PROGRAM
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PROCEEDINGS AT https://aca.pensoft.net/collection/178/
July 18, 2022 (Casino Center for Urban Culture, Central Park)
9:00am - 10:15am Registration, Coffee & Mingling
10:15am - 10:45am WELCOME Stuart Halse, President of the SIBIOS & The Organizers
10:45am - 1:10pm SESSION I Moderator: Martina Pavlek
10:45am - 11:30am KEY LECTURE: Helena Bilandžija The role of phenotypic plasticity in the evolution of cave-dwelling animals
11:30am – 11:50am R Manenti, G Scarì, B Barzaghi, S Mercurio, S Sherpa, A Melotto, R Pennati, G Ficetola Caves as evolutionary dead end? The journey of the stygobiont isopod Monolistra pavani toward sunlight
11:50am – 12:10pm W Jeffery Environmental Hypoxia is a Driver of Sonic Hedgehog-dependent Troglomorphic Evolution in Astyanax Cavefish
12:10pm – 12:30pm J Bedek, H Bilandžija Proasellus thrive in the dark – plasticity enabling cave colonisation?
12:30pm – 12:50pm T Hesselberg The biomimetics potential of cave-dwelling animals
12:50pm – 1:10pm E Lunghi, S Mammola, A Martinez, T Hesselberg Convergent behaviours in subterranean species
1:10pm – 2:30 pm LUNCH provided on site
2:30pm - 4:15pm SESSION II Moderator: Raluca Băncilă
2:30pm - 3:15pm KEY LECTURE: Francis Howarth History and significance of tropical cave biology
3:15pm - 3:35pm L Deharveng, A Komericki, S Khela IUCN red-listing of subterranean invertebrates: problems, gaps and the future
3:35pm - 3:55pm T Zepon, J Gallão, ME Bichuette How much we know about Brazilian subterranean aquatic fauna
3:55pm - 4:15pm J Kocot-Zalewska, J Bienias, R Rozwałka, P Sienkiewicz, A Woźnica First data about cave fauna from the Albanian Alps
4:15pm - 6:15pm COCKTAIL time!
July 19, 2022 (Casino Center for Urban Culture, Central Park)
9:00am - 1:00pm SESSION III Moderator: William Jeffery
9:00am - 10:00am KEY LECTURE: Christian Griebler Groundwater food web interactions – state of the art
10:00am – 10:30am Coffee break
10:30am – 10:50am P Beasley-Hall, T Bertozzi, T Bradford, C Foster, K Jones, W Humphreys, A Austin, S Cooper Stressed out underground?: Illuminating the genomic response to heat stress in surface and subterranean predaceous diving beetles
10:50am – 11:10am OT Moldovan, PA Bulzu, E Levei, R Bucur, C Sitar, C Haidau Is the gut microbiome involved in adaptation of beetles to caves?
11:10am – 11:30am B Barzaghi, F Gentile Ficetola, E Mauri, M Restaino, B Lombardi, R Manenti Preliminary study on differences characterizes the populations of olm (Proteus anguinus) in cave and those found in epigean environment
11:30am – 11:50am T Di Lorenzo, AS P.S. Reboleira Metabolic scaling and thermal acclimation of the cave asellid Proasellus lusitanicus
11:50am – 12:10pm MM.Tawfeeq, D Weber, J-F Flot A Feulgen glimpse into genome evolution during range expansion: a case study of the subterranean amphipod Niphargus schellenbergi
12:10pm – 12:30pm S Mammola, M Pavlek, M Arnedo, F Milano, R Milione, M Tolve, M Isaia, P Cardoso Quantifying troglomorphism in hyperspace
12:30pm – 12:50pm S Lapadula, B Barzaghi, R Della Toffola, R Manenti Groundwater invertebrates and droughts: resistance in stygobiont isopods and planarians
12:50pm – 2:15pm LUNCH provided on site
2:15pm – 3:40pm SESSION IV Moderator: Enrico Lunghi
2:15pm - 3:00pm KEY LECTURE: Serban Sarbu The fascinating biology of stinky caves
3:00pm - 3:20pm A Ștefan, J-F Flot, E Iorgu, L Popa, S Keffer, F Stoch, S Sârbu Phylogenetic diversity of water scorpions (Nepa spp., Insecta, Hemiptera)
3:20pm - 3:40pm T Brad, M Bizic, D Ionescu, L Barbu-Tudoran, J Aerts, R Popa, L Zoccarato, J Ody, J-F Flot, S Tighe, D Vellone, S Sarbu Large sulfur oxidizing bacteria of the Thiovulaceae (Campylobacterota) thriving in the sulfidic groundwater of Movile Cave, in Romania
3:40pm -4:00pm V Zampieri, F Cassarino, G Pacinotti, B Barzaghi, M Falaschi, E Mauri, M Restaino, V Balestra, D Borgatti, M Galbiati, S Lapadula, V Messina, M Gajdošová, R Pennati, F Gentile Ficetola, R Manenti Activity of stygobionts in spring habitats: behavioral, ecological and evolutionary insights
4:00pm - 4:20pm A Biró, G Balázs, Z Fišer, G Herczeg, C Fišer The morphology of the colonizers of the springs from the down-under
4:20pm - 6:30pm POSTERS I (in alphabetical order) Moderator: Stefano Lapadula
1. J Pille Arnold, S Rodman, M Curran, D Main Can the Karaman-Chappuis method significantly enhance understanding of stygofauna ecology?
