Equine 1

Organizers:
Samantha Brooks(Cornell University) and Danika Bannasch(University of California, Davis)
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2012
Time: 1:30 PM-6:00 PM
Room: Royal Palm Salon 5-6
1:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks


1:35 PM
Ancient Horse Genomes In the Next-Next Generation Sequencing Era
Ludovic Orlando, Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark; Aurelien Ginolhac, Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark; Maanasa Raghavan, Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark; Julia Vilstrup, Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark; Morten Rasmussen, Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark; Mathias Stiller, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University; Grant Zazula, Government of Yukon, Department of Tourism and Culture; Duane Froese, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta; John F. Thompson, NABsys Inc; Kathleen Steinmann, Applications, Methods and Collaborations, Helicos BioSciences; Philipp Kapranov, Applications, Methods and Collaborations, Helicos BioSciences; Khaled AS. AL-Rasheid, Zoology Department, College of Science King Saud University; Wu Kui, BGI-Shenzen; Kaleung Yuen, BGI-Shenzen; Yadan Luo, BGI-Shenzen; Ziaoju Qian, BGI-Shenzen; Mikkel Schubert, Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark; Philip Johnson, Department of Biology, Emory University ; Ida Moltke, The Bioinformatics Centre; Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen; Stinus Lindgreen, The Bioinformatics Centre; Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen; Josef Korbinian Vogt, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis,Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark; Bent Petersen, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis,Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark; Michael Hofreiter, Department of Biology, University of York; Tom Gilbert, Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark; Thomas Sicheritz-Ponten, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis,Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark; Anders Krogh, The Bioinformatics Centre; Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen; Guojie Zhang, Beijing Genomics Institute; Beth Shapiro, Penn State University; Jun Wang, BGI-Shenzen; Eske Willerslev, Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark

2:20 PM
Whole-genome Analysis of a Quarter Horse Mare
Ryan Doan, Texas A&M University; Noah Cohen, Texas A&M University; Jason Sawyer, Texas A&M AgriLife McGregor Research Center; Noushin Ghaffari, AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Services; Charles D. Johnson, AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Services; Scott Dindot, Texas A&M University

2:45 PM
Genomic Copy Number Variation in Horses with Disorders of Sexual Development
Terje Raudsepp, Texas A&M University; Erica Fang, Texas A&M University; Zhipeng Qu, University of Adelaide; Sharmila Ghosh, Texas A&M University; Pranab Jyoti Das, Texas A&M University; Carolyn Arnold, Texas A&M University; Sue McDonnell, University of Pennsylvania; David L. Adelson, University of Adelaide; Bhanu P. Chowdhary, Texas A&M University

3:10 PM
Insertion of ERE elements in the horse genome and gene expression regulation
Elena Giulotto, University of Pavia; Lela Khoriauli, University of Pavia; Marco Santagostino, University of Pavia; Francesco Vella, University of Pavia; Riccardo Gamba, University of Pavia; Ori Klipstein, University of Pavia; Elena Raimondi, University of Pavia; Solomon Nergadze, University of Pavia

3:35 PM
Break


3:50 PM
Cribbing: a compulsive behavior and its genetic component
Bianca Haase, University of Sydney; Danika Bannasch, University of California, Davis; Hannes Lohi, University of Helsinki; Jim Mickelson, University of Minnesota; Elinor Karlsson, Harvard University & Broad Institute; Karin Hemman, University of Helsinki; Jeannine M. Berger, University of California, Davis; Marja Raekallio, University of Helsinki; Gabriela Obexer-Ruff, University of Bern; Megan Kruft, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA; Outi Vainio, University of Helsinki; Amy Young, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA; Dominik Burger, Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station ALP, Swiss National Stud Farm; Iris Bachmann Rieder, Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station ALP, Swiss National Stud Farm; Tosso Leeb, University of Bern; Stefan Rieder, Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station ALP, Swiss National Stud Farm; Claire Wade, University of Sydney

4:15 PM
Replication and Fine-Mapping of a QTL for Recurrent Airway Obstruction (RAO) in European Warmblood Horses
Mostafa Shakhsi-Niaei, Institute of Genetics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Jolanta Klukowska-Rötzler, Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern; Cord Drögemüller, Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern; June Elizabeth Swinburne, Animal Health Trust; Carolin Ehrmann, Clinic for Horses, Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen; Dounia Saftic, 4Equine Clinic, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern; Alessandra Ramseyer, Agroscope ALP-Haras; Vincent Gerber, 4Equine Clinic, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern; Gaudenz Dolf, Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern; Tosso Leeb, University of Bern

4:40 PM
RNA-seq of 43 Equine Tissues Improves Transcriptome Annotation
Matthew S. Hestand, University of Kentucky; Zheng Zeng, University of Kentucky; Stephen Coleman, University of Kentucky; Kai Wang, University of Kentucky; Jinze Liu, University of Kentucky; James N. MacLeod, University of Kentucky

5:05 PM
Genome-wide across and within breed association studies in horses
Ottmar Distl, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover; Claudia Dierks, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover; Virginie Lampe, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

5:30 PM
Station Reports


5:55 PM
Discussion


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