Speakers
Understanding the microbiome requires the perspectives of a collective of researchers and organizations. The roster for the 2012 Symposium represents some of the leading research being conducted today.
Opening Keynote Address
J. Craig Venter, PhD
Founder/President J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) From reading to writing the genetic codeClosing Keynote Address
Peer Bork, PhD
European Molecular Biology Laboratory Systemic analysis of human-associated microbes: Lessons from a tiny bacterium and a large communitySession 1: Exploring microbial dark matter
Chris Scholin, PhD
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Detection of water borne microbes using the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP)
Nitin Baliga, PhD
Institute for Systems Biology
Multiscale predictive models of microbial complexity
Session 2: Biofuels, Renewable Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals:
Harnessing the power of microbes & microbiomes
Session 3: Systems Biology & the Environment
Farooq Azam, PhD
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
From systems biology to ecosystems biology: microbial structuring of marine ecosystems
Jill Banfield, PhD
University of California
Berkeley
Integrated "omics" studies of microbial communities
Victoria Orphan, PhD
California Institute of Technology
Microbial partnerships and methane-oxidation in the deep sea
Session 4: Systems Biology & Health
Peter Turnbaugh, PhD
Harvard FAS Center for Systems Biology
Moving towards a metagenomic view of drug metabolism
David Relman, PhD
Stanford university School of Medicine
VA Palo Alto Health Care System