Wednesday, August 9, 2017: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
D139, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM
Testing the role of giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, as a foundation species: insights from long-term studies
Thomas Lamy, University of California, Santa Barbara;
Daniel C. Reed, University of California, Santa Barbara;
Kevin D. Lafferty, USGS Western Ecological Research Center;
Li Kui, University of California, Santa Barbara;
Rhiannon L. Rognstad, University of California, Santa Barbara;
Robert J. Miller, University of California
2:10 PM
Dissecting the microbiome of Populus tree species from the soil to the canopy using amplicon sequencing and shotgun metagenomic analyses
Melissa A. Cregger, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Allison M. Veach, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Miranda Crouch, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Ian Hodges, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Zamin Yang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Debbie Weighill, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Piet Jones, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Carissa Bleker, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Armin Geiger, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Mircea Podar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Rytas Vilgalys, Duke University;
Timothy Rials, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture;
Susannah G. Tringe, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory;
Dale A. Pelletier, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Daniel Jacobson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Christopher W. Schadt, Oak Ridge National Laboratory