10:45 Heterotrophic bacterioplankton in a coastal Red Sea lagoon: Exploring the potential antimicrobial effect of seagrass meadows Dr. Hana Sonbol, KAUST PI: Xose Anxelu Moran

11:00 Microbial diversity and metabolisms in a brine-seawater interface of the Red Sea Dr. Gregoire Michoud, KAUST PI: Daniele Daffonchio

11:15 Novel genomes along brine-seawater interface Alan Barozzi, KAUST PI: Daniele Daffonchio

11:30 Functional metagenomics explain airborne lifestyle of the global dust belt microbiome Nojood Aalismail, KAUST PI: Carlos Duarte

11:45 The microbial response to nutrient enrichment in mangrove soils Timothy Thomson, KAUST PI: Burt Jones

Session Chair: Alan Barozzi