| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | BIOMARKERS IN DEEP TIME AND SPACE |
| Discussion Leader: David Des Marais (NASA - Ames Research Center) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | David Des Marais (NASA - Ames)
"Introduction - Biomarkers in Deep time and space" |
| 7:45 pm - 8:35 pm | Roger Summons (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Real and potential biomarkers from early Earth" |
| 8:35 pm - 9:30 pm | Max Bernstein (NASA - Ames)
"Possible and false biomarkers from space" |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | LIFE IN THE DEEP SUBSURFACE/PETROLEUM SYSTEM BIOSPHERE |
| Discussion Leader: Ian Head (University of Newcastle) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Ian Head (University of Newcastle)
"Introduction - Hot, lonely and hungry: life in the deep subsurface" |
| 9:10 am - 10:05 am | Jennifer Roberts (University of Kansas)
"Life in the slow lane: microbial strategies for survival in the nutrient-limited subsurface" |
| 10:05 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Andrew Weightman (University of Cardiff)
"Linking microbial community structure with biogeochemical processes in the deep sub-seafloor biosphere" |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Victoria Orphan (California Institute of Technology)
"Microorganisms and microbial processes in hot petroleum systems" |
| 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 | RECENT ADVANCES IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY OF COMPLEX ORGANIC MATTER |
| Discussion Leader: Patrick Hatcher (Ohio State University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Patrick Hatcher (Ohio State University)
"Introduction" |
| 7:40 pm - 8:15 pm | Ryan Rodgers (Florida State University)
"Ultrahigh resolution FT-ICR mass spectrometry: The key that unlocks geochemical compositional complexity" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:50 pm | Andre Simpson (University of Toronto, Scarborough)
"NMR in environmental science: Structures, scales and processes" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Satish Myneni (Princeton University)
"Applications of vibrational and X-ray spectroscopy methods in studying the chemistry of natural organic molecules" |
| 9:30 pm | Poster session |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | OLD CARBON IN THE RECENT ENVIRONMENT |
| Discussion Leader: Tim Eglinton (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Tim Eglinton (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
"Introduction" |
| 9:10 am - 10:05 am | Neal Blair (North Carolina State University)
"Kerogen reloaded: Following organic carbon's spiral through time" |
| 10:05 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Angela Dickens (University of Washington)
"Reburial of fossil graphite in marine sediments" |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Gesine Mollenhauer (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
"Advective controls on the age of marine sedimentary organic matter" |
| 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 | MASS TRANSPORT AND MIXING PROCESSES IN PETROLEUM GEOCHEMISTRY |
| Discussion Leader: Arnd Wilhelms (Norsk Hydro) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Arnd Wilhelms (Norsk Hydro)
"Introduction: Mass transport and mixing - food for thought" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:40 pm | Maowen Li (Geological survey of Canada)
"Oil-source correlation in a mass fraction approach" |
| 8:40 pm - 9:30 pm | John Ratulowski (Schlumberger)
"Experimental investigation of isothermal compositional grading of reservoir fluids" |
| 9:30 pm | Poster session |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | MICROBIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO ORGANIC MATTER IN THE WATER COLUMN AND RECENT SEDIMENTS |
| Discussion Leader: Rodger Harvey (University of Maryland) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Rodger Harvey (University of Maryland)
"Introduction" |
| 9:10 am - 10:05 am | David Kirchman (University of Delaware)
"Lessons from molecular microbial ecology for understanding organic material in aquatic ecosystems" |
| 10:05 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Kai-Uwe Hinrichs (University of Bremen)
"The lipid trail in microbial ecology - Intact membrane molecules as taxonomic markers" |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Paul Farrimond (University of Newcastle)
"Hopanoids: bacterial markers in modern environments and the ancient sedimentary record" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Alfred E. Triebs Award presentation and reception |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Business meeting |
| 7:50 pm - 9:30 pm | HOT TOPICS IN ORGANIC BIOGEOCHEMISTRY |
| Discussion Leader: Elizabeth Canuel (Virginia Institute of Marine Science) |
| 7:50 pm - 8:15 pm | Francesca Smith (Pennsylvania State University)
"Compound-specific hydrogen isotope ratios of leaf wax n-alkanes from C3 and C4 grasses" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Anthony Aufdenkampe (Stroud Water Research Center)
"Is the characteristic elemental, isotopic and biochemical composition of mineral-associated organic matter in soils and sediments the consequence of sorption?" |
| 8:40 pm - 9:05 pm | Richard Pancost (University of Bristol)
"Exploring the aliphatic character of fossil plant organic matter with a combination of natural and experimental approaches" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:30 pm | Jennifer Eigenbrode (Carnegie Institution)
"The rise of respiration in the late Archean" |
| 9:30 pm | Poster session |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | OXIDATION PROCESSES IN ANOXIC ENVIRONMENTS |
| Discussion Leader: Jaap Sinninghe Damsté (NIOZ) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Jaap Sinninghe Damsté (NIOZ)
"Introduction" |
| 9:10 am - 10:05 am | Marcel Kuypers (MPI for Marine Microbiology)
"Anaerobic ammonium oxidation, a new sink in the oceanic nitrogen cycle" |
| 10:05 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Carsten Schubert (EAWAG)
"Anaerobic and aerobic methane oxidation in the Black Sea water column" |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Marco Coolen (NIOZ)
"Fossil DNA as a recorder of anaerobic sulfide oxidation in stratified lacustrine and marine environments" |
| 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 - 7:50 pm | Business meeting |
| 7:50 pm - 9:30 pm | HOT TOPICS IN PETROLEUM GEOCHEMISTRY |
| Discussion Leader: Artur Stankiewicz (Shell International) |
| 7:50 pm - 8:15 pm | Bent Skaare Pederson (University of Bergen)
"Evidence of reservoir-like crude oil biodegradation patterns during an 8 week microbial incubation experiment" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Louis Elrod (Westport Technology Center)
"Carbon and hydrogen isotopic measurement of methane in the field by tunable diode laser near-infrared spectroscopy" |
| 8:40 pm - 9:05 pm | Daniel Jarvie (Humble Geochemical Services)
"Source facies identification from light hydrocarbon analysis - Implications for petroleum system analysis" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:30 pm | Sebastiaan Rampen (NIOZ)
"A diatomaceous origin for 24-norcholestanes in sediments and oils" |
| 9:30 pm | Poster session |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
