| Sunday |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
| 7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Astrobiology and Extremes |
| Bugs in space. |
| Discussion Leader: Frank Rosenzweig (University of Montana, USA) |
| 7:40 pm - 8:10 pm | Frank Rosenzweig (University of Montana, USA)
"Reliving the History of Life: Experimental Evolution of Major Transitions" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Scott Miller (University of Montana, USA)
"Evolutionary Consequences of recA Duplication in the Cyanobacterium Acaryochloris" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Timothy Lyons (University of California, Riverside, USA)
"Early Microbial Evolution and the Emergence of Complexity" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Monday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Microbial Competition |
| The wealth of bacteria. |
| Discussion Leader: Duncan Greig (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 9:10 am - 9:50 am | Kevin Foster (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Cooperation and Competition in Microbial Communities" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:10 am | Wenying Shou (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA)
"The Survival of the Most Cooperative" |
| 11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
| 11:20 am - 11:35 am | Alita Burmeister (Michigan State University, USA)
"A Honeypot Model of Host-Virus Interactions" |
| 11:35 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
| 11:40 am - 12:20 pm | Paul Rainey (Massey University, New Zealand)
"Origins of Multicellularity" |
| 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 | Microbial Predation and Parasitism |
| Microbes red in tooth and claw. |
| Discussion Leader: R. Ford Denison (University of Minnesota, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 7:40 pm - 8:10 pm | Joanna Masel (University of Arizona, USA)
"'Fitness' in 3 Dimensions: Absolute Growth, Absolute Efficiency, and Relative Competitiveness" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Katy Heath (University of Illinois, USA)
"Ecological Genomics of Mutualism Decline in Legume-Rhizobium Symbiosis" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Catherine Putonti (Loyola University Chicago, USA)
"Freshwater Predators: Phage, Bacteria and Protists" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Tuesday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Group Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Microbial Community Ecology |
| Microbial cohabitation. |
| Discussion Leader: Marilyn Roossinck (Pennsylvania State University, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:40 am | Marilyn Roossinck (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
"Virus Ecology: From Pathogens to Mutualists" |
| 9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
| 9:50 am - 10:30 am | Tiffany Prest (Duke University, USA)
"Bridging Community and Population Ecology for Microbes: A Trait-Based Approach" |
| 10:30 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
| 10:40 am - 11:10 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:10 am - 11:25 am | Gina Lewin (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
"Long-Term Enrichment and Evolution of Cellulolytic Microbial Communities from Leaf-Cutter Ant Refuse Dumps" |
| 11:25 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Ashley Shade (Michigan State University, USA)
"Exploring the Consequences of Rare Taxa for Microbial Community Stability" |
| 12:10 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 | Holobionts and Microbiomes |
| Bacteria and you. |
| Discussion Leader: Larry Forney (University of Idaho, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 7:40 pm - 8:10 pm | Maureen O'Malley (University of Syndey, Australia)
"Are We There Yet? Getting from Correlation to Causation with Microbiomes" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Seth Bordenstein (Vanderbilt University, USA)
"The Microbiome and Darwin’s Mystery of Mysteries" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | David Guttman (University of Toronto, Canada)
"Population Genomics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Cystic Fibrosis Lung" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Wednesday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Understanding Molecular Networks |
| Genes, genomes and microbial evolution. |
| Discussion Leader: Gavin Sherlock (Stanford University, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 9:10 am - 9:50 am | Gabriela Olmedo (CINVESTAV Unidad Irapuato, Mexico)
"Species-Specific Loss of Traits in a Microbial Community" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:10 am | Shelly Copley (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA)
"The First Steps Toward Evolution of a New Enzyme from a Pre-Existing Promiscuous Enzyme" |
| 11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
| 11:20 am - 11:35 am | Wesley Loftie-Eaton (University of Idaho, USA)
"Temporal Dynamics in the Evolution of Plasmid Persistance" |
| 11:35 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
| 11:40 am - 12:20 pm | Christina Burch (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
"Impacts of Genetic Exchange on the Evolution of Gene Networks" |
| 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 |
| 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | 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 |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Industrial Applications |
| Microbes go to work. |
| Discussion Leader: Kazufumi Hosoda (Osaka University, Japan) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 7:40 pm - 8:10 pm | Candice Landry (Multi-Chem, a Halliburton Service, USA)
"Mitigating Thermo-Tolerant Microbial Communities in Industrial Fluids" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Gerda Saxer (DuPont, USA)
"Adaptation to Novel Environments" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Robert McBride (Triton Health and Nutrition, USA)
"Diversity, Productivity and Stability of an Industrial Microbial Ecosystem" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:25 pm | Discussion |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion: Integration of Applied and Basic Science |
| Thursday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Proximate Mechanisms of Evolution |
| The material basis of microbial evolution. |
| Discussion Leader: Elizabeth Ostrowski (University of Houston, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 9:10 am - 9:50 am | Joshua Mell (Drexel University College of Medicine, USA)
"The Genomic Consequences of Natural Transformation in Haemophilus influenza" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:10 am | Andrew Ellington (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
"Engineering Microbial Consortia to Do What I Want" |
| 11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
| 11:20 am - 11:35 am | Elizabeth Jerison (Harvard University, USA)
"Fitness Determines Adaptability of Highly Diverse Genotypes" |
| 11:35 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
| 11:40 am - 12:20 pm | Elizabeth Ostrowski (University of Houston, USA)
"Evolutionary Genetics of Social Conflict" |
| 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 | New Advances in Microbial Population Biology / Late-Breaking Topics |
| Discussion Leader: Lindi Wahl (Western University, Canada) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
| 7:40 pm - 8:10 pm | Tony Dean (Sun Yat-Sen University, China)
"Experiments and Simulations of Fluctuating Selection" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Paul Turner (Yale University, USA)
"Environmental Complexity and Virus Evolution" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Caroline Buckee (Harvard School of Public Health, USA)
"The Within-Host Ecology of the Malaria Parasite: Implications for Pathogenesis and Transmission" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Friday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
