| Session 1 | Environmental & Applied Genomics |
Discussion Leader: COLIN MURRELL, United Kingdom, University of Warwick
- CLAIRE M. FRASER, USA, Institute for Genomic Research
Microbial Genome Sequencing: Insights into Physiology and Evolution
- PAUL RAINEY, United Kingdom, University of Oxford
Functional Genomics of Environmentally Significant Bacteria: In Vivo Expression Technology
| Session 2 | Cell-To-Cell Signaling & Multicellular Behavior |
Discussion Leader: ANN M. STEVENS, USA, Virginia Tech
- EVERETT P. GREENBERG, USA, University of Iowa College of Medicine
Listening when Bacteria Are Talking: Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Quorum Sensing
- BETH A. LAZAZZERA, USA, University of California at Los Angeles
Peptide Signaling and the Regulation of Gene Expression in Bacillus Subtilis
- DONALD A. MORRISON, USA, University of Illinois at Chicago
Peptide Pheromones Regulate Streptococcal Genetic Transformation
- BONNIE L. BASSLER, USA, Princeton University
The LuxS Language of Inter-Species Communication in Bacteria
| Session 3 | Emerging Technologies & Methods |
Discussion Leader: GERARD MUYZER, The Netherlands, Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
- DAVID A. STAHL, USA, University of Washington
DNA Microarrays: A Technological Solution to the Study of Complex Microbial Systems?
- STEFAN RADAJEWSKI, United Kingdom, University of Warwick
Molecular Analysis of In Situ Structure-Function Relationships by Stable Isotope Probing
- LUTGARDE RASKIN, USA, University of Illinois at Urbana
Quantification of rRNA with Molecular Beacons and in Microfluidic Channels
| Session 4 | Novel Metabolisms & Ecosystems |
Discussion Leader: ELIZAVETA BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA, Russia, Russian Academy of Sciences
- LARS G. LJUNGDAHL, USA, University of Georgia
Anaerobic Ruminal Fungi and Novel Evolutionary Aspects of Their Cellulases
- ANTJE BOETIUS, Germany, Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology
A Marine Microbial Consortium Mediating The Anaerobic Oxidation Of Methane
- STEPHEN J. GIOVANNONI, USA, Oregon State University
The Uncultured Microbial Majority: Who's on Top in the Oceans
- ORTWIN MEYER, Germany, University of Bayreuth
MIcrobial oxidation of CO and reduction of N2: looking into a crystal ball
| Session 5 | Directed Evolution of Enzymes & Pathways |
Discussion Leader: BECKY PARALES, USA, University of Iowa
- WAYNE COCO, USA, Enchira Biotechnology Corporation
Decision Points and Alternatives in DNA Shuffling
- CLAUDIA SCHMIDT-DANNERT, USA, University of Minnesota
Turning Microbial Cells into Chemical Factories by Molecular Breeding
- MARC OSTERMEIER, USA, John Hopkins University
Incremental Truncation Strategies for the Engineering of Protein Function
| Session 6 | Symbiotic & Trophic Relationships |
Discussion Leader: RALF CONRAD, Germany, Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
- WILLIAM J. BROUGHTON, Switzerland, University of Geneva
Molecular Basis of Rhizobial Symbiotic Promiscuity
- NICOLE DUBILIER, Germany, Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology
An Endosymbiotic Sulfur Cycle in a Marine Oligochaete Worm
- MARTIN F. POLZ, USA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ectosymbiotic Associations in Sulfidic Habitats
- ABIGAIL SALYERS, USA, University of Illinois at Urbana
Symbiosis: The Continuum that Unites Clinical and Environmental Sciences
| Session 7 | Synthesis & Application of Novel Biopolymers |
Discussion Leader: FRANK SKRALY, USA, Metabolix, Inc.
- ALEXANDER STEINBÜCHEL, Germany, University of Münster
Production and Commercialization of Novel Biopolymers by Microorganisms
- JOANNE STUBBE, USA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Plastics and Peppers: Biodegradable Polymers with Properties of Thermoplastics
| Session 8 | Microbes at the Oxic-Anoxic Interface |
Discussion Leader: KIRSTEN KÜSEL, Germany, University of Bayreuth
- JOHN BREZNAK, USA, Michigan State University
Nitrogen Fixation by Termite Gut Spirochetes -- Between a Rock and a Hard Place?
- JEROME J. KUKOR, USA, Rutgers University
Biodegradation of Toxic Wastes under Suboxic Conditions
- HERIBERT CYPIONKA, Germany, University of Oldenburg
Tempting Poison: Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Oxic-Anoxic Gradients
- DONALD M. KURTZ, USA, University of Georgia
How Anaerobes Use Novel Non-Heme Iron Proteins to Cope with Oxidative Stress
Discussion Leader: HAP PRITCHARD, Denmark, National Environmental Research Institute
- NORMAN R. PACE, USA, Colorado University
Under the Umbrella of the Big Tree: Microbial Biology into the 21st Century
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