MedPalyno
GPSBI-APLE Symposium
Rome 8-10 September 2015
Scientific sessions
S1 - Aerobiology and pollen allergy
conveners: Jordina Belmonte, M.Mar Trigo
This session will include works related to atmospheric pollen and spore content, seasonal and intradiurnal fluctuations, pollen calendars, influence of meteorological parametres and forecasting models, but also any other related to the sampling of biological airborne particles and its influence in human health, as well as new methodologies. Communications about pollen and spore allergy are also welcomed.
S4 - Relationships between modern pollen rain, vegetation and climate
conveners: Cesare Ravazzi, Roberta Pini, Lea de Nascimento
The session will include:
- Current experiences of pollen rain monitoring in Mediterranean, European, Macaronesian and African environments
- The experiments of altitudinal training sets
- The search for analogues
- Examples of modelling and applications to palynological time series
- Sedimentary environment and pollen deposition - from lakes to peat bogs to archeological sites.
S2 - Pollen and spore morphology
convener: Ana Teresa Romero
Palynological characters are an important tool in taxonomy.
The pollen and spore morphology session will include all topics related to pollen and spore morphology, the ultrastructure of the pollen/spore wall, its taxonomic implications and applications to the phylogeny and evolution of all plant and fungi groups.
S5 - Palaeoenvironmental changes during the Pleistocene
conveners: Francesco Toti, Adele Bertini, Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout
High resolution flora, vegetation and climate archives across Mediterranean areas are crucial for the reconstruction of the palaeoenvironmental changes during the Pleistocene. Focuses upon Interglacials as well as on large regional and/or local aridity occurrences including extreme or abrupt dry events are particularly welcome. We will also be glad to receive contributions concerning the role of environmental changes during the earlier phases of hominin colonizations as well as model simulations and model/data comparisons.
S7 - Lessons from palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic reconstructions
conveners: Walter Finsinger, Odile Peyron
This session aims to offer a discussion platform to address those issues using proxy-based palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic reconstructions from a variety of natural archives.
The land cover of the Mediterranean borderlands and continental Europe has been very likely shaped for several millennia by climatic changes and human activities. During the past decades, a growing number of long-term palaeoecological records have been obtained in these regions. However, there are still some knowledge gaps concerning the palaeoclimatic and paleoenvironmental changes that affected land-cover and biodiversity.
S8 - Other topics
conveners: Anna Maria Mercuri, Alessandro Travaglini
All contributes that are not fitting in the proposed sessions can be sent to this one.
They will be possibly organized according to their content in other new sessions.
S3 - Pollen Biology and genetics
conveners: J. de Dios Alché
A wide variety of topics are included in this session in order to engage researchers devoted to this field from the most promising trainees to the world leading experts. These comprise (on a non-restrictive basis): anther and pollen development, male gametophyte development and function, pollen tube growth, pollination and fertilization mechanisms, self-incompatibility, meiosis, genetics, epigenetics, pollen conservation and viability, biotechnology and other related issues.
S6 - Archaeopalynology and and archaeobotany of Holocene records
conveners: Assunta Florenzano, Katerina Kouli
The session aims to stimulate the discussion on the relevance of archaeopalynology as a key discipline in the understanding of present-day landscapes and in defining past human-environment relationships. This topic can be analyzed for every period from Prehistory to Modern Age, and for different cultural and geographical contexts. Analyses of archaeological layers will be also considered in order to gain information about the structure/site function. Multidisciplinary presentations involving both the classical and innovative study of macroremains, are welcome.
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S9 - Pollen embryogenesis and biotechnology
convener: Pilar S. Testillano