| July 7th |
Symposium I |
("The Chemistry Behind Life", Benner, Ellington, Yokobayashi, Switzer, Szostak) |
| July 8th |
Lectures |
(Benner:Introduction to Organic Chemistry; Ellington:What is Life?) |
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Laboratory |
(Spontaneous resolution of chirality) |
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Student Presentations |
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| July 9th |
Lectures |
(Benner: Introduction to Organic Chemistry, II) |
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Laboratory |
(Liesegang Structures: Inorganic Stromatolites?) |
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Discussion |
(Szostak: What is Life?) |
| July 10th |
Lectures |
(Andy Ellington: Genetic Replicators, Steve Benner: Reconstructing the Historical Record of Life on Earth) |
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Laboratory |
(Belousov - Zhabotinskii Reaction) |
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Student Presentations |
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| July 11th |
Lectures |
(Steve Benner: Bioinformatics, Andy Ellington: Have Genetic Replicators Left Fingerprints) |
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Laboratory |
(Belousov - Zhabotinskii Reaction II) |
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Student Presentations |
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| July 12th |
Lectures |
(Andy Ellington: Boundary Conditions for Living Systems - How Can Life be Engineered?, Steve Benner: Bioinformatics II) |
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Laboratory |
(Introduction to GenBank and the Master Catalogue) |
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Student Presentations |
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| July 13th |
Free Day |
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| July 14th |
Depart for Field
Trip and Lectures |
(Andy Knoll: Introduction to Paleoenvironments, John Grotzinger: Introduction to Mono Lake) |
| July 15th |
Lecture |
(Tim Hollibaugh: Biogeochemistry of Mono Lake) |
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Field |
(Mono Lake tufa, Hwy 395 ikaite, Hot Creek travertine) |
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Lectures |
(Andy Knoll: Geological Record at the Precambrian/Cambrian Boundary, Cambrian Explosion of Metazoan Life, John Grotzinger: Geological Record at the Precambrian/Cambrian Boundary II, Frank Corsetti: White-Inyo Section of the Precambrian/Cambrian Boundary) |
| July 16th |
Field |
(Poleta Folds Cambrian trace fossils, Mt. Morrisson Precambrian/Cambrian Boundary Cloudina) |
| July 17th |
Field |
(Crystal Spring Formation and Beck Springs dolomite stromatolites, Kingston Peak diamictite) |
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Lectures |
(John Grotzinger: Stromatolites as a Proxy Record of Life, Andy Knoll: The eukaryotic fossil record and phylogenetic tree, John Grotzinger: Snowball Earth) |
| July 18th |
Field |
(Noonday dolomite cap carbonate, tube structures, Johnnie Formation, Zabrieskie Quartzite trace fossils, Carrera Formation trilobites, Bonanza King Formation thrombolites, China Ranch Date Farm) |
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Discussion |
(John Grotzinger and Frank Corsetti: Snowball Earth, Noonday dolomite, and tubes) |
| July 19th |
Return from
Field Trip |
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| July 20th |
Symposium II |
("Stromatolites: Linking the Past and Present", Farmer, Canfield, Visscher, Golubic, Prufert-Bebout) |
| July 21st |
Sail Boat Trip |
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| July 22nd |
Lectures |
(Jim Kasting: Origins of Life: How and When Did it Occur?, Brad Bebout: Biogeochemistry of Microbial Mat Ecosystems) |
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Laboratory |
(Introduction to Geochemical Methods, Introduction to Field Sites for the Week) |
| July 23rd |
Field Work |
(Sample Collection from Marine and Freshwater Field Sites) |
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Lectures |
(Jim Kasting: Long Term Climate Evolution, Unisense: New Methods for Biogeochemistry) |
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Laboratory |
(Geochemical and FISH Characterizations of Microbial Mats at the Field Sites) |
| July 24th |
Laboratory |
(Geochemical and FISH Characterizations of Microbial Mats at the Field Sites) |
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Lectures |
(Jim Kasting: Snowball Earth, David Des Marais: Biogeochemical Cycles of Carbon and Sulfur) |
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Lecture |
(Joe Kirschvink: Methane Fuse for Cambrian Explosion, Carbon Cycles, and True Polar Wander) |
| July 25th |
Lectures |
(Jim Kasting: Rise of Atmospheric Oxygen on Early Earth, Will Berelson: Measuring Gradients and Determining Oxygen Fluxes in Water/Sediment Column) |
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Laboratory |