2. J Bedek, M Šepčević, D Kermek, L Okićki, N Kuharić, T Dražina Biology Students Association as the base for establishing future experts and cave fauna exploration
3. F Boancă, C Chauveau, J-F Flot, M Pop, S Iepure Identification of sulfur–oxidizing Thiothrix bacteria on microcrustaceans from the sulfidic groundwaters of Mangalia (southeastern Romania)
4. P Corgosinho, S Iepure, A Novikov A new species of Pseudomoraria from an alpine spring of Picos de Europa, North of Spain
5. E Dumnicka, J Galas Invertebrate fauna in municipal wells in Kraków, Poland
6. M Galbiati, R Manenti, M Forlani, B Barzaghi, A Melotto, F Gentile Ficetola, S Lapadula The roles of landscape of fear and light in allowing the exploitation of spring habitats by subterranean amphipods: an experimental and field approach
7. M Grgić, R Weck, G Keresteš, H Bilandžija The pleiotropic effects of melanin loss in cave snails Physella sp.
8. O. Guillaume The cave salamander Proteus anguinus in captivity in Moulis, France for the scientific research.
9. L Jovović, F Figon, H Bilandžija Mechanisms underlying albinism as a consequence of ommochrome deficiency in cave isopods
10. N Kuharić, M Lukić, J Bedek, L Jovović, T Rožman, D Fong, H Bilandžija Maintaining laboratory cultures of cave-dwelling and surface-dwelling isopod crustaceans
4:20pm - 6:30pm BEER & finger food
July 20, 2022 (Casino Center for Urban Culture, Central Park)
9:00am - 1:00pm SESSION V Moderator: Fabio Stoch
9:00am - 9:45am KEY LECTURE: Jean-François Flot Speleomics: omics insights into subterranean ecosystems
9:45am – 10:20am Coffee break
10:20am – 10:40am I Chiciudean, D Bogdan, OT Moldovan, H Banciu A glimpse into the biosynthetic potential and resistome of microbial communities inhabiting sulfidic, chemoautotrophic Movile Cave ecosystem
10:40am – 11:00am P Balart-Garcia, S Polak, P Beasley-Hall, T Bradford, I Ribera, S Cooper, R Fernández Phylogenomic insights into the evolution of subterranean Coleoptera
11:00am – 11:20am A Singh, T Shabarova, P Bulzu Different components of interconnected karst environment select for highly distinct microbial communities
11:20am – 11:40am C Haidau, R Nastase-Bucur, P Bulzu, I Mirea, L Faur, S Constantin, OT Moldovan The microbiome of phosphate-rich deposits in Muierilor Cave, South-Western Carpathians
11:40am – 12:00pm A Salussolia, J-F Flot, F Stoch Molecular phylogeny of Alpine groundwater Niphargidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) reveals the effects of Quaternary climate fluctuations
12:00pm – 12:20pm C Sitar, R Bucur, M Kenesz, OT Moldovan The genus Protopholeuon (Coleoptera, Leptodirini): distribution, morphological, ultratructural and genetic details
12:20pm – 12:40pm S Huang, M Tian, A Faille A preliminary phylogeny of cave trechine beetles from China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini)
12:40pm – 1:00pm M Pavlek, J Gauthier, M Arnedo, V Tonzo, J Bilat, N Alvarez Spatial genetic structure of Dinaric cave-dwelling spiders
1:00pm – 2:30 pm LUNCH provided on site
2:30pm - 3:55pm SESSION VI Moderator: Tiziana Di Lorenzo
2:30pm - 3:15pm KEY LECTURE: Denis Copilas-Ciocianu Reversibility of the subterranean life-style
3:15pm - 3:35pm Z Stupar, E Levei, E Neag, OT Moldovan Quantitative microbial risk assessment as a tool for groundwater monitoring. A case study in the rural communities of Romania
3:35pm - 3:55pm C Haidău, A Nováková, M Cunningham, A Allenby, D Kumaresan, A Hillebrand-Voiculescu Preliminary data on the bacterial diversity of Dobšinská and Demänovská ice caves (Slovakia)
3:55pm - 6:30pm Afternoon break with refreshments
3:55pm - 6:30pm POSTERS II (in alphabetical order) Moderator: Raoul Manenti
