Board Members of the International Society for Salt Lake Research reviewed the research papers published in 2017-2019 and submitted for the triennial international competition, open to all graduate students and early-career scientists. The winners were selected based on scientific/technical quality, methodological approach and its novelty and quality and relevance and potential scientific impact of work carried […]

Winners of best oral and poster presentations awards and travel grants from the International Society for Salt Lake Research for participants of the Halophiles 2019 symposium were selected.  The International Conference on Halophilic Microorganisms – Halophiles 2019 was held in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) during June 24-28, 2019. Halophiles meetings traditionally gather scientists to share their enthusiasm […]

International Society for Salt Lake Research announces travel awards and best presentation awards for the participants of the Halophiles 2019 symposium.  The International Conference on Halophilic Microorganisms – Halophiles 2019 will be held in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) during June 24-28, 2019. The aim of Halophiles 2019 meeting is to gather scientists around the world to share […]

Traditionally, at the end of the year we summarize what was published in peer-reviewed journals on the research topics related to saline lakes. “Salt lake or saline lake” and “salinity and lake” basic searches in Web of Science Core Collection result in almost 800 papers published in 2018. Research areas are dominated by Environmental Sciences Ecology […]

Special issues on salt lakes with selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Salt Lake Research (Ulan-Ude, Russia, 20–25 August 2017) were published in Journal of Oceanology and Limnology and Journal of Siberian Federal University. Biology. Below you can find the content of both issues and download papers. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2018, […]

Maria Eugenia Farias and her colleagues from Laboratorio de Investigaciones Microbiologicas de Lagunas Andinas (LIMLA) invites students and professionals interested in microbialites to take part in field school “Microbialites of the Puna: the study and interpretation of organosedimentary facies in the stratigraphic record and modern analogues”. Microbialites are “organosedimentary deposits that have accreted as a […]