Tara South America Meeting

The Tara Ocean Program: Structuring International Scientific Cooperation with South America

Scientific Workshop

4th-6th of September 2017
Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Auditorio “Jaime Baeza” Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Desarrollo, Campus Universidad de Concepción

Monday, 4th of September

TARA Oceans: General Overview and State of the Art

09:00-09:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks: Osvaldo Ulloa, local authority and André Abreu
09:30-10:30 Opening Seminar: TARA Oceans Story and Overview: Eric Karsenti
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:30 Genomics and Data Patrick Wincker
11:30-12:00 Viruses Consuelo Gazitua
12:00-12:30 Prokaryotes Samuel Chaffron
12:30-13:00 Protists Colomban De Vargas
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-15:00 Viruses Pascal Hingamp
15:00-15:30 Zooplankton Lars Stemmann
15:30-16:00 Systems Oceanography Daniele Iudicone
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:00 Genoceanography Lionel Guidi
17:00-17:30 Systems ecology Jeroen Raes
17:30-18:00 Data Analysis Damien Eveillard

 

Tuesday, 5th of September

TARA Oceans collaborative effort for capacity building and international cooperation

09:00-10:00 The Oceanic Plankton, climate and development project André Abreu / Eric Karsenti
10:00-11:00 Microbiome Alejandro Murillo / Luis Coelho
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 Plankton symbiome Marko Budinich / Colomban de Vargas
12:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30-15.30 Euk functional div anoxic Janaina Rigonato / Patrick Wincker
15:30-16:30 Plankton life history traits Juan Pierella Karlusisch / Chris Bowler
16:30-17:00 Coffee Break
17:00-18:00 Zooplankton systems Manoela Brandao / Lars Stemmann
18:00-19:30 Discussion on collaborations between groups
20:30-23:30 Dinner

 

Wednesday 6th September

Regional and international South American potential cooperation

09:00-11:00 Presentation of local programs and issues: Pedro Flombaum & Leonardo Erijman (Argentina), Paulo Calil, Andrea Freire & Hugo Sarmento (Brazil), Giovanna Sotil (Peru) and Jorge Rafael Bermúdez (Ecuador).
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:00 Presentation of local programs and issues: Osvaldo Ulloa & Alejandro Maass (Chile).
12:00-13:00 Funding possibilities: EU H2020, public and regional institutions, public foundations, private foundations.
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-15:30 Brainstorming on a possible regional project using data and methodology developed in the Tara Oceans program.