Centa Conference 2023

2023 @CENTA_NERC Conference. 15th-16th September.

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Best lightning talk, students' vote: Marie Marsden

Best poster, judges' vote: Ed McGowan

Best poster, students' vote: Kerys Meredew

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And that's a wrap. Thanks to all CENTA students, staff and REP students for coming. Until next year!

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Congratulations to our prize winners!

Best long talk, judges' vote: Maria Mills

Best long talk, students' vote: Benedict Gannon

Best short talk, judges' vote: Henry Wells

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Rounding off the session is Robert Newbould, presenting his research on the dissipation of ammonium released into rivers and how it is affected by the size and shape of the river.

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Moving on now to our final long talks session of the conference!

First is Maria Mills, discussing the recovery and carbon characteristics of tropical forests after they have been logged.

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Paula Martin de Prado presents on the production of UV-absorbing compounds in strains of cyanobacteria

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Thanks to Drs Tiffany Barry, Richard Puxty, Stephanie Smith, Jackie Chappell and Ryan Mushinski for an interesting and thought-provoking session!

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It's time for our "looking to the future" panel discussion! We're hearing about our panellists' journey to their current positions, with a question and answer session to follow.

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And finally we have Henry Wells talking about his work looking at multi-hazard understanding of UK severe convective storms

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Our penultimate short talk is Megan Purchase telling us about how enhanced microbial activity leads to hotspots of nitrous oxide emissions from forest soils in Indiana following Brood-X periodical cicada emergence

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Our third short talk speaker is Edina Prondvai on how ex-situ experiments suggest trees are associated with bark-dwelling carbon monoxide oxidisers

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Next up we have Charlie Patel telling us about the biodiversity and conservation value of silt traps #centaconf23

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Kicking off our short talk session is Olivia Davies discussing how marine phytoplankton combat the biological carbon pump #centaconf23

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Finally, Lauren Tuffield presents on rock isotopes in the Aegean, discussing what they suggest about magma sources.

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Good morning! We are back for day two and about to kick off our second long talks session.

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Emilio Payo discusses his project on the role of macroinvertebrates and flooding on wood decomposition in the Western Amazon.

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And that's a wrap on day 1. Many more great talks, posters and our panel session to come tomorrow.

We'll see you for the conference dinner at 6:30!

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On to our first long talks session, kicked off by Amy Gray presenting on Arctic lake sediment records.

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Ed McGowan presents his work on volcanic rocks in the Lake District.