(Sep. 29-Oct. 7, 2025)
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| M-FED, an international conference on microbialites, was held in Hannover, Germany, and Shiraishi gave a keynote talk. The photo shows the venue, Leibnizhaus. | |
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| There was also a poster session, with Pandey-san's poster being presented in his place as he was unable to attend in person. At the workshop, participants created their own customized microbial mats. | |
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| On the last day, we visited Heeseberg, the type locality of stromatolites. It had been 17 years since I last visited, but it was now overgrown with thorny plants. | |
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| On the way back, I visited Göttingen. It had been 17 years since I kissed this Gänseliesel to celebrate receiving my doctoral degree. I also investigated the tufa on the outskirts of town with my former supervisor. | |
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| Since I had some time before boarding my flight, I visited the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt. It displays valuable fossils, including an ichthyosaur fossil with skin marks. | |
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| I also visited the Goethe House and learned about Goethe's achievements as a geologist. | |
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