiology of the Iberian Pyrite Belt.
  
Wednesday, November 28th
Aula Magna, Chemistry Department G. Ciamician, Via Selmi, 2, Bologna
16:30 - 17:30
Seminar titled "Dark biosphere".

Thursday, November 29th
Aula B, Palazzina della Viola, Via Filippo Re 4, Bologna
09:00 - 11:00
Astrobiological interest of acidophiles.
Acidophilic environments as geochemical and mineralogical terrestrial analogues of Mars. Analysis of the results from different Mars missions.
Extrapolation to other planets and moons of the Solar system.


11:30 - 12:00
Test evaluation.


The language of the workshop is English.