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Officers of SSG-LS

Function

Name

Address

Contact

Chief Officer

Dr Graham Hosie

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania 7050
Australia

Tel: +61 3 6232 3364
Fax: +61 3 6232 3158
Email: graham.hosie@aad.gov.au

Deputy Chief
Officer

Dr Marc Shepanek

Deputy Chief of Medicine of Extreme Environments
NASA Headquarters
300 E Street SW
Washington, DC 20024-3210
USA

Tel: +1 202 358 2201
Email: marc.a.shepanek@nasa.gov

Secretary

Dr Yan Ropert-Coudert

Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
Department of Ecology, Physiology& Ethology, CNRS
Université de Strasbourg
23, rue Becquerel
67087 Strasbourg
France
Tel: +33 388 10 69 36
Fax: +33 388 10 69 06
Email:
yan.ropert-coudert@iphc.cnrs.fr

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Countries Members in SSG-LS

Country

Name

Address

Contact


Argentina

(at 10Oct12)

Dr Mariano A Memolli

Dirección Nacional del Antártico (D.N.A.)
Cerrito 1248
(C1010AAZ) Buenos Aires

Tel and Fax: +54 11 4 813 7807
Email: dna@dna.gov.ar

Dr Néstor R. Coria Instituto Antártico Argentino (I.A.A.)
Cerrito 1248
(C1010AAZ) Buenos Aires

Tel: +54 11 4 275 7523
Fax: +54 11 4 812 2086
Email: ncoria@dna.gov.ar


Australia

(at 10Oct12)

Dr Jeff Ayton

Polar Medical Unit
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania 7050

Tel: +61 3 6232 3300
Fax: +61 3 6232 3310
Email: jeff.ayton@aad.gov.au

Dana Bergstrom Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania 7050
Tel: +61 3 6232 3442
Email: dana.bergstrom@aad.gov.au
Dr Graham Hosie Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania 7050
Tel: +61 3 6232 3364
Fax: +61 3 6232 3158
Email: graham.hosie@aad.gov.au
Prof Mark Hindell

Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania 7001

Tel: +61 3 6226 2645
Email: Mark.Hindell@utas.edu

Belgium

(at 10Oct12)

Dr Annick Wilmotte

University of Liège
Center for Protein Engineering (CIP)
Institute of Chemistry, B6
Sart Tilman
B-4000 Liège

Tel: +32 4 366 3856 or 3387
Fax: +32 4 366 3364
Email: awilmotte@ulg.ac.be

Dr Claude de Broyer Belgian National Committee on Antarctic Research
Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique
Rue Vautier, 29
B-1000 Bruxelles

Tel: +32 2 627 41 27
Fax: +32 2 627 42 77
Email:
claude.debroyer@naturalsciences.be

Prof Ann Vanreusel Universiteit Gent
Department of Biology Marine Biology Section
Krijgslaan 281, S8
B-9000 Gent

Tel: +32 92 64 52 15
Fax: +32 92 64 53 44
Email: ann.vanreusel@ugent.be


Brazil

(at 10Oct12)

Dr Eduardo R Secchi

Instituto de Oceanografia
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
Av. Itália Km 8 96201-900
Rio Grande – RJ

Tel: +55 53 3233 6749
Email: edu.secchi@furg.br

Dr Lúcia de Siqueira Campos Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Depto de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia
Prédio do CCS, Bl "A"
Av. Carlos Chagas Filhq 373
Ilha do Fundāo GP 21941-902
Rio de Janeiro – RJ
Tel: +55 21 2562 6369
Fax: +55 21 2560 5993
Email: luciascampos@gmail.com
Dr Monica Muelbert

Oceanography Department
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG
Caixa Postal 474, C. Carreiros
Rio Grande - RS

Tel: +55 53 3233 6503
Fax: +55 53 3233 6601
Email: monica.muelbert@furg.br
Dr Vivian Helena Pellizari

Instituto Oceanografico
Universidade de São Paulo
Prala do Oceanografico 191
CEP 05508-120
Sao Paulo - SP

Tel: +55 11 3091 6557
Fax: +55 11 3091 7354
Email: vivianp@usp.br

Bulgaria

(at 08Oct08)

Dr Nesho Hainrich Chipev Bulgarian Antarctic Institute
Sofia University
15 Tzar Osvoboditel Bd
1504 Sofia
nchipev@yahoo.com

Canada

(at 18Jul12)

Dr Kathleen Conlan

Canadian Museum of Nature
Natural Heritage Building
PO Box 3443, Station D
Ottawa
Ontario, K1P 6P4

