| Time | Contents | Language |
| 10:30 -10:35 | Opening speech from the president of University of Tsukuba (Kyosuke Nagata) |
English |
| 10:35 -10:40 | Congratulatory speech by the guest (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ) |
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| 10:40 -10:45 | Introduction ( Kazuo Inaba, SMRC, University of Tsukuba) | |
| "Microbial World" | ||
| 10:45 -11:10 | Farooq Azam (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Microbial regulation of the ocean’s biogeochemical state |
English |
| 11:10 -11:35 | Willie Wilson (Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Sciences) |
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| 11:35 -12:00 | Gerhard Herndl (University of Vienna, Utrecht University) The path of microbes in the ocean: tiny microbes in the grand ocean circulation |
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| 12:00 -13:00 | Lunch |
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| "Dynamics of Marine Microbes" | ||
| 13:00 -13:25 | Hiroyuki Mori (Kyoto University) Nascent chain-monitored remodeling of the Sec machinery for salinity adaptation of a marine bacterium, Vibrio alginolyticus |
English |
| 13:25 -13:50 | Yutaka Yawata (University of Tsukuba) Microfluidics and robotics for ecological studies of marine microbes |
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| 13:50 -14:15 | Nicole Dubilier (Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology) Why diversity matters: Symbiont heterogeneity provides multiple benefits to deep-sea mussels from hydrothermal vents |
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| 14:15 -14:40 | Edward Ruby (University of Hawaii-Manoa) From darkness into light: thinking of vibrios as beneficial partners |
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| 14:40 -14:55 | Coffee Break | |
| "Exploring Marine Ecosystem and Future" | ||
| 14:55 -15:20 | Hiroyuki Yamamoto ( JAMSTEC) Technical issues on the monitoring for marine microbial ecosystem |
English |
| 15:20 -15:45 | Myriam Sibuet (IFREMER) Deep-sea biodiversity linked to a mosaic of habitats and microbial symbiosis |
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| 15:45 -16:10 | Chris Bowler (IBENS) Tara Oceans: Eco-Systems Biology at Planetary Scale |
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| 16:10 -16:35 | Jason Hall-Spencer (University of Plymouth, University of Tsukuba) The ecosystem effects of ocean acidification |
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| 16:35 -16:45 | Break | |
| 16:45 -17:30 | Laureate Lecture Rita Rossi Colwell (University of Maryland) | English |
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