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
Genomic Perspectives on Evolution
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:25 pm
"A Geological Timescale for Bacterial Evolution and Oxygen Adaptation"
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:15 pm
"Something Old, Something Borrowed: The Intricate Evolutionary History of the Carbon-Concentrating Mechanism in Cyanobacteria"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Paleobiology: Geologic Records of Life, Evolution, and Ecology
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:55 am
"Linking Waulsortian Carbonate Mound Growth to Carbon Cycle Instability in the Early Carboniferous"
9:55 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am
"Beyond Teeth and Bones: Biochemical Windows into the Evolution of Diet"
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pm
"Genomic Records of Precambrian Microbial Communities"
12:15 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
Microbes in the Subsurface
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
"From Soil to Subsurface: Quantifying Microbial Growth ‘In the Wild’"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
"Rocks, Fluids, and Life: The Marine Crustal Subseafloor Biosphere."
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Archea and the Origins of Eukaryotes
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:45 am
"Discovery of a Novel Heme Cofactor in Methanogen"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
"Mechanisms and Evolution of Chromosome Segregation in Sulfolobales archaea "
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
"Genomic Diversity in Descendants of the Archaeal–Eukaryotic Ancestor"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
"The Cell Biology of Iron Assimilation by a Phagotrophic Eukaryote"
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
Taphonomy and the Geobiologic Record
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
"Arsenotropy in Siliceous Sinter Deposits from Terrestrial Hot Springs"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
"An Integrative Geochemical Analysis of Holocene-Age Carbonate Concretions and a Possible Preservation Pathway for Cretaceous-Age (Short) Peptides"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
New Evidence for Very Old Life
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:55 am
"Barium Isotopes and Ancient Ecosystems: Possibilities and Pitfalls"
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Microbial Ecosystem Recovery in the Wake of Archean Giant Impacts"
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
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
"The Role of Geobiology in the Carbon Removal Market: Examples from Some of the Biggest Deals to Date"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
"The Evidence for Dark Oxygen Production in the Deep Sea: Implications Around Deep-Sea Mining and Introducing the Nippon Foundation Dark Oxygen Research Initiative (DORI) Project"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
"Creating Living Materials for Methane Emissions Reduction and Atmospheric Removal"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
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; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Making Oxygen in the Dark
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:55 am
"The Evolutionary History of Biological Dark Oxygen Production"
9:55 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am
"Triple-Oxygen Isotope Insight into (A)Biotic Dark Oxygen Cycling"
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pm
"Water Radiolysis as a Dark Oxygen Source for Subsurface Life"
12:15 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
The Geobiology of Phosphorous
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:25 pm
"Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Bio-Mediated and Biomineralized Apatite: Insights into Paleoredox Conditions in Micro-Taphonomic Windows Across Geologic Time"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure