Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: A Holistic View of C1 Metabolism
Discussion Leader: Thomas Hanson (University of Delaware, United States)
3:45 pm - 3:55 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:55 pm - 4:25 pm
Catherine Drennan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Capturing One-Carbon Chemistry, One-Structural Snapshot at a Time"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
C1 Metabolism in the Environmental Context
Discussion Leader: Anthony Kohtz (Montana State University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Helena Schulz-Mirbach (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany)
"New-to-Nature, CO2 -Dependent Acetyl-CoA Assimilation Enabled by an Engineered B12-Dependent Acyl-CoA Mutase"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Eliya Milshtein (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Autotrophic Growth of E. coli is Achieved by a Small Number of Genetic Changes"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Bashir Rumah (Biodiscovery Institute, United Kingdom)
"Identification of Essential Genes in Methanotrophs Using TraDIS and Utilization of Data to Genetically Enhance PHB Accumulation"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Marion Jespersen (Monash University, Greening Lab, Australia)
"Structural Characterisation of the Dissimilatory Sulfate Reduction Pathway of an Ethane-Degrading Enrichment Culture"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Maider Junkal Echeveste Medrano (Radboud University, The Netherlands)
"Salt Stress: Discovering Osmoregulation in Freshwater Anaerobic Methane Oxidizing Archaea"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Oliver Schmidt (University of Tromsø / Monash University, Australia)
"Floating Filter Cultivation with Continuous Gas Flow: A Powerful Approach for Unravelling Metabolic Adaptions of Atmospheric Methane Oxidizers"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Adaptation and Regulation of Key Enzymes Involved in C1 Metabolism
Discussion Leader: Sophia Adler (UC Berkeley, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Hai He (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany)
"Reinventing Nature’s Number 1 CO2 -Fixing Enzyme: Using Synthetic (Micro) Biology to Build Rubisco de Novo"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Andreas Markus Küffner (Max-Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany)
"Bottom-Up Reconstruction of Minimal Pyrenoids Provides Insights into the Evolution and Mechanisms of Carbon Concentration by EPYC1 Proteins"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Blake Downing (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"Genetically Engineering Methanosarcina acetivorans to Explore Both Natural and Synthetic Pathways for Producing Methane from Acetate"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Fidel Ramirez (Philipps University Marburg, Germany)
"CryoEM Structure of the Methyl-Coenzyme M Reductase Activation Complex from Methanococcus maripaludis "
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Cerrise Weiblen (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
"Leveraging Gene Expression Data and Machine Learning to Infer the Gene Regulatory Network of Methylomonas denitrificans FJG1"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Andrea Marcano-Delgado (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Elucidating B12-Dependent Methyl Transfer in the Wood-Ljungdahl Pathway"
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 - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Navigating Scientific Career Paths for Fulfilling Work and Enriching Lives
Discussion Leader: Grayson Chadwick (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Scientists from Industry and Academia Share their Experiences in Shaping Careers
Marie Schoelmerich (ETH Zürich , Switzerland)
Thomas Hanson (University of Delaware, United States)
Ben Woolston (Northeastern University, United States)
Catherine Drennan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
Anthony Goering (LanzaTech, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes