15th International Congress on EXTREMOPHILES 2026
13(Sun) - 17(Thu)September 2026
Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
D - 000
Open lecturers
Plenary keynote lecturers
Thematic keynote lecturers
Featured Invited Speakers
Technical Workshop
Thematic keynote lecturers
Jerry Eichler

Jerry Eichler

Ben Gurion University, Israel

Halobacterium salinarum: Revealing New Secrets of N-Glycosylation

Bettina Siebers

Bettina Siebers

University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Thermophilic, Acidophilic, Archaeal — and Ready for Biotechnology: Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

FengPing Wang

FengPing Wang

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

TBD

Yoshizumi Ishino

Yoshizumi Ishino

Kyushu University, Japan

TBD

Thomas J. Santangelo

Thomas J. Santangelo

Colorado State University, USA

TBD

Mechthild Pohlschroder

Mechthild Pohlschroder

University of Pennsylvania, USA

Cell-Cell Communication in Extreme Environments

Brian Hedlund

Brian Hedlund

University of Nevada, USA

Polysaccharide Metabolism by the Aerobic Hyperthermophile Fervidibacter sacchari

Takuro Nunoura

Takuro Nunoura

JAMSTEC, Japan

TCA Cycle Variants and Their Operations in (hyper)thermophiles

Donato Giovannelli

Donato Giovannelli

University of Naples "Federico II", Italy

TBD

Mart Krupovic

Mart Krupovic

Institut Pasteur, France

TBD

Beate Averhoff

Beate Averhoff

Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany

Some Like It Hot: The Unique DNA Transporter of Thermus thermophilus

Hannu Myllykallio

Hannu Myllykallio

CNRS, France

Evolution and Reaction Mechanism of Archaeal Thymidylate Synthases

Simon K.-M. R. Rittmann

Simon K.-M. R. Rittmann

Wien University, Austria

Scalable Branched-Chain Amino Acid Production with Methanothermobacter Marburgensis

Arjan De Groot

Arjan De Groot

CEA Cadarache, France

Radiation and Oxidative Stress Resistance in Deinococcus Bacteria: Diversity of Repair and Protection Factors

Martin Steinegger

Martin Steinegger

Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

TBD

Masahiro Ito

Masahiro Ito

Toyo University, Japan

Amino Acid Production from Soy Sauce Moromi-Kasu via Protein Degradation by Alkaliphile-Derived Enzyme Systems