Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Organic Matter in the Solar System
Discussion Leader: Magdalena Osburn (Northwestern University, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
Heather Graham (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States)
"Expanding Biosignature Definitions"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
Fabian Klenner (University of Washington, United States)
"How to Identify Organics, Biosignatures and Cells on Icy Moons"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
Angel Mojarro (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States)
"Standard and Wet-Chemistry Pyrolysis of Samples Returned from Asteroid Bennu"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Position-Specific Stable Isotopes
Discussion Leader: Max Lloyd (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:40 am
Sarah Zeichner (California Institute of Technology, United States)
"Made of Star Stuff? Insights into the Interstellar Origins of Extraterrestrial Organics via Position-specific and Clumped Isotope Analyses"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:25 am
Yongsong Huang (Brown University, United States)
"Highly Sensitive and Selective Detection Based on HPLCMS Greatly Expands the Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironmental Applications of Long Chain Alkenones"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:35 am
Rebekah Stein (Quinnipiac University, United States)
"Clumped Isotopes in Plants: Novel Tools to Interrogate the Impacts of Environment on Biochemical Processes"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:20 pm
Youping Zhou (Southern University of Science and Technology, China)
"Position-specific Oxygen Isotope Analysis of Lignin"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Sheila Jaswal (Amherst College, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Methane Production, Consumption, and Fluxes
Discussion Leader: Jennifer McIntosh (University of Arizona, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm
Tonya DelSontro (University of Waterloo, Canada)
"Assessing Aquatic Methane Dynamics from Process to Policy"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Jonathan Gropp (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"Using CRISPR and Metabolic Reaction Network Models to Understand the Isotopic Composition of Microbial Methane"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Grayson Chadwick (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"Isolation and Characterization of a Recently Evolved Methanogenic Archaea"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Proxy Development to Unveil Earth's Past Climates
Discussion Leader: Julio Sepúlveda (University of Colorado Boulder, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:35 am
Xiaolei Liu (University of Oklahoma, United States)
"Phytoplankton Overexposure and Starvation Amidst the Expansion of Photic Zone Euxinia"
9:35 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
Pratigya Polissar (University of California, Santa Cruz, United States)
"Reconstructing pCO2 from Carbon Isotope Fractionation in Marine Algae"
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Jamie McFarlin (University of Wyoming, United States)
"The Fidelity of Biomarker H Isotopes to Reconstruct Water: Recent Surprises and New Branches"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Andy Garcia (Stanford University, United States)
"Interrogating the Biosynthesis and Physiological Roles of GDGT Modifications in Archaea"
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
Understanding Feedstocks and Reservoirs to Aid the Energy Transition
Discussion Leader: Michael Formolo (ExxonMobil, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Thomas Evans (Shell Global Solutions BV, The Netherlands)
"Feedstock Forensics: Applying Geochemical Technologies to Validate Supply Chain Integrity of Feedstocks for Biofuels"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Casey Hubert (University of Calgary, Canada)
"Biogeochemical Problems and Opportunities Associated with the Oil Reservoir Microbiome"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Planetary Pollution Problems: PFAS, Plastics, and Pesticides
Discussion Leader: David Valentine (University of California, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:55 am
Collin Ward (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States)
"Invest, Don't Divest: Embracing Industry-Academia Partnerships Will Solve the Plastic Pollution Crisis Faster"
9:55 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am
Elsie Sunderland (Harvard University, United States)
"Chasing the Missing Organofluorine in PFAS Exposure Assessments"
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pm
Kimberly Parker (Washington University in St. Louis, United States)
"Advances in Biotechnology: Opportunities and Challenges for Environmental Systems"
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
Bridging Earth and Life Sciences: The Omics Revolution
Discussion Leader: Laura Villanueva (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:05 pm
Bastiaan von Meijenfeldt (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands)
"The Biology Behind Biomarkers: Wandering Through Sequence Space in Search of Lipids"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm
Malak Tfaily (University of Arizona, United States)
"Unlocking the Chemical Dialogue: Metabolomics for Bridging Earth and Life in Organic Geochemistry"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm
Bethanie Edwards (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"Revelations in Ocean Biogeochemistry from Integrated Meta'omics"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Temporal and Spatial Dimensions of Organic Matter Cycling
Discussion Leader: Timothy Eglinton (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:55 am
Shane Stoner (University of Wisconsin, Madison, United States)
"Organic Matter Decomposition as a Continuum: How Radiocarbon, Model Pools, and Laboratory Fractions are Finally Talking to Each Other"
9:55 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am
Mark Torres (Rice University, United States)
"Portraits of Organic Matter Transport at the Landscape Scale"
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pm
Brenna Boehman (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States)
"Selective Degradation of Amazon-Derived Terrestrial Carbon over Export and Burial in the Marine Environment"
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
Late-Breaking Topics
Discussion Leaders: Fatima Husain (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States) and Tharika Liyanage (Stanford University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure