Impacts of Water Quality and Climate Change on Marine Life

July 23 - 28, 2017

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Vice Chairs

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Conference Description

This meeting will focus on the impacts of water quality and climate change on marine organisms (from microbes to metazoans) and marine ecosystems (from shallow water to deep sea). Presentation and discussion of current findings will include, but are not limited to, the use of molecular tools to decipher the ecological consequences of the changing marine environment, and the mechanisms behind the physiological and behavioral response of marine organisms to anthropogenic stressors.

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Marine Molecular Ecology" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.

Conference Program

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 Discussion Leader:
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 Discussion Leader:
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 Discussion Leader:
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 Discussion Leader:
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 Discussion Leader:
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 Discussion Leader:
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 Discussion Leaders: and
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	Microbial Interactions Discussion Leader:
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 Discussion Leader:
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