Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Pathogenic Microbe Interactions and Their Influence on Biogeochemical Cycling
Discussion Leaders: Curtis Suttle (University of British Columbia, Canada)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Opening Remarks
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:55 pm - 8:25 pm
Steven Wilhelm (University of Tennessee, United States)
"How Viruses Constrain Yet Support Aquatic Microbial Communities"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:00 pm
Matthias Fischer (Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Germany)
"Pathogenic and Beneficial Virus-Host Interactions Shape Eukaryotic Plankton"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Tristan Biggs (NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands)
"Viral Lysis Key for Achieving Seasonal Mass Balance of Antarctic Phytoplankton"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Single Celled Microbes Versus Assembled Microbial Communities
Discussion Leader: Martin Ackermann (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:45 am
Roman Stocker (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Microbes and Particles"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Knut Drescher (Biozentrum, Unviersity of Basel, Switzerland)
"Unicellular and Multicellular Functions in Biofilms"
11:00 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Nicole Dubilier (Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany)
"The Ins and Outs for Chemosynthetic Bacteria of Hooking up with Marine Invertebrates"
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Group Photo / Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Charmaine Yung (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR China) and Gabrielle Rocap (University of Washington, United States)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Evolution of Marine Microbes
Discussion Leaders: Alexandra Worden (GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany) and Brett Baker (University of Texas Austin, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:35 pm
Anja Spang (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands)
"Marine Archaea: A Window into Deep Evolutionary Transitions"
6:35 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 7:05 pm
Kasper Kjeldsen (Aarhus University, Denmark)
"Microbial Community Assembly Mechanisms in Marine Sediments: Ecology, Dispersal and Evolution"
7:05 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:35 pm
Gabrielle Rocap (University of Washington, United States)
"How Does Genetic Diversity and Evolution Affect the Ecological Success of Cyanobacteria?"
7:35 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Microbial Predator-Prey Interchange in Relation to Marine Ecological Theories
Discussion Leader: Thomas Kiorboe (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:45 am
Susanne Wilken (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
"Algae that Eat: How to Detect Mixotrophs in the Ocean?"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Ramon Massana (Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain)
"Grazing on Bacteria in the Oceans: Players and Genes"
11:00 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Richard Guillonneau (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)
"Escape from Ingestion or Resistance to Digestion? Trade-offs in a Marine Predator-Prey Interaction in Response to Phosphorus Limitation"
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:50 am
Fredrik Ryderheim (Centre for Ocean Life, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
"Phytoplankton Defenses: Mechanisms, Traits, and Trade-Offs"
11:50 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Synergistic Microbe-Microbe and Microbe-Host Connections and Communication
Discussion Leaders: Justin Seymour Seymour (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) and Hanna Farnelid (Linnaeus University, Sweden)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:35 pm
Jonathan Zehr (University of California, Santa Cruz, United States)
"The Marine Unicellular UCYN-A Symbiosis: Cellular Interactions to Global Ecology"
6:35 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 7:05 pm
Torsten Thomas (University of New South Wales, Australia)
"Metabolic Interaction within the Sponge Holobiont"
7:05 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:35 pm
Michael Sweet (University of Derby, United Kingdom)
"Exploring the Hidden Microbiome in a Coral"
7:35 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Complex Marine Microbiomes Captured in Networks and Ecosystem Models
Discussion Leader: Naomi Levine (University of Southern California, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:45 am
Christian Mueller (Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH), Germany)
"Statistical Network Estimation in Marine Microbial Ecosystems from Large-Scale Observational Data"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Victoria Coles (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, United States)
"Modelling Complex Microbial Food Webs: Is More, More?"
11:00 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Marina Levy (CNRS, France)
"Marine Microbes in Turbulent Oceanic Flows: Winners and Losers"
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Environmental Shaping of Microbial Communities and Vice Versa
Discussion Leaders: Xose Anxelu Moran (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia) and Laura Alonso-Saez (AZTI, Spain)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:35 pm
Daniele Bianchi (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
"Eddy Variability Shapes the Microbial Nitrogen Cycle in the Oxygen Minimum Zones"
6:35 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 7:05 pm
Ed Hall (Colorado State University, United States)
"The Stoichiometric Trait Distribution of the Marine Microbiome"
7:05 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:35 pm
Clara Ruiz-González (Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Spain)
"Dispersal, Persistence and Unnoticed Diverstity in Marine Prokaryotes: How Much can we Tell from Community Turnover Along Environmental Gradients?"
7:35 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Living at the Ocean’s Boundaries
Discussion Leader: Anne Dekas (Stanford University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:45 am
Filip Meysman (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
"How Microbes Invented Electricity Way Before Alesandro Volta"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Heide Schulz-Vogt (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Germany)
"Sinks and Sources of Phosphate in the Water Column of Coastal Oceans"
11:00 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Sarah Hu (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States)
"Ecological Roles of Microbial Eukaryotes at Hot Spots of Primary Production in the Deep Sea"
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
A Changing Ocean: Challenges to Overcome for Microbial Functional Success
Discussion Leaders: Jed Fuhrman (University of Southern California, United States) and Charmaine Yung (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR China)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:35 pm
Stephen Giovannoni (Oregon State University, United States)
"Outliers: Microbial Cooperation and Competition in Expanding Low-Productivity Ocean Regions"
6:35 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 7:05 pm
Osvaldo Ulloa (University of Concepción, Chile)
"Oxygenic Phototrophs in a Deoxygenated Ocean"
7:05 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:35 pm
Sonya Dyhrman (Columbia University, United States)
"Community Resilience: Tracing Microbial Dynamics in a Changing Ocean"
7:35 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
General Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Closing Remarks
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure