Environmental Mineralogy Group of the Mineralogical Society Research in Progress Meeting
Manchester Metropolitan University Tuesday April 24th 2007
Registration and Coffee: 11.00
11.30: Key Note Speaker: Professor Steve Banwart (Sheffield University). “The role of cell-mineral
interactions in geological systems: the cases of biological weathering and of groundwater contaminant
biodegradation”
12.00: Cathy Dowding (University of Durham) et al. “Oxidative breakdown of PAHs by manganese oxide
tailings”
12.20: Alison Baxter (University of Oxford) et al. “Microbial interactions with depleted uranium and its
corrosion products in contaminated soil”
12.40: Dan Carpenter (University of Reading) et al. “Earthworm induced mineral weathering”
13.00: Environmental Mineralogy Group AGM
Lunch: 13.05-14.00
14.00: Jenny Bearcock (Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth) et al.
“The use of green rust to accelerate precipitation of ochre for mine water remediation”
14.20: Hong Phuc Vu (University of Leeds) et al. “Partition of lead during the transformation of ferrihydrite
to haematite and goethite”
14.40: Suzanne Hartley (Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth) et
al. “Treatment of metal mine drainage in mid-Wales and Italy using dealginated seaweed as a bioabsorber”
15.00: Jesus Ojeda (University of Sheffield) et al. “Spectroscopic and potentiometric characterisation of
bacterial cell walls and their interactions with solid surfaces.
Coffee: 15.20 – 15.40
15.40: Ruth Warrender (Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth) et al.
“Remediation of circum-neutral, low-Fe waters by permeable reactive media: results of laboratory batch
experiments”
16.00: Claire Corkhill (University of Manchester) et al.“Microbe-mineral interactions of Leptosprillum
ferrooxidans with arsenic-bearing mine waste”
16.20: Joyce McBeth (University of Manchester) et al. “Technetium biogeochemistry and redox cycling”
End: 16.40
Posters
Sharon Fraser (University of Manchester) et al. “Magnetic Susceptibility as a Rapid Scoping Tool for
Assessing Trace Metal Contaminated Soils”
Ammar Abdul Razak (University of Sheffield) et al. “Linking hydrochemistry and microbial biosensor
activity to quantify natural attenuation of groundwater pollution”
David Brown (University of Sheffield) et al. “Biologically-mediated weathering of minerals from nanometre
scale to environmental systems.”
Jon Bridge (University of Sheffield) et al. “Quantitative measurement of colloid and microbe-transport in
unsaturated sand at meso-scale using UV-fluorescence imaging.
Johanna Andrews (University of Sheffield) et al. “Multi-factorial analysis of sell-mineral interactions in
diverse systems”.
Hamid Pouran (University of Sheffield) et al. “Synthesis and characterisation of iron oxide nanoparticles for
the study of cell-mineral adhesion.”
Venue and Directions
The venue is Room E0.05, Ground Floor of the John Dalton Building, MMU. This is
building Number 16 on the above map – the entrance is on Oxford Road nearly
opposite the BBC. Turn right once in the building and you will see signs to the
venue. The venue is a 5 minute walk from Manchester Oxford Road Train Station,
and approximately 15 minutes walk from Manchester Piccadilly Train Station.