(Geochemical and FISH Characterizations of Microbial Mats at the Field Sites) |
| July 26th |
Lectures |
(Jim Kasting: Liquid Water on Mars, David Des Marais: Biosignatures, Jim Kasting: Circumstellar Habitable Zones and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life) |
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Student Group
Presentations of Lab
and Field Work |
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| July 27th |
Free Day |
(trip to Avalon) |
| July 28th |
Free Day |
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| July 29th |
Lectures |
(Kurt Hanselmann: Unifying Concepts in Microbial Diversity and Evolution, Scott Dawson: So You Want to Know Some Microbial Ecology) |
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Laboratory |
(Luminous and Magnetotactic bacteria, Transposon Mutagenesis, FISH and Cloning of 16S rRNA Genes) |
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Discussion |
(Kurt Hanselmann: The Art of Designing Microbial Diets) |
| July 30th |
Lecture |
(Ken Nealson: Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and Geobiology: Are There Really Any Rules?, Dianne Newman: Geobiology: Co-Evolution of Life and Earth - How are Biofilms Relevant?) |
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Laboratory |
(Luminous and Magnetotactic bacteria, Transposon Mutagenesis, FISH and Cloning of 16S rRNA Genes) |
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Laboratory and
Demonstrations |
(Solving Thermodynamic Problems with Thermodyn, Demo of Deep UV Microscope and Laser Raman Spectrometer) |
| July 31st |
Lectures |
(Ken Nealson: Iron and Manganese Oxidation in Nature and in the Laboratory, Dianne Newman: Bacterial Genetics: What It Has to Offer Geobiology I) |
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Laboratory |
(Luminous and Magnetotactic bacteria, Transposon Mutagenesis, FISH and Cloning of 16S rRNA Genes) |
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Laboratory and
Demonstrations |
(Solving Thermodynamic Problems with Thermodyn, Demo of Deep UV Microscope and Laser Raman Spectrometer) |
| Aug 1st |
Lectures |
(Ken Nealson: Iron and Manganese Reduction in Nature and in the Laboratory, Dianne Newman: Bacterial Genetics: What It Has to Offer Geobiology II) |
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Discussion
and Lecture |
(Radu Popa: Magnetotactic Bacteria, Biominerals, and a Putative Mineral Biosphere, Tanja Bosak: Growth of Biofilms, Scott Dawson: Environmental and Cell Biology Approaches in Eukaryote Evolution) |
| Aug 2nd |
Lectures |
(Kurt Hanselmann: Microbial Responses to Environmental Variability, Kurt Hanselmann: Evolution of Metabolic Pathways) |
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Student Group
Presentations of
Lab Work |
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| Aug 3rd |
Symposium III |
("Current Aspects of Microbes, Communities and Metals", Bassler, Kolter, Beveridge, Lovley, Banfield) |
| Aug 4th |
Free Day |
(Trip to the interior to see Arabian Horses) |
| Aug 5th |
Lectures |
(Gary Olsen: Introduction to Genomics I, Tom Schmidt: Genomic Analyses of Uncultivated Microbial Communities) |
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Laboratory |
(FISH, DNA extraction and PCR) |
| Aug 6th |
Lecture |
(Gary Olsen: Introduction to Genomics II, Tom Schmidt: Sequencing DNA) |
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Laboratory |
(FISH, DNA extraction and PCR, rRNA analysis and phylogeny ) |
| Aug 7th |
Laboratory |
(FISH, Gel Electrophoresis and Cloning, Genome Analysis and Inference of Function) |
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Lecture |
(Gary Olsen: Functional Analysis of Genomes) |
| Aug 8th |
Lecture |
(Tom Schmidt: Phylogenomic analysis, Gary Olsen: Introduction to Phylogenetic Trees) |
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Laboratory |
(FISH, PCR and RFLP, rRNA analysis and phylogeny) |
| Aug 9th |
Lecture |
(Gary Olsen: Methods for inferring phylogenetic trees; Brad Stevenson (Cultivating the 'uncultivatable') |
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Laboratory |
(PCR and RFLP, Genome analysis and the inference of phylogeny) |
| Aug 10th |
Student Projects |
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| Aug 11th |
Student Projects |
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| Aug 12th |
Student Projects |
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| Aug 13th |
Presentation of
Student Projects |
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| Aug 14th |
Presentation of
Student Projects |
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| Aug 15th |
Presentation of
Student Projects |
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Graduation |
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Farewell Party |
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| Aug 16th |
Departure from
Catalina Island |
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