Marine Science Day

09:00-10:30 - OIST new faculties' talk
11:00-12:20 - OIST faculties' talk
12:20-13:30 - Poster viewing
13:30-15:30 - OIST researchers/students' talk

Tracing the origins and evolution of human microbiome investigations: from pursuit of earth’s earliest life forms to the etiology of Pouchitis

Tracing the origins and evolution of human microbiome investigations: from pursuit of earth’s earliest life forms to the etiology of Pouchitis

Speaker: Mitchell L. Sogin Ph.D.

Distinguished Scientist

The Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole

[Seminar] Decoding pheromone communication in aquatic organisms by Dr. Scott Cummins

Dr. Scott Cummins, University of Sunshine Coast, Australia.

Key words: Marine Biology, Neurobiology, Chemical Ecology, Genomic, Proteomic

New Insights on Global Climate Change from Coral Reefs by Prof. R. Dunbar

New Insights on Global Climate Change from Coral Reefs

Prof. Rob Dunbar

Stanford University

The art of harnessing dark energy: Symbioses between marine invertebrates and chemosynthetic bacteria.

Prof. Dr. Nicole Dubilier, Director, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

Head of the Symbiosis Department from Bremen, Germany will give a talk.

Offshore Tsunamigenic Deposits: Lessons from the past and present by Dr. Goodman

Dr. Beverly Goodman,  Faculty member, University of Haifa, Leon Chrney School, Department of Marine Geosciences

The paradox of the third tier: From the Red Sea to the Mediterranean- Climate change and the third tier paradox by Prof. Dan Tchernov

Prof. Dr. Dan Tchernov, Director, Department of Marine Biology, Leon Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa

Field Demonstration of the Submersible Microscope

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[Seminar] Mar 4 “The Long Tail of Microbial Populations” by Dr. Mitch Sogin

Dr. Mitchell Sogin is a MBL Distinguished Scientist and Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry at Brown University. His work focuses on microbial evolution and diversity. *Open to public