Tel: +1 613 364 4063
Fax: +1 613 364 4027
Email: kconlan@mus-nature.ca

Prof Marianne S V Douglas Director, Canadian Circumpolar Institute
University of Alberta
1-37 Pembina Hall
Edmonton
Alberta, T6G 2E1
Tel: +1 780 492 0055
Fax: +1 780 492 1153
E-mail: marianne.douglas@ualberta.ca

Chile

(at 08Sep10)

Dr Elie Poulin

Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB)
Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad de Chile
Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653
CP 780-0024, Ñuñoa, Santiago

Tel: +56 2 978 7298
Fax: +56 2 272 7363
Email: epoulin@uchile.cl

http://lem.dm.cl/
www.ieb-chile.cl/

Prof Dr Carlos A Moreno Instituto de Ecología y Evolución
Universidad Austral de Chile
P.O. Box 567
Campus Isla Teja
Valdivia

Tel: +56 63 221 486
Fax: +56 63 221 344
Email: cmoreno@uach.cl

www.ciencias.uach.cl/instituto/
ecologia_evolucion/


China

(at 08May12)

Li Chaolun

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
7 Nanhai Road
Qingdao City
Shandong Province, 266071

Tel: +86 532 289 8598
Fax: +86 532 289 8612
Email: lichaolun@ms.qdao.ac.cn

Chen Bo

Polar Research Institute of China
451 Jinqiao Road
Pudong District
Shanghai, 200136

Tel: +86 21 5871 1026
Fax: +86 21 5871 1663
Email: chenbo688@sina.com
Xu Chengli

Institute of Basic Medicine Research
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
5 Santiao, Dongdan
Dongcheng District
Beijing 100005

Tel & Fax: +86 10 6529 6476
Email: xuchengli@pumc.edu.cn

Ecuador

(at 08Oct08)

Manuel Cruz Avenida de la Marina
Guayaquil
Tel: +593 4 248 1300
Fax: +593 4 248 5166
Email: mcruz@inocar.mil.ec
Washington Cárdenas Laboratorio de Biomedicina
FIMCM-ESPOL
Km30.5 via Perimetral
PO Box 09-01-5863
Guayaquil
Tel: +593 4 2269 589
Fax: +593 4 2269 663
Email: wbcarden@espol.edu.ec
Gladys Torres Avenida de la Marina
Guayaquil
Tel: +593 4 248 1300
Fax: +593 4 248 5166
Email: gtorres@inocar.mil.ec
David Galarza Avenida de la Marina
Guayaquil
Tel: +593 4 248 0002
Fax: +593 4 248 5166
Email: drgalarzab@hotmail.com

Finland

(at 01Sep11)

Dr Harri Kuosa

Professor in Baltic Sea research
University of Helsinki
Tvärminne Zoological Station
J.A. Palménin tie 260
FI - 10900 Hanko

Tel: +358 (0)19 280176
Fax: +358 (0)19 280122
Email: harri.kuosa@helsinki.fi

Prof Jorma Kuparinen Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 9)
FI-00014 University of Helsinki
Tel: +358-9-191 57820
Email: jorma.kuparinen@helsinki.fi

France

(at 09Feb12)

Dr Philippe Koubbi

LOV UPMC
BP 28
06234 Villefranche-sur-Mer Cedex

Tel: +33 493 76 38 12
Email: koubbi@obs-vlfr.fr

Dr Claude Bachelard

Service Médical TAAF/IPEV
34 blv Sébastopol
75004 Paris

Tel: +33 156 91 50 30
Fax: +33 156 91 50 35
Email: claude.bachelard@taaf.re

Dr Yan Ropert-Coudert Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
Department of Ecology, Physiology& Ethology, CNRS
Universite de Strasbourg
23, rue Becquerel
67087 Strasbourg

Tel: +33 388 10 69 36
Fax: +33 388 10 69 06
Email: yan.ropert-coudert@iphc.cnrs.fr

Maurice Hullé

INRA BiO3P
B.P. 35327
35653 Le Rheu Cedex

Tel: +33 (0)2 23 48 51 67
Email: maurice.hulle@rennes.inra.fr


Germany

(at 05Mar11)

Prof Dr Wilhelm
Hagen

Bremen Marine Ecology Centre for Research & Education (BreMarE)
University of Bremen (NW2A)
P.O. Box 33 04 40
D-28334 Bremen

Tel: +49 421 218 63030
Fax: +49 421 218 63055
Email: whagen@uni-bremen.de

Dr Hans-Ulrich Peter

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
AG Polar- & Ornitho-Ökologie
Dornburger Straße 159
07743 Jena

Tel: +49 3641 949 415
Fax: +49 3641 949 402
Email: Hans-Ulrich.Peter@uni-jena.de

Dr Horst Bornemann

Alfred Wegener Institute für Polar-und Meeresforschung
Postfach 12 01 61
27515 Bremerhaven

Tel: +49 471 4831 1862
Fax: +49 471 4831 1149
Email: Horst.Bornemann@awi.de

Prof Dr Angelika Brandt Zoological Museum
University of Hamburg
Martin-Luther-King-Pl.3
20146 Hamburg
Tel: +49 40 428 382 278
Fax: +49 40 428 382 393
Email: abrandt@zoologie.uni-hamburg.de

India

(at 19Jul12)

Dr Baban Ingole National Institute of Oceanography
Dona Paula
Goa 403 004
Tel: +91 832 245 0242
Fax: +91 832 245 0606
Email: baban@nio.org

Italy

(at 12Apr12)

Prof Guido di Prisco

Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Via Pietro Castellino, 111
80131 Napoli

Tel: +39 081 6132 710
Fax: +39 081 6132 277
Email: g.diprisco@ibp.cnr.it

Prof Pierangelo Luporini Università di Camerino
Dip. di Biologia Molecolare, Cellulare e Animale
Via F. Camerini, 2
62032 Camerino (MC)

Tel: +39 0737 403 229
Fax: +39 0737 636 216
Email: piero.luporini@unicam.it

Prof Sergio Pillon Direttore UOD Telemedicina
Ospedale San Camillo
Circovallazione Gianicolense, 87
00152 Roma

Tel: +39 06 5870 4595
Fax: +39 06 6227 6161
Email: pillon@mclink.it


Japan

(at 03Jan12)

Dr Mitsuo Fukuchi

National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)
10-3 Midoricho
Tachikawa-shi
Tokyo 190-8518

Tel: +81 42 512 0740
Fax: +81 42 528 3492
Email: fukuchi@nipr.ac.jp

Dr Giichiro Ohno Toukatsu Hospital, 409
Nagareyama-shi
Chiba 270-0175

Tel: +81 47 159 1011
Fax: +81 47 158 9205
Email: oonog@mb.infoweb.ne.jp

Dr Satoshi Imura National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)
10-3 Midoricho
Tachikawa-shi
Tokyo 190-8518
Tel: +81 42 512 0737
Fax: +81 42 528 3492
Email: imura@nipr.ac.jp

Korea

(at 10Jan12)

Sung Ho Kang

Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)
Get-pearl Tower, 12 Gaetbeol-ro
Yeonsu-gu
Incheon 406-840

Tel: +82 32 260 6251
Fax: +82 32 260 6301
Email: shkang@kopri.re.kr

Dr Han Gu Choi Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)
Get-pearl Tower, 12 Gaetbeol-ro
Yeonsu-gu
Incheon 406-840
Tel: +82 32 260 6162
Fax: +82 32 260 6301
Email: hchoi82@kopri.re.kr
Dr Sang Hoon Lee Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)
Get-pearl Tower, 12 Gaetbeol-ro
Yeonsu-gu
Incheon 406-840
Tel: +82 32 260 6250
Fax: +82 32 260 6109
Email: shlee@kopri.re.kr

Malaysia

(at 08Sep09)

Dr Michael Wong Vui Lin

Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Biotechnology Research Institute
Locked Bag 2073
88999 Kota Kinabalu
Sabah

Tel: +60 88 320 991
Fax: +60 88 320 993
Email: michaelw@ums.edu.my

Monaco

(at 15May12)

Denis Allemand Centre Scientifique de Monaco
Av Saint Martin
MC98000 Monaco
Tel: +377 92 16 79 83
Fax: +377 98 98 86 74
Email: allemand@centrescientifique.mc
Céline Le Bohec EAL-647 BioSensib
Centre Scientifique de Monaco
72 Bd d'Italie
MC 98000 Monaco

Tel: +377 97 97 88 64
Fax: +377 98 98 86 74
Email: clebohec@centrescientifique.mc

Cindy Cornet EAL-647 BioSensib
Centre Scientifique de Monaco
72 Bd d'Italie
MC 98000 Monaco
Tel: +377 97 97 88 65
Fax: +377 98 98 86 74
Email: cindy@centrescientifique.mc

Netherlands

(at 01Aug11)

Dr Ad H L Huiskes

Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
Department Spatial Ecology
PO Box 140
4400 AC Yerseke

Tel: +31 113 577 456
Fax: +31 113 573 616
Email: ad.huiskes@nioz.nl


New Zealand

(at 05Jul11)

Dr Clive Howard-Williams

National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research
PO Box 8602
Christchurch

Tel: +64 3 343 7857
Fax: +64 3 348 5548
Email: c.howard-williams@niwa.co.nz

Dr Gary D Steel

Environment, Society and Design Division
Lincoln University
PO Box 84
Lincoln 7647
Canterbury

Tel: +64 3 325 3820
Fax: +64 3 325 3820
Email: steelg@lincoln.ac.nz

Dr Victoria Metcalf

Cell Biology Group
Agriculture and Life Sciences Division
Lincoln University
P O Box 84
Lincoln 7647
Canterbury

Tel: +64 3 321 8194
Fax: +64 3 325 3851
Email: victoria.metcalf@lincoln.ac.nz
Prof Roberta Farrell Dept of Biological Sciences
The University of Waikato
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton
Tel: +64 7 838 4704
Fax: +64 7 838 4976
Email: r.farrell@waikato.ac.nz

Norway

(at 23May12)

Prof Kit Kovacs

Norwegian Polar Institute
Framsenteret
9296 Tromsø

Tel: +47 77 750 500
Fax: +47 77 750 501
Email: kit.kovacs@npolar.no

Olav Rune Godø Institute for Marine Research
Postboks 1870 Nordnes
5817 Bergen
Email: olav.rune.godoe@imr.no
Katrine Borgå Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Gaustadalléen 21
0349 Oslo
Email: katrine.borga@niva.no

Peru

(at 19Oct09)

Prof Rogelio Villanueva Instituto Antártico Peruano
Miroquesada 191 5A
Lima 1
Tel: +51 1 717 1738
Email: rvillanuevaf@rree.gob.pe

Poland

(at 14May12)

Krzysztof Jażdżewski Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Hydrobiology
University of Łódź
12/16 Banacha st.
90-237 Łódź
Tel: +48 42 635 44 45
Fax: +48 42 635 44 40
Email: kryjaz@biol.uni.lodz.pl
Katarzyna Chwedorzewska

Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Polish Academy of Sciences
Department of Antarctic Biology
Pawinskiego 5a
02-106 Warszawa

Tel: +48 22 846 33 83
Fax: +48 22 846 19 12
Email: kchwedorzewska@go2.pl
Maria Olech Department of Polar Studies and Documentation
Institute of Botany
Jagiellonian University
27 Kopernika st.
31-501 Kraków
Tel: +48 12 663 36 26
Fax: +48 12 423 09 49
Email: olech@ib.uj.edu.pl
Jacek Siciński Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Hydrobiology
University of Łódź
12/16 Banacha st.
90-237 Łódź
Tel: +48 42 635 42 92
Fax: +48 42 635 44 40
Email: sicinski@biol.uni.lodz.pl

Portugal

(at 17Jan11)

Dr José Xavier Institute of Marine Research
University of Coimbra

Tel: + 351 936 728 419
Email: JCCX@cantab.net

Russia

(at 19Jul12)

Dr Igor Melnikov Institute of Oceanology
Russian Academy of Sciences
Nakhimovsky prosp.36
117852 Moscow
Tel: +7 499 129 2018
Fax: +7 499 124 5983
Email: migor39@yandex.ru

South Africa

(at 04Aug10)

Prof Steven L
Chown

Centre for Invasion Biology
Stellenbosch University
Private Bag X1
Matieland 7602

Tel: +27 21 808 2385
Fax: +27 21 808 2995
Email: slchown@sun.ac.za

Prof Bettine Jansen van Vuuren

Dept. Botany & Zoology
Stellenbosch University
Private Bag X1
Matieland 7602

Tel: +27 21 808 4862
Email: bjvv@sun.ac.za


Spain

(at 30Jun11)

Dr Leopoldo
Garcia-Sancho

Depto. Biología Vegetal II
Facultad de Farmácia
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Ciudad Universitaria, s/n
28040 Madrid

Tel: +34 91 394 1769/1771
Fax: +34 91 394 1774
Email: sancholg@farm.ucm.es

Dr Josep M Gili Dpto. Biología Marina y Oceanografía
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, CSIC
Paseo Marítimo de la Barceloneta, 37-49
08003 Barcelona
Tel: +34 93 230 95 46
Fax: +34 93 230 95 55
Email: gili@icm.csic.es

Sweden

(at 18Mar08)

Prof Bo Fernholm

Swedish Museum of Natural History
Research Department
PO Box 50007
SE-104 05 Stockholm

Tel: +46 85 195 4110
Fax: +46 70 866 4110
Email: bo.fernholm@nrm.se

Björn Olsen Uppsala University Hospital
Section of Infectious Diseases
Dept of Medical Sciences
SE-751 85 Uppsala
Tel: +46 70 238 4944
Email: bjorn.olsen@medsci.uu.se

Switzerland

no member at present

Ukraine

(at 25Jan12)

Dr Yevgen Moisejenko O.O. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology
St.Bogomoletz, 4
Kyiv 01024
Tel: +380 44 246 3880
Email: moiseenko@biph.kiev.ua

United Kingdom

(at 12Apr12)

Dr Peter Convey

British Antarctic Survey
High Cross, Madingley Road
Cambridge, CB3 0ET

Tel: +44 1223 221 588
Fax: +44 1223 362 616
Email: pcon@bas.ac.uk

Dr Anne Hicks

Medical Director BASMU
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Emergency Dept
Derriford Hospital
Plymouth, PL6 8DH

Tel: +44 1752 315220
Fax: +44 1752 315219
Email: annehicks1@nhs.net

United States of America

(at 02Oct12)

Dr Alison Murray

Assistant Research Professor
Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
Desert Research Institute
2215 Raggio Parkway
Reno, NV 89512

Tel: +1 775 673 7361
Fax: +1 775 673 7485
Email: Alison.Murray@dri.edu

Dr Diana Wall

Professor and Director
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1499

Tel: +1 970 491 2504
Fax: +1 970 491 3945
Email: diana@nrel.colostate.edu

Dr Marc Shepanek Deputy Chief of Medicine of Extreme Environments
NASA Headquarters
300 E Street SW
Washington, DC 20024-3210

Tel: +1 202 358 2201
Email: marc.a.shepanek@nasa.gov


Uruguay

(at 06Jun11)

Mariela Di Cristofalo

Instituto de Higiene
Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de la República
Alfredo Navarro 3051
Montevideo

Tel: +598 2 487 5795
Fax: +598 2 487 3073
Email: marieladicris@yahoo.com

Silvia Batista Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable
Av. Italia 3318
Montevideo
Tel: +598 2 487 1616
Fax: +598 2 487 5461
Email: silvia@iibce.edu.uy
Gabriela Eguren Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad de la República
Iguá 4225
Montevideo
Tel: +598 2 525 8618 int 7160
Fax: +598 2 525 8616
Email: eguren67@gmail.com
Angela Quartarolo

Instituto Antártico Uruguayo
8 de Octubre 2958
Montevideo

Tel: +598 2 487 8341 - 43
Fax: +598 2 487 6004
Email: angelaquartarolo@yahoo.com.ar

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Other Members in SSG-LS

Institute/Union/Group/other

Name

Address

Contact

APECS

Robert Johnson Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies - University of Tasmania
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania 7001
Australia
robert.johnson@utas.edu.au

Expert Group on Birds and
Marine Mammals

Prof Marthán N Bester Mammal Research Institute
Dept. of Zoology and Entomology
University of Pretoria
Pretoria 0002
SOUTH AFRICA
Tel: +27 12 420 2067
Fax: +27 12 420 2534
Email: mnbester@zoology.up.ac.za
Dr Mark Hindell School of Zoology
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Tasmania
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 3 6226 2645
Fax: +61 3 6226 2745
Email: mark.hindell@utas.edu.au
Dr Monica M C Muelbert Oceanography Department – FURG
Caixa Postal 474, C. Carreiros
Rio Grande, RS
BRAZIL
Tel : +55 53 3233 6503
Fax : +55 53 3233 6601
Email: monica.muelbert@furg.br
Dr Donna Patterson-Fraser Polar Oceans Research Group
P.O. Box 368
Sheridan, MT 59749
USA
Tel: +1 406 842 7447
Fax: +1 406 842 7442
Email: patterdo@3rivers.net

Marine Biodiversity Information
Network (MarBIN)

Dr Bruno
Danis

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
29 Rue Vautier
B-1000 Brussels
BELGIUM

Tel: +32 2 627 41 39
Fax: +32 2 624 42 77
Email: bruno.danis@scarmarbin.be

Scientific Committee of the
Census of Antarctic Marine
Life (CAML)

Dr Michael Stoddart Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 129
Hobart, Tasmania 7001
AUSTRALIA
Email: Michael.Stoddart@utas.edu.au

Evolution and Biodiversity
in the Antarctic (EBA)

Prof Guido di Prisco

Institute of Protein Biochemistry
National Research Council
Via Pietro Castellino 111
I-80131 Naples
ITALY
Email: g.diprisco@ibp.cnr.it
Dr Peter Convey British Antarctic Survey
High Cross
Madingley Road
Cambridge CB3 0ET
UNITED KINGDOM
Email: p.convey@bas.ac.uk

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