8:00-8:20 --- Introduction to CDI/MUSC Workshop
     Rand Haley, Centers Development Initiative (CDI), EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation [PPT]
     Eric Lacy, Director, Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences Center, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

8:20-8:50 --- MUSC Vision: Centers-level Marine Eco-Genomics Pursuits
     Gregory Warr, Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences Center, MUSC

8:50-9:35 --- Invited Lecture: Marine Eco-Genomics Research Seascape
     Martin Feder, Professor, Department of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, The University of Chicago [PPT]

9:35-10:00 --- Break

10:00-11:00 --- Panel: Centers-Level Funding for Marine Eco-Genomics
     Dragana Brzakovic, Science and Technology Centers Program, Office of Integrative Activities, NSF [PPT]
     Ed Abbott, Senior Associate, CDI
     Phil Harriman, Senior Associate, CDI
     Martin Feder, Professor, Department of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, The University of Chicago

11:00-11:45 --- Developing a Nationally-Competitive, Major Center: Part 1
Dan Edie, Former NSF ERC Director, Clemson University

11:45-12:45 --- Lunch

12:45-1:30 --- Developing a Nationally-Competitive, Major Center: Part 2
Carl Rust, NSF ERC Associate Director, Georgia Institute of Technology

1:30-3:10 --- Marine Eco-Genomics Research: Tools and Technologies: Part 1
Genomics:
     Paul Gross (MUSC)
     Fran Van Dolah (NOAA, Charleston, SC) [PDF]
Proteomics:
     John Baatz (MUSC)
     Jennifer Bethard (MUSC)

3:10-3:25 --- Break

3:25-4:40 --- Marine Eco-Genomics Research: Tools and Technologies: Part 2
Bioinformatics:
     Jonas Almeida (U. Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center) [PPT]
     Eberhard Voit (Georgia Tech) [PPT]
     Joao Setubal (Virginia Tech) [PPT]

4:40-5:15 --- Feedback and Dynamic Interactions

Tuesday, February 28, 2006
7:30-8:00 --- Continental Breakfast

8:00-8:45 --- Invited Lecture: The Role of Genomics in Marine Models for Human Health
     Richard Winn, Director, Aquatic Biotechnology and Environmental Laboratory, Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia [PPT]

8:45-11:25 --- Marine Eco-Genomics Research: Integration and Application
Immunology:
     Geoff Waldbieser (USDA, Stoneville, MS) [PPT]
     John Liu (Auburn University) [PDF]
Ecology:
     Bob Chapman (SC Dept. of Natural Resources, Charleston, SC) [PPT]
     Willie Davidson (Simon Fraser University)
Microbial Eco-Genomics:
     Eric Stabb (University of Georgia) [PDF]
Functional and Applied Metagenomics:
     Eric Mathur (EO Wilson Biodiversity Foundation)

11:25-11:45 --- Break

11:45-12:15 --- Workshop Discussion and Dynamic Interactions; Review of 'Center Vision Statements'
     Led by CDI External Consulting Team