Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 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: Archaea at the Frontier of Comparative Biology
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Opening Remarks
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:00 pm - 8:35 pm
"Uncovering the Ecological Success of Thaumarchaeota Through Ancestral Reconstructions"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:20 pm
"Quest of the Argonautes: From Myth to Reality"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Phylogeny and New Lineages
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
"The Deep Roots of the Archaeal Domain"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
"Genomic and Phylogenetic Investigation of Expanded Diversity of Asgard Archaea"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
"Ultra-Small Archaea: A Diverse and Deep-Branching Archaeal Lineage?"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
"Acidophilic Archaea of the Family Cuniculiplasmataceae and 'Ca. Micrarchaeota': Interactions, Physiological and Genomic Patterns"
11:05 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:30 am
"Archaeal Membrane Lipids: Paradigm and Challenges"
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:45 am
"Potential Methanogenic Korarchaeota: From Genome-Based Metabolic Predictions Towards an Enrichment Culture"
11:45 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
"Asgard Archaea Are Diverse, Ubiquitous and Transcriptionally Active Microbes"
12:00 pm - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
General Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Group Photo / Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm
"Localization of the Archaellum and the Chemotaxis System in Haloferax volcanii "
6:30 pm - 6:35 pm
Discussion
6:35 pm - 6:55 pm
"Novel Unique and Conserved Aspects of H. volcanii Cell Surface Biogenesis and Function"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
"Cell Division in Euryarchaeota: FtsZ1 and FtsZ2 Are Both Necessary for Cytokinesis"
7:10 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
"An Evolutionarily Conserved Role for the Proteasome in Cell Division Cycle Control"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
"Living Fossil Record of the Primordial Actin Cytoskeleton in Present-Day Asgard Archaea"
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Transcription, Riboregulation and RNA Processing
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
"Archaeal RNA Synthesis and RNA Matchmaking"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
"Structural Basis of Transcription Initiation and Elongation in the Euryarchaeal Thermococcus kodakarensis RNA Polymerase"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
"Post-Recruitment Regulation Modulates Transcription in Archaea Globally"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:10 am
"RNA Stabilization Mechanisms in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius "
11:10 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
"Insights into Archaeal RNA Processing Machineries: Interplay Between the β-CASP Ribonuclease, Ski2-Like RNA Helicase and RNA Exosome"
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
"Transcriptional Regulators in Sulfolobus : Homologies and Differences with Bacterial Regulators"
12:00 pm - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
General Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Replication and Translation
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm
"Stochastic Features of High-Fidelity DNA Replication in Haloarchaea"
6:30 pm - 6:35 pm
Discussion
6:35 pm - 6:55 pm
"Tying up Loose Ends: Ribosome Recycling in Archaea"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"Initiation of Translation in Archaea"
7:20 pm - 7:25 pm
Discussion
7:25 pm - 7:40 pm
"Towards Understanding Common and Specific Principles of Ribosome Biogenesis Across the Different Domains of Life"
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Physiology, Ecology and Metabolisms
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
"Systems Biology Aids to Unravel the Metabolic Potential of Sulfolobus spp. "
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
"How Do Archaea Produce Lipids and Assimilate Nitrogen? Two Nano-Machines Elucidated by Native Structural Biology"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
"Regulation of Gene Expression in the Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaeon Nitrososphaera gargensis in Response to Cyanate as Substrate"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:00 am
"Microbial Interactions in the Methane Cycle"
11:00 am - 11:05 am
Discussion
11:05 am - 11:25 am
"Anaerobic Oxidation of Ethane: A New Case for Alkyl-Coenzyme M Reductases"
11:25 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
"Insights into Rumen Methanomassiliicoccales from Comparative Genomics and Transcriptomics"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
"Discovery of an Ancient Molybdopterin-Dependent Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
"Structural Dynamics and Interaction Network of the Proteasome Regulatory ATPase from Pyrococcus abyssi "
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Genome Architecture, Dynamics and Repair
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm
"Structure and Dynamics of the Archaeal Hypernucleosome"
6:30 pm - 6:35 pm
Discussion
6:35 pm - 6:55 pm
"Evolution of Archaeal Chromatin"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"Evolution of Genome Architecture in Haloferax volcanii "
7:20 pm - 7:25 pm
Discussion
7:25 pm - 7:40 pm
"Global DNA Deamination Damage and Repair in Thermococcus kodakarensis "
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
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
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Viruses and Mobile Elements
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
"Thriving in High Salinity: Viruses of Euryarchaea"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
"Viral Treasures in the Acidic Hot Springs"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
"Genome-Informed Microscopy Reveals Active Infections of Uncultivated Carbon-Fixing Archaea by Novel Viruses in Earth's Crust"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:00 am
"Discovery of Archaeal Viruses and Prediction of Their Hosts from Sequence Data"
11:00 am - 11:05 am
Discussion
11:05 am - 11:20 am
"An Archaeal Plasmid Goes Viral"
11:20 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:35 am
"SSV9 Infection of Sulfolobus islandicus Leads to Broad Superinfection Exclusion"
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:50 am
"Hot Sex: The First Self-Transmissible Plasmid in Euryarchaeota"
11:50 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:15 pm
"War of the Ring: Virus-Host Conflict Involving Type III CRISPR Defense"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Stress Response and Defense
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm
"Prediction and Analysis of Archaeal Inter-Species Conflicts and Quorum Sensing Systems"
6:30 pm - 6:35 pm
Discussion
6:35 pm - 6:55 pm
"Hijacking of DNA Damage Response Regulation by CRISPR Systems and Its Functional Role in CRISPR Adaptation"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"High Tolerance to CRISPR-Cas Self-Targeting"
7:20 pm - 7:25 pm
Discussion
7:25 pm - 7:35 pm
"DNA Uptake into CRISPR Loci in Pyrococcus furiosus "
7:35 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
General Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Closing Remarks
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure