Organizers:
Carl J. Douglas(University of British Columbia)
,
Stephen DiFazio(West Virginia University)
and
Patricia Faivre(INRA)
Date: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Time: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Room: Sunrise
8:50 AM
Differential Transcriptomes During Forming Of Epigenetic Memory In Norway Spruce
Igor Yakovlev, Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute;
YeonKyeong Lee, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences;
Bjorn Rotter, GenXPro-GmbH;
Tore Skrøppa, Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute;
Øystein Johnsen, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences;
Jorunn Olsen, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences;
Carl Gunnar Fossdal, Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute
10:00 AM
Conifer Translational Genomics Network: Bringing Genomics Based Breeding To Application
Ross Whetten, North Carolina State University;
Tom Byram, Texas Forest Service;
Nicholas Wheeler, Oregon State University;
Steven McKeand, North Carolina State University;
Fikret Isik, North Carolina State University;
Dudley Huber, University of Florida;
Glenn Howe, Oregon State University;
C. Dana Nelson, Southern Institute of Forest Genetics, USDA Forest Service;
Brad St Clair, USDA Forest Service;
Jill Wegrzyn, University of California, Davis;
David Neale, University of California, Davis
10:20 AM
“Shrinking” the Giants: An innovative approach for de novo sequencing of conifer genomes
Konstantin V. Krutovsky, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University;
Iraida N. Tretyakova, Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Selection, V.N. Sukachev lnstitute of Forest;
Irina V. Chubugina, Department of Genetics and Selection, Forest Protection Center;
Natalja V. Oreshkova, Laboratory of Forest Genetics and Selection, V.N. Sukachev lnstitute of Forest;
Craig S. Echt, Southern Institute of Forest Genetics, USDA Forest Service;
Nurul Islam-Faridi, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University;
C. Dana Nelson, Southern Institute of Forest Genetics, USDA Forest Service
11:00 AM
RAPiD-Seq – A novel approach to genotype by sequencing reduced genome representations
Marcio Resende Jr, University of Florida;
Leandro Gomide Neves, University of Florida;
Kelly Mayrink Balmant, University of Florida;
Christopher Dervinis, University of Florida;
Daleen VanDyk, University of Pretoria;
Alexander Myburg, Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria;
Matias Kirst, University of Florida - SFRC
11:50 AM
Levels and patterns of nucleotide variability and population differentiation in Populus: insights from transcriptome resequencing and SNP genotyping
Armando Geraldes, University of British Columbia - Department of Botany;
Christopher J. Grassa, University of British Columbia - Department of Botany;
Gancho T. Slavov, Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University;
Wellington Muchero, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA;
Ranjan Priya, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Par K. Ingvarsson, Umea University - Plant Science Centre;
Stefan Jansson, Umeå University;
Gerald Tuskan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Carl J. Douglas, University of British Columbia, Dept. of Botany;
Quentin C. B. Cronk, University of British Columbia - Department of Botany
12:10 PM
Life and Death in the Paleopolyploid Genome: Contrasting Patterns of Duplicate Gene Evolution in Populus
Eli Rodgers-Melnick, West Virginia University;
Shrinivasrao P. Mane, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute;
Palitha Dharmawardhana, Oregon State University;
Gancho T. Slavov, Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University;
Oswald R. Crasta, Chromatin, Inc;
Steven Strauss, Oregon State University;
Amy Brunner, Virginia Tech;
Stephen DiFazio, West Virginia University
1:30 PM
Next Generation Sequencing of the Salix purpurea L. Genome and Transcriptome: Tools for the Genetic Improvement of Willow Biomass Crops
Larry Smart, Cornell University;
Michelle J. Serapiglia, Cornell University;
Fred E. Gouker, Cornell University;
Chris Town, J. Craig Venter Institute;
Haibao Tang, J. Craig Venter Institute;
Gerald Tuskan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Kerrie Barry, DOE Joint Genome Institute;
Erika A. Lindquist, DOE Joint Genome Institute;
Robert J. Elshire, Cornell University;
Sharon E. Mitchell, Cornell University;
Edward S. Buckler, Cornell University;
Stephen DiFazio, West Virginia University;
Eli Rodgers-Melnick, West Virginia University
2:10 PM
QTL Mapping and Targeted Sequencing of Genomic Regions Conferring Resistance to Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica) and Ink Disease (Phytophthora cinnamomi)
