Organizers

Scott Dawson, PhD, University of California, Davis
Class of 1997; Director, 2022; Faculty, 2015-2019

Rachel Whitaker, PhD, University of Illinois
Class of 2001; Director, 2018-2023; Faculty, 2004, 2009; Lecturer, 2015

John Spear, PhD, Colorado School of Mines
Class of 1998; Faculty, 2022; Lecturer, 2021

Lynn Kee, PhD, Stetson University
Class of 2016

George O鈥橳oole, PhD, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Director, 2018-2021; Faculty, 2014-2017; Lecturer, 2009, 2012, 2013

Friday, July 29 鈥 arrive early!

8:00 - 9:00 PM 鈥 Friday Evening Lecture, Cornelia Clapp Auditorium and Virtually

鈥50 Years of Microbial Diversity; What a Ride!鈥
Carrie Harwood, PhD, University of Washington
Class of 1975; Director, 2000-2003; Faculty, 1985; Lecturer 2010-2011

Saturday, July 30聽鈥 all lectures take place in the Cornelia Clapp Auditorium

7:30 鈥 7:55 AM 鈥 Coffee and Treats, 小蓝视频 Quad

8:00 AM 鈥 Welcome
Planning Committee

8:00 鈥 8:20 AM 鈥 Brief History of the Course: Tributes
Jared R. Leadbetter, PhD, California Institute of Technology
Class of 1990; Director, 2014-2017; Faculty, 2005-2007; Lecturer, 1997, 2009, 2011-2013; Course Assistant, 1983-1985; Teaching Assistant, 1993, 2000

8:20 鈥 9:30 AM Environmental/Ecological Diversity

8:20 鈥 8:30 AM 鈥 Introduction聽鈥 1971-1984
Carrie Harwood, PhD, University of Washington School of Medicine
Class of 1975; Director, 2000-2003; Faculty, 1985; Lecturer, 2010-2011

8:30 鈥 8:50 AM
Francisco Rodriguez-Valera, PhD, Universidad Miguel Hern谩ndez de Elche
Class of 1979; Lecturer, 2019

8:50 鈥 9:10 AM
Mercedes Pascual, PhD, University of Chicago
Class of 1985

9:10 鈥 9:30 AM
Colleen Hansel, PhD, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Class of 2000; Lecturer, 2016

9:30 鈥 10:15 AM 鈥 Coffee Break, 小蓝视频 Quad

10:15 鈥 11:45 AM 鈥 Physical Diversity

10:15 鈥 10:25 AM 鈥 Introduction聽鈥 1985-1999
John Breznak, PhD, Michigan State University
Director, 1990-1994; Faculty, 1982, 2004; Lecturer, 2009-2010

10:25 鈥 10:45 AM
Pete Greenberg, PhD, University of Washington School of Medicine
Class of 1973; Director, 1985-1989; Faculty, 1980-1984; Lecturer, 1978, 2009-2011

10:45 鈥 11:05 AM
Rebecca Parales, PhD, University of California, Davis
Class of 1987

11:05 鈥 11:25 AM聽聽聽
Andreas Kappler, PhD, Universit盲t T眉bingen
Class of 1998; Faculty, 2003

11:25 鈥 11:45 AM
Lev Tsypin, Caltech
Class of 2017

11:45 AM 鈥 1:00 PM 鈥 Lunch, Swope Center

1:00 鈥 2:10 PM 鈥 Phylogenetic Diversity

1:00 鈥 1:10 PM 鈥 Introduction聽鈥 2000-2013
Tom Schmidt, PhD, University of Michigan
Class of 1982; Director, 2003-2008; Faculty, 2000; Lecturer, 2011, 2015

1:10 鈥 1:30 PM - Virtual
George Fox, PhD, University of Houston
Class of 1973

1:30 鈥 1:50 PM
Emily Balskus, PhD, Harvard University
Class of 2009; Lecturer, 2014-2015, 2017

1:50 鈥 2:10 PM
Beth Archie, PhD, Notre Dame
Class of 2019

2:10 鈥 3:00 PM 鈥 Coffee Break, 小蓝视频 Quad

3:00 鈥 4:30 PM 鈥 Genetics and Functional Diversity

3:00 鈥 3:10 PM 鈥 Introduction聽2014-2022
Dianne Newman, PhD, Caltech
Class of 1995; Director, 2014-2017; Faculty, 2005-2006, 2008-2009; Lecturer, 2011-2012, 2019; Teaching Assistant, 1998

3:10 鈥 3:30 PM
Mecky Pohlschr枚der, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Class of 1990; Faculty, 2006-2008; Lecturer, 2014-2015, 2017, 2019

3:30 鈥 3:50 PM
Kurt Dahlstrom, PhD, University of Georgia
Teaching Assistant, 2014-2015

3:50 鈥 4:10 PM
Fatima Aysha Hussain, PhD, MGH and MIT聽
Class of 2017; Lecturer, 2021

4:10 鈥 4:20 PM 鈥 Closing Remarks

4:30 PM 鈥 Group Photo, Lillie Steps

6:00 PM 鈥 Symposium Dinner聽and Reception, Swope Lower Terrace