To gather the different groups developing microbial single cell genomics (SCG) methodology, exchange information, and thereby enable the field to make faster progress; to examine the dominant science questions that are best addressed by this powerful new tool. The use of SCG will likely have a major impact on the fields of microbial ecology, evolution, and bioprospecting, by enabling partial or complete genome assembly of the uncultured taxa from complex communities, thus providing a critical link between isolate genomics and metagenomics. We envision workshop participants as a mix of about 30 principal investigators, graduate students, and postdocs.

Hosts

Michael Sieracki and Ramunas Stepanauskas (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)

Steering Committee

Martin Keller, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Michael Sieracki, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Paul Richardson, US DOE Joined Genome Institute

Ramunas Stepanauskas, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Roger Lasken, JC Venter Institute