Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Harnessing Synthetic Biology to Enhance Autolithotrophic Phenotypes
Discussion Leader: Marina Kalyuzhnaya (San Diego State University, United States)
3:45 pm - 3:55 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:55 pm - 4:25 pm
Byung-Kwan Cho (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea)
"Harnessing Synthetic Biology to Enhance Autolithotrophic Phenotypes of Eubacterium limosum "
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Applied C1 Biology from the Microscale to the Global Scale
Discussion Leader: Oliver Schmidt (UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Alekhya Govindaraju (UC Berkeley, United States)
"Unraveling Aromatic Acid Metabolism in Methylotrophs for Enhanced Lignin Valorization"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Daniel Marchal (Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany)
"Realizing Synthetic Carboxylation Modules to Improve Photosynthesis"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Sebastian Wenk (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany)
"Synthetic Carbon Fixation via Serine Threonine Cycle"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
João Moreira (Centre of Biological Engineering - University of Minho, Portugal)
"Exploring Acetobacterium wieringae Strain JM as a new Biocatalyst for Gas Fermentation"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Kathryn Hoyt (Northeastern University, United States)
"Cofeeding E. limosum with labelled substrates to understand methanol-glucose co-metabolism"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Heleen Ouboter (Radboud University, The Netherlands)
"Methane Dependent Electricity Production by a 'Ca . Methanoperedens' Dominated Culture"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Fundamental C1 Biology from the Microscale to the Global Scale
Discussion Leader: Nana Shao (University of Georgia, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Stefanie Boehnke-Brandt (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany)
"Glimpses into Microbial Dark Matter Proteins Uncover Novel Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Converting Enzyme"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Anthony Kohtz (Montana State University, United States)
"Cultivation of Thermophilic Verstraetearchaeota (Methanomethylicia) Under Methanogenic Conditions"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Manuel Gehl (MPI Marburg, Germany)
"Methylene-Tetrahydromethanopterin- and Methylene-Tetrahydrofolate-Reductases Possess a Common Catalytic Mechanism"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Alina Yerbulekova (The Ohio State University, United States)
"Understanding the Bioorganometallic Reactivity of Acetyl Coenzyme A Synthase Through Protein Models"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Nils Peiter (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)
"In vivo Probing of SECIS-Dependent Selenocysteine Translation in Methanococcus maripaludis "
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Katharina Kremer (Max-Planck-Institute for terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany)
"Interdependent Regulation of Replenishment Pathways: how Paracoccus denitrificans Links Expression of the Glyoxylate Cycle to Metabolic Flux Through the Ethylmalonyl-CoA Pathway"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Career Perspectives From Academic and Industrial Scientists
Discussion Leader: Stefanie Boehnke-Brandt (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Perspectives From Academic and Industrial Scientists
Cornelia Welte (Radboud University, The Netherlands)
Byung-Kwan Cho (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea)
Michael Koepke (LanzaTech, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes