Program for Session 17b

09:30	Molecular Characterization of a Neoproterozoic Hypersaline Ecosystem Schinteie R & Brocks J
09:45	Biomarkers vs. Body Fossils – Insights from the Mesoproterozoic Lakhanda and Ui Groups Pawlowska M, Schinteie R & Brocks J
10:00	Keynote: Molecular Biomarker Records from Mid-Proterozoic Sedimentary Rocks and Kerogens Love G, Li C, Bowden S, Stalvies C & Summons R
10:30	Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria as Major Players in the Formation of Reef-Microbialites during the Last Sea-Level Rise (Tahiti, IODP 310) Heindel K, Birgel D, Peckmann J, Kuhnert H & Westphal H
10:45	Messinian Gypsum Stromatolites – A Molecular Approach Hoffmann L, Birgel D, Rouchy J-M, Ziegenbalg S & Peckmann J
11:00	Invited: Revisiting Mediterranean Sapropel Formation: New Insights from Chlorin Nitrogen Isotope Measurements Higgins M, Robinson R & Pearson A
11:15	Invited: Stable Carbon Isotope Probing of Intact Polar Lipids from Benthic Archaea in Marine Subsurface Sediment Lin Y-S, Biddle JF, Lipp JS, Holler T, Teske A & Hinrichs K-U

153	Chemical and Structural Imaging of Fossilized Tissues at the Nanoscale and Assessment of their Taphonomy Galvez ME, Benzerara K, Beyssac O & Bernard S
154	Biomarker Lipid Diversity as a Function of Growth Conditions in Rhodospirillum rubrum Harris K, Bosak T, Nelson R, Reddy C, Casillas L & Lugo J