| JULY 4, SUNDAY |
| 8:30 am | GRC Group Photo Session - outside of Crozier-Williams College Center
(rain date, Monday, July 5, 11 am) |
| 9:00 am | Welcome and Introduction
(All sessions are held in the Olin Science Center lecture hall) |
| 9:10 am | Session 1. MICROBES, METALS AND METABOLISM |
| Discussion Leader: Patricia J.S. Colberg, University of Wyoming |
| 9:10 am | Jillian Banfield, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Toward a Geomicrobiological Model for Acid Mine Drainage Generation"
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| 10:10 AM | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:30 am | Eric Roden, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
"Microbiological and Geochemical Controls on Bacterial Fe(III) Oxide Reduction: Linkages Between Surface Chemistry and Microbial Physiology" |
| 11:30 am | Lynne E. Macaskie, University of Birmingham, England
"Application of Microorganisms to Radionuclide Removal and Nuclear Waste Treatment" |
| 12:30 pm | LUNCH |
| 7:30 pm | Session 2. BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, FACTS AND FICTION |
| Discussion Leader: Eric Eisenstadt, Office of Naval Research |
| 7:30 pm | Raymond Zilinskas, Monterey Institute, Washington DC
"Implications of Advances in Biotechnology for Biocriminality" |
| 8:30 pm | Ronald M. Atlas, University of Louisville
"Responding to the Threat of Bioterrrorism" |
| 9:30 pm | POSTERS AND DISCUSSIONS |
| JULY 5, MONDAY |
| 9:00 am | Session 3. ANTIMICROBIALS IN FOOD SAFETY AND HUMAN HEALTH |
| Discussion Leader: Carl E. Cerniglia, US FDA |
| 9:00 am | David G. White, US FDA
"Bacterial Antimicrobial Resistance: A Possible Return to the Pre-antibiotic Era" |
| 10:00 am | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:30 am | Susan Kotarski, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc.
"Evaluating Impacts of Veterinary Antimicrobial Residues in Foods on the Human
Colonic Flora" |
| 11:30 am | Heinz-Georg Wetzstein, Bayer AG, Germany
"Degradation of the Veterinary Fluoroquinolone Enrofloxacin by Basidiomycetous Fungi: Assessing its Environmental Fate by in vitro Models" |
| 12:30 pm | LUNCH |
| 7:30 pm | Session 4. MICROBIAL DNA CHIPS |
| Discussion Leader: Gerben Zylstra, Rutgers University |
| 7:30 pm | Walter Weyler, Genencor International, CA
"Genome-wide Expression Analysis of Prokaryotic Organisms" |
| 8:30 pm | Kenneth L. Beattie, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
"Flowthrough Genosensor Chips for Environmental Biomonitoring" |
| 9:30 pm | POSTERS AND DISCUSSIONS |
| JULY 6, TUESDAY |
| 9:00 am | Session 5. GLOBAL PROCESSES, MICROORGANISMS AND MOLECULAR ECOLOGY |
| Discussion Leader: Bess Ward, Princeton University |
| 9:00 am | John Paul, University of South Florida
"Paradox of the Plankton: Diversity of rbcL Genes" |
| 10:00 am | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:30 am | Jonathan Zehr, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
"Nitrogenase Genes and Marine Diazotrophs: New Perspectives on Nitrogen Fixation in Oligotrophic Oceans" |
| 11:30 am | Wade Jeffrey, University of West Florida
"Molecular Analysis of Ozone Depletion and UVB Effects in the Marine Environment" |
| 12:30 pm | LUNCH |
| 7:30 pm | Session 6. MICROBES, ART AND ARTIFACTS |
| Discussion Leader: Douglas Eveleigh, Rutgers University |
| 7:30 pm | Robert Koestler, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
"Microbes and Art--Together Again!" |
| 8:30 pm | Robert Blanchette, University of Minnesota
"Microorganisms and Biodeterioration in Ancient and Historical Cultural Properties: from King Midas' Tomb in Turkey to Robert F. Scott's Huts in Antarctica" |
| 9:30 pm | POSTERS AND DISCUSSIONS |
| JULY 7, WEDNESDAY |
| 9:00 am | Session 7. FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL STRAINS |
| Discussion Leader: Jerry Kukor, Rutgers University |
| 9:00 am | Ross Overbeek, Argonne National Labs
"Functional Genomics from a Bioinformatics Perspective" |
| 10:00 am | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:30 am | Michael Daly, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda
"Engineering Recombinant Deinococcus Radiodurans for Bioremediation of Radioactive Waste Sites" |
| 11:30 am | Ken Nealson, Jet Propulsion Labs, Pasadena, CA
"Functional Genomics in Shewanella:, Where We Are and Where We Are Going" |
| 12:30 pm | LUNCH |
| 8:00 pm | Session 8. SPECIAL LECTURE |
| Discussion Leader: Joe Suflita, University of Oklahoma |
| 8:00 pm | Chuck Gerba, University of Arizona
"The Hand is Quicker than a Sneeze as a Disseminator of Disease" |
| 9:30 pm | POSTERS AND DISCUSSIONS |
| JULY 8, THURSDAY |
| 8:30 am | Session 9. BIODEGRADATION AND BIOTRANSFORMATION BREAKTHROUGHS |
| Discussion Leader: Raina Maier, University of Arizona |
| 8:30 am | Jan DeBont, Wageningen Agricultural Univ., The Netherlands
"How Microbes Deal with Toxic Organic Solvents" |
| 9:30 am | Rob Steffan, Envirogen, Princeton, NJ
"Gasoline's Dirty Little Secret: Biodegradation of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE)" |
| 10:30 am | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:00 am | Max Häggblom, Rutgers University
"A Role for Sulfidogenic and Denitrifying Bacteria in Degradation of Halogenated Aromatic Compounds" |
| 12:00 noon | LUNCH |
| 1:00 pm | Bus departure for TF Green and Logan Airports
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