NAI-ViFoG Lassen 2006 Tentatitve Workshop Schedule:

Monday June 26th, 2006 Childs Meadow Resort

8:15-8:30 Ken Stedman/Baruch Blumberg: Welcome

8:30-9:00 Forest Rohwer, San Diego State: Phage Communities in Hot Springs*

9:00-9:15 Shereen Sabets, CSU Long Beach: Viruses in Hypersaline Communities

9:15-9:45 Ken Stedman, Portland State U.: Viruses from Extreme Hyrothermal Environments.

9:45-10:15 Lynn Rothschild, NASA Ames: Extreme UV Irradiation

10:15-10:45 Gordon Wolfe, CSU Chico: Extreme Eukaryotes in Lassen

10:45-11:15 Break

11:15-11:45 Rocco Mancinelli, SETI Institute: Extreme Halophiles

11:45-12:15 Jeff Pedelty, NASA Goddard: Satellite thermal remote sensing of Boiling Springs Lake

12:15-13:30 Lunch

13:30-13:45 Tomas Hode, Portland State U.: Microbial Fossils

13:45-14:00 Jim Laidler, Portland State U.: Virus Fossils

14:00-14:45 Eugene Koonin, NCBI, NIH: The origin of Viruses

14:45-15:30 Luis Villareal, U.C. Irvine: The evolution of Viruses*

15:30-15:45 Baruch Blumberg: Hepatitis B and its possible effects on human evolution.

15:45-16:15 Break

16:00-18:00 Round Table: Origins, Evolution and Detection of Viruses. Themes: "Are viruses alive?", "Where do viruses come from?", "How can we detect viruses 'out there'?"

18:30- Workshop Dinner, Volcano Grill Chester, Food covered, Drinks own cost.

* : Tentative title/suggested subject matter.

Tuesday June 27th, 2006 Lassen Volcanic National Park

9:00 Leave Child's Meadows

10:00-10:30 Visit Sulfur Works

10:30 -12:00 travel to Warner valley

12:00-13:00 Lunch in Warner Valley

13:00-14:00 Hike to Boiling Springs Lake (ca. 1 mile, easy hike)

14:00-15:00 Visit Boiling Springs Lake, ROV testing

15:00-15:30 Return to Warner Valley

15:30-16:30 Return to Childs Meadows

17:00-18:00 Wrapup and Future NAI-ViFoG plans

18:00- Dinner

Wednesday June 28th, 2006 Optional Hat Creek Radio Observatory, Allen Array

8:00 Leave Childs Meadows

10:00 Arrive Hat Creek

10:00-12:00 Visit Array

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00: Depart for Bay Area/points South.