CREST International Workshop on Aquatic Microbial Ecology Advances and challenges in microbial oceanography in the “Meta-omics” era

Update: 06. 15, 2012

(July 6, 2012)

CREST International Workshop on Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Advances and challenges in microbial oceanography in the “Meta-omics” era

Date:        6^th July, 2012

Place:        Room 217

Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
(5-1-5, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8564, Japan)

Convener and Chair: Koji Hamasaki、Kazuhiro Kogure
Contact: cinque[at]aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Program

13:00-13:10          Opening remarks       Kazuhiro Kogure

Keynote lectures                                                                         

13:10-14:00      Farooq Azam     "Molecular Connectivity": A conceptual framework for microbial structuring and resilience of marine ecosystems

14:00-14:10          Coffee break

14:10-15:00      Hans-Peter Grossart     Life-style dependent differences are crucial for understanding diversity and function of aquatic microorganisms

15:00-15:20          Coffee break

CREST topics presentation                                     

15:20-15:40      Yuya Tada     Nucleoside tracer approach to the aquatic microbiology

15:40-16:00      Susumu Yoshizawa     Proteorhodopsin-mediated phototrophy in marine Flavobacteria

16:00-16:20      Wataru Iwasaki     How can bioinformatics open up new fields in marine microbiology?

16:20-16:30         Coffee break

16:30-16:50          General discussions                                          

16:50-17:00          Closing remarks                                

17:30-                   Welcome reception