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Bioblast 2022
Gnaiger E, Cardoso LHD, Tindle-Solomon L, Cocco P, eds (2022) Bioblast 2022: BEC inaugural conference. https://doi.org/10.26124/bec:2022-0001 - «Notes in Bioblast»
Bioblast 2022: Announcements
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International scientific committee
- Aasander Frostner Eleonor, SE
- Chicco Adam J, US
- Donnelly Chris, CH
- Garcia-Roves Pablo M, ES
- Hoppel Charles L, US
- Irving Brian A, US
- Karabatsiakis Alexander, AT
- Koopman Werner JH, NL
- Molina Anthony JA, US
- Moreno-Sanchez Rafael, MX
- Morosinotto Tomas, IT
- Roach Thomas, AT
- Sobotka Lubos, CZ
- Stefan Eduard, AT
- Stiban Johnny, PS
- Strehle Martin, DE
- Torres-Quesada Omar, AT
Venue
- Congress Innsbruck - Saal Brussels (280 seats)
- Rennweg 3
- 6020 Innsbruck, AT
Travel
Get to Innsbruck
- By airplane
- We recommend flying directly to Innsbruck, which is well connected with Frankfurt. Another option is Munich Airport (approx. two hours from Innsbruck). From Munich you can connect to Innsbruck by either train, bus or shuttle service.
- » Train: DB
- » Bus: flixbus.at, approx EUR 20.-, best booked in advance.
- » Shuttle: FOURSEASONS Shuttle, approx. EUR 59.- one way from Munich to Innsbruck, EUR 118.- return.
- By train
- If you decide to travel by train, exit at 'Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof‘, which is well connected to Zürich, Munich, Italy and Vienna.
- » ÖBB website
Get around in Innsbruck
- By foot
- Congress Innsbruck is around 10-25 minutes walking distance from most of the hotels in the city center.
- By bus or tram
- IVB is the local bus or tram transportation provider: https://www.ivb.at/en/
- Stops closest to Congress Innsbruck: Innsbruck Congress/Hofburg, Innsbruck Museumsstraße,
- Recommended APP: "IVB Scout" to get around, "IVB Tickets" for purchasing your ticket online
- Note: Tickets can currently not be bought inside the bus/tram. Please buy it online or at the ticket machine in front of the bus/tram stop.
- By car
- Parking possible in the underground parking lot "Tiefgarage Congress / Citygarage - Innsbruck" - Rennweg 1, Innsbruck
- Directly underneath the conference venue Congress Innsbruck
- Day ticket ~ 11€, to be paid at the portier in the entrance of Congress Innsbruck
Social program
- 2022-06-29 Funicular ride & hike to Umbrüggler Alm
- - 18:00 Meeting point 1: Rennweg 3, Innsbruck; Station Congress
- Funicular ride to Hungerburg: funicular goes every 15 minutes until 19:15, the group will be split up
- 45-minute hike to Umbrüggler Alm, Hiking shoes are necessary
- It is recommended that unexperienced hikers take a tram at 18:00 or 18:15 and hike slowly
- Car transport is available for those unable to hike: please contact [email protected]
- - 19:30 Dinner at Umbrüggler Alm
- - Hike back down
- - 22:30 & 23:30 Bus transport from car park Hungerburgweg 4 back to the city
- - 18:00 Meeting point 1: Rennweg 3, Innsbruck; Station Congress
- 2022-06-29 Funicular ride & hike to Umbrüggler Alm
- 2022-06-30 The Black Knights guided tour & Celebration dinner
- - 18:00 Meeting point 2: Universitätsstraße 2, Innsbruck
- The Black Knights - guided tour
- 2 guided tours in English, 1 guided tour in German
- - 19:00 Meeting point 3: Universitätsstraße 3, Innsbruck
- Celebration dinner & flying buffet: 30 years Oroboros at Brahms Innsbruck
- - 18:00 Meeting point 2: Universitätsstraße 2, Innsbruck
- 2022-06-30 The Black Knights guided tour & Celebration dinner
- Contact for the social program: [email protected]
Guidelines: Posters and oral presentations
- As a signatory of DORA, we introduce the new concept of References in BEC https-format.
- Oral presentations 10 + 5 (10 min plus 5 min discussion) - maximum of 12 slides
- Mainly reserved for manuscript contributions to the BEC 2022 volume.
- 7 + 3 (7 min plus 3 min discussion) - maximum of 6 slides
- 5 min (if you wish: 4 min plus 1 min discussion) - maximum of 5 slides
- PPT guidelines:
- Aspect ratio for slides: 16:9
- Use either PowerPoint or Keynote
- A laptop for your presentation is provided
- If you work with a Mac please bring your computer
- Ensure you bring an adapter for your device with HDMI connection, VGA to HDMI is provided
- If you have a video imbedded in your slides, please send it also as a separate file.
- Please make sure you do not go overtime. To help you a screen with be on the stage for you showing the amount of time remaining for you presentation.
- During your presentation use the laser pointer connected to the laptop if indicating particular points on the slide.
- There will be a fixed microphone at the podium and a portable microphone.
- Please send your presentation in PPT format (or inform us that you are using a Mac) no later than June 24th to [email protected].
- Media check to hand in your slides in the morning of the conference is possible.
- Poster presentations: Posters are up during the entire conference, providing an excellent opportunity for person-to-person discussions and integrating your work into plenary discussions.
- Poster guidelines: please bring your poster in size A0, portrait.
- Contact for poster and oral presentation guidelines: [email protected]
Early Career Investigator Award
- Posters of early career investigators will be evaluated by a committee on a fixed set of criteria and the award will be handed out during the Celebration Dinner at the Brahms restaurant on Thursday evening (June 30).
- Early career investigator definition: Postdoctoral researchers in the time of up to 8 years after their graduation (full-time equivalent). Periods of career leave have to be added to this time span. Current PhD students are also eligible.
- Evaluation committee
- - Kaambre Tuuli - National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, EE
- - Leo Elettra - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, DE
- - Pesta Dominik - German Aerospace Center, DE
- Evaluation committee