Sessions and Topics

Invited Speakers

Introduction

Mark Brzezinski, University of California Santa Barbara, USA 

Silicification (processes and properties) in diatoms / Eco-physiology of diatoms

Mark Hildebrand, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, USA

Silicification in other silicifiers 

Sally Leys, University of Alberta, Canada

Genomics/proteomics in silicifiers

Kim Thamatrakoln, Rutgers University, USA

Isotope chemistry providing tools for processes and fluxes

Gregory De Souza, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

The silica cycle: key players and processes / The biogeochemistry of silicon and modeling

Paul Tréguer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, France