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
Discussion Leader: Patrick Forterre (Institut Pasteur, France)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Opening Remarks
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:00 pm - 8:35 pm
Christa Schleper (University of Vienna, Austria)
"Uncovering the Ecological Success of Thaumarchaeota Through Ancestral Reconstructions"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:20 pm
John Van Der Oost (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
"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
Discussion Leader: Eugene Koonin (National Institutes of Health, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Celine Brochier-Armanet (Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive (UMR CNRS 5558), France)
"The Deep Roots of the Archaeal Domain"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
Laura Eme (Université Paris-Sud / CNRS, France)
"Genomic and Phylogenetic Investigation of Expanded Diversity of Asgard Archaea"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Nina Dombrowski (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), The Netherlands)
"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
Olga Golyshina (Bangor University, United Kingdom)
"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
Laura Villanueva (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands)
"Archaeal Membrane Lipids: Paradigm and Challenges"
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Viola Krukenberg (Montana State University, USA)
"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
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Meng Li (Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, China)
"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
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address challenges women face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Christa Schleper (University of Vienna, Austria)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cell Biology
Discussion Leader: Benjamin (Buzz) Baum (University College London, United Kingdom)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm
Sonja-Verena Albers (University of Freiburg, Germany)
"Localization of the Archaellum and the Chemotaxis System in Haloferax volcanii "
6:30 pm - 6:35 pm
Discussion
6:35 pm - 6:55 pm
Mechthild Pohlschroder (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"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
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Solenne Ithurbide (i3 Institute, University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
"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
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Gabriel Tarrason Risa (University College London, United Kingdom)
"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
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Caner Akil (Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR / National University of Singapore, Singapore)
"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
Discussion Leader: Thomas Santangelo (Colorado State University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Dina Grohmann (University of Regensburg, Germany)
"Archaeal RNA Synthesis and RNA Matchmaking"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
Katsuhiko Murakami (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
"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
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Fabian Blombach (University College London, United Kingdom)
"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
Lennart Randau (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany)
"RNA Stabilization Mechanisms in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius "
11:10 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
Beatrice Clouet-d'Orval (CNRS / University of Toulouse, France)
"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
Eveline Peeters (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
"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
Discussion Leader: Daniela Barillà (University of York, United Kingdom)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm
Hannu Myllykallio (Laboratoire d'Optique et Biosciences, CNRS, INSERM / École Polytechnique, France)
"Stochastic Features of High-Fidelity DNA Replication in Haloarchaea"
6:30 pm - 6:35 pm
Discussion
6:35 pm - 6:55 pm
Robert Tampé (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
"Tying up Loose Ends: Ribosome Recycling in Archaea"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
Emmanuelle Schmitt (École Polytechnique / CNRS, France)
"Initiation of Translation in Archaea"
7:20 pm - 7:25 pm
Discussion
7:25 pm - 7:40 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Sébastien Ferreira-Cerca (Institute of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Germany)
"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
Discussion Leader: Julie Maupin-Furlow (University of Florida, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Bettina Siebers (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
"Systems Biology Aids to Unravel the Metabolic Potential of Sulfolobus spp. "
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
Tristan Wagner (Max Planck Society, Germany)
"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
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Johanna Wiesinger (Division of Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria)
"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
Cornelia Welte (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
"Microbial Interactions in the Methane Cycle"
11:00 am - 11:05 am
Discussion
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Florin Musat (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany)
"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
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Yang Li (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Insights into Rumen Methanomassiliicoccales from Comparative Genomics and Transcriptomics"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Zachary Adams (University of Florida, USA)
"Discovery of an Ancient Molybdopterin-Dependent Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Bruno Franzetti (CNRS, France)
"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
Discussion Leader: Nick Robinson (Lancaster University, United Kingdom)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm
Remus Dame (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
"Structure and Dynamics of the Archaeal Hypernucleosome"
6:30 pm - 6:35 pm
Discussion
6:35 pm - 6:55 pm
Tobias Warnecke (MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences / Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"Evolution of Archaeal Chromatin"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
Thorsten Allers (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)
"Evolution of Genome Architecture in Haloferax volcanii "
7:20 pm - 7:25 pm
Discussion
7:25 pm - 7:40 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Kelly Schermerhorn-Zatopek (New England Biolabs Inc., USA)
"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
Discussion Leader: Mark Young (Montana State University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Hanna Oksanen (University of Helsinki, Finland)
"Thriving in High Salinity: Viruses of Euryarchaea"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
Mart Krupovic (Institut Pasteur, France)
"Viral Treasures in the Acidic Hot Springs"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Alexander Probst (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
"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
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Chris Brown (University of Otago, New Zealand)
"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
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Susanne Erdmann (Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany)
"An Archaeal Plasmid Goes Viral"
11:20 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Elizabeth Rowland (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
"SSV9 Infection of Sulfolobus islandicus Leads to Broad Superinfection Exclusion"
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Ryan Catchpole (CNRS / Institut Pasteur, France)
"Hot Sex: The First Self-Transmissible Plasmid in Euryarchaeota"
11:50 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:15 pm
Malcolm White (University of St Andrews, United Kingdom)
"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
Discussion Leader: Uri Gophna (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm
Kira Makarova (National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, NIH, USA)
"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
Qunxin She (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
"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
Anita Marchfelder (Ulm University, Germany)
"High Tolerance to CRISPR-Cas Self-Targeting"
7:20 pm - 7:25 pm
Discussion
7:25 pm - 7:35 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Michael Terns (University of Georgia, USA)
"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