| Saturday |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Session: Dealing with Big Data: New Bioinformatic Approaches
to Answer Biological Questions |
| Discussion Leader: Jennifer Hiras (Joint BioEnergy Institute, USA) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Titus Brown (University of California, Davis, USA)
"How Much Is Enough? Reference-Free Estimation of Sequencing Depth, Community Diversity, and Community Richness" |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Metagenomics / Single Cell Genomics: Probing Microbial Dark Matter |
| Discussion Leader: Jennifer Pratscher (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Caroline Fortunato (Marine Biological Laboratory, USA)
"A Metabolic Comparison of Chemolithoautotrophic Subseafloor Communities Across Different Geochemical Conditions Using 'Omics and RNA-SIP" |
| 7:45 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion |
| 7:50 pm - 8:05 pm | Deepak Kumaresan (The University of Western Australia, Australia)
"Microbial Life in Movile Cave – An Unusual Cave Ecosystem" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Jessica Labonte (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, USA)
"Single Cell Genomics Reveal Contrasting Life Strategies Employed by Viruses in the Environment" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Dimitri Meier (Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany)
"Niche Differentiation and Microdiversity Among Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria at Hydrothermal Vents" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Vani Mohit (Laval University, Canada)
"Characterization of Wild Aquatic Virus Networks in the Canadian High Arctic" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
| 9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Liyi Xu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Broad Institute, USA)
"'Virtual Microfluidics' for Digital Quantification and Single Microbe Sequencing" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Metatranscriptomics / Proteomics: Bridging the Gap Between Sequences, Activity and Metabolic Functions |
| Discussion Leader: Susanna Theroux (DOE Joint Genome Institute, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Raven Bier (Duke University, USA)
"Moving Beyond Lip Service: How Are We Forging Conceptual, Analytical, and Mechanistic Links Between Microbial Structure and Ecosystem Function?" |
| 9:15 am - 9:20 am | Discussion |
| 9:20 am - 9:35 am | Benjamin Horemans (KU Leuven, Belgium)
"Molecular Markers as an Application to Optimize Bioaugmentation in Sand Filters for Drinking Water Production" |
| 9:35 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 9:55 am | Christine Hornlein (NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands)
"Rhythm on the Beach: Circadian Rhythmicity in Coastal Microbial Mats" |
| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Sascha Krause (University of Washington, USA)
"Specific Species Interactions Determine the Composition of Microbial Communities Involved in the Consumption of CH4 in Lake Sediments" |
| 10:15 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am - 10:35 am | Sean McAllister (University of Delaware, USA)
"Comparative Metatranscriptomics of Marine Fe Microbial Mats: Toward the Mechanisms of Neutrophilic Fe(II) Oxidation and the Role of Fe Oxidizers in Marine Biogeochemical Cycles" |
| 10:35 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
| 10:40 am - 10:55 am | Anne Otwell (Cornell University, USA)
"Insights into Microbial Metal Reduction Using Varied Proteomic Techniques: A Focus on the Gram-Positive Bacterium Desulfotomaculum reducens MI-1" |
| 10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Mentorship Component: Career Panel |
| Mentoring
and networking are important parts of a successful career in science. That is
why the GRS AEM offers a mentoring session with leading scientists in Microbiology
addressing current issues in pursuing careers in science. We invited experts in
the field of academia, industry and scientific publishing to participate in a
panel discussion where they will share their knowledge and experience with GRS participants. |
| Discussion Leader: Silvan Scheller (California Institute of Technology, USA) |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
| "Demystifying Career Paths After Graduate School and Postdoc: Work and Life in Academia, Industry and Publishing" |
|
- Gregg Whited (Dupont Industrial Biosciences, USA)
- Andrew Jermy (Nature Microbiology, United Kingdom)
- Titus Brown (University of California, Davis, USA)
- Max Haggblom (Rutgers University, USA)
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| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
