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: Linking the Genomic and Geologic Records
Discussion Leader: Nadine Smit (MARUM, University of Bremen , Germany)
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Paula Welander (Stanford University, United States)
"Linking the Genomic and Geologic Records: Biosynthesis of Lipid Biomarkers in Extant Microbes"
4:15 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
Back to the Future: Interpreting Geochemical Archives and Implications for Future Earth
Discussion Leaders: Mohd Al Farid Abraham (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) and Bryce Mitsunaga (Brown University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
Zoë van Kemenade (The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), The Netherlands)
"Nitrogen Cycling Dynamics Under Variable Redox Conditions During Sapropels S1 and the Ambiguous S2 in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea"
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
Yizhou Huang (Organic Geochemistry Unit, University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
"Intensification of the Lacustrine Methane Cycle During the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event"
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Tyler Logie (Syracuse University, United States)
"Pristane and Phytane Carbon Isotope Analysis of the Lower Kellwasser Event in the Appalachian Basin"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Novel Analytical Techniques and Unconventional Biomarkers
Discussion Leaders: Meg Corcoran (University of Cincinnati, United States) and Janina Bösche (MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Hannah Dion-Kirschner (Caltech, United States)
"Towards Position-Specific Carbon Isotope Analysis of Cellulose-Derived Glucose"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Tharika Liyanage (The Australian National University, Australia)
"Discovery of Precursor Biomolecules to Cheilanthanes, a Ubiquitous Geological Orphan Biomarker"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Hannah Gies (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
"Different Mobilization Pathways of Organic Matter Reflected in Compound-Specific Radiocarbon"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Janina Groninga (MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Germany)
"Micrometer-scale Profiling of Microbial Communities in the Hydrothermal Sediments of the Guaymas Basin via Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Intact Polar Lipids"
10:50 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: How to Thrive During the PhD, Postdoc, and Beyond
Discussion Leader: Fatima Husain (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
How to Thrive During the PhD, Postdoc and Beyond
Richard Pancost (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
Courtney Turich (Echantillon Advising, France)
Lisa Bröder (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
Yuki Weber (Beam Therapeutics (Cambridge, MA), United States)
Paula Welander (Stanford University, 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
