SATURDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| Mentor: Helena Solo-Gabriele (University of Miami) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO OCEANS AND HUMAN HEALTH |
| Discussion Leader: Emily A. Monroe (MUSC, Charleston, SC) |
| Mentor: Micaela Parker (University of Washington) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Emily A. Monroe (MUSC)
"Polyketide synthases in Karenia brevis: characterization and expression of proteins involved in toxin biosynthesis in the Florida red tide dinoflagellate" |
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm | Discussion |
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm | Eric D. Landis (NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center)
"Suppressive Subtractive Hybridization reveals differences between Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates from the Puget Sound region and a pandemic strain" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Shady A. Amin (University of California, San Diego)
"The Role of Symbiotic Bacterial Siderophores in Promoting Primary Productivity in the Ocean" |
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm | Katherine A. Hubbard (University of Washington)
"Patterns of inter- and intraspecific diversity in Pacific Northwest Pseudo-nitzschia" |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Emily M. White (US EPA)
"Fecal Indicator Bacteria and Environmental Observations: Validation of Virtual Beach" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:45 pm | Poster Session |
| Mentor: Paul Sandifer (Hollings Marine Laboratory) |
SUNDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | MICROBIAL POLLUTION, HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND THE FUTURE OF OHH |
| Discussion Leader: Jessica Bolson (University of Miami, FL) |
| Mentor: Edward Laws (Hawaii OHH Center) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Jessica A. Bolson (University of Miami)
"Introduction" |
9:10 am - 9:25 am | Gayatri Vithanage (University of Hawaii)
"Can Prevalence of Pathogenic Vibrio species in Coastal Waters be Predicted Based on Temperature, Salinity, Turbidity, Nutrients, and Sunlight?" |
9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
9:35 am - 9:50 am | Geoffrey A. Sinclair (North Carolina State University)
"Biophysical constraints on the persistence of near-bottom seed populations of Karenia brevis" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:15 am | Daphne Carlson Bremer (University of California, Davis)
"Health assessment of free-ranging American oystercatchers (Haematopus palliates) in Georgia and South Carolina" |
10:15 am - 10:25 am | Discussion |
10:25 am - 10:40 am | Christina D. Senft (University of Connecticut)
"An Ingestion Assay to Discern Phenotypes of Resistance to Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Copepods" |
10:40 am - 10 50 am | Discussion |
10:50 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:15 am | Jennifer L. Siembieda (University of California, Davis)
"Seabird Surveillance at Wildlife Hospitals: Using Seabirds as Sentinels of Emerging Zoonoses in the Marine Ecosystem" |
11:15 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
11:25 am - 11:40 am | Christina L. O'Halloran (University of California, Berkeley)
"Acute health risks associated with marine water exposure in Monterey Bay, CA (Surfer Health Study)" |
11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:05 pm | Diane M.L. Mas (University of Massachusetts)
"Nowcasting Tools for Predicting Bacterially-Induced Beach Closings at Boston Harbor Beaches" |
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Discuss request for a subsequent GRS; Nominations for the next Student/Post-doc Vice Chair(s) to work with GRC Chair (serving as mentor); Fill out Evaluation Forms) |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 2:00 pm. |