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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Sæl,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Eigið þið hjá ÖrFÍ ekki til póstlista yfir félagsmenn? (Sem minnir mig á að ég hef líklega ekki enn gerst félagi, er það? … kannski tími til kominn að bæta úr því)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>En, allavega, mér þætti vænt um ef eftirfarandi væri komið á framfæri við sem flesta félagsmenn:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>Dagana 27. til 30. mars n.k. verður lítil "workshop" hér á Akureyri þar sem við munum funda með samstarfsaðilum okkar frá U. Reading og fleirum um fyrirhugaðar örveruvistfræðirannsóknir á Norðurlandi. Bráðabirgðatitill: "Workshop on sub-Arctic microbial ecology". Meðal annars munum við ræ!
ða fyrirhugaðar sýnatökur úr Jökulsá á Fjöllum í sumar og um sameiginlegt vettvangsnámskeið HA og UR í örveruvistfræði sem við erum að skipuleggja. Einnig væri gaman að heyra um önnur örveruvistfræðiverkefni sem eru í gangi og hefðu ef til vill áhuga á að tengjast vettvangsnámskeiðinu með einhverjum hætti. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>Það væri gaman að heyra frá ykkur ef þið hefðuð áhuga og tök á að kíkja til okkar á þessum tíma og ekki væri verra ef þið væruð til í að halda erindi fyrir okkur um viðeigandi efni.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#4F6228'>Hér eru mjög gróf dagskrárdrög (á örugglega eftir að breytast eitthvað):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>Workshop on sub-Arctic microbial ecology </span><span lang=IS style='co!
lor:#4F6228'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#4F6228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>27 March – arrival at 10:15</span><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>Pre-meeting field trip. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>Mixer (BYOB)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>28 March – Microbial ecology and environmental microbiology in Iceland: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>Morning session – Iceland ecology: microbiota, flora, funga and fauna . <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#!
4F6228'>Lunchtime session – Bacterial interactions with flora and funga.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>Afternoon session – Extreme environments in the sub-Arctic (hot springs, glaciers).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>Evening session – Glacial rivers and freshwater microbiology.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#4F6228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>29 March – Practical issues:</span><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>Morning session – Sampling in the Highlands and other extreme environments. <o:p></o:p></span></p!
><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>Lunchtime session – Available lab and classroom facilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>Afternoon session –Money matters: the cost of sampling, labwork and teaching.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>Evening session – Housing and amenities in Akureyri.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#4F6228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>30 March</span><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>Post-meeting field trip<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>Farewell do (B!
YOB)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#4F6228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'>31 March – departure at 09:40</span><span lang=IS style='color:#4F6228'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bestu kveðjur,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Oddur<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'><img width=100 height=25 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CBD7FA.C99C4A50" alt="HAlogo_office_isl_ps"></span><span lang=IS style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IS style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#A50021'>-------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class!
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ize:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#A50021'>Borgir vid Nordurslod, room 226<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IS style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#A50021'>IS-600 Akureyri<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IS style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#A50021'>Iceland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IS style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IS style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#A50021'>Phones: +354 460 8514 / +354 697 4252<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IS style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#A50021'>Email: </span><span lang=IS style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'><a href="mailto:oddurv@unak.is"><span style='color:blue'>oddurv@unak.is</sp!
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