Hosts

• Ms. Erin Pickens
  Anchor, WJTV, Jackson, Mississippi
• Bob Thomas, Ph.D.
  Professor & Director, Center for Environmental Communication, School of Mass Communication, Loyola University

Panel

• Ed Overton, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University
• Jessie Kastler, Ph.D., Research Associate, Marine Education Center, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, University of Southern Mississippi

1. Barrier Island Impacts

Video Interviews

• Chris Snyder
  Director, Public Information and Marine Education, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, University of Southern Mississippi
• Rick Clark
  Chief of Science and Resource Management, Gulf Islands National Seashore, National Park Service

2. Seafood Safety Revisited  

Video Interviews

• Joe Jewell
  Assistant Director of Marine Fisheries, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
• Lisa Desfosse, Ph.D.
  Director, Mississippi Laboratories, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• John Stein, Ph.D.
  Deputy Science Director, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

3. A Look at the First Published Research on the Oil Spill  

Papers Presented

• Timothy J. Crone, Maya Tolstoy. 29 October 2010. Science 330:634. Magnitude of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Leak.
• Richard Camilli, Christopher M. Reddy, Dana R. Yoerger, Benjamin A.S. Van Mooy, Michael V. Jakuba, James C. Kinsey, Cameron P. McIntyre, Sean P. Sylva, James V. Maloney. 8 October 2010 Science 330:201-204. Tracking hydrocarbon plume transport and biodegradation at Deepwater Horizon.
• Terry C. Hazen, Eric A Dubinsky, Todd Z. DeSantis, Gary L. Anderson, Yvette M. Piceno, Navjeet Singh, Janet K. Jansson, Alexander Probst, Sharon E. Broglin, Julian L Fortney, William T. Stringfellow, Markus Bill, Mark E. Conrad, Lauren M. Tom, Krystle L. Chavarria, Thana R. Alusi, Regina Lamendella, Dominique C. Joyner, Chelsea Spier, Jacob Baelum, Manfred Auer,  Marcin L. Zemla,  Romy Chakraborty, Eric L. Sonnenthal, Patrik D’haeseler, Hoi-Ying N. Holman, Shariff Osman, Zhenmin Lu, Joy D. Van Nostrand, Ye Deng, Jizhong Zhou, Olivia U. Mason. 8 October 2010. Science 330:204-208. Deep-sea oil plume enriches indigenous oil-degrading bacteria.
• David L. Valentine, John D. Kessler, Molly C. Redmond, Stephanie D. Mendes, Monica B Heintz, Christopher Farwell, Lei Hu, Franklin Kinnaman, Shari Yvon-Lewis, Mengren Du, Eric W. Chan, Fenix Garcia Tigreros, Christie J. Villaneuva. 8 October 2010. Science 330:208-211. Propane respiration jump-starts microbial response to a deep oil spill