| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm | Opening Comments: Judy D. Wall & Gerard Muyzer |
| 7:40 pm - 9:00 pm | Biodiversity and the Bacterial Species |
| Discussion Leader: JAMES STALEY, USA, University of Washington, Seattle |
| 8:10 pm | RAMON ROSSELLÓ MORA, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB), Spain
Do bacterial species exist? |
| 9:00 pm | Welcoming Mixer |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Mechanisms of Biodiversification |
| Discussion Leader: RADHEY GUPTA, McMaster University |
| 9:10 am | JEFFERY LAWRENCE, USA, University of Pittsburgh
Shaping genome content: the control of gene flow between bacterial lineages |
| 9:55 am | ARJAN de VISSER, The Netherlands, University of Wageningen
Space and chemical warfare promote microbial diversity |
| 10:25 am | Coffee Break (20 min.) |
| 10:45 am | STEVEN E. FINKEL, USA, University of Southern California
Mechanisms of long-term survival and evolution in E. coli |
| 11:15 am | ROSEMARY J. REDFIELD, Canada, University of British Columbia
Do bacteria have sex? |
| 12:15 pm | Group Photo |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 4:30 pm | POSTER SESSION |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Biofilms in Health and Environment |
| Discussion Leader: MATTHEW PARSEK, USA, Northwestern University |
| 7:40 pm | FRIEDRICH GÖTZ, Germany, Universität T£bingen
Biofilm formation in staphyloccci |
| 8:20 pm | MARK VAN LOOSDRECHT, The Netherlands, Delft University of Technology
Unity in biomass structures |
| 8:50 pm | J. WILLIAM COSTERTON, USA, Montana State University
Biofilms in device-related and other chronic bacterial infections |
| 9:30 pm | Posters and Evening Mixer |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | A Genomic View of Microbial Response to Stress |
| Discussion Leader: OLADELE OGUNSEITAN, USA, University of California, Irvine |
| 9:10 am | TINA VAN DYK, USA, DuPont Chemical Company
LuxArray and DNA array for genome-wide analyses of stress responses in Escherichia coli |
| 9:55 am | JOCELYNE DiRUGGIERO, USA, University of Maryland
Stress response to DNA damage in the halophilic Archaeon, Halobacterium NRC-1 |
| 10:25 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 am | JOHN FOSTER, USA, University of South Alabama
When Protons attack: The biochemical and genomic Zen of E. coli acid resistance |
| 11:30 am | GISELA STORZ, USA, National Institutes of Health
Regulating stress responses with noncoding RNAs |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 4:30 pm | POSTER SESSION |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Microbial Use of Toxic Metals |
| Discussion Leader: SIMON SILVER, USA, University of Illinois, Chicago |
| 7:40 pm | BARRY ROSEN, USA, Wayne State University
Pathways of arsenic detoxification in prokaryotes and eukaryotes |
| 8:20 pm | ANNE SUMMERS, USA, University of Georgia
The ubiquitous (micro)biology of mercury |
| 8:55 pm | MARC SOLIOZ, Switzerland, University of Berne
Molecular hardware of copper homeostasis. |
| 9:30 pm | Posters and Evening Mixer |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Microbial Mineral Formation and Dissolution |
| Discussion Leader: MIREILLE BRUSCHI, France, CNRS, Marseille |
| 9:10 am | DIRK SCHÜLER, Germany, Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie
The biomineralization of magnetosomes in magnetotactic bacteria |
| 9:55 am | JON LLOYD, England, University of Manchester
New uses for old enzymes; mechanisms, environmental impact and biotechnological potential of microbial metal reduction |
| 10:25 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 am | BRADLEY TEBO, USA, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Unraveling bacterial Mn(II) oxidations step by step: molecular mechanisms, reaction intermediates and products |
| 11:30 am | THOMAS DiCHRISTINA, USA, Georgia Tech University
Uranium mineral formation and iron oxide dissolution by Shewanella putrefaciens |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 pm | Annual AEM-GRC Softball Game |
| 4:00 pm | POSTER SESSION |
| 5:30 pm | Business Meeting: Election of Vice-Chair for 2005 AEM-GRC - Please Attend! |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Power and Limitations of Antimicrobials |
| Discussion Leader: CARL CERNIGLIA, USA, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| 7:30 pm | JULIAN DAVIES, Canada, University of British Columbia
Are antibiotics really antibiotics? |
| 8:20 pm | ANDREAS PESCHEL, Germany, Universität Tübingen
Resistance mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus to antimicrobial peptides produced by the host |
| 8:55 pm | BRUCE LEVIN, USA, Emory University
Phage therapy and prophylaxis: Hype, hope and reality |
| 9:30 pm | Posters and Evening Mixer |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Biodegradation of Recalcitrant Organic Compounds |
| Discussion Leader: LILY YOUNG, USA, Rutgers University |
| 9:10 am | JIM SPAIN, USA, U.S. Air Force
Biodegradation of nitroaromatic compounds: Recent evolution |
| 9:55 am | LINDSAY ELTIS, Canada, University of British Columbia
Understanding and engineering the enzymes of PCB degradation |
| 10:25 am | Coffee Break (20 min) |
| 10:45 am | KATE SCOW, USA, University of California, Davis
Biodegradation and microbial ecology of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) contaminated groundwater |
| 11:30 am | VICTOR DE LORENZO, Spain, The Autonomous University of Madrid
Pseudomonas promoters in the test tube and in the environment |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 4:30 pm | POSTER SESSION |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Special Lecture |
| Discussion Leader: KENNETH NEALSON, USA, University of Southern California |
| CHRISTOPHER CHYBA, SETI Institute and Stanford University
Prospects for extraterrestrial life: What we know, what we think we know, and what we'd like to know |
| 8:45 pm | Closing comments: Judy D. Wall & Gerard Muyzer |
| 9:00 pm | Closing Mixer & Dance |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
