| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | KEYNOTE ADDRESS AND PHYSIOLOGY OF METHANOGENS |
| Discussion Leader: John Reeve (The Ohio State University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Greg Ferry (Pennsylvania State University, University Park)
Presentation of Keynote speaker: Gerhard Gottschalk |
| 7:35 pm - 8:25 pm | Gerhard Gottschalk (Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Göttingen)
Keynote Address: "Studies on Methanosarcina, from Cytochromes to Genomes" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | John Leigh (University of Washington, Seattle).
"Nitrogen Rgulation in Methanococcus maripaludis: Genetic, Genomic, and in vitro Studies." |
| 8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:25 pm | Rob Gunsalus (University of California, Los Angeles)
"Osmoregulation in the Methanosarcina" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:45 pm | Reception |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ARCHAEAL ECOLOGY AND DIVERSITY |
| Discussion Leader: Karl Stetter (University of Regensburg) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Ed DeLong (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
"Oceanic Archaea: Physiological Ecology and Genomics" |
| 9:25 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:55 am | Aharon Oren (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
"The Halobacteriaceae (Archaea) and Salinibacter (Bacteria): Convergent Evolution toward Adaptation to Life at Saturating Salt Concentrations" |
| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:25 am | Anna-Louise Reysenbach (Portland State University)
"The Emerging View of Archaeal Diversity in High Temperature Ecosystems" |
| 10:25 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 am - 11:10 am | Harald Engelhardt (Max Plank Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried)
"Studying Archaea by Electron Tomograph" |
| 11:10 am -11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | Holly Simon (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
"New Insights into the Biology of Mesophilic Soil and Root-Associated Crenarchaeota" |
| 11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:10 pm | Harald Huber (University of Regensburg)
"The Novel Phylum "Nanoarchaeota": Insights into the Physiology, Molecular Biology and Distribution of a Unique Archaeal Group" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Summary and Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | POSTER SESSION I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS |
| Discussion Leader: Dieter Oesterhelt (Max Plank Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Rolf Bernander (Uppsala University)
"Functional Genomics of Sulfolobus solfataricus and Sulfolobus acidocaldarius" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | Nitin Baliga (Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle WA)
"Systems Analysis of Purple Membrane Biogenesis in Halobacterium sp." |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | Mike Adams (University of Georgia, Athens)
"Functional Genomics of Pyrococcus furiosus" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:25 pm | Greg Ferry (Pennsylvania State University)
"Genomic Contributions towards Understanding the Major Pathway for Methanogenesis" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | INSIGHTS INTO ENZYME STABILITY AND FUNCTION FROM STRUCTURAL STUDIES |
| Discussion Leader: Michael Danson (University of Bath) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Reinhard Sterner (University of Koeln)
"Thermal Stability and Catalytic Activity of Enzymes from Amino Acid Biosynthesis" |
| 9:25 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:55 am | Rick Cavicchioli, University of New South Wales, Australia
"Cold Adapted Enzymes" |
| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:25 am | Joseph Zaccai (Institute of Structural Biology, CEA-CNRS)
"Adaptation to Extreme Environments: Neutron Scattering Studies of Dynamics-Stability Relations in Archaeal Proteins" |
| 10:25 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 am - 11:10 am | David Hough (University of Bath)
"Structural Determinants of Enzyme Thermoactivity" |
| 11:10 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | Peter Schönheit (University of Kiel)
"Unusual Pathways and Enzymes in Sugar Degradation of Hyperthermophilic Archaea" |
| 11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:10 pm | Marco Moracci, Institute of Protein Biochemistry - CNR, Naples, Italy
"Engineering Structure and Function of Glycosyl Hydrolases from Hyperthermophiles" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Summary and Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | POSTER SESSION II |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | TRANSLATION AND PROTEIN TRANSLOCATION |
| Discussion Leader: Jerry Eichler (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Joe Krzycki (The Ohio State University)
"Pyrrolysine, the Twenty-Second Genetically Encoded Amino Acid" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | Paola Londei (University of Rome)
"Evolution of the Translation Apparatus: New Insights from the Archaea on the Conserved Features of Translation Initiation" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | Arina Omer (University of British Columbia)
"Small, Methylation Guide RNPs in Archaea" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:25 pm | Mecky Pohlschröder (University of Pennsylvania)
"Protein Translocation Across Haloarchaeal Cytoplasmic Membranes" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | TRANSCRIPTION AND GENE REGULATION |
| Discussion Leader: John van der Oost (Wageningen University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Frank Robb (Center of Marine Biotechnology, Baltimore, MD)
"Adaptive Heat Shock Responses in Pyrococcus Species: Gene Regulation and Chaperonin Function" |
| 9:25 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:55 am | Michael Thomm (University of Regensburg)
"Transcription and Regulation of Transcription in Pyrococcus" |
| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:25 am | Kelly Bidle (Rider University)
"Examination of Salinity-Mediated Gene Regulation in Haloferax volcanii" |
| 10:25 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 am - 11:10 am | Mohamed Ouhammouch (University of California, San Diego)
"An in vitro System for Positively Regulated Archaeal Transcription" |
| 11:10 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | Felicitas Pfeifer (Darmstadt University of Technology)
"Interaction of the Two Regulatory Proteins GvpD and GvpE of Haloferax mediterranei" |
| 11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:10 pm | Ken Jarrell (Queen's University)
"Structure and Genetics of Flagellation in Methanococcus" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Summary and Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Free Time |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | POSTER SESSION III |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ARCHAEAL GENOMES |
| Discussion Leader: Chuck Daniels (The Ohio State University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Shil DasSarma (Center of Marine Biotechnology, Baltimore, MD)
"Comparative Genomics of Haloarchaea" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | Eugene Koonin (The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD)
"Potential Determinants of the Hyperthermophilic Phenotype Identified by Genome Comparison" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 p | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | Roger Garrett (University of Copenhagen)
"Sulfolobus Genomes and their Evolution" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:25 pm | Karl Stetter (University of Regensburg)
"Predictions from the Genome Sequence of N. equitans: A Missing Link in Cell Evolution" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | REPLICATION, REPAIR AND RECOMBINATION |
| Discussion Leader: Patrick Forterre (University of Paris - Sud) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Nick Robinson (Cambridge University)
"In vivo and in vitro Characterization of an Origin of Replication in Sulfolobus solfataricus" |
| 9:25 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:55 am | Zvi Kelman (University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute)
"Biochemical analysis of the Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus MCM complex" |
| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:25 am | Christiane Elie (University of Paris - Sud)
"Sulfolobus Rad50-Mre11 Complex and its Protein Partners" |
| 10:25 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 am - 11:10 am | Yosi Ishino (Kyushu University)
"Structure and Function of the Novel Endonuclease Involved in Replication-Coupled Repair in Archaea" |
| 11:10 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | Malcolm White (St. Andrew's University)
"Archaeal nucleotide excision repair" |
| 11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:10 pm | Thorsten Allers (University of Nottingham, UK)
"Genetic Analysis of Homologous Recombination in the Archaea: DNA Double-Strand Break Repair and Gene Conversion in Haloferax volcanii" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Summary and Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | POSTER SESSION IV |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | GENETIC SYSTEMS, VIRUSES AND ARCHAEOGLOBUS |
| Discussion Leader: Mike Dyall-Smith (University of Melbourne) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Trish Hartzell, University of Idaho, Moscow
"How does Archaeoglobus, an anaerobe, survive exposure to oxygen?" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | Bill Metcalf (University of Illinois)
"Genetic Analysis of Methylotrophic Methanogenesis in Methanosarcina acetivorans" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | Paul Blum (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
"Gene Replacement and Functional Genomics in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:25 pm | David Prangishvili (University of Regensburg)
"Novel Viruses of Crenarchaeota" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