11. M Lukić, M Grgić, T Rožman, N Kuharić, L Jovović, R Weck, H Bilandžija Culturing cave mollusks in the laboratory: strategies and troubleshooting
12. E Lunghi, H Bilandžija Average telomere length in cave vs surface Astyanax mexicanus
13. R Manenti, A Melotto, B Barzaghi, M Villa The laboratory of subterranean biology “Enrico Pezzoli”: a new underground facility for zoological research
14.E Maghradze, S Barjadze, A Faille, Z Asanidze Study of the Invertebrate diversity in Prometheus Show Cave (Georgia, Caucasus)
15. A Moldovan, A Torok, E Kovacs, I-C Mirea, E Levei, OT Moldovan Groundwater contamination and human health risk assessment in the main karst areas of Romania
16. I Nae, A Nae, M Maraun Jugatala cribelliger (Berlese, 1904) a new oribatid mite species for the Romanian fauna
17. R Plăiaşu, R Băncilă, A Giurginca, A Nae, E Nitzu [Nițu], I Popa, S Baba, V Toma, A Petculescu Assessment of biological diversity of underground anthropic habitats in cultural landscapes
18. M Pop, A Ștefan, F Boancă, F Stoch, S Iepure Insights into the Eucyclops graeteri species complex (Copepoda, Cyclopidae) — the case of sulphidic groundwaters of Mangalia (Southern Dobrogea, Romania)
19. S Popović, N Nikolić, M Pećić, A Anđelković, G Subakov Simić Comparative analysis of lampenflora in two show caves in Serbia
20. S Rodman, J Pille Arnold, M Curran, D Main The use of baited stygofauna traps as a complimentary sampling method for sampling groundwater bores in the Pilbara, Western Australia
21. O Sambor, K Battes, A Camacho, M Cîmpean, C Marin, A Perșoiu, B Șarcani, A Tudorache, S Iepure The response of aquatic fauna to variable environmental conditions in Ghețarul de la Vârtop cave (Apuseni Natural Park, Romania)
22. C Sitar, G Iacob, M Kenesz, OT Moldovan The ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from the René Jeannel collection of the Babeș-Bolyai University Zoological Museum, Romania
23. AI Torok, A Moldovan, E Levei, O Cadar, C Tănăselia, OT Moldovan Occurrence of Li in groundwaters and plants from Dobrogea karst area, Romania
July 21, 2022 (Casino Center for Urban Culture, Central Park)
9:00am - 12:10pm SESSION VII Moderator: Thomas Hesselberg
9:00am - 9:45am KEY LECTURE Daphne Soares Evolutionary insights and constraints from the nervous systems and behavior of cavefish
9:45am - 10.05am Z Tanvir, K Severi, G Haspel, D Soares Evolutionary and homeostatic changes in morphology of visual dendrites of Mauthner cells in Astyanax blind cavefish
10:05am – 10:40am Coffee break
10:40am – 11:00am KEY LECTURE: Stefano Mammola On the conservation of subterranean ecosystems
11:00am – 11:20am A Sendra Mocholí Iberian Balearic Cave-dwelling Fauna: Dwellers in Darkness
11:20am – 11:40am RI Băncilă, A Nae, A Giurginca, I Nae, E Nitzu, I Popa, SC Baba, R Plăiaşu Arthropod communities and drivers of their species diversity and composition in caves
11:40am – 12:00pm S Schmidt, M Svátková, V Kodeš, T Shabarova Groundwater ecosystems in changing times
12:00pm – 12:20pm C Englisch, E Kaminsky, C Steiner, C Stumpp, G Götzl, C Griebler Heat below the City – Is temperature a key driver in urban groundwater ecosystems?
12:20pm – 12:40pm F Stoch, J-F Flot Overcoming shortfalls and impediments in subterranean biology: a challenge for the future
12:40pm - 2:30pm LUNCH provided on site
(optional) 1:20pm - 2:30pm Visit of the Emil Racovita Institute of Speleology
2:30pm – 3:30pm MEETINGS
3:30pm - 4:30pm GENERAL ASSEMBLY SIBIOS
6:00pm - 12:00am DINNER (Hotel Napoca) & EMIL RACOVITA AWARD for the best presentation & best poster for young researchers
July 22, 2022 (Arrival & Departure at Napoca Hotel)
8:00am - 8:00pm FIELD-TRIP