Dear colleagues, polar research, friends,

November is coming soon and with it the date of the annual online workshop BIOSCIENCES IN POLAR AND ALPINE RESEARCH. This year we celebrate the anniversary of the annual professional event since we are organizing the BIOSCIENCES for the tenth time. Today, we are sending you the invitation / first circular.

In brief, it is our pleasure to invite you to Biosciences in Polar and Alpine Research, a workshop that will be held on November 28, 2024 at the Faculty of Science, University Campus Bohunice, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. General intention of the meeting is to provide a platform for data presentation, exchange of professional knowledge and formation of interdisciplinary approaches in polar research.

In 2024, the BIOSCIENCES workshop enlarges its scope to attract specialist from a wide variety of fields of science. Based on the experience gained during last few years, the meeting will be organized exclusively on-line (the link will be sent to the participants after their registration). Oral presentations should fit into one of the following sections:

Integrative approach exploiting multiple biological disciplines in the studies of polar ecosystem functioning

Omics era in polar research

Polar and Alpine autotrophs, their ecophysiology     

Polar and Alpine microbiology from the field to a laboratory (and back again)

Molecular biology and genetics of Polar and Alpine animals

Man and polar regions (expeditions, social life, education and popularization, outreaches, interlinks)

International co-operation in polar biology research


Main scope of the BIOSCIENCES workshop is the application of short- and long-term monitoring in the field, as well as experimental biological work in a laboratory in recent polar research. Apart of interdisciplinarity of the meeting, our intention is to promote co-operation between particular teams working in the field of polar research. Last but not least, presentation of recent results of Czech and international polar science is main goal as well as promotion of professional information transfer to students and early career young scientists.

Please find details about participation and abstract/presentation guidelines at particular submenu at this web site. Deadline for abstract/paper submission is November 25th, 2024 (24:00). Preferred form of publication is a short communication (10 000 to 20 000 characters including spaces), however both abstract (1300 characters including spaces) or full paper (20 000 to 30 000 characters including spaces) will be accepted after peer review. All contributions will be peer reviewed, and published (after acceptance) in an international SCOPUS-indexed journal Czech Polar Reports (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2025).

We are looking forward to meeting you on-line,

BIOSCIENCES Workshop organizers