Well, this symposium announcement gets an extra few lines here from me so not just going to twitter:
Extremophiles Symposium. This symposium is in honor of my friend and colleague Juergen Wiegel, a professor at University of Georgia. He is one of my favorite people in all of microbiology: serious about his science, fun to be around, interested in a wide diversity of topics, and all around good guy. He has written some really fascinating and excellent papers including these relatively recent ones
- Extremophiles: from abyssal to terrestrial ecosystems and possibly beyond.
- Temperature and pH optima of extremely halophilic archaea: a mini-review.
- Biodiversity of poly-extremophilic Bacteria: does combining the extremes of high salt, alkaline pH and elevated temperature approach a physico-chemical boundary for life?
- Thermoanaerobacter uzonensis sp. nov., an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring within the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Far East Russia.
- Life at extreme limits: the anaerobic halophilic alkalithermophiles.
- Sporulation genes in members of the low G+C Gram-type-positive phylogenetic branch ( Firmicutes).
Anyway – just wanted to make a little post here to say how much I appreciate him and his contributions.
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Jonathan Eisen's Lab 
Last night I had the honor of presenting the inaugural Juergen Wiegel award to one of our grad students at UGA, with Juergen present. In preparation, I had done a Google Image search using his name, and by happenstance found this page. I quoted you, because everything you say is so true, and it isn't just coming from the guy who has to say nice things because he's presenting the award. I think Juergen was surprised and touched. Thanks.
Eric Stabb
estabb@uga.edu
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