2nd DULIA-bio Workshop

4 Nov 2019, 08:30 → 5 Nov 2019, 17:30 Europe/Rome

Room "B. Pontecorvo" (Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)

Alba Formicola (INFN-LNGS), Aldo Ianni (INFN-LNGS), Patrizia Morciano (INFN-LNGS), Carlos Peña Garay (LSC), Stefano Ragazzi (INFN-LNGS), Geoffrey Smith (NMSU), Luigi Satta (La Sapienza University), Maria Antonella Tabocchini (ISS & INFN Roma 1)

DULIA-bio is a series of meetings organized in deep underground laboratories around the world. The focus of these meetings will be cross-fertilization of research in biology with the community working in underground laboratories.

The 2nd edition of DULIA-bio will be held at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of INFN, Assergi, L’Aquila, Italy, and is organized in collaboration with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, and with the Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc, Spain.

The aim of the Workshop is to establish a common path for European/International underground laboratories in deep life studies and its application to astrobiology, biophysics, human health and radiation protection.

Topics

•    Astrobiology
•    Extremophile Biotechnology
•    Life in Deep Biosphere
•    Life in Low Radiation Environments
•    Life in Acoustic and Electromagnetic Fields
•    Cosmogenic Background
•    Mitigation of Radioactive Backgrounds
•    Low Radioactivity Techniques
•    New Technologies for Acoustic, Electromagnetic and Radioactivity Silence Characterization

 

DULIAbio 2019 Abstract book.pdf

Poster DULIA-bio.pdf

Monday 4 November

08:30 → 09:00 Registration

09:00 → 10:00 Welcome

Ianni.pdf

Satta.pdf

10:00 → 13:00 Session 1 - Chair: Aldo Ianni

10:00 Low Radioactive Techniques (KEY SPEAKER)

Speaker: Matthias Laubenstein (INFN - LNGS, Italy)

Laubenstein.pdf

10:30 Life in Low Radiation Environment: biological response and role of background radiation (KEY SPEAKER)

Speaker: Mauro Belli (MELODI Scientific Committee & INFN Roma 1, Italy)

Belli.pdf

11:00 Coffee break

11:30 Low dose radiobiology at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso: results, challenges and future plans (LNGS Review)

Speaker: Patrizia Morciano (INFN - LNGS, Italy)

Morciano.pdf

12:00 Research on proliferation inhibition in Chinese hamster V79 cells and highly differentiated laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma FD-LSC-1 cells in deep underground (rock cover 1470m) environment and its mechanism based on transcriptomics and proteomics (CJPL Review)

Speaker: Jifeng Liu (West China Hospital)

Liujifeng.pdf

12:30 A case for cells sensing the absence of background levels of ionizing radiation: overview of the transcriptional response of four species at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) (WIPP Review)

Speaker: Hugo Castillo (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA)

Castillo.pdf

13:00 → 13:30 Safety course

13:30 → 15:00 Lunch

15:00 → 15:50 Session 2 - Chair: Carlos Peña Garay

15:00 Biotechnological applications of extremophiles (KEY SPEAKER)

Speaker: Ricardo Amils (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)

Amils_2.pdf

15:30 Exploring microbial biosignature in Mn-patinas of deep biosphere: a cross-disciplinary approach to investigate geomicrobiological interactions in Grotta Grande del Cervo (Abruzzo, Italy) (Submitted Abstract)

Speaker: Ilaria Vaccarelli (L'Aquila University, Italy)

Vaccarelli.pdf

15:50 → 17:15 Coffee break and poster session

17:15 → 19:30 LNGS underground tour

19:30 → 22:30 Welcome reception

Tuesday 5 November

09:15 → 13:30 Session 3 - Chair: Maria Antonella Tabocchini

09:15 Deep Life, Volatiles and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life (KEY SPEAKER)

Speaker: Donato Giovannelli (Federico II University of Napoli, Italy)

Giovannelli.pdf

09:45 Astrobiology and Planetary Science at the Boulby Mine (REMOTE)

Speaker: Charles Cockell (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)

Cockell.pdf

10:15 Boulby Geo and Bio Science status and future plans (BOULBY Review)

Speaker: Sean Paling (Boulby Underground Laboratory, UK)

Paling.pdf

10:45 Coffee break

11:15 Cosmogenic Background and Mitigation of Radiactive Backgrounds (KEY SPEAKER)

Speaker: Ian Lawson (SNOLAB, Canada)

Lawson.pdf

11:45 Low Radon Cleanroom for Underground Laboratories (Submitted Abstract)

Speaker: Jiri Hulka (SURO, National Radiation Protection Institute, Czech Republic)

Hulka.pdf

12:05 Modane Underground laboratory as a shield to protect stem cells from cosmic rays and radioactivity during cryogenized storage (MODANE Review)

Speaker: Guillaume Warot (CNRS - LPSC, France)

Warot.pdf

12:35 New Technologies for Acoustic, electromagnetic and radioactivity Silence Characterization (CANFRANC Review)

Speaker: Carlos Peña Garay (LSC, Spain)

Penya_Garay.pdf

13:05 The RENOIR Experiment at the LNGS (Submitted Abstract)

Speaker: M. Antonella Tabocchini (ISS & INFN Roma 1, Italy)

Tabocchini.pdf

13:30 → 15:00 Lunch

15:00 → 17:30 Session 4 - Chair: Richard Ford

15:00 The Phenotypic and Genotypic Response of the Caenorhabditis elegans nematode to Background and Below-Background Radiation Underground at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (Submitted Abstract)

Speaker: Geoffrey Smith (New Mexico State University, USA)

GBSmith.pdf

15:20 Flies in a mine: Understanding the physiology of deep underground mining (Submitted Abstract) (REMOTE)

Speaker: Thomas Merritt (Laurentian University, Canada)

Merritt.pdf

15:40 The REPAIR project: Investigating the biological effects of sub-natural background radiation exposure (SNOLAB Review) (REMOTE)

Speakers: Christopher Thome (Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Canada), Jake Pirkkanen (Laurentian University, Canada)

Pirkkanen_Thome.pdf

16:10 Coffee break

16:40 Opportunities at the Sanford Underground Research Facility

Geoffrey Smith will be the speaker for presentation of Jaret Heise about Sanford Lab.

Speaker: Geoffrey Smith (New Mexico State University, USA)

Heise-SURF.pdf

17:00 Panel discussion

Speakers: Alba Formicola (INFN - LNGS, Italy), Aldo Ianni (INFN - LNGS, Italy), Carlos Peña Garay (LSC, Spain), Geoffrey Smith (New Mexico State University, USA), M.Antonella Tabocchini (ISS & INFN Roma 1, Italy), Ricardo Amils (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain), Richard Ford (SNOLAB, Canada)