Organizers:
Katrien Devos(University of Georgia)
and
Henry T. Nguyen(University of Missouri & National Center for Soybean Biotechnology (NCSB))
Date: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Time: 8:00 AM-10:10 AM
Room: Pacific Salon 4-5 (2nd Floor)
8:00 AM
Introduction (Katrien Devos)
8:25 AM
Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Root System Architecture in Rice
Anjali S. Iyer-Pascuzzi, Duke University, Dept. of Biology and IGSP Center for Systems Biology;
Christopher N. Topp, Duke University, Dept. of Biology and IGSP Center for Systems Biology;
Jill T. Anderson, Duke University, Dept. of Biology;
Cheng-Ruei Lee, Duke University, Dept. of Biology;
Olga Symonova, IST Austria;
Yuriy Mileyko, Duke University, Dept. of Mathematics and IGSP Center for Systems Biology;
Taras Galkovsky, Duke University, Dept. of Mathematics and IGSP Center for Systems Biology;
Ying Zheng, Duke University, Dept. of Computer Science;
Randy Clark, Cornell University, Dept of Biological and Environmental Engineering;
Leon Kochian, USDA/ARS & Cornell University;
John Harer, Duke University, Dept. of Mathematics and IGSP Center for Systems Biology;
Herbert Edelsbrunner, Duke University, Dept. of Computer Science;
Joshua S. Weitz, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Biology and School of Physics;
Thomas Mitchell-Olds, Duke University, Dept. of Biology;
Philip N. Benfey, Duke University, Dept. of Biology and IGSP Center for Systems Biology
9:25 AM
High-throughput sequencing makes TILLING more fun
Helen Tsai, University of California;
Rebecca Nitcher, University of California Davis;
Tyson R. Howell, University of California, Davis;
Eduard Akhunov, Kansas State University;
Thomas H. Tai, USDA-ARS;
Jorge Dubcovsky, University of California, Davis;
Luca Comai, UC Davis