Margaret Staton, Clemson University;
Bode Olukolu, North Carolina State University;
Tatyana Zhebentyayeva, Clemson University;
Eric Fang, Clemson University;
Lynn P. Tomsho, Center for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics, Pennsylvania State University;
Stephan Shuster, Pennsylvania State University;
Abdelali Barakat, Clemson University;
Charles Addo-Quaye, Pennsylvania State University;
Joe James, Chestnut Return Farms;
Steven N. Jeffers, Clemson University;
Thomas Kubisiak, USDA Forest Service;
C. Dana Nelson, Southern Institute of Forest Genetics, USDA Forest Service;
Albert G. Abbott, Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University;
John E. Carlson, Penn State University
3:00 PM
Association Genetics of Traits Underlying Secondary Cell Wall Chemistry and Ultrastructure in Populus trichocarpa
Ilga Porth, University of British Columbia;
Jaroslav Klapste, University of British Columbia;
Alexander Skyba, University of British Columbia;
Armando Geraldes, University of British Columbia;
Jan Hannemann, University of Victoria;
Michael Friedmann, University of British Columbia;
Juergen Ehlting, University of Victoria;
Quentin C. B. Cronk, University of British Columbia;
Stephen DiFazio, West Virginia University;
Gancho T. Slavov, Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University;
Wellington Muchero, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA;
Ranjan Priya, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Gerald Tuskan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Yousry A. El-Kassaby, University of British Columbia;
Carl J. Douglas, University of British Columbia;
Shawn D. Mansfield, University of British Columbia
3:20 PM
Predictive Models of Regulatory and Metabolic Pathway for Monolignol Biosynthesis
Cranos Williams, North Carolina State University;
Hsi-Chuan Chen, North Carolina State University;
Jina Song, North Carolina State University;
Joel Ducoste, North Carolina State University;
Christopher M. Shuford, North Carolina State University;
Quanzi Li, North Carolina State University;
Jie Liu, North Carolina State University;
Rui Shi, North Carolina State University;
David Muddiman, North Carolina State University;
Ronald Sederoff, North Carolina State University;
Vincent Chiang, North Carolina State University
4:30 PM
Sequencing and Analysis of the Eucalyptus grandis Genome
Alexander Myburg, Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria;
Gerald Tuskan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
Dario Grattapaglia, Plant Genetics Laboratory, EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology;
The Eucalyptus Genome Network (EUCAGEN), Over 30 co-authors listed on www.eucagen.org
4:50 PM
Master Regulators of Wood Formation in Eucalyptus
Hua Wang, University of Toulouse III - CNRS;
Marçal Soler, University of Toulouse III - CNRS;
Najib Saïdi, University of Toulouse III - CNRS;
Steven G Hussey, Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria;
Hong Yu, University of Toulouse III - CNRS;
Victor Carocha, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnologica;
Eduardo L. O. Camargo, University of Toulouse III - CNRS;
Nathalie Ladouce, University of Toulouse III - CNRS;
Hélène San Clemente, University of Toulouse III - CNRS;
Charles Hefer, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Unit, University of Pretoria;
Bruno Savelli, University of Toulouse III - CNRS;
Jorge A P Paiva, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnologica;
Jacqueline Grima-pettenati, University of Toulouse III - CNRS;
Alexander Myburg, Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria
5:10 PM
Generation of a Eucalyptus globulus Reference Genome and Gene Catalogue
Philippe Rigault, GYDLE;
Antanas Spokevicius, University of Melbourne, Department of Forest and Ecosystem Sciences;
Andrew Merchant, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, The University of Sydney;
Julio Najera, University of Melbourne, Department of Forest and Ecosystem Sciences;
Josquin Tibbits, Department of Primary Industries
5:30 PM
Next-Generation Genomics Tools for Reconstructing Transcriptional Networks in Eucalyptus
Steven G Hussey, Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria;
Eshchar Mizrachi, Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria;
Charles Hefer, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Unit, University of Pretoria;
Andrew Groover, Institute of Forest Genetics, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service;
Dave Berger, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria;
Alexander Myburg, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria
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