Wednesday, August 4, 2010: 8:30 AM-11:30 AM
Grand B (Hyatt Regency San Francisco)
Chair:
Russell Hill
8:30 AM
Microbes and Mollusks: The Philippine Mollusk Symbiont ICBG explores bacteria associated with mollusks for drugs and enzymes
Margo Haygood1, Gisela Concepcion2, Gary Rosenberg3, Eric W. Schmidt4, Daniel Distel5 and Baldomero Olivera4, (1)Environmental and Biomolecular Systems Division, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR, (2)University of Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, (3)Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, (4)Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, (5)Ocean Genome Legacy, Ipswich, MA
Margo Haygood1, Gisela Concepcion2, Gary Rosenberg3, Eric W. Schmidt4, Daniel Distel5 and Baldomero Olivera4, (1)Environmental and Biomolecular Systems Division, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR, (2)University of Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, (3)Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, (4)Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, (5)Ocean Genome Legacy, Ipswich, MA
9:00 AM
Exploring chemically and biologically diverse marine and terrestrial microorganisms through the Panama ICBG Program
Emily Mevers1, Kevin Tidgewell2, Marcy Balunas2, Kerry McPhail3, Alban Pereira2, Hosana Debonsi2, Lena Gerwick4 and William Gerwick4, (1)Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, (2)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, (3)College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, (4)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Emily Mevers1, Kevin Tidgewell2, Marcy Balunas2, Kerry McPhail3, Alban Pereira2, Hosana Debonsi2, Lena Gerwick4 and William Gerwick4, (1)Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, (2)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, (3)College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, (4)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
10:00 AM
Biodiversity conservation and drug discovery in Madagascar: Microbiological aspects
Russell T. Hill1, Leah C. Blasiak1, Matthew A. Anderson1, Rado Rasolomampianina2, Onja Andriambeloson2, Pierre Ravelonandro2 and David G. I. Kingston3, (1)Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, MD, (2)Recherches sur l'Environnement, Antananarivo, Madagascar, (3)Dept. of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Russell T. Hill1, Leah C. Blasiak1, Matthew A. Anderson1, Rado Rasolomampianina2, Onja Andriambeloson2, Pierre Ravelonandro2 and David G. I. Kingston3, (1)Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, MD, (2)Recherches sur l'Environnement, Antananarivo, Madagascar, (3)Dept. of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
10:30 AM
A microbial diversity approach to drug discovery in Fiji
Paul R. Jensen, Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA
Paul R. Jensen, Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA
11:00 AM
Discovery of natural product-based drugs from Costa Rica biota
Patricia Cruz Lopez1, Pam Schultz1, Carl Johan Arevang1, Fengan Yu1, Samuel Asare1, Giselle Tamayo2 and David H. Sherman1, (1)Life Sciences Institute, Departments of Medicinal Chemistry, Chemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (2)Institute for Biodiversity, San Jose, Costa Rica
Patricia Cruz Lopez1, Pam Schultz1, Carl Johan Arevang1, Fengan Yu1, Samuel Asare1, Giselle Tamayo2 and David H. Sherman1, (1)Life Sciences Institute, Departments of Medicinal Chemistry, Chemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (2)Institute for Biodiversity, San Jose, Costa Rica
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