| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
| 7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | OPENING SESSION |
| Discussion Leader: Steven Finkel (Univ. Southern California) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:15 pm | Steven Finkel (Univ. S. California)
"Genomic approaches to understanding microbial diversity" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Roger Lasken (The J.C. Venter Institute)
"Single cell amplification and sequencing: applications and environmental studies" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Group Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | HYDROGEN DRIVEN AND MEDIATED ECOSYSTEMS |
| Discussion Leader: J. Gijs Kuenen (Technical University of Delft, NL) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | J. Gijs Kuenen (Technical Univ. Delft, NL)
"Hydrogen Metabolism as a way of life" |
| 9:20 am - 10:00 am | Fons Stams (Wageningen, NL)
"Anaerobic interspecies hydrogen transfer and/or hydrogen driven sulfate reduction" |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Discussion |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:20 am | Andreas Brune (Max Planck Institute, Margurg, DE)
"The termite gut - a hydrogen-mediated ecosystem" |
| 11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
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11:30 am - 12:20 pm | Ken Takai (JAMSTEC, Japan)
"SLiMES - hydrogen driven deep sea ecosystems" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MECHANISMS AND ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF EXTRACELLULAR ELECTRON TRANSPORT |
| Discussion Leader: Thomas DiChristina (Georgia Tech. University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Tom DiChristina (Georgia Tech)
"Extracellular Electron Transport as a way of life - variations on a theme" |
| 7:45 pm - 8:25 pm | Yuri Gorby (The J.C. Venter Institute)
"The role of conductive nanowires in extracellular electron transport" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
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8:35 pm - 9:20 pm | Korneel Rabaey (Univ. Queensland, Advanced Wastewater Management Ctr.)
"Electricity and hydrogen production by bacteria - the role of EET" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PROTEOGENOMICS AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF MICROBIAL METABOLISM |
| Discussion Leader: Gerard Muyzer (Technical University of Delft, NL) |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Gerard Muyzer (TU-Delft)
"Introduction to, and new developments in proteogenomics" |
| 9:15 am - 9:50 am | Nathan VerBerkmoes (Oak Ridge National Labs)
"Proteogenomic approaches for the molecular characterization of natural microbial consortia" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:20 am | Vincent Denef (UC - Berkeley)
"Strain-resolved proteogenomics and ecological studies of Leptospirillum group II within natural microbial communities" |
| 11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:20 pm | Janet Jansson (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
"Investigation of the human gut microbiota using omics approaches" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR MEASURING MICROBIAL PROCESSES |
| Discussion Leader: James Fredrickson (Pacific Northwest National Labs) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | James Fredrickson (PNNL)
"Developing technologies for the study of microbial ecology" |
| 7:45 pm - 8:30 pm | J. Collin Murrel (University of Warwick, UK)
"Use of isotopes to probe microbial processes & interactions" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
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8:40 pm - 9:20 pm | James Scott (Dartmouth University)
"Isotopic analyses of biosynthetic pathways in microbes" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | FORMATION, STABILITY AND IMPACT(S) OF BIOFILM COMMUNITIES |
| Discussion Leader: J. W. Costerton (University of S. California) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | J. W. Costerton (USC)
"The Biofilm Manifesto!!" |
| 9:30 am - 10:20 am | Karin Sauer (SUNY Binghamton)
"The biofilm phenotype: in vivo versus in vitro" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:50 am | Pradeep Singh (University of Washington)
"TBA" |
| 11:50 am - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time and Annual GRC AEM Softball Game |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business 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 pm | IN SEARCH OF ANCIENT MICROBES AND THEIR REMAINS |
| Discussion Leader: Jaap Sinninghe-Damste (RNISR) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Jaap Sinninghe-Damste
"The ups and downs of hunting for ancient life" |
| 7:45 pm - 8:25 pm | Marco Coolen (Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.)
"Preserved genetic signatures reveal what traditional biomarkers failed to tell us about the Holocene Black Sea environment" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
| 8:35 pm - 9:20 pm | Fumio Inagaki (JAMSTEC, Japan)
"The deep drilling program and deep subsurface life" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | NEW GLIMPSES INTO THE WORLD OF MICROBIAL STRUCTURE |
| Discussion Leader: Jennifer Pett-Ridge (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories) |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Jennifer Pett-Ridge (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories)
"Imaging microbial metabolism and structure with NanoSIMS" |
| 9:15 am - 9:55 am | Steven Lower (The Ohio State University)
"New developments in the use of AFM imagining" |
| 9:55 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
| 10:05 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:20 am | Manfred Jericho (Dalhousie University)
"A novel holographic light microscopic approach to imaging" |
| 11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:20 pm | Sirine Fakra (Lawrence Livermore National Labs)
"Using X-rays to image microbes" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ENVIRONMENTAL METAGENOMICS |
| Discussion Leader: Nicole Dubilier (MPI Bremen) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Nicole Dubilier (MPI Bremen)
"Metagenomics and the future of environmental microbiology" |
| 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Duane Moser (Desert Research Institute)
"New insights into the deep dark biosphere: late developments from the South African Mine environment" |
| 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
