Conference General Agenda |
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| Revised September 30, 2009 - subject to change |
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| Invited guest speakers are listed in bold/green typeface. |
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| Tuesday, November 10, 2009 |
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5:00 pm – 9:00 pm |
Welcome reception and registration
Hosted by Roche/454 Sequencing |
Radisson Hotel |
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| Wednesday, Nov 11, 2009 |
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7:00 am - 8:30 am |
Registration open, poster setup available
Continental breakfast (provided) |
NCBC lobby |
7:15 am |
First shuttle vans leave Radisson Hotel |
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8:00 am |
Final shuttle vans leave Radisson Hotel |
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8:30 am - 9:30 am |
Opening and Keynote Session |
Auditorium |
8:30 am |
Conference Opening Remarks and Announcements by Dr. Nick Wheeler |
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8:45 am |
Day 1 Keynote Address
Dr. Ron Sederoff, NC Biotechnology Center, NC State University |
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9:30 am - 10:00 am |
Refreshment break (provided)
Poster set-up |
Gallery |
10:00 am - 12:10 pm |
Session IA Genomic Tools for the Fagaceae
Session Chair: Jeanne Romero-Severson, University of Notre Dame |
Auditorium |
10:00 am |
John Carlson, John Schatz Center for Tree Molecular Genetics at Pennsylvania State University.
The Genomic Tool Development for the Fagaceae Project |
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10:30 am |
Abdelali Barakat, Pennsylvania State University
Analysis of the transcriptome of the Fagaceae species |
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10:50 am |
Guang-Chen Fang, Clemson University
Physical mapping of Chestnut genome: A genome resource of Fagaceae and other tree species |
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11:10 am |
Thomas Kubisiak, USDA Forest Service
Annotated EST-based SSR and SNP Genetic Maps for Chinese Chestnut |
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11:30 am |
Chun-Huai Cheng, Clemson University
Functional Analyses and Software Additions to the Fagaceae Genomics Web |
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11:50 am |
Tim Harkins, Roche/454 Sequencing
De Novo Sequencing of Complex Genomes: How are we doing? |
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12:15 pm - 1:15 pm |
Buffet Luncheon (provided)
Poster area open |
Congressional Room |
1:20 pm - 2:50 pm |
Session IB Genomic Tools for the Fagaceae
Session Chair: Silvia Fluch, ARC, Seibersdorf, Austria |
Auditorium |
1:25 pm |
Christophe Plomion, INRA, France
Development of genomic resources in oak to study the structure, variability, evolution and functioning of its genome |
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1:50 pm |
Fiorella Villani, CNR-IBAF
Overview and recent development of genetic and genomic studies in Castanea sativa from Europe
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2:10 pm |
Patricia Faivre Rampant, INRA / URGV
Construction and characterization of a genomic BAC library for Quercus robur |
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2:30 pm |
Mark Coggeshall, University of Missouri at Columbia
Immediate application of FGP tools for detection of relatedness and verification of identity in 69 Chinese chestnut cultivars |
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2:50 pm - 3:30 pm |
Refreshment Break (provided) |
Gallery |
3:30 pm - 5:20 pm |
Session II: Comparative genomics of the Fagaceae
Session Chair: Oliver Gailing, Michigan Tech |
Auditorium |
3:30 pm |
Catherine Bodenes, INRA, France
Comparative genetic mapping in European Oaks |
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4:00 pm |
Federico Sebastiani, University of Florence, Italy
Comparative analysis of the chloroplast genomes of Fagaceae species |
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4:20 pm |
Paul Manos, Duke University
An updated phylogeny for the Fagaceae: insights from nuclear sequence data |
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4:40 pm |
Margaret Staton, Clemson University
Comparative genome analysis of Chinese Chestnut to model plant species and Fagaceae family |
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5:20 pm - 7:00 pm |
Poster Session with refreshments (provided) |
Gallery |
6:15 pm |
First shuttle vans to Radisson Hotel |
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7:00 pm |
Final shuttle vans to Radisson Hotel |
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| Thursday, November 12, 2009 |
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7:15 am |
First shuttle vans leaves from Radisson Hotel |
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7:45 am |
Final shuttle vans leaves from Radisson Hotel |
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7:30 am |
Registration desk open
Continental breakfast |
Gallery |
8:00 am |
Day 2 Keynote Address
Dr. Antoine Kremer, INRA, France
What can we learn from genomics about the evolution and ecology of oaks? |
Auditorium |
8:00 am -10:15 am |
Session IIIA Application of Genomic Tools in Ecological and Population Genetics
Session Chair: Antoine Kremer, INRA, France |
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8:15 am |
Pauline Garnier-Gere, INRA, France
Interaction between gene flow and selection in hybridizing oak species |
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9:15 am |
Oliver Gailing, Michigan Technological University
Assessment of adaptive genetic variation in oaks |
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9:35 am |
Pablo Goicoechea, Neiker-Tecnalia
Searching for Ecologically Important Genes in “Minor” Oak Species: The Role of Genomic Scans and Haplotype Inferences |
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9:55 am |
Oliver Brendel, INRA, France
Genetic determinism of Water Use Efficiency in pedonculate oak |
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10:15 am - 10:45 |
Refreshment Break (provided)
Poster visitation |
Gallery |
10:45 am - 12:15 pm |
Session IIIB Application of Genomic Tools in Ecological and Population Genetics
Session Chair: Pablo Goicoechea, Neilder, Spain |
Auditorium |
10:45 pm |
Victoria Sork, INRA, France
Ecological, evolutionary, and population genetic processes in a California endemic oak species, Quercus lobata
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11:15 am |
Hadrien Lalague, INRA, France
Candidate gene variation along an altitudinal gradient in Fagus sylvatica. |
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11:35 am |
Jason McLachlan, University of Notre Dame
Chloroplast DNA of American beech and northern red oak extracted and sequenced from Holocene lake sediments |
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11:55 am |
Reiner Finkeldey, Goettingen University
Genetic variation and hybridization in a species-rich oak (Quercus spp.) community in Romania |
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12:15 pm - 1:45 pm |
Luncheon (provided)
Poster visitation |
Congressional |
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm |
Session IVA Application of Genomic Tools to Forest Health Issues
Session Chair: Jennifer Koch, USDA Forest Service, USA |
Auditorium |
1:45 pm |
Shawn Mehlenbacher, Oregon State University, USA
Breeding, genetics and genomics of hazelnut |
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2:15 pm |
Kevin Potter, NC State University
Integrating Phylogenetics and Geographic Information System Analyses to Assess the Potential Ecosystem Impacts of Sudden Oak Death |
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2:35 pm |
Rita Costa
Understanding Disease Resistance to Phytophthora cinammomi in Castanea sp. |
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2:55 pm |
David Carey, USDA Forest Service
AFLP and SSR based linkage maps and QTL analysis for resistance to the beech scale insect in two American beech full sib families |
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3:15 pm - 3:45 pm |
Refreshment Break (provided)
Poster visitation |
Gallery |
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm |
Session IVB Application of Genomic Tools to Forest Health Issues
Session Chair: William Powell, |
Auditorium |
3:45 pm |
Scott Merkle, University of Georgia
American chestnut somatic embryogenesis and gene transfer: powerful tools for genomics-based forest health applications |
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4:15 pm |
William Powell, State University of New York
Testing gene function in American chestnut (Castanea dentata) through genetic engineering |
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4:35 pm |
Nadine Schulz, Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
How oak responds to long term drought stress – A wholistic approach |
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4:55 pm |
Josh Herr, Pennsylvania State University
Phylogenomics of the PR-10 gene family within the Fagaceae |
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5:15 pm |
Poster take-down |
Gallery |
5:30 pm |
First shuttle vans to Radisson Hotel |
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6:15 pm |
Final shuttle vans to Radisson Hotel |
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6:45 pm |
Social with cash bar (appetizers and dinner meal included) |
Radisson Hotel |
7:00 pm |
Conference Banquet
Awarding of the Poster Competition Prize
Banquet speaker: Dr. Hill Craddock |
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| Friday, November 13, 2009 |
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7:15 am |
First shuttle van to Radisson Hotel |
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7:45 am |
Final shuttle van to Radisson Hotel |
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7:30 am - 8:00 am |
Registration Desk open
Continental Breakfast (provided) |
NCBC Gallery |
8:00 am - 10:00 am |
Looking Ahead Session
Session Chair: Dr. Nicholas Wheeler |
Auditorium |
8:00 am |
Dana Nelson, USDA Forest Service
Biotechnological Tools for Accelerating Species Restoration |
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8:30 am |
Antoine Kremer, INRA, France
ForesTrak – EU project to discuss vision for forest genomics in the future |
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9:00 am |
Graham Harrison, National Science Foundation, USA
The National Science Foundation and International Collaborations |
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9:30 am - 10:00 am |
Refreshment Break (provided) |
Gallery |
10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Informal Discussion / Roundtable Gatherings
Session Chair: Dr. Nicholas Wheeler |
Auditorium |
11:45 am |
Closing Comments and Announcements
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Conference adjourns |
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12:00 pm |
First shuttle vans to Radisson Hotel / RDU airport |
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12:30 pm |
Final shuttle vans to Radisson Hotel / RDU airport |
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