Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Functional Molecules from Marine Materials for Sustainable Innovation
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
"Marine Bio-Based and Bio-inspired Materials: From Nature to Applications"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Enabling Technologies for Marine Natural Products Discovery
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
"Plastic Meets Marine Fungi: A Blue Biotechnology Solution"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
"SNAP-NMR: A Platform for Direct Natural Product Identification from 13C Spectra"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
"Leveraging MALDI-MSI for Studying Spatial Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Vibrio Cholerae Biofilm Formation"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
"Linking Metabolome to Function: Marine Fungal Secondary Metabolites Driving Cytotoxic and Antimicrobial Activities"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
"Neuropathic Pain Modulated by Halogenated Tunicate Metabolite Derivatives"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
"Isolation and Structure Elucidation of Dm-CVNH, a New Cyanovirin-N homolog with Activity Against SARS-CoV-2 and HIV-1 from the Marine Aqueous Library of the National Cancer Institute"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Connecting Chemical Ecology to Bioactivity in Complex Marine Systems
9:00 am - 9:15 am
"Exploring the Ecological Impacts of Glycoside Hydrolases Produced by Flavobacteria on Moon Snail Egg Collars"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
"Rising Ocean Temperatures Reduce the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid's Egg Defense Mediated by Symbiotic Bacteria"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
"Are Bacterial Cues Involved in Cassiopea Xamachana 's Life Cycle?"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
"Discovery of Novel Bioactive Natural Products from Rare Actinobacteria Associated with the Endangered Sea Turtle Eretmochelys Imbricata "
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
"Isolation and Structural Characterization of a Novel Quorum Signal from Haloferax Volcanii "
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
"Siderophore-driven Iron Competition can Reshape Fungal-bacterial Community Dynamic through Suppressing Specialized Metabolites"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Biosynthesis and Bioengineering for Metabolite Production and Discovery
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm
"Engineering Kainoid Synthases for the Efficient Biocatalytic Production of Non-Native Neuroactive Compounds"
1:45 pm - 1:50 pm
Discussion
1:50 pm - 2:05 pm
"The PUMA Bioproduction Platform: High-Titer Production of Kynurenine-Based Natural Products"
2:05 pm - 2:10 pm
Discussion
2:10 pm - 2:25 pm
"Biosynthesis of Soft Coral Terpenes and Engineering Yeast for Enhanced Production"
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
