Marine Biotechnology in the Twenty-First Century: Problems, Promise, and Products (2002)

8:00 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Introductions and welcome —Nancy Targett, Committee Chair, University of Delaware, Jennifer Merrill, Study Director, Ocean Studies Board

SESSION 1: DRUG DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT

8:45 a.m.

Session chairs—Shirley Pomponi, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, William Gerwick, Oregon State University

8:55 a.m.

Accessing new materials: Supply issues, uncultured species—William Fenical, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

9:25 a.m.

Discussion

9:35 a.m.

Novel screening directions and technologies: Analytical techniques, retrospective views, development bottlenecks—Guy Carter, Wyeth Ayerst

10:05 a.m.

Discussion

10:15 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

The oceans: A rich source of drugs to treat human disease—Mary Ann Jordan, University of California, Santa Barbara

11:00 a.m.

Discussion

11:10 a.m.

Ecological roles: Mechanisms for discovery of novel targets, comparative biochemistry—Patrick Walsh, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

11:40 a.m.

Discussion

11:50 a.m.

Molecular biology and natural products—Bradley Moore, University of Arizona

12:20 p.m.

Discussion

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

SESSION 2: GENOMIC AND PROTEOMIC APPLICATIONS FOR MARINE BIOPRODUCT DISCOVERY

1:30 p.m.

Session chairs—D. Jay Grimes, University of Southern Mississippi, John Heidelberg, The Institute for Genomic Research

1:40 p.m.

The genomics revolution: Challenges and opportunities— Claire Fraser, The Institute for Genomic Research

2:10 p.m.

Discussion

2:20 p.m.

Bringing culture to the uncultured: Microbial discovery by high throughput cultivation—Stephen Giovannoni, Oregon State University

2:50 p.m.

Discussion

3:00 p.m.

Microbial microarrays: Utility, limitations and future applications, lessons learned from several model systems—Scott Peterson, The Institute for Genomic Research

3:30 p.m.

Discussion

3:40 p.m.

Break

4:00 p.m.

Microbial genomics: Where do we go now?—Daniel Drell, U.S. Department of Energy

4:30 p.m.

Discussion

4:40 p.m.

Summary discussion of events, led by Nancy Targett

5:15 p.m.

Reception – Rotunda

6:00 p.m.

Evening lecture—Marine biotechnology, past, present and future—Rita R. Colwell, National Science Foundation

6:45 p.m.

Discussion

7:30 p.m.

Workshop adjourns for the day

8:00 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Introductions—Dr. Nancy Targett, University of Delaware

SESSION 3: BIOMATERIALS AND BIOENGINEERING

8:45 a.m.

Session chairs—Roger Prince, ExxonMobil Research, Robert Baier, SUNY Buffalo

8:55 a.m.

Bioadhesives: Biocatalysis, post translational modification—Christine Benedict, Geneva Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

9:25 a.m.

Discussion

9:35 a.m.

Self-cleaning surfaces: Biolubricants, drag reduction— Anne Meyer, State University of New York at Buffalo

10:05 a.m.

Discussion

10:15 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Uniform microporous biomaterials prepared from marine skeletal precursors—Rodney White, UCLA Medical Center

11:00 a.m.

Discussion

11:10 a.m.

Polymers for tissue engineering: Drug delivery and cellular therapy—Cato Laurencin, Drexel University

11:40 p.m.

Discussion

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

SESSION 4: PUBLIC POLICY, PARTNERSHIPS, AND OUTREACH

12:50 p.m.

Session chairs—Nancy Targett, Committee Chair, University of Delaware, Jennifer Merrill, Ocean Studies Board

1:00 p.m.

Biomedical compounds extracted from coral reef organisms: Harvest pressure, conservation concerns, and sustainable management—Andrew Bruckner, NOAA Office of Protected Resources

1:30 p.m.

Discussion

1:40 p.m.

Productive partnerships in natural products discovery and development—Joshua Rosenthal, Fogarty Center (NIH)

2:10 p.m.

Discussion

2:20 p.m.

Break

2:30 p.m.

Commercialization of marine bioproducts: Intellectual property and technology transfer issues—Donald Gerhart, University of Oregon

3:00 p.m.

Discussion

3:10 p.m.

Planning, partnerships, and progress in marine biotechnology research and outreach in Florida—James Cato, University of Florida Sea Grant Program

3:40 p.m.

Discussion

3:50 p.m.

Workshop wrap-up

Session chairs present 10-minute summaries of the topics discussed

4:30 p.m.

Final discussion of the topic

5:30 p.m.

Workshop adjourns