SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 8:30 pm | KEYNOTE SPEAKER |
| Introduction to Keynote: Julie Maupin-Furlow (University of Florida, USA) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Dieter Oesterhelt / Friedhelm Pfeiffer (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany)
"Systems Biological Approaches for Halophiles" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | SYSTEMS BIOLOGY & GENOME FUNCTION |
| Discussion Leader: Bettina Siebers (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Michael W.W. Adams (The University of Georgia, USA)
"Defining the Metalloproteome of Pyrococcus furiosus: Letting Metals Take the Lead" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | James G. Ferry (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)
"Interpreting the Genome of Methanosarcina acetivorans" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ECOLOGY & DIVERSITY OF ARCHAEA & THEIR VIRUSES |
| Discussion Leader: Karl Stetter (University of Regensburg, Germany) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Anna-Louise Reysenbach (Portland State University, USA)
"New Insights into the Archaeal Diversity from Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vents" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Christa Schleper (University of Vienna, Austria)
"Ecophysiology and Evolution of Ammonia-oxidizing Archaea" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Aharon Oren (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Isreal)
"Halophilic Archaea in the Dead Sea - Environmental Genomics and Culture-dependent Studies in an Increasingly Extreme Environment" |
10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | David Prangishvili (Institut Pasteur, France)
"Virus-host Interactions in Crenarchaeota" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Ken Stedman (Portland State University, USA)
"Biogeography and Host Range of the Fuselloviruses" |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | James G. Elkins (Oakridge National Laboratory, USA)
"A Closer Look at the Korarchaeota" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ENZYME STRUCTURE & FUNCTION |
| Discussion Leader: Biswarup Mukhopadhyay (Virginia Tech, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Volker Müller (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
"Unique Bioenergetics in Archaea: Structure and Function of ATP Synthases" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Shigeyuki Yokoyama (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
"Structural Biology of Aminoacyl tRNA Synthetases and tRNA Modification Enzymes from Archaea" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Michael Terns (The University of Georgia, USA)
"RNA-mediated Invader Defense by the CRISPR/Cas System in Pyrococcus furiosus" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Robert H. White (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA)
"New Routes for Coenzyme Biosynthesis and their Possible Connection to the Origin of Life" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | TRANSCRIPTION & GENE REGULATION |
| Discussion Leader: Kelly Bidle (Rider University, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Felicitas Pfeifer (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)
"Anaerobiosis and the Regulation of Gas Vesicle Formation in Halophilic Archaea" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Shiladitya DasSarma (University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, USA)
"Haloarchaeal Transcriptomics" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Michael Thomm (University of Regensburg, Germany)
"Structure Function Relationships in TFB (TFIIB) and in the Archaeal RNA Polymerase" |
10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Elizabeth A. Karr (University of Oklahoma, USA)
"Transcription Regulation in Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | John Leigh (University of Washington, USA)
"Structure and Function of the Euryarchaeal Nitrogen Regulator NrpR" |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Elisabetta Bini (Rutgers University, USA)
"Physiological Response of Sulfolobus to Copper: the Ups and Downs of Transcriptional Regulation" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | TRANSLATION & POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL MODIFICATION |
| Discussion Leader: Jerry Eichler (Ben Gurion University, Israel) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Jörg Soppa (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
"Initiation and Regulation of Translation in Halophilic Archaea" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Mecky Pohlschröder (University of Pennsylvania)
"Archaeal Protein Transport Pathways and their Substrates" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Sonja-Verena Albers (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
"Assembly and Function of Cell Surface Appendages in Sulfolobales" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Paola Londei (Università di Roma Sapienza, Italy)
"Regulation of Translation Initiation: the Archaea-Eukarya Connection" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PHYSIOLOGY & REGULATION OF METABOLISM |
| Discussion Leader: William B. Whitman (The University of Georgia, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Harald Huber (University of Regensburg, Germany)
"Friends-partners-enemies? Insights into the Physiology and Metabolism of Ignicoccus hospitalis and Nanoarchaeum equitans" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | William W. Metcalf (University of Illinois, USA)
"Transcriptional Regulation of Genes Required for Methylotrophic Methanogensis in Methanosarcina acetivorans" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Ruth Schmitz-Streit (Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany)
"Genome-wide Screen for Non-coding RNAs in Methanosarcina mazei Gö1: Role of ncRNAs in Nitrogen Stress Response?" |
10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | David E. Graham (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
"Convergent Evolution in Methanogenic Coenzyme Biosynthesis" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Haruyuki Atomi (Kyoto University, Japan)
"Novel Enzymes of the Archaea Involved in Cofactor Biosynthesis" |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | EXTREMOPHILES & BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS |
| Discussion Leader: Rolf Thauer (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | John Van Der Oost (Wageningen University, Netherlands)
"Hydrolytic Enzymes from Archaea - Structure, Function & Applications" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Garo Antranikian (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany)
"Overcoming the Limitations of Enzymes; Biocatalysis under Unconventional Conditions" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Robert M. Kelly (North Carolina State University, USA)
"The Physiological Versatility of Metallosphaera sedula" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Norbert Hampp (University of Marburg, Germany)
"The Long Way of Bacteriorhodopsin into Technical Applications" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 10:30 am | EVOLUTION AND THE TREE OF LIFE |
| Discussion Leader: Joseph A. Krzycki (The Ohio State University, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Gary J. Olsen (University of Illinois, USA) |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Eugene V. Koonin (National Institutes of Health, USA)
"Archaeo-eukaryotic Relationships" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 12:30 pm | REPLICATION, REPAIR & RECOMBINATION |
| Discussion Leader: Francine Perler (New England Biolabs, USA) |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Thorsten Allers (The University of Nottingham, UK)
"RadB is a Mediator of RadA-catalyzed Homologous Recombination in Haloferax volcanii" |
10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Zvi Kelman (University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, USA)
"The MCM Helicase" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Bernard A. Connolly (University of Newcastle, UK)
"Recognition of the Pro-mutagenic Base Uracil by Archaeal Family-B DNA Polymerases; Structural and Functional Studies" |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Malcolm F. White (University of St. Andrews, Scotland)
"Crenarchaeal DNA Binding and Repair Proteins" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | POST-DOCTORAL AND STUDENT LECTURE / POSTER AWARDS |
| Discussion Leader: John Reeve (Ohio State University, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Katherine Sherwood (University of Florida, USA)
"Glycerol as a Catabolite Repressor of Glucose Metabolism in Haloferax volcanii" |
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion |
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm | Tom Santangelo (Ohio State University, USA)
"Post-Initiation Regulation of Archaeal Transcription" |
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Ruth Heyer (Univeristy of Ulm, Germany)
"Small RNAs in Haloarchaea: Identification, Differential Expression and Biological Function" |
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Lennart Randau (Yale University, USA)
"A Cytidine Deaminase Edits C to U in Archaeal Transfer RNA" |
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ALEXANDER M. CRUICKSHANK LECTURE |
| Discussion Leader: Malcolm F. White (University of St. Andrews, Scotland) |
8:30 pm - 9:20 pm | Stephen D. Bell (University of Oxford, UK)
"DNA Replication and Cell Division in the Third Domain" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |