First scoop on conference excursion:

We are excited to announce that Minna Männistö from Finnish Forest Res. Inst. will lead the plenary in "PAM & environmental change session”.

Davic Pearce from Northumbria University, Newcastle will present keynote lecture in “Microbial diversity and evolution”.

Anders Priemé from Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland will lead the session on Cold physiology and cryobiology.

"Supraglacial, glacial and subglacial microbiology” session will be kick-started by lecture from Andy Hodson, University of Sheffield.

Jiří Komárek from the Czech Academy of Science will present a plenary on “Polar and Alpine Cyanobacteria”.

Session on “Polar & Alpine Eukaryotic Microorganisms” will be lead by Wim Vyverman from the Ghent University in Belgium.

The final session on “Astrobiology of icy worlds” will be chaired by Jean-Pierre Paul de Vera from the Inst. of Planetary Research in Berlin

Registration payment using credit cards is now available at the conference website: polaralpinemicrobiology2015.prf.jcu.cz/-registration/…

The Abstract submission & early registration deadline is fast approaching: less than two weeks to go.

Probably the last extension of registration, abstract submission and payment deadline: May 15th! Check the news at: polaralpinemicrobiology2015.prf.jcu.cz

Third circular is up: polaralpinemicrobiology2015.prf.jcu.cz/data/uploads/3…

The early registration deadline has been extended until MAY 15th.

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Excited to share that we have received higher than expected nr. of submissions and thus will be hiring a bigger venue to accommodate all.

Payment&registration via the website is temporarily unavailable due to high demand but will be reopened shortly. Email us in the meantime.

Warning to all: Please do not book accommodation through any third party calling you or emailing you personally on the organisers behalf.

PAM organizers haven't authorised any company to take bookings or contact the delegates. Ignore any calls trying to tell you otherwise.

Do not fall for scam phone calls from EHS Housing Services. They are not reputable providers: scambook.com/company/view/1…. Contact organisers directly.