| Sunday, August 5 |
| EVENING | Session I: Ecology and Genetic Elements |
| Chair: S. Zinder |
| 7:30 PM | K. Stetter
Novel cultivated hyperthermophiles including an archaeal symbiont |
| 8:00 | A. Reysenbach
An emerging view of archaeal diversity at deep-sea vents: Where is Thermococcus? |
| 8:30 | P. Blum
Archaeal mercury resistance |
| 9:00 | K. Stedman
Sulfolobus viral biodiversity |
| 9:30 | Chair Summary and Discussion |
| 9:45 PM | Reception |
| Monday, August 6 |
| MORNING | Session I: Genomics and Evolution |
| Chair: H.P. Klenk |
| 9:00 AM | W.F. Doolittle
Archaeal and bacterial thermophiles - the hotbed of gene exchange |
| 9:30 | H. Philippe
Where are Archaea in the universal tree of life? |
| 10:00 | G. Olsen
The persistence of an essence: Archaea as defined by their genomes |
| 10:30 | Coffee |
| 10:45 | R. Garrett
Sulfolobus solfataricus: From the genome to cell biology |
| 11:15 | G. Gottschalk
The genome of Methanosarcina mazei, the largest assembly of genetic information in an archaeon |
| 11:45 | S. DasSarma/S. Kennedy
The Halobacterium genome |
| 12:15 | Chair Summary and Discussion |
| 4:30-6:00 PM | Poster Session I: Ecology, Genomes and Gene Regulation |
| EVENING | Session II: Replication and Recombination |
| Chair: R. Bernander |
| 7:30 PM | H. Myllykallio
DNA precursor synthesis and replication initiation in hyperthermophilic Archaea |
| 8:00 | Z. Kelman
Autophosphorylation of the archaeal Cdc6 homologues is regulated by DNA |
| 8:30 | M.F. White
Archaeal DNA recombination and repair proteins |
| 9:00 | Y. Ishino
Molecular analyses of proteins involved in the archaeal DNA replication: construction of an in vitro DNA replication system |
| 9:30 | Chair Summary and Discussion |
| Tuesday, August 7 |
| MORNING | Session I: Chromatin and Transcription |
| Chair: E. Conway de Macario |
| 9:00 AM | K. Sandman
Archaeal DNA packaging by archaeal nucleosomes |
| 9:30 | D. Musgrave
The dynamic archaeal nucleoid: novel responses to environmental stress |
| 10:00 | S. Bell
Mechanisms of transcription |
| 10:30 | Coffee |
| 10:45 | C. Hebbeln
Mechanism and regulation of Pyrococcus transcription |
| 11:15 | J. van der Oost
Towards understanding the Lrp/AsnC family of transcription regulators in Bacteria and Archaea |
| 11:45 | F. Pfeifer
Regulation of transcription in halophilic Archaea |
| 12:15 | Chair Summary and Discussion |
| 4:30-6:00 PM. | Poster Session I cont. Ecology, Genomes and Gene Regulation |
| EVENING | Session II: Gene Regulation |
| Chair: A. Klein |
| 7:30 PM | M. Adams
Genome-Based Analyses of Pyrococcus furiosus: Insights into hydrogen and sulfur metabolism |
| 8:00 | J. Soppa
Regulation of expression of energy transducing pathways in haloarchaea. |
| 8:30 | R. Shand
Halocin genes provide a genetic approach for understanding stationary phase gene regulation in the haloarchaea. |
| 9:00 | B. Siebers
Regulation of carbohydrate metabolism in the hyperthermophilic Crenarchaeon, Thermoproteus tenax |
| 9:30 | Chair Summary and Discussion |
| Wednesday, August 8 |
| MORNING | Session I: Post-Transcription Processing |
| Chair: P. Dennis |
| 9:00 AM | D. Söll
Genomics and the renaissance of aminoacyl-tRNA synthesis |
| 9:30 | J. Krzycki
Reading stop codons in methyltransferase genes |
| 10:00 | A. Ohmer
Archaeal RNP complexes containing methylation guide RNAs |
| 10:30 | Coffee |
| 10:45 | B. Clouet d' Orval
Archaeal C/D box small RNAs guiding tRNA ribose methylation |
| 11:15 | W. Baumeister
The protease complement of Thermoplasma acidophilum |
| 11:45 | J. Maupin-Furlow
Archaeal proteasomes and proteasome-activating nucleotidases |
| 12:15 | Chair Summary and Discussion |
| 4:30-6:00 PM | Poster Session II: Biochemistry and Metabolism |
| EVENING | Session II: Proteomics and Protein Structure |
| Chair: W. Whitman |
| 7:30 PM | E. Koonin
Evolutionary implications of genome-wide comparisons of archaeal proteins |
| 8:00 | A. Edwards
Structural proteomics of an archaeon |
| 8:30 | M. Danson
Thermoactivity and thermostability of archaeal enzymes: what's the connection? |
| 9:00 | R.K. Thauer
Structure and function of a metal free hydrogenase in methanogenic Archaea |
| 9:30 | Chair Summary and Discussion |
| Thursday, August 9 |
| MORNING | Session I: Metabolism and Physiology |
| Chair: R. Thauer |
| 9:00 AM | D. Oesterheldt
From genomics to physiology: Halophilic Archaea |
| 9:30 | J. Spudich
The expanding family of rhodopsins in Archaeal, Bacterial, and Eukaryotic microbes |
| 10:00 | F.R. Tabita
Rubisco in Archaea |
| 10:30 | Coffee |
| 10:45 | W. Metcalf
Genetic analysis of methanogenesis in Methanosarcina acetivorans |
| 11:15 | G. Juez
The DnaK chaperone system in halophilic Archaea: Insights on its biological role and protein based phylogeny |
| 11:45 | M. Mevarch
Cell-density dependent gene regulation in the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii |
| 12:15 | Chair Summary and discussion |
| 4:00 PM | Business Meeting |
| 4:30-6:00 PM | Poster Session II cont. Biochemistry and Metabolism |
| EVENING | Session II Featured Speaker |
| 8:00 PM | Wolfram Zillig
Archaeal viruses, witnesses of prebiotic evolution? |
