Cucurbit

Organizers:
Amnon Levi(USDA, ARS U.S. Vegetable Lab) , Jordi Garcia-Mas(Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB) and Kobi Tadmor(Israeli ARO)
Date: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Time: 3:50 PM-6:00 PM
Room: Pacific Salon 1
Chairs:
Jordi Garcia-Mas , Kobi Tadmor and Amnon Levi
3:50 PM
Sequencing and resequencing of watermelon genomes
Zhangjun Fei, Cornell University; Shaogui Guo, China National Engineering Research Center; Jianguo Zhang, BGI-Shenzhen; Jerome Salse, INRA; Yi Zheng, Boyce Thompson Institute; Hainan Zhao, State Key Lab of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University; Jinsheng Lai, State Key Lab of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University; Haiying Zhang, China National Engineering Research Center; Jun Wang, BGI-Shenzen; Yunfu Li, China National Engineering Research Center; Yong Xu, China National Engineering Research Center

4:10 PM
High transposition activity in recent evolution of the melon genome
Elizabeth Hénaff, CRAG (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Cerdanyola del Vallés (Barcelona), Spain; Jordi Payet, Emili Badiella 21, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain; Walter Sanseverino, CRAG (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB); Jordi Garcia-Mas, Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB; Josep Casacuberta, CRAG (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB)

4:30 PM
Recent advances in the melon genome project
Walter Sanseverino, CRAG (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB); Melonomics Consortium, CRAG (CSIC-IRTA-UAB, UB)

4:50 PM
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) genome sequencing and comparative analysis
Rafal Woycicki, Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Justyna Witkowicz, Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Piotr Gawronski, Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Joanna Dabrowska, Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Alexandre Lomsadze, Georgia Institute of Technology; Magdalena Pawelkowicz, Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Ewa Siedlecka, Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Kohei Yagi, Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Wojciech Plader, Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Anna Seroczynska, Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Mieczyslaw Smiech, Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Wojciech Gutman, Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Katarzyna Niemirowicz-Szczytt, Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Grzegorz Bartoszewski, Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Norikazu Tagashira, Hiroshima Jogakuin University; Yoshikazu Hoshi, Tokai University; Mark Borodovsky, Georgia Institute of Technology; Stanislaw Karpinski, Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Stefan Malepszy, Warsaw University of Life Sciences; Zbigniew Przybecki, Warsaw University of Life Sciences

5:10 PM
Chromosome Synteny in Cucumis Species
Yiqun Weng, USDA ARS/ Universtiy of Wisconsin; Luming Yang, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dal-Hoe Koo, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Dawei Li, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Jiming Jiang, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Michael J. Havey, University of Wisconsin

5:30 PM
Identification and validation of QTL modifying melon (Cucumis melo L.) fruit morphology in a ‘Piel de Sapo'×PI124112 cross
Aurora Díaz Bermúdez, IBMCP Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Plantas; Belkacem Zaouri, Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural, Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDRA); Mohamed Fergany, Agronomy Department Faculty of Agriculture Ain Shams University; Maria Belen Pico, Institute for the Conservation and Breeding of Agricultural Biodiversity (COMAV-UPV); Antonio J. Monforte, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP)

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