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
Plenary keynote lecturers

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Aharon Oren

Aharon Oren

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

The Halophiles’ Confusion to Biology

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Ken Takai

Ken Takai

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology, Japan

Dark Energy Microorganisms in Deep-Sea

KL_ECO3

Yongqin Liu

Yongqin Liu

Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, China

Early Warning Signals and Innovation Frontiers from Mountain Glaciers

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Antonio Ventosa

Antonio Ventosa

University of Sevilla, Spain

The Prokaryotic Microbiome of Hypersaline Environments: Diversity and Functions

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Don Cowan

Don Cowan

University of Pretoria, South Africa

Microbial Ecology of a Hot Desert: The Role of Water

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Meng Li

Meng Li

Shenzhen University, China

Evolutionary Trajectories of Asgard Archaea: From Genomic Features to Functional Dynamics

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Michael Terns

Michael Terns

University of Georgia, USA

Invaders and Evaders from the Deep!

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Stephen D. Bell

Stephen D. Bell

Ohio State University, USA

Epigenetics and Chromosome Archae-tecture

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Michael W. W. Adams

Michael W. W. Adams

University of Georgia, USA

Characterization of Electron Bifurcating Enzymes from Hyperthermophilic Archaea

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Sonja-Verena Albers

Sonja-Verena Albers

University of Freiburg, Germany

The Cell Biology of Haloferax volcanii

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Volker Mȕller

Volker Mȕller

Goethe University, Germany

An Ancient Carbon Monoxide–Driven Respiratory System Composed of a CODH Nanowire, a Headless Complex-I and a Quinone-Dependent Methylene-Tetrahydrofolate Reductase

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Arnold J.M. Driessen

Arnold J.M. Driessen

University of Groningen, The Netherlands

A Tale of Two Membranes: Lessons from Extremophiles

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John van der Oost

John van der Oost

Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Characterization and Engineering of a Unique Thermostable CRISPR Nuclease

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Haruyuki Atomi

Haruyuki Atomi

Kyoto University, Japan

The Unique Enzymes and Pathways in the Thermococcales

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Kelly M. Zatopek

Kelly M. Zatopek

New England Biolabs Research, USA

A Department of One: How a Single Archaeal NUDIX Enzyme Performs the Work of Many

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George Guo-Qiang Chen

George Guo-Qiang Chen

Tsinghua University, China

Extremophile Biomanufacturing

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Daniel G. Olson

Daniel G. Olson

Dartmouth College, USA

The Biochemistry of High Titer Ethanol Production Pathways