Day 5

9:00 AM Expert Lecture: Maria Dzunkova
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Synthesis Group Discussion of SCG

10:15 - 12:00 Morning Flash Talks

Carolina Martinez Gutierrez Disentangling the origins of alpha and beta carboxysomes in Cyanobacteria
James Mullet MARMICRODBv2.0: A Curated Reference Database and Workflow for Improved Classifications of Picocyanobacteria
Sigitas Sulcius Distribution of cyanophages in the Pacific Ocean
Benjamin Minch Insights into giant virus ecology using a multi-omic approach
Lucie Jiraska This is where they went
James Tan Improving SAGs with microfluidics (???)
Ben Allen MDA Micro-metagenomics in activated sludge - and other exciting projects within EE@NCL

1:15 - 3:15 Afternoon Flash Talks

Brad Krzysiak Friend or Foe? Investigating interactions within the Antarctic lake phycosphere
Ryan McLaughlin Recovery of a novel population of sulfur oxidizing denitrifier in the Saanich Inlet using single-cell scaffold-anchored binning
Mariana Strauss Deep sea prokaryotic ecotypes
Jamie Alfieri Speciation in Primate Gut Bacteria
Justė Aželytė Interactions of Microbiota and Avian malaria parasites in a vector
Carlos Gomez Upper Airway Microbiota Development in Children with Asthma
Brooke Sienkiewicz Microbiome dynamics in stony coral tissue loss disease
Leon Steiner Microbial diversity and dynamics in the sponge Halichondria panicea
Daphne Porcel Sanchis New cultured-independent methods for discovering bacterial symbionts of nudibranchs

3:15 - 5:00 Outdoor Activities, Tutorial Follow-up, Free time