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genomics enabled crop breeding & improvement
Improving agriculture with genomics
Agenda
(subject to change)
May 18 – 21, 2015
HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY
HUNTSVILLE, AL USA
www.CROPSconference.org
genomics enabled crop breeding & improvement
MON., MAY 18
LOCATION
PROGRAM ACTIVITY
02:00 - 04:00 PM
HudsonAlpha Auditorium
Phytozome Workshop
04:30 PM
HudsonAlpha
Prescheduled tours of the HudsonAlpha Facility
05:30 PM
HudsonAlpha
Opening Reception
07:00 PM
Jackson Center
Welcome and Introductions
07:15 PM
Jackson Center
Opening Keynote: Steve Rounsley, “Improving Agriculture through Genomics: Akron to Zanzibar”
08:00 - 09:00 PM
HudsonAlpha/Jackson Center
Dessert and Coffee Reception, Exhibits Open
04:00 - 09:30 PM
TUES., MAY 19
Shuttles to Hotels
LOCATION
07:00 - 08:30 AM
PROGRAM ACTIVITY
Shuttles from Hotels
07:15 AM
HudsonAlpha/Jackson Center
Breakfast Buffet and Exhibits Open
08:00 AM
Jackson Center
Welcome
08:10 AM
Jackson Center
Systems Biology/GWAS (Part 1)
Emma Mace,”Integrating Tools for the Dissection of Adaptive Trait Architecture”
Bin Han,”Genomic Analyses of Complex Traits in Hybrid Rice Varieties Reveal
Genetic Basis of Hybrid Vigor”
10:00 AM
HudsonAlpha/Jackson Center
Exhibits, Break and Poster Sessions
10:30 AM
Jackson Center
Genomic Assisted Breeding/Integrated Platforms (Part 1)
Qifa Zhang,“Demands for Green Goals and Green Technologies in Future Plant
Breeding: Rice as a Model”
Dario Grattapaglia,“Genomic Prediction of Complex Phenotypes: A Paradigm
Shift in Forest Tree Breeding”
Jesse Poland,“Intersection of Whole-Genome Prediction and High-Throughput
Phenotyping for Wheat Breeding”
Cameron Peace,“RosBREED: A Pedigree of Amazing Germplasm, Traditional
Genetics, International Collaboration and DNA-based Technologies”
12:30 PM
Jackson Center
Luncheon
01:30 PM
Jackson Center
Evolution Selection
Tom Juenger,“Exploring Plant Physiology and Adaptation in Plants using Genetic
and Genomic Tools”
Ana Caicedo,“Crop Contributions to Weed Evolution: Adaptation and Convergence
in Weedy Rice”
Peter Wenzl,“Diversity Seek (DivSeek): A Global, Community-Driven Initiative to
Harness Genetic Resources for Food Security and Climate Adaptation”
03:30 PM
HudsonAlpha/Jackson Center
Exhibits, Break and Poster Sessions
04:00 PM
Jackson Center
Genomic Assisted Breeding/Integrated Platforms (Part 2)
Todd Mockler,“Abiotic Stress Associated Gene Networks in Grasses”
Jonathan Lynch,“Root Phenes and Phenotypes for Soil Resource Acquisition”
Rajeev Varshney,“Translational Genomics in Agriculture: An Example in Chickpea”
Paul Gepts,“From Wild to Domesticated Beans: Application of Sequence Information”
06:00 - 09:00 PM
06:00 - 09:30 PM
Jackson Center
Hops on the Helix Beer Festival
Shuttles to Hotels
WED., MAY 20
LOCATION
07:00 - 08:30 AM
PROGRAM ACTIVITY
Shuttles from Hotels
07:15 AM
HudsonAlpha/Jackson Center
Breakfast Buffet and Exhibits Open
08:00 AM
Jackson Center
Functional Validation
Jurandir Magalhaes,“Phosphorus-Starvation Tolerance 1 Enhances Phosphorus
Acquisition and Sorghum Performance on Low-Phosphorus Soils: Toward a Molecular
Breeding Pipeline for Phosphorus Efficiency and Aluminum Tolerance on Acid Soils”
Esther van der Knaap,“The Role of OVATE in the Regulation of Tomato Fruit Shape”
David Jackson,“Genetics and Genomics of Maize Ear Development”
10:00 AM
HudsonAlpha/Jackson Center
Exhibits, Break and Poster Sessions
10:30 AM
Jackson Center
Systems Biology/GWAS (Part 2)
Sally Aitken,“Adapting Conifer Reforestation to New Climates using Genomics”
Jan Leach,“Understanding the Phytobiome: A Systems Approach to Improved
Crop Productivity”
Seth Murray,“Multi-Parent Populations and Sibling Inter-mating Effects on Genetic
Mapping Resolution and Accuracy in Maize”
Sebastien Renaut,“The Accumulation of Deleterious Mutations as a Consequence
of Domestication and Improvement in Sunflowers”
12:30 PM
Jackson Center
Luncheon
01:30 PM
Jackson Center
Genome Editing
Dan Voytas,“Engineering Plant Genomes with Sequence-Specific Nucleases”
Caixia Gao,”Developing Genome Editing Technologies for Crop Improvement”
Robert Stupar,“All in the Family: Understanding Soybean Gene Redundancies
through Genome Engineering”
Bing Yang,“TALEN- and CRISPR/Cas9-directed Genome Editing in Rice and Maize”
03:30 PM
HudsonAlpha/Jackson Center
Exhibits, Break and Poster Sessions
04:00 PM
Jackson Center
Session TBD
05:00 PM
Shuttles to U.S. Space & Rocket Center
05:30 PM
U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Reception in U. S. Space & Rocket Museum
07:00 PM
U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Buffet Dinner at The Davidson Center
07:45 PM
U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Keynote: Gerald Tuskan,“Some Unexpected Features of the Populus Genome”
08:15 PM
U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Closing Remarks and Adjourn
05:00 - 09:30 PM
THURS., MAY 21
Shuttles to Hotels
LOCATION
07:00 - 08:30 AM
PROGRAM ACTIVITY
Shuttles from Hotels
07:15 AM
HudsonAlpha
Breakfast Buffet and Exhibits Open
08:00 AM
Jackson Center
Developing World Crops
Jean-Marcel Ribaut,“Translational Research: The Generation Challenge Program
– a Successful Case Study”
Chiedozie Egesi,“Genomics-Assisted Breeding for Resistance to Biotic Stresses
and End-Use Traits for Cassava in Africa”
Damaris Odeny,“Finger Millet Genomics: From Orphan to Nutrition Security”
Ismail Abdelbag,TBD
10:30 AM
HudsonAlpha/Jackson Center
Exhibits, Break and Poster Sessions
11:00 AM
Jackson Center
Roundtable: Applying Genomic Techniques to Developing World Germplasm
12:00 PM
Closing Remarks and Adjourn
12:00 - 02:00 PM
Shuttles to Hotels