Optional Greetings and Icebreaker at Jumby Bay Island Grill, Abacoa Town Center
Monday, May 21 -- Emerging Contaminants / Endocrine Disruptors /Conservation Medicine
10:30 – 11:30 am
Welcome Reception and Brunch at The Burrow
Noemi Marin, Director, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, Florida Atlantic University; Leonard Berry, Director, Florida Center for Environmental Studies; Neil Santaniello, Director, Scripps Howard Institute on the Environment and Science, Florida Atlantic University
11:30 – 12:30 pm
Fellowship Introductions
12:30 – 1:30 pm
From Your Home to Your Water Resources: Emerging Contaminants
Endocrine Disruptors: Decades-old Science, Controversy and Regulatory Challenges
Dr. R. Thomas Zoeller, Professor, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts/Amherst
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Break
3:00 – 3:30 pm
Travel to Canoe Outfitters and the Loxahatchee River’s Northwest Fork
3:30 – 5:15 pm
Canoe Trip
5:15 – 6:15 pm
Dinner at Riverbend Park
6:15 – 6:45 pm
Return to Campus
6:45 -- 7:30 pm
Break
7:30 – 8:30 pm
Keynote Address:
The Human Hand and Disease Emergence: Why Ebola, Nipah and SARS Outbreaks Are Our Fault
Dr. Jonathan Epstein, Associate Vice President of Conservation Medicine Programs, EcoHealth Alliance/Executive Director, Consortium for Conservation Medicine
Tuesday, May 22 –Drugs from the Sea / Coral Science / Water Pollution
7:00 – 7:45 am
Breakfast on Campus
7:45 – 8:45 am
Travel to Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, Port St. Lucie
8:45 – 10:30 am
Drug Discovery in the 21st Century
Dr. Richard A. Houghten, Founder / CEO / President, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies Turning Marine Toxins into Medicine: Conotoxins as Pain-killers and Smoking
Cessation Drugs
Dr. Christopher Armishaw, Medicinal Chemistry, Torrey Pines Institute
for Molecular Study
10:30 – 11:15 am
Travel to Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce
11:15 – 12:00 pm
Harbor Branch Laboratory Tour
Dr. Amy Wright, Director, Center for Marine Biomedical and Biotechnology
Research, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch at Harbor Branch, Johnson Education Center Gallery
(Invited) Dr. Margaret S. Leinen, Executive Director, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute/Associate Provost, Marine and Environmental Issues,
Florida Atlantic University
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Coral Reef Ecology and Health: New Molecular Technologies and Applications
Dr. Sara Edge, Assistant Research Professor, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution; Dr. Joshua Voss, Assistant Research Professor, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Travel to the Duerr Laboratory for Marine Conservation, Fort Pierce
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Wiring the Waters: Using Technology to Map Water Pollution Gradients and
Avert Aquatic Ecosystem Collapse
Dr. Edith Widder, CEO, President and Senior Scientist, Ocean Research Conservation Association
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Travel to Guanabanas, Jupiter
6:00 – 7:30 pm
Dinner at Gaunabanas
7:30 – 8:00 pm
Return to campus
Wednesday, May 23-- Climate Change / Fake Science /Alternative Energy
7:00 – 8:00 am
Breakfast on Campus
8:00 - 9:15 am
Global Change and Planetary Tipping Points
Dr. Anthony Barnosky, Professor, Department of Integrative Ecology, Curator,
Museum of Paleontology, University of California-Berkeley
Virginia Van-Sickle Burkett, Chief Scientist, Climate and Land-Use Change, US
Geological Survey
10:30 – 10:45 am
Break
10:45 – 11:45 pm
Reaping What You Sow: Climate Change, CO2 and Global Food Security
Lewis Ziska, Research Plant Physiologist, Crop Systems and Global Change,
Agricultural Research Service
11:45 – 12:15 pm
Travel to Loggerhead Park
12:15 – 1:30 pm
Lunch by the Sea
1:30 – 1:45 pm
Return to campus
1:45 – 2:00 pm
Break
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Fraud and Reasons Why Studies Are Flawed: Should Journalists Trust Peer Review?
Dr. Ivan Oransky, M.D., Executive Editor, Reuters Health/Blogger, Embargo Watch and Retraction Watch
3:30 – 5:30 pm
Alternative Energy
A) A Florida Power Company’s Approach to Solar and Wind Energy Development
David Bates, Manager, Project Development, /Florida Power and Light Co. B)Designing Next Generation Batteries for Solar and Transportation
Dr. Roy Periana, Professor and Director, Scripps Energy Laboratories, Scripps Research Institute
5:30 pm
Dinner on Your Own
Thursday, May 24–Wetland Restoration/ Invasive Species /Video Journalism/Bioscience Breakthroughs
7:00 – 7:45 am
Breakfast on Campus
7:45 – 8:30 am
Travel to the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
(northern Everglades)
8:30 – 9:45 am
A Living Lab for the Everglades – Insights from Project LILA
Eric Cline, Environmental Scientist, South Florida Water Management
District
9:45 – 11:30 am
Restoring a Wetland: Water Quality, Quantity and Snakes in the Sawgrass
Panel Discussion: Dr. Melissa Martin, Senior Ecologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Dr. Tom Dreschel, Section Leader/Senior Environmental Scientist, Everglades Division, South Florida Water Management District, Dr. Donatto Surratt, Senior Ecologist, National Park Service; Lisa Jameson, Invasive Species Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Video Journalism: Tools of the Trade and Stories from the Field
Erik Olsen, Reporter and Video Journalist, The New York Times
2:45 – 3:00 pm
Walk to Scripps Florida
3:00 -- 6:00 pm
Bioscience Breakthroughs
Scripps Florida -- B159
Overview: Developments in Neuroscience at the Max Planck Florida Institute
Dr. Claudia Hillinger, Vice President for Institute Development, Max Planck/President, Max Planck Florida Foundation Researcher Presentation: Dr. Samuel Young, Jr., Research Group Leader, Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Function
Overview: Biotech Research at Scripps Florida
Dr. Deborah Leach Scampavia, Director of Education and Outreach, Scripps Florida
Researcher Presentation: Dr. Matt Gill, Assistant Professor, Department of Metabolism and Aging; Dr. Paul Thompson, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Wine and Cheese and Science Mixer
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Pizza and a Movie: There Once Was an Island
(Invited) Briar March, Documentary Filmmaker and Instructor, Florida Atlantic University
Friday, May 25--Ecosystem Spotlight / Social Media in Science Reporting / Sea Turtle Conservation
7:30 – 9:30 am
Breakfast on the Bus
Travel to Archbold Biological Station and the Lake Wales Ridge
The Kissimmee-Okeechobee-Everglades System
Paul Gray, Okeechobee Science Coordinator, Audubon of Florida
9:30 – 10:00 am
Overview
Dr. Hilary Swain, Executive Director, Archbold Expeditions and Senior Research
Biologist, Archbold Biological Station
10:00 – 11:00 am
Scrub Habitat Hike
11:00 –12:00 pm
Endangered Species, Fire Management, Carbon and Water Cycles and
Establishing Connectivity Among Protected Natural Areas
Using Social Medial to Get Story Ideas, Save Time and Connect with
Colleagues and Readers
Paul Raeburn, Blogger at the Knight Science Journalism Tracker/Freelance Journalist/Book Author
5:15 – 6:15 p
Break
6:15 – 6:30 pm
Travel to Dinner
6:30 –11:00 pm
Dinner, talk and walk -- John D. MacArthur Beach State Park
How Sea Turtles Reveal Our World
Dr. Blair Witherington, Research Scientist, Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
11:00 -- 11:15 pm
Return to campus
Saturday, May 26–Science Journalism / Hurricane Research
8:30 -- 9:30 am
Breakfast on Campus
9:30 – 11:00 am
Panel Discussion: Science Journalism Blogging
Paul Raeburn, author, blogger at the Knight Science Journalism Tracker, freelance journalist; Curtis Brainard, Science and Climate Reporter, Columbia Journalism Review; Jeanne Erdmann, Medical Science Writer/Co-Founder, The Open Notebook; Stacey Singer, Health Writer, Palm Beach Post
11:00 – 12:15 pm
Nature’s Huffs and Puffs: The Latest Developments in Hurricane Science
Dr. Frank Marks, Jr., Research Meteorologist and Director, NOAA/AOML
