15:20 Lysogeny in the natural microbial communities in the Red Sea Ruba Ashy, KAUST PI: Susana Agusti

15:35 Seasonal variation of viruses and heterotrophic nanoflagellates and their potential impact on heterotrophic bacterioplankton in a Red Sea shallow ecosystemnt next-generation sequencing ITS2 profiling (one year on) Eman Sabbagh, KAUST PI: Xose Anxelu Moran

15:50 Quantitative estimation of PAH absorption in phytoplankton cells Malak Abdallah, KAUST PI: Susana Agusti

16:05 Airborne Prokaryote and Virus abundance over the Red Sea Razan Yahya, KAUST PI: Carlos Duarte

16:20 Remotely-sensing phytoplankton size structure in the Red Sea John Gittings, KAUST PI: Ibrahim Hoteit

16:35 Responses to experimental warming of heterotrophic bacteria associated with a Red Sea Synechococcus strain Abbrar Labban, KAUST PI: Xose Anxelu Moran

16:50 Heterotrophic bacteria growth rates in the warm Red Sea: A spatial and seasonal assessment Luis Silva, KAUST PI: Xose Anxelu Moran

Session Chair: Luis Ribeiro da Silva