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 Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:55 pm - 8:20 pm
"Human Gut Microbiota Perturbation and Disease"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:00 pm
"The Two Faces of Clostridium difficile Carriage"
9:00 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Symbiosis in the Anthropocene
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:40 am
"Trouble Ahead: An Anthropology of the Anthropology of the Microbiome"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:10 am
"A Novel Symbiotic Organ on the Hindleg of Megymenum gracilicorne (Insecta: Hemiptera: Dinidoridae) Associated with Fungal Symbionts"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:10 am
"Microbial Symbiosis and the Prognosis for Coral Reefs"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:40 am
"Adaptation and Diversification of Commensal Bacteria Within Humans"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
"Microbiota Development and Impact by Modern Practices"
12:10 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
Creating a Conceptual Framework
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
"Evolving Control in Rhizosphere Mutualisms"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
"Probabilistic Invasion Underlies Natural Gut Microbiome Stability"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:10 pm
"Partner Association and Adaptation in the Dictyostelium : Burkholderia Proto-Farming Symbiosis"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
He Says, She Says: The Host's Perspective
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:40 am
"Host Immunity Shapes the Microbiota to Prevent Disease"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:10 am
"Transkingdom Interactions Shaping Gut Microbiomes in the Protochordate, Ciona intestinalis "
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:10 am
"Do Bacteriophages Shape Dynamic Microbial Communities in the Host?"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:40 am
"Understanding Mechanisms of Host-Microbe Interactions in Marine Clams"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
"Tracing the Origin of the Gut-Brain Axis: Insights from Hydra"
12:10 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
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
"Caenorhabditis elegans : A New Model of Host-Microbiota Interactions"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
"Using Transcriptomics and Reverse Genetics to Understand Mechanisms of Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbiosis"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:10 pm
"Disrupting Symbiotic Interactions to Control the Spread of a Vector-Borne Plant Pathogen"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Getting It Right: The Ecology of Specificity
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:40 am
"The Ins and Outs of Specificity and Diversity in the Symbioses Between Deep-Sea Mussels and Their Chemosynthetic Symbionts"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:10 am
"Generality of Toxins in Defensive Symbiosis: Ribosome-inactivating Proteins and Defense Against Parasitic Wasps in Drosophila "
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:10 am
"Maintenance of a Specific Microbiota in the Cow Rumen as Demonstrated by Whole-Rumen Contents Exchange"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:40 am
"Green for Good? A Snapshot of a Vertebrate-Alga Endosymbiosis by Dual RNA-Seq"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
"Host Mechanisms for Ensuring Partner Fidelity in Symbiosis"
12:10 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
IMAGEne That! Visualizing Symbiotic Interactions
at the Micron Scale
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
"Mapping Microbiomes at the Micron Scale"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
"Motile Cilia Facilitate the Active Recruitment of the Host Microbiome"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:10 pm
"NanoSIMS Subcellular Isotopic Imaging of Metabolic Interactions and Molecular Signaling in Symbiotic Marine Organisms"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Diversity Rules: Multi-Kingdom Symbioses
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:40 am
"Evolution of Socially Transmitted Gut Microbiota in Bees"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:10 am
"Insights into the Physiology of Endosymbiotic Bacteria of Two Protist Species Living in the Hindgut of the Termite, Reticulitermes flavipes "
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:10 am
"To Give or to Take: Bacterial Regulation of Conflicting Symbiotic Behaviors with Invertebrates"
11:10 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:40 am
"The Role of Microbiome Regulation in Carcass Preservation by a Burying Beetle"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
"Viruses as Symbionts in Complex Holobionts"
12:10 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
Solving Problems with Symbioses
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
"Methane Matters, in Animals and Man"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
"Chemical Metagenomics of an Anti-HIV Compound from Uncultivated Symbionts"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:10 pm
"Foundation Species and Guilds: Ecological Concepts for Understanding Microbiome Functions in Human Disease and Health"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure