Schedule

Two days of presentations and panel discussions with some of the world’s most influential researchers from institutions such as UC Davis Genome Center, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Institute for Systems Biology, Stanford University, University of California, San Diego, University of California, Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, National Human Genome Research Institute, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, and more.

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Sunday, April 15| Monday, April 16
Sunday, April 15
11:30am Registration
Symposium Opening
12:30pm

Welcoming Remarks

Leroy Hood, MD, PhD Co-founder and President, Institute for Systems Biology
1:05pm

Opening Keynote Address

J.Craig Venter, PhD Founder/President, J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI)
Session 1: Exploring microbial dark matter
1:50pm Jon Eisen, PhD UC Davis Genome Center DNA sequencing and the hidden world of microbes
2:15pm Chris Scholin, PhD Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Detection of water borne microbes using the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP)
2:40pm Break, 20 minutes
3:00pm Nitin Baliga, PhD Institute for Systems Biology Multiscale predictive models of microbial complexity
3:25pm Paul Blainey, PhD Stanford University A microfluidics approach to single-cell microbial genomics
3:50pm Session 1 Discussion Panel
4:15pm Break, 20 minutes
Session 2: Biofuels, Renewable Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals: Harnessing the power of microbes & microbiomes
4:35pm Panel Discussion


Jason Pyle, MD, PhD Timothy S. Gardner, PhD Christophe Schilling, PhD

5:20pm Session 2 Closed
5:45pm Reception and Poster Session
Monday, April 16
Session 3: Systems Biology & the Environment
8:45am Continental Breakfast
9:30am Farooq Azam, PhD Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego From systems biology to ecosystems biology: microbial structuring of marine ecosystems
9:55am Jill Banfield, PhD University of California, Berkeley Integrated "omics" studies of microbial communities
10:20am Break, 20 minutes
10:40am Eric Alm, PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology The human microbiome in health and disease
11:05am Victoria Orphan, PhD California Institute of Technology Microbial partnerships and methane-oxidation in the deep sea
11:30am Session 3 Discussion Panel
11:55am Lunch Break, 60 minutes
Session 4: Systems Biology & Health
12:55pm Peter Turnbaugh, PhD Harvard FAS Center for Systems Biology Moving towards a metagenomic view of drug metabolism
1:20pm Julia Segre, PhD National Human Genome Research Microbial genomics: tracking hospital-acquired infections
1:45pm Break, 20 minutes
2:05pm David Relman, PhD Stanford university School of Medicine VA Palo Alto Health Care System System Stability and resilience in the human microbiome
2:30pm Larry Smarr, PhD Calit2 Quantifying my body - the role of the human and microbiome DNA
2:55pm Session 4 Discussion Panel
3:20pm Break, 20 minutes
3:40pm

Closing Keynote Address

Peer Bork, PhD European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)-Heidelberg Systemic analysis of human-associated microbes: Lessons from a tiny bacterium and a large community
4:25pm Closing Remarks
Keynotes J. Craig Venter, PhD Peer Bork, PhD