| SATURDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Geobiology: Present and Future Perspectives |
| Discussion Leader: Niki Parenteau (NASA Ames) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Marc Laflamme (University of Toronto)
"The End of the Ediacara Biota: Extinction, Biotic Replacement, or Cheshire Cat?"
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| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Understanding Taphonomy: From Life to Life Detection |
| Discussion Leaders: Kenda Lynch (Colorado School of Mines) and Yadira Ibarra (University of Southern California)
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| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Svetlana Shkolyar (Arizona State University)
"Insights on fossil biosignature analysis of kerogen from fluorescence microscopy and Raman spectroscopy studies of samples of diverse Mars analog environments and ages"
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| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Joseph Russell (University of Delaware)
"Microbial Communities of Extant Stromatolites in Pavilion Lake, British Columbia"
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| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Michael Meyer (Virginia Tech)
"Preserving Ediacara fossils in mass flow deposits: Taphonomy and in situ analysis of the three-dimensionally preserved Pteridinium simplex from Namibia"
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| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Simon Darroch (Yale University)
"Experimental formation of a microbial deathmask"
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| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | How Microbes Shape Geology |
| Discussion Leaders: Derek Smith (Carnegie Institution of Washington) and Aude Picard (Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen)
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| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Franz Seiffert (Federal Institute of Materials)
"Studying colonization on stone surfaces by a model biofilm in a flow-through chamber approach"
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| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Shannon Ulrich (Colorado School of Mines)
"Cyanobacterial fossil morphotypes help reconstruct physical characteristics and migration of a hot spring pool throughout the growth of its 9-meter siliceous deposit in Yellowstone National Park"
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| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Paula Matheus Carnevali (Desert Research Institute)
"Biological methane production from autochthonous organic matter in Arctic thermokarst lake sediments"
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| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Elizabeth Swanner (University of Tuebingen)
"Examining the role and record of phototrophs in oxidation and oxygenation of the Precambrian ocean"
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| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | New Approaches to Understanding Biomineralization |
| Discussion Leader: Nicole Von der Heyde (U.S. Geological Survey) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Lisa Mayhew (University of Colorado - Boulder)
"Geological Production And Microbial Consumption of Hydrogen During Low-Temperature Water-Rock Reactions"
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| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Adam Wallace (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)
"Towards an understanding of biomineralization processes through interrogation of model systems"
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| 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
