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5th
Canadian Plant Genomics Workshop
- Preliminary Program
All
events will take place at the Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside
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July 30 |
- 18:00
Registration
- 19:25
Welcoming comments - George Haughn,
Department of Botany, University of
British Columbia
- 19:30
Opening comments - Pierre Meulien,
CSO, Genome BC
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19:40 Chair, Joerg Bohlmann,
Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia
- 19:45
Keynote address - Chris Somerville,
Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institute of Washington
and Department of Biological Sciences, . Scientific challenges
associated with developing a biofuels industry.
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| Tuesday
July 31 |
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Crop
Genomics
Chair: Wilf Keller, NRC Plant
Biotechnology Institute
- 8:30
Xing Wang Deng, Department
of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale
University. A genome wide analysis of rice DNA and histone
modification.
- 9:10
Mark Jordan, Cereal Research
Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Gene expression
markers, single feature polymorphisms and expression of
quantitative trait loci - new tools for trait analysis and
crop improvement.
- 9:30
Erin Gilchrist, Department
of Botany, University of British Columbia. TILLING as a
tool for optimizing oilseed properties in Canola (Brassica
napus).
- 9:50
Yong-Pyo Lim, Korea Brassica
Genome Resource Bank, Chungnam National University. Korea
Brassica genome resource bank (KBGRB): integrated genomic
resources of Brassica species for multinational
Brassica genome sequencing project.
Development
Chair: Elizabeth Schultz, University
of Lethbridge
- 10:40
Rob Martienssen, Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory. Silent running - RNAi and heterochromatic
silencing.
- 11:20
Raju Datla, Plant Biotechnology
Institute, National Research Council of Canada. Functional
genomics of embryogenesis in Arabidopsis and Brassica.
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11:40 Jin-Gui Chen, Department
of Botany, University of British Columbia. Functional characterization
of a family of novel transcription factors in plant development.
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12:00 Daniel Riggs, Department
of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto. Dissection
of signaling pathways governing inflorescence architecture.
Evolutionary
Genomics
