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
Keynote Session: Origin of Life
What we know about how we got here!
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Opening Remarks
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
"Conditions on the Archean Earth and Evolution of Photoferrotrophy"
8:40 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
"Reconstructed Enzymes as Proxies for Ancient Biogeochemical Intermediaries"
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
Co-Evolution of the Geosphere and Biosphere
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:40 am
"Microbial Responses to Ocean Deoxygenation"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:15 am
"Snot or Not? Linking Bio- and Geosphere in a Methane-Rich Iodine Spring"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:15 am
"Microbial Drivers Fueling Carbon Flow in Groundwater"
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:50 am
"Microbial Co-Evolution and Biogeochemistry in Terrestrial Arid Zones"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
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
Viral Ecology: The Power of the Smallest Organisms
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
"Linking Phages with Their Hosts by Viral Tagging"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
"Do Viruses Enhance the Carbon Export Down to the Deep Ocean?"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
"Metagenomes of Marine Phages"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Ecology and Evolution of Superorganisms
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:40 am
"400 Million Years of Symbiosis: Ecology and Evolution of the Ancient Symbiosis Between Marine Clams and Their Sulfur-Oxidizing Endosymbionts"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:15 am
"Microbial-Host Codevelopment in the Upside Down Jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana "
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:15 am
"Environmental Selection Drive Functional Convergence but Not Population Convergence in Human Gut"
11:15 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:45 am
"Chemical Warfare in the Nests of Leafcutter Ants"
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:20 pm
"Infectious Disease History as Revealed Through Ancient Pathogens"
12:20 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
Advances and Applications of Human Microbiome Research
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
"The Role of Milk Oligosaccharides in the Development, Persistence and Function of the Breast Fed Infant Gut Microbiome"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
"Can Changing Gut Bacterial Communities Improve Gastrointestinal and Autism Symptoms?"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
"What Role Does the Immune System Play in Controlling Your Intestinal Microbiota?"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Insights into Microbial Species Interactions
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:40 am
"Towards a Fully Populated Tree of Life"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:15 am
"Emergent Behavior in a Synthetic Gut Community"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:20 am
"Surface-Surfing with a Few Million Friends: How Kin-Specific Identity Information Modulates the Emergent Behaviors of a Bacterial Swarm"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:55 am
"The Social Network of Microbes and How to Unravel the Complex Interactions Within"
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
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
Linking Microbial Physiology to Ecosystem Functions
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
"Microbial Degradation of Isoprene, a Much Neglected Atmospheric Trace Gas"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
"Ecophysiology and Interactions of Electrically-Conductive Cable Bacteria"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
"Darwin's Invertebrates: The Oldest Gut Ecosystem and Why It's Still Here"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Microverse of the Anthropocene
Applied aspects of microbiology.
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:40 am
"Methane Cycling in Permafrost Soils"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:15 am
"Wastewater Resistome Revealed by Metagenomics Approaches"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:15 am
"Engineered Root Bacteria Release Plant Available Phosphate from Phytate"
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:50 am
"New Insights on the Great Amazon Reef"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"Principles for Engineering Microbial Composition and Ecosystem Functioning"
12:20 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
Concepts to Understand the Earth's Microverse
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
"Resilience of Microbial Communities"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
"Extending Community Assembly Principles from Microbial Communities to Organic Molecules"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
"Microbial Infallibility in the Metagenomic Era"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure