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 Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: New Perspectives on the Tree of Life: From Life’s Origins to Modern Ecosystems
Discussion Leader: Uri Gophna (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Puri Lopez-Garcia (CNRS & Universite Paris-Saclay, France)
"Insights into the Ecology and Evolution of Newly Identified Archaeal Lineages in Polyextreme Ecosystems of the Danakil Depression, Ethiopia"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Recent Progress on the Metagenomics and Molecular Biology of the ASGARD, DPANN and Other New Lineages
Discussion Leader: Christa Schleper (University of Vienna, Austria)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Laura Eme (CNRS - Uni. Paris-Saclay, France)
"Genomic and Phylogenetic Investigation of Expanded Diversity of Asgard Archaea"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:50 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:15 am
Christine Moissl-Eichinger (Medical University of Graz, Austria)
"The human archaeome"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Masaru Nobu (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan)
"Isolation of an Archaeon at the Prokaryote-Eukaryote Interface"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:10 pm
Olga Golyshina (Bangor University, United Kingdom)
"New Member of Thermoplasmatales: Expected and Unexpected findings"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Kira Makarova (National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, NIH, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
New Technologies Lead to New Discoveries in Cell Biology
Discussion Leader: Mechthild Pohlschroder (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Alex Bisson (Brandeis University, United States)
"Cell Biology of Haloarchaea"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm
Yoshiaki Kinoshita (RIKEN, Japan)
"Biophysical Measurement to Elucidate the Function of Archaellum Motor"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Information Processing and Regulation Provide Insights into the Central Dogma
Discussion Leader: Eveline Peeters (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Kiran Patil (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Metabolic modeling"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Annette Rowe (University of Cincinnati, United States)
"Methanogens and Minerals? Investigating Extracellular Electron Transfer in the Methanosarcinales. "
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Jennifer Biddle (University of Delaware, United States)
"Sedimentary Archaea: Predictions and Experimental Observations"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:55 am
Guillaume Borrel (Institut Pasteur, France)
"TBD"
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:25 pm
Alyson Santoro (U. California Santa Barbara, United States)
"TBD"
12:25 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
Connecting Geochemical Cycles with Metabolic Networks
Discussion Leader: Tristan Wagner (Max Planck Society, Germany)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm
Ruth Schmitz-Streit (University of Kiel, Germany)
"Small but effective! Newly Identified Players in Nitrogen Regulation in Methanosarcina mazei "
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:25 pm
Jocelyne DiRuggiero (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
"Translation Landscape of the Halophilic Archaeon Haloferax volcanii "
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:55 pm
Finn Werner (University College London, United Kingdom)
"Transcriptional Mechanisms in Archaea"
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:25 pm
Julie Maupin-Furlow (University of Florida, United States)
"Interplay of Lysine Acetylation and Ubiquitin-like Modifications in Archaea"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Dynamic Genome: Recombination, Repair and Structural Variation of Archaeal Genomes
Discussion Leader: Dennis Grogan (Univ of Cincinnati, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Roxane Lestini (Ecole Polytechnique, France)
"Understanding DNA Replication Dynamics in Haloferax volcanii Using Superresolution Microscopy"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
Steve Bell (Indiana University, United States)
"The Interplay of Form and Function in Archaeal Genomes"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:15 am
Daniela Barillà (University of York, United Kingdom)
"Chromosome Segregation in Sulfolobus: a Tale of Ribbons, Corkscrews, and Proline Kisses"
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
Nick Robinson (Lancaster University, United Kingdom)
"TBD"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General 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
Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Databases, Genomic Methods and Visualization Tools
Discussion Leader: Zvi Kelman (NIST/IBBR, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Kelly Zatopek (New England Biolabs Inc., United States)
"There's No "I" in Archaea: Inosine Maintenance in Thermococcus Kodakarensis"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm
Stefan Schulze (Rochester Institute of Technology, United States)
"Expanding the Archaeal Proteome Project Across Species, Post-Translational Modifications, and into Quantitative Comparisons"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cell-Virus Interactions and Defense Mechanisms Including Viruses, CRISPR, Cell Surfaces and Mobile Elements
Discussion Leader: Sonja-Verena Albers (University of Freiburg, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Eugene Koonin (National Institutes of Health, United States)
"TBD"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:50 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
Hanna Oksanen (University of Helsinki, Finland)
"Evolution and Cell-Virus Interactions of Archaeal Viruses of the Class Caudoviricetes "
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
Adi Millman (Weizmann institute of science, Israel)
"New Concepts in Prokaryotic Immunity"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:25 pm
Mart Krupovic (Institut Pasteur, France)
"Archaeal Viruses"
12:25 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
Current Phylogenomic Drafts of the Tree of Life
Discussion Leader: Thijs Ettema (Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm
Brett Baker (University of Texas Austin, United States)
"Exploring the Deep Sea for Archaeal Roots of Life"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Tom Williams (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
"New Methods for Inferring and Dating the Tree of Life, and for Mapping Endosymbiotic Gene Flows into Eukaryotes"
8:20 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm
Laura Villanueva (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands)
"Cracking the Code: Microbial Membrane Lipids & Their Role in Eukaryogenesis and Symbiosis"
9:00 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:25 pm
Anja Spang (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands)
"TBD"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure