The Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences

Timetable of The Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences

Timezone:Asia/Shanghai

Day 3,Jan. 14, 2027Thursday

S7-1

Session 7 - Under Pressure: Microbial Carbon Cycling and Organic Matter Transformation in the Deep Ocean

2027-01-14 15:20 ~ 16:50

Xiamen International Conference Center 1C Meeting Room

Session convener: Zihao Zhao/University of Vienna; John Paul Balmonte/Lehigh University; Gerhard J. Herndl/University of Vienna; Yao Zhang/Xiamen University

Start End ID Title
15:20 15:50 1602
Are Microbes Being Missed During Deep-Sea Sampling?
Douglas Bartlett/Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Invited Oral Presentation
15:50 16:05 1372
16:05 16:20 1375
Branched-chain amino acid catabolism drives microbial adaptation to the deep-sea energy limitation paradox
Zain UL Arifeen Muhammad/Southern University of Science and Technology
Oral Presentation
16:20 16:35 1378
Heterotrophs in the light, mixotrophs in the dark: Inverse vertical partitioning of nanoflagellate grazing in the Arctic Ocean
Dapeng Xu/State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University
Oral Presentation
16:35 16:50 1374
16:50 17:05 1376

Day 4,Jan. 15, 2027Friday

S7P

Session 7 - Under Pressure: Microbial Carbon Cycling and Organic Matter Transformation in the Deep Ocean

2027-01-15 16:00 ~ 18:00

Session convener: Zihao Zhao/University of Vienna; John Paul Balmonte/Lehigh University; Gerhard J. Herndl/University of Vienna; Yao Zhang/Xiamen University

Start End ID Title
16:00 16:15 1382
16:15 16:30 1381
Poster Presentation
16:30 16:45 1380
Molecular composition of organic matter regulates microbial metabolism and decouples carbon and nitrogen cycling in the ocean
Wen Lin/GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel / State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University
Poster Presentation
16:45 17:00 1379
Microbial extracellular hydrolase activity and kinetics in the deep ocean
Yizu Zhu/State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University
Poster Presentation
17:00 17:15 1377
Poster Presentation
17:15 17:30 1373

    Important Dates

    • Jan 30

      2026

      Session / Event proposals open

    • Mar 31

      2026

      Session / Event proposals close
      (Extended to April 7)

    • Apr 30

      2026

      Session acceptance notifications

    • Apr 30

      2026

      Abstract submissions & registration open

    • Jun 30

      2026

      Abstract submissions close
      (Extended to July 21)

    • Aug 31

      2026

      Abstract acceptance notifications

    • Sep 15

      2026

      Scientific program released

    • Oct 15

      2026

      Early bird registration closes

    • Jan 12–15

      2027

      XMAS 2027