2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

Session No. 191
Tuesday, 21 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
304/305 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T132. Harnessing “Omics” to Advance the Geosciences: New Paradigms and Platforms for Observing Earth Systems

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

CarriAyne Jones, Sean Crowe and Steven Hallam, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:03 AM
METAGENOMIC INSIGHTS INTO CONE FORMATION IN HOT SPRING MICROBIAL MATS
WARD, Lewis M., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 100-23, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, KERRIGAN, Zak, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 215 South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI RI 02882-119, AGIĆ, Heda, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, Uppsala, 752 36, Sweden, JUAREZ RIVERA, Marisol, Geology, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, PETRYSHYN, Victoria A., Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, STAMPS, Blake W., Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, JOHNSON, Hope A., Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92831, STEVENSON, Bradley S., Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, SPEAR, John R., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401-1887 and CORSETTI, Frank A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
8:18 AM
UNRAVELING THE METABOLIC AND TAXONOMIC COMPLEXITY OF MARINE STROMATOLITES USING HIGH-THROUGHPUT METAGENOMIC SEQUENCING
RUVINDY, Rendy1, WHITE III, Richard Allen2 and BURNS, Brendan1, (1)School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences & Australian Centre for Astrobiology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia, (2)Microbiology & Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6N 1Z4, Canada
8:33 AM
REVEALING THE GLOBAL METABOLIC COMPLEXITY OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER MODERN MICROBIALITES THROUGH METAGENOMICS
WHITE III, Richard Allen1, RUVINDY, Rendy2, POWER, Ian M.3, ZÁRATE PEDROCHE, Sergio4, BURNS, Brendan2 and SUTTLE, Curtis A.5, (1)Department of Microbiology & Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada, (2)School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences & Australian Centre for Astrobiology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia, (3)Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, (4)Independent Researcher, Morelia, Michoacán, 58341, Mexico, (5)Departments of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences/Botany/Microbiology & Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
8:48 AM
ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANE COUPLED TO METAL REDUCTION IN AN ARCHAEAN OCEAN ANALOGUE
GLASS, Jennifer B.1, REED, Benjamin C.2, DICHRISTINA, Thomas J.2, STEWART, Frank J.2, FOWLE, David A.3 and CROWE, Sean4, (1)School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332, (2)School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332, (3)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Multidisciplinary Research Building, 2030 Becker Dr, Lawrence, KS 66047, (4)Microbiology & Immunology; Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
Handouts
  • Glass Talk GSA.pdf (8.5 MB)
  • 9:08 AM
    GENOMIC ANALYSES IMPLICATE KEY METABOLIC PATHWAYS FOR PELAGIC PHOTOFERROTROPHY
    CROWE, Sean A., Microbiology & Immunology, and Earth Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2457-2350 Health Sciences Mall, Life Sciences Center, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada, HAHN, Aria, Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2457-2350 Health Sciences Mall, Life Sciences Center, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada, KONWAR, Kishori M., Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada, THOMPSON, Katharine J., Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2455-2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada and HALLAM, Steven, Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
    9:23 AM
    NITROGEN CYCLING IN EUXINIC SAKINAW LAKE
    MICHIELS, Celine1, GIES, Esther A.1, HALLAM, Steven2 and CROWE, Sean A.3, (1)Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (2)Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada, (3)Microbiology & Immunology, and Earth Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2457-2350 Health Sciences Mall, Life Sciences Center, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
    9:38 AM
    ILLUMINATING MICROBIAL DARK MATTER IN MEROMICTIC SAKINAW LAKE
    GIES, Esther A.1, KONWAR, Kishori M.2, BEATTY, J. Thomas2 and HALLAM, Steven3, (1)Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (2)Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada, (3)Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
     
    9:53 AM
    Break
    10:08 AM
    LINKING META'OMICS TO THE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONES
    LOUCA, Stilianos1, KATSEV, Sergei2, BELTRAN, Monica T.3, HAWLEY, Alyse K.3, SIHOTA, Natasha4, MICHIELS, Celine3, DOEBELI, Michael5, CROWE, Sean6 and HALLAM, Steven7, (1)Institute of Applied Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T1Z2, Canada, (2)University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, (3)University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (4)Department of Earth and Ocean Science, The University of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Rd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, (5)Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (6)Microbiology & Immunology; Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada, (7)Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
    10:23 AM
    SAANICH INLET OXYGEN MIMIMUM ZONE: SUP05-DRIVEN MICHAELIS-MENTEN SULFIDE OXIDATION KINETICS
    BLUMBERG, Kai, Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, MICHIELS, Celine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, JONES, CarriAyne, Microbiology & Immunology; Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada, CROWE, Sean A., Microbiology & Immunology, and Earth Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2457-2350 Health Sciences Mall, Life Sciences Center, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada and HALLAM, Steven, Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
    10:38 AM
    DISPERSAL OF DEEP BIOSPHERE THERMOPHILES INTO COLD MARINE SEDIMENTS
    HUBERT, Casey RJ, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
    10:58 AM
    PREDICTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF SUBSURFACE BIOGEOCHEMICAL FUNCTIONING: USING GENOMES TO INFORM WATERSHED-SCALE MODELS
    LONG, Philip E.1, HUBBARD, Susan S.1, BANFIELD, Jillian F.2, BELLER, Harry R.1, BRODIE, Eoin L.1, NICO, Peter S.1, STEEFEL, Carl I.1, TOKUNAGA, Tetsu K.1, WILLIAMS, Kenneth H.1 and AGARWAL, Deborah A.3, (1)Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, (2)Earth and Planetary Science; Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, (3)Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720
    11:13 AM
    UNDERLYING LITHOLOGY AND LEVEL OF DISTURBANCE DEFINES MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COMPOSITION IN HIGH ARCTIC SOILS
    GRAHAM, David W.1, MCCANN, Clare1, WADE, Matt1, HUBERT, Casey R.J.2, ROBERTS, J.A.3 and GRAY, Neil D.1, (1)Civil Engineering and Geoscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N1N4, Canada, (3)Geology, University of Kansas, Multidisciplinary Research Building, 2030 Becker Dr, Lawrence, KS 66047
    11:28 AM
    PROBING THE DEPTHS OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN SOIL
    HAHN, Aria S.1, PEREZ, Sarah E.I.2, DURNO, W. Evan3, LEE, Sangwon1, SCOFIELD, Melanie1, MOHN, William W.1 and HALLAM, Steven4, (1)Microbiology, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada, (2)Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, (3)Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada, (4)Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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