Final Agenda - October 26
Check this space regularly for more details. For registration information see the website Tiedje Symposium. Questions? Contact Walt Esselman (MMGchair@msu.edu) or Joe Zhou (jzhou@ou.edu) or Jim Kells (kells@msu.edu).
| Friday, October 28, 2011 | |
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| Arrivals and Registration: Housing at Kellogg Center (conference rate rooms), plus other hotels Visit Registration Page for further information |
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| Informal Gathering: On Your Own (no reception is planned) Kellogg Center is booked due to the hockey game. |
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| Saturday, October 29, 2011 - Biomedical Physical Sciences (BPS) Atrium | |
| 8:00 A.M. | Registration and Coffee: Poster setup. Biomedical Physical Sciences (BPS) Atrium, Level 1 Park at the Abrams Planetarium lot or the Shaw Road ramp across from Chemistry |
| 8:45 A.M. | Welcome: Walt Esselman / Jim Kells, Chairs, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics and Crop & Soil Sciences Ian Gray, MSU Vice President Doug Buhler, Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Jim Kirkpatrick, Dean, College of Natural Science |
| 9:00 A.M. | Rich Lenski -- From the ESA and GMOs to the CME and WMDs: Jim Tiedje in Action |
| 9:30 A.M. | Chuck Rice -- Denitrification: The good, the bad, and the ugly |
| 10:00 A.M. | Morning Break: Continue poster setup in Atrium on a "first-come-first-placed" position. (Display boards are approx. 48" x 40" -- please use velcro to attach to fabric; view instruction pdf) |
| 10:30 A.M. | Joe Zhou -- From Macroecology to Microecology: Lessons learned from JMT |
| 11:00 A.M. | Yoichi Kamagata -- Acetate: Trash or treasure for anaerobes? |
| 11:30 A.M. | Mary Firestone -- "Microbes Rule! We just need to explain the situation to a few folks..." -- JMT |
| 12 Noon | Lunch Break (provided by Grand Traverse Pie Co.) /
Group Photo (Atrium or Gardens) / Posters (BPS Atrium) |
| 1:30 P.M. | Roberto Kolter -- The Jekyll and Hyde Chemistry of an Oceanic Symbiosis |
| 2:00 P.M. | Janet Jansson -- The age of metagenomics... from soil to oil |
| 2:30 P.M. | Kostas Konstantinidis -- Bacterial species in the light of genomics and metagenomics |
| 3:00 P.M. | Coffee Break / Posters (BPS Atrium) |
| 3:15 P.M. | Tom Schmidt -- Sleuthing for Pivotal Players in Complex Microbial Communities |
| 3:45 P.M. | Jim Tiedje -- Comments |
| 4:15 P.M. | Poster Session and Reception (BPS Atrium) (Poster session will continue on Sunday, from 9 a.m. until Noon) |
| 6:00 P.M. Reception, 7:00 P.M. Banquet |
Kellogg Center (Big 10 B and C) Highlights of Jim Tiedje’s scientific career. Participants and contributions from individuals. |
| Sunday, October 30, 2011 | |
| 9:00 A.M.-12 Noon | Posters open for discussion (BPS Atrium) / Light refreshments. 12 Noon Adjourn. |
Sponsored by:
- Microbiology & Molecular Genetics,
- College of Natural Science
- The Center for Microbial Ecology, Crop & Soil Sciences,
- College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
- AgBioResearch (formerly MAES)
- Michigan State University
- International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME)