USDA/NIFA Microbial

Organizers:
Ann Lichens-Park(USDA-NIFA) and Nancy Cavallaro(USDA-NIFA)
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2012
Time: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Room: Towne
Moderator:
Ann Lichens-Park
8:20 AM
Sequencing the Obligate Oomycete Plant Pathogen, Bremia lactucae
Richard Michelmore, The Genome Center, University of California, Davis; Joan Wong, The Genome Center, University of California; Rosa Juliana Gil, The Genome Center, University of California, Davis; Alexander Kozik, The Genome Center, University of California, Davis; Frank Martin, USDA ARS; Cheng-Cang Wu, Lucigen Corporation; Ian Korf, The Genome Center, University of California, Davis

9:00 AM
Genome Sequence for the Apicomplexan Sarcosystis neurona
Jessica Kissinger, University of Georgia, Institute of Bioinformatics, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases & Department of Genetics; Daniel K. Howe, University of Kentucky-Dept. Of Vet. Science; Christopher Schardl, University of Kentucky

9:20 AM
Global Distribution of Dominant Archaeal Populations in Soil
Scott T. Bates, University of Colorado at Boulder; Noah Fierer, University of Colorado at Boulder

10:00 AM
Microbial Community Activity:Communication Among Soil Microbes
Mark W. Silby, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Adam S. Bitzer, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Sarah H. Craven, Tufts University School of Medicine; Stuart B. Levy, Tufts University School of Medicine

10:40 AM
Managing Plant-Microbe Interactions in Soil to Promote Sustainable Agriculture
Linda L. Kinkel, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota; Matt Bakker, Center for Rhizosphere Biology, Colorado State University ; Dan Schlatter, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota; Nick LeBlanc, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota; Lindsey Hanson, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota; H. Corby Kistler, USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory

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