The Social Biology of Microbial Communities: Workshop Summary (2012)
Chapter: Appendix B: Agenda
The Social Biology of Microbial Communities
March 6-7, 2012
500 Fifth St, NW
Washington, DC
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DAY 1: TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2012 |
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8:30-9:00: |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
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9:00-9:15: |
Welcoming remarks: David Relman, James Hughes, and Lonnie King |
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9:15-10:00: |
KEYNOTE: Sociomicrobiology: Quorum sensing, biofilms, and territoriality E. Peter Greenberg, University of Washington Moderator: David Relman |
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10:00-10:30: |
DISCUSSION |
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10:30-10:45: |
BREAK |
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SESSION I: Formation and Function of Microbial Communities |
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10:45-11:15: |
Symbiont community complexity: The fungal gardens of leafcutter ants Cameron R. Currie, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
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11:15-11:45: |
The role of oxygen in shaping the structure and function of microbial communities Thomas M. Schmidt, Michigan State University |
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11:45-12:15: |
Source-sink dynamics: Marine invertebrate-associated and free-living chemosynthetic symbionts Colleen Cavanaugh, Harvard University |
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12:15-1:00: |
DISCUSSION |
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1:00-1:45: |
LUNCH |
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SESSION II: Factors Contributing to Community Stability |
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1:45-2:15: |
Social evolutionary theory, cooperation, and the expression of virulence in microbial communities Sam Brown, University of Edinburgh |
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2:15-2:45: |
Ecological factors and processes during evolutionary transitions in Darwinian individuality Paul Rainey, New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study & Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology |
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2:45-3:15: |
Evolution of cooperation and control of cheating in the social amoeba: Dictyostelium discoideum Joan E. Strassmann, Washington University |
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3:15-3:45: |
BREAK |
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3:45-4:15: |
Swarming bacteria as freight haulage systems Colin J. Ingham, Wageningen University |
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4:15-4:45: |
Emergence and robustness of multicellular behavior in bacteria Joao Xavier, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
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4:45-5:15: |
Mathematical and computational challenges in the study of complex adaptive systems Simon A. Levin, Princeton University |
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5:15-6:00: |
DISCUSSION |
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6:00-6:15: |
CONCLUDING REMARKS |
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6:15: |
ADJOURN DAY ONE |
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DAY 2: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012 |
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8:30-9:00: |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
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9:00-9:15: |
Summary of Day One: David Relman |
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9:15-10:00: |
KEYNOTE: Glowing corpses & radiant excrement: The role of bioluminescence in microbial communities Edith Widder, Ocean Research & Conservation Association Moderator: Lonnie King |
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10:00-10:30: |
DISCUSSION |
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10:30-10:45: |
BREAK |
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SESSION III: Community Adaptation and Response to Environmental Stimuli |
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10:45-11:15: |
Interspecies interactions among rhizosphere and soil bacteria Jo Handelsman, Yale University |
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11:15-11:45: |
Contact dependent mechanisms of communication in bacteria David Low, University of California, Santa Barbara |
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11:45-12:15: |
Interactions between symbiotic microbes, their mammalian host, and invading pathogens Vanessa Sperandio, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
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12:15-12:45: |
DISCUSSION |
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12:45-1:30: |
LUNCH |
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SESSION IV: What More Do We Need to Know about Microbial Community Dynamics? |
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1:30-2:00: |
Phylogenetic and phylogenomic approaches to studies of microbial communities Jonathan Eisen, University of California, Davis |
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2:00-2:30: |
Discovery and applications of the metabolic diversity of microbial communities Jared R. Leadbetter, California Institute of Technology |
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2:30-3:00: |
Statistical tools for integrating community networks, spatial and clinical data Susan Holmes, Stanford University |
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3:00-3:30: |
Microbial community assembly and dynamics: From acidophilic biofilms to the premature infant gut Jill Banfield, University of California, Berkeley |
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3:30-4:00: |
Human-microbe mutualism in health and disease David A. Relman, Stanford University |
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4:00-4:30: |
DISCUSSION |
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4:30-4:45: |
CONCLUDING REMARKS |
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4:45: |
ADJOURN DAY TWO |
