| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | GENOMICS |
| 7.30 pm - 7.40 pm | Colin Murrell (University of Warwick) - Welcome |
| 7.40 pm - 7.50 pm | Discussion Leader: Mary Lidstrom (University of Washington) |
| 7.50 pm - 8.30 pm | Gerhard Gottschalk (University of Gottingen)
"The genome of Methanosarcina mazei: a compositum mixtum" |
| 8.30 pm - 9.10 pm | Ludmilla Chistoserdova (University of Washington)
"Comparative genomics in methylotrophs" |
| 9.10 pm - 9.30 pm | Martin Odom (Du Pont)
"Genomic and mutational analyses of central carbon metabolism in Methylomonas sp. 16a"
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| 9.30 pm | Mixer |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | STRUCTURE & FUNCTION OF CO DEHYDROGENASE |
| 9.00 am - 9.10 am | Discussion Leader: Steve Ragsdale (University of Nebraska) |
| 9.10 am - 9.50 am | Ortwin Meyer (University of Bayreuth)
"Life on carbon monoxide at atomic resolution: the active sites of CO dehydrogenase from aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms" |
| 9.50 am - 10.10 am | Paul Ludden (University of Wisconsin)
"CO dehydrogenase structure and function" |
| 10.10 am - 10.30 am | Cathy Drennan (MIT)
"Crystallographic Studies of the CO dehydrogenase/Acetyl-CoA synthase family of enzymes." |
| 10.30 am - 11.00 am | Coffee break |
| 11.00 am - 11.20 am | Javier Seravalli(University of Nebraska)
"Structure-function studies of acetogenic CO dehydrogenase-acetylCoA synthase" |
| 11.20 am - 12.00 pm | David Grahame (USU, Bethesda)
"Nickel in C-2 to C-1 conversions: cleavage of acetyl CoA in methanogenesis" |
| 12.00 pm | Conference photograph |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 1: Metabolic Pathways and Genomics |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | NOVEL REACTIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENT |
| 7.30 pm - 7.40 pm | Discussion Leader: Ron Oremland (US Geological Survey, Menlo Park) |
| 7.40 pm - 8.20 pm | Antje Boetius (Max Planck, Bremen)
"Anaerobic oxidation of methane: from geology to genomics" |
| 8.20 pm - 9.00 pm | Marc Strous (University of Nijmegen)
"Biodiversity and genomics of anaerobic ammonium oxidation" |
| 9.00 pm - 9.20 pm | Kirsten Kuesel (University of Bayreuth)
"Survival strategies of acetogenic bacteria in oxygenated habitats" |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | METHANOGENESIS |
| 9.00 am - 9.10 am | Discussion Leader: Tim Donohue (University of Wisconsin) |
| 9.10 am - 9.50 am | Joe Krzycki (Ohio State University)
"A novel translationally-encoded amino acid in methanogenesis" |
| 9.50 am - 10.30 am | Bill Metcalf (University of Illinois)
"Genetic analysis of methylotrophic methanogenesis in methanogens" |
| 10.30 am - 10.50 am | Coffee break |
| 10.50 am - 11.30 am | Rolf Thauer (Max Planck, Marburg)
"Tetrahydrofolate-specific enzymes in methanogenic archaea" |
| 11.30 am - 11.50 am | Madeline Rasche (University of Florida)
"Methanopterin biosynthesis in archaea and methylotrophic bacteria" |
| 11.50 am - 12.30 pm | Greg Ferry (Penn State University)
"Carbonic anhydrase: new insights for an ancient enzyme" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 2: Molecular Regulation and Genetics |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC METABOLISM |
| 7.30 pm - 7.40 pm | Discussion Leader: Chris Anthony (University of Southampton) |
| 7.40 pm - 8.20 pm | Cornelius Friedrich (University of Dortmund)
"The enzyme system for lithotrophic sulfur oxidation of Paracoccus pantotrophus" |
| 8.20 pm - 9.00 pm | Gijs Kuenen (University of Delft)
"Ecophysiology of alkaliphilic chemolithoautotrophs" |
| 9.00pm - 9.40 pm | August Boeck (University of Munich)
"Maturation of NiFe hydrogenases" |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY OF C-1 COMPOUNDS |
| 9.00 am - 9.10 am | Discussion Leader: Harold Drake (University of Bayreuth) |
| 9.10 am - 9.50 am | Aaron Kaplan (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
"The CO2 budget as a major driving force of phytoplankton population dynamics and interspecies interaction" |
| 9.50 am - 10.10 am | Yuri Trotsenko (Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino)
"Haloalkaliphilic /tolerant methane and methanol utilizers" |
| 10.10 am - 10.30 am | Svetlana Dedysh (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow & Max Planck, Marburg)
"Acidophilic methanotrophs: phylogenetic affiliation, characterization offunctional genes and molecular tools for in situ detection" |
| 10.30 am - 11.00 am | Coffee break |
| 11.00 am - 11.20 am | Jeremy Semrau (University of Michigan)
"Use of RT-PCR to quantify expression of methane monooxygenases: applications for in situ bioremediation" |
| 11.20 am - 11.40 am | Ian McDonald (University of Warwick)
"Molecular ecology of methyl halide degrading bacteria" |
| 11.40 am - 12.00 pm | Katie Scott (Harvard University)
"Form 1A RubisCO enzymes from chemoautotrophic bacteria: isotope effects" |
| 12.00 pm - 12.20 pm | Peter Girguis (MBARI, Moss Landing)
"Anaerobic enrichment of methane-oxidizing archaeal/bacterial consortia in deep sea sediments" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 3: Enzyme Structure and Function |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | DIVERSITY OF CO2 FIXATION PATHWAYS AND THEIR REGULATION |
| 7.30 pm - 7.40 pm | Discussion Leader: Baerbel Friedrich (Humboldt University of Berlin) |
| 7.40 pm - 8.20 pm | Bob Tabita (Ohio State University)
"Molecular basis for the control of CO2 assimilation in photosynthetic bacteria" |
| 8.20 pm - 8.40 pm | Yasuo Igarashi (University of Tokyo)
"Biochemical and genetic analysis of carboxylating enzymes of non-Calvin type CO2 fixation pathways" |
| 8.40 pm - 9.20 pm | Georg Fuchs (University of Freiburg)
"CO2 fixation via the 3-hydroxypropionate pathway" |
| 9.20 pm - 9.40 pm | Tom Hanson (Ohio State University)
"Unusual microbial RubisCO and RubisCO-like proteins" |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | C-1 AND BEYOND: STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS |
| 9.00 am - 9.10 am | Discussion Leader: Howard Dalton (University of Warwick) |
| 9.10 am - 9.50 am | Dan Arp (Oregon State University)
"Butane monooxygenases: how thin are the lines that separate them from methane monooxygenases?" |
| 9.50 am - 10.10 am | Tom Smith (Sheffield Hallam University)
"Protein engineering in a methanotroph: mutagenesis within the active site of soluble methane monooxygenase" |
| 10.10 am - 10.30 am | Harald Jensen (University of Bergen)
"Proteomics of Methylococcus capsulatus Bath" |
| 10.30 am - 11.00 am | Coffee break |
| 11.00 am - 11.20 am | John Peters (Utah State University)
"Structural studies on the 2-ketopropyl-CoM carboxylase/oxidoreductase" |
| 11.20 am - 11.40 am | Andria Costello (Syracuse University)
"Zinc effects on methane monooxygenase and methanotroph activity" |
| 11.40 am - 12.00 pm | Kornel Kovacs (University of Szeged)
"Hydrogen metabolism of phototrophic bacteria" |
| 12.00 pm - 12.30 pm | Business meeting |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 4: Applied and Environmental C-1 Microbiology |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | METHYLOTROPHIC METABOLISM IN YEAST AND BACTERIA |
| 7.30 pm - 7.40 pm | Discussion Leader: Yoshi Sakai (Kyoto University) |
| 7.40 pm- 8.20 pm | Ida van der Klei (University of Groningen)
"Peroxisome biogenesis and degradation in Hansenula polymorpha" |
| 8.20 pm - 8.40 pm | Nobuo Kato (Kyoto University)
"Regulation of formaldehyde fixation pathways in bacteria and yeast" |
| 8.40 pm - 9.30 pm | Julia Vorholt (INRA/CNRS, Castanet Tolosan)
"Pathways of formaldehyde conversion in methylotrophic bacteria" |
| 9.30 pm | Farewell party |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
