Sunday
2:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Values of Molecular Ecology for Marine Conservation and Restoration
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
"Frontiers in the Discovery and Monitoring of Marine Biodiversity Using Molecular Tools"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
"Genes and Conservation: Molecular Approaches for Sustaining Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystems"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Genomic Adaptations and Epigenetic Mechanisms
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"Rapid Transgenerational Adaptation of a Reef Fish to Climate Change"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
"Genomic Basis and Mechanisms for Psychrophilic Bacteria Adaptation to Deep Sea Sediment and Polar Sea-Ice"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Epigenetic Mechanisms Underlying Acclimatory Responses to Nutrient Stress in the Staghorn Coral Acropora cervicornis "
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
"New Evolutionary Mechanisms Giving Rise to Marine Bacterioplankton Lineages with Highly Reduced Genomes"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Impacts on Seasonality and Diurnality of Marine Organisms
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
"Interactions Among Bacteria, Archaea, Viruses, and Protists"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
"Evolution and Function of the Circadian Clock"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Environmental Changes and Holobionts
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"Microbial Sulfur Metabolisms, Ocean Redox, and the Evolution of Early Animals"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
"Regulatory Roles of the Microbiome in the Coral Holobiont"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Genome-Informed Insights into the Function of a Coral Reef Sponge Holobiont"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
"The Metaorganism Imperative - We Are Not Alone"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Poster Session
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Invasive Species Under Climate Change
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
"Molecular Mechanisms of Local Adaptation in Marine Invasive Species"
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Discussion
5:00 pm - 5:45 pm
"Sequencing Our Ways Towards Understanding Biological Invasions"
5:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Molecular Diagnosis of Organismal Responses to Environmental Stressors
9:00 am - 9:45 am
"Immunity to Community: Linking Immune Responses in Corals to Ecological Outcomes"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
"Identification of Genes Essential to Overcome Salinity Stress in Threespine Stickleback"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
"Molecular Diagnosis of High-CO2 Threats to Shellfish Diversity and Aquaculture"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Young Investigator Presentations
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
"Spatial and Temporal Variation of Environmental DNA in Kelp Forest Ecosystems"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
"The Interactions Between the Heterotrophic Archaea and Bacteria on Degrading Particle Organic Carbon in Marine Water Column"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
"T7-Like Cyanophage Populations Dominated by the Less Virulent Clade in the Marine Environment"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
"Evidence for Previously Unknown Viruses in Salmon from British Columbia"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
"Has Microbiota Facilitated the Invasion of Spondylus Oysters in the Mediterranean Sea?"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
"Mussel Genomes Provide Insights into Adaptation to Deep-Sea Chemosynthetic Environments"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:45 am
"Resolving Hidden Virus-Host Relationships in Environmental Metatranscriptomes"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
"Deciphering the Responses of Bacterioplankton in Altantic Surface Waters to Saharan Dust Aerosols"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
"Co-Metabolic Innovation Along Eco-Thermodynamic Gradients in the Ocean"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Threats to Marine Biodiversity
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
"MarineGEO-Hong Kong: Assessing the Impacts of Urbanization on Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning"
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Discussion
5:00 pm - 5:45 pm
"Multi-Omics Approaches to Understanding Responses to Change"
5:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure