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Oceans & Human Health
June 13-18, 2010
University of New England
Biddeford, ME
Chairs:
Edward A. Laws & Lorraine Backer

Vice Chairs:
D. Jay Grimes & Tom H. Hutchinson
Related Meeting Information
The Oceans & Human Health Gordon Research Conference was held in conjunction with the Oceans & Human Health Gordon Research Seminar. Please refer to the Oceans & Human Health GRS web page for more information.

The 2010 Gordon Research Conference on Oceans and Human Health will present cutting-edge research on the health-related ecosystem services provided by the ocean and the limitations to the use of those services dictated by environmental and health-related issues. The Conference will feature a wide range of topics, including pharmaceuticals derived from marine organisms, seafood safety, recreational water quality monitoring, harmful algal blooms, practical applications of genomics and proteomics to risk management, and issues related to climate change. Invited speakers will represent a variety of scientific disciplines, including epidemiology, molecular biology, risk modeling and prediction, pharmacology, and environmental toxicology. The Conference will be preceded by a Gordon Research Seminar (GRS), which will provide opportunities for junior scientists and graduate students to present their work in poster format and in short talks and to exchange ideas with leaders in the field, who will serve as mentors. The collegial atmosphere of this Conference, with programmed discussion sessions as well as opportunities for informal gatherings in the afternoons and evenings, will provide a venue for scientists from different disciplines to brainstorm and will promote cross-disciplinary collaborations in Oceans and Human Health.

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:40 pm - 9:30 pmOCEAN PHARMACOPIA
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm Discussion Leader: William Gerwick (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
"Introduction"
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm Mark Hamann (University of Mississippi)
"New marine natural products that act on neurological targets"
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm Russell Hill (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science)
"Assessing marine microbial diversity for natural products discovery"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 amGroup Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm(R)EVOLUTION IN SEAFOOD SAFETY
9:00 am - 9:10 am Discussion Leader: Julie Caswell (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
"Introduction"
9:10 am - 9:50 am Helen Jensen (Iowa State University)
"Seafood Consumption, Trade and Associated Changes in Risk Exposure: Public and Private Sector Response"
9:50 am - 10:05 am Discussion
10:05 am Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am Crystal Johnson (Louisiana State University)
"Pathogenic Vibrio spp. in Louisiana estuaries"
11:20 am - 11:35 am Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pm Robert Dickey (U.S. Foods and Drug Administration)
"The Science Basis for Enhancing the Safety of Seafood"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmGETTING AHEAD OF THE CURVE: MODELING AND PREDICTION
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm Discussion Leader: Mary Silver (University of California at Santa Cruz)
"Introduction"
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm Dennis McGillicuddy (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
"Modeling Harmful Algal Blooms in the Gulf of Maine: From Climatology to Forecasting"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm Mercedez Pascual (University of Michigan)
"Climate variability, ocean sentinel regions and epidemiological models: some lessons from cholera dynamics"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmPRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF "OMICS"
9:00 am - 9:10 am Discussion Leader: Marion Savill (Institute of Environmental Science & Research, New Zealand)
"Introduction"
9:10 am - 9:50 am Debashish Bhattacharya (Rutgers University)
"Genomic and functional genomic approaches to understanding the red tide dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense"
9:50 am - 10:05 am Discussion
10:05 am Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am Steven Roberts (University of Washington)
"Shellfish as indicators of environmental change"
11:20 am - 11:35 am Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pm Thomas Hemscheidt (University of Hawaii)
"Metabolomics of BMAA in cyanobacteria"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session II
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmRECREATIONAL WATERS
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm Discussion Leader: Lora Fleming (University of Miami)
"Introduction"
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm Alexandria Boehm (Stanford University)
"Occurrence and Distribution of Pathogens and Fecal Indicators in Temperate and Tropical Coastal Streams that Discharge to Marine Beaches"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 am - 9:15 am Lisa Plano (University of Miami)
"Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA in marine environments"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmOCEANS AND HUMAN HEALTH INTERNATIONAL
9:00 am - 9:10 am Discussion Leader: Tom Hutchinson (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)
"Introduction"
9:10 am - 9:50 am Ian Stewart (Griffith University, Australia)
"Harmful algal toxins in food and water: an Australian perspective on ciguatoxins and cyanotoxins"
9:50 am - 10:05 am Discussion
10:05 am Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am Monique Pommepuy (IFREMER, France)
"The impact of catchment activities on coastal water and shellfish quality: interest of using AVSWAT to simulate Escherichia coli flow in an hydrodynamic model MARS 2D"
11:20 am - 11:35 am Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pm Fred Dobbs (Old Dominion University)
"Bugs in Ships' Ballast Water: Can Microbiologists Meet the Challenge of International Regulations"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session III
6:00 pmDinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pmBusiness Meeting
(Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmOCEANS IN A WARMER WORLD
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm Discussion Leader: Kris Ebi (ESS)
"Introduction"
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm Joanie Kleypas (UCAR)
"Is ocean acidification an ocean health problem? A summary of perspectives"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm Dave Hutchins (University of Southern California)
"Harmful algal blooms in the greenhouse ocean"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCYANOBACTERIA
9:00 am - 9:10 am Discussion Leader: Paul Cox (Institute for Ethnomedicine)
"Introduction"
9:10 am - 9:50 am Geoff Codd (University of Dundee, UK)
"Cyanobacterial blooms and cyanotoxins: widening recognition, but sharpening perceptions"
9:50 am - 10:05 am Discussion
10:05 am Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am Hans Paerl (University of North Carolina)
"Global Expansion of Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms: The Roles of Human and Climatic Factors"
11:20 am - 11:35 am Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pm Elijah Stommel (Dartmouth Medical School)
"Cyanobacterial Blooms and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Potential Environmental Trigger for Neurodegeneration"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 6:00 pmFree Time
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmONE HEALTH
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm Discussion Leader: Jay Grimes (University of Southern Mississippi)
"Introduction"
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm Michael Moore (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
"Zoonotic agents in marine mammals: victim or vector?"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm Jay Grimes (University of Southern Mississippi)
"The Deepwater Horizon Blowout - Implications for Oceans and Human Health"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDeparture
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