The basic schedule overview will be Starting July 18, 2021 through July 22, 2021,
All times given in Universal Time Coordinated UTC
Session 1 July 18, 2021
12:00-12:10 - Welcome. Jeanette Norton ICoN7 Chair, Utah State Universit
12:10-12:30 - Opening talk Lisa Stein University of Alberta - Nitrous Oxide: Past, Present and Future in Nitrification Research
Session 1 Novel Organisms, New Interactions, Genomics and Evolution
*Christa Schleper, Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria
12:30-13:00 - #Craig Herbold University of Vienna, Austria, Large-scale genome sequencing of diverse isolates reveals widespread genetic heterogeneity within and between lineages of ammonia-oxidizing Nitrosomonadaceae
13:00-13:05 - Questions
13:25-13:45 - Pieter Blom Culturing novel nitrifiers through targeted cell sorting
13:45-14:00 - Break
14:00-14:20 - Franziska Klotz Freshwater-specific Thaumarchaeota convert >1,000 tons of ammonia per year in oligotrophic Lake Constance
14:20-14:40 - Catherine Hexter, Diverse Copies of NarG in Salt Marsh Sediments: Implications for Evolution of Nitrate Reductases
14:40-15:00 - Yuchun Yang Discovery of a new genus of anaerobic ammonium bacteria with a mechanism for oxygen tolerance
15:00-15:15 - Session questions and discussion
15:20-16:20 - Poster Session Section 1
Session 2 July 19, 2021
Session 2 New Physiologies and Biochemistry
*Boran Kartal, Microbial Physiology Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
12:00-12:30 - #Jana Milucka Wright State University, Dayton Ohio USA - Anaerobic endosymbiont generates energy for ciliate host through denitrification
12:30-12:35 - Questions
12:35-12:55 - Beate Kraft - Ammonia-oxidizing archaea produce oxygen upon oxygen depletion 13:00-13:15 Break
13:15-13:35 - EunkYung Choi Nitric oxide-mediated oxygen affinity defect amplifies nitrifier-denitrification in ammonia-oxidizing bacteria
13:35-13:55 - Wouter Lenferink New insights in the pathway of nitrous oxide emissions from heterotrophic nitrifiers
13:55-14:15 - Petra Pjevac - Chemolithoautootrophic manganese oxidation by Candidatus Troglogloea (phylum Nitrospirae)
14:15-14:30 - Session questions and discussion
14:35-15:35 - Poster Session Section 2
Session 3 July 20, 2021
Session 3 Terrestrial Systems (Ecology of nitrogen transformations)
*Jeanette Norton, Plants, Soils and Climate, Utah State University, USA
*Graeme Nicol, Laboratoire Ampère, École Centrale de Lyon, Université de Lyon, France
12:00-12:30 - #Rodney Venterea, USDA-ARS University of Minnesota, USA, Improving our understanding of the role of nitrification in regulating nitrogen gas emissions from intensively fertilized soils.
12:30-12:35 - Questions
12:35-12:55 - Jasmeet Kaur-Bhambra - Differential sensitivity of archaeal and bacterial ammonia-oxidisers to biological nitrification inhibition compounds
13:00-13:15 - Break
13:15-13:35 - Andrew Giguere - Activity and community composition of ammonia oxidizers in a long-term agricultural fertilization experiment
13:35-13:55 - Haoruo Li -Distinct effects of DMPP on N2O emissions induced by bio-digestates and urea in agricultural soils
13:55-14:15 -Willm Martens-Habbena – Ammonia-oxidizing archaea play a central role for nitrogen cycling in a highly fertile agricultural soil
14:15-14:30 - Session 3 questions and discussion
14:35-15:35 - Poster Session Section 3
Session 4 July 21, 2021
Session 4 Aquatic and Marine Systems (Ecology of nitrogen transformations)
*Annette Bollmann Dept. Microbiology, Miami University, Ohio USA
*Bess Ward Dept. Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
12:00-12:30 - # Silvia E. Newell Wright State University, Dayton Ohio USA. Nitrification in two shallow, eutrophic lakes in Estonia
12:30-12:35 - Questions
12:35-12:55 - Bongkeun Song Impacts of microplastics on sedimentary nitrogen cycling processes
13:00-13:15 - Break
13:15-13:35 - Katharina Kitzinger - Ammonia oxidizers specialize on organic nitrogen in oligotrophic marine environments
13:35-13:55 - Barbara Bayer - Carbon fixation efficiencies and DOC release by diverse marine nitrifiers and implications for the oceanic carbon cycle
13:55-14:15 - Anna Mueller - Interactions of novel Nitrospinae with heterotrophic microorganisms
14:15-14:30 - Session questions and discussion
14:35-15:35 - Poster Session Section 4
22:00-23:00 - Poster Session 5 Engineered Systems Followed by open forum and chat social function
Session 5 July 22, 2021
Session 5 Engineered Systems (Wastewater, compost, bioremediation, aquaculture)
*Akihiko Terada, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan * Ameet Pinto, Northeastern University, Civil and Environmental engineering, Boston MA, USA
12:00-12:30 - Eva Spieck - University of Hamburg, Germany, Relevance of Nitrotoga for nitrite oxidation in technical nitrogen removal systems
12:30-12:35 - Questions
12:35-12:55 - Tao Liu - Deciphering the microbial ecology of various engineered systems coupling anammox and n-DAMO microorganisms
13:00-13:15 - Break
13:15-13:35 - Liron Friedman - Microbial advanced oxidation – intensifying SND using H2O2 as oxidating agent
13:35-13:55 - Laura Orscheler - Comparing microbiome of thirty German wastewater treatment plants: activated sludge systems vs partial nitritation/anammox (PN/A)
13:55-14:15 - Maxwell Madill- Activity-based cell sorting reveals ecophysiology and resistance of functionally degenerate Nitrospira within mainstream activated sludge responding to an out-selection pressure
14:15-14:30 - Session questions and discussion
Closing Presentation
14:30 -15:00 - Bess Ward, Princeton University. Princeton, NJ, USA Closing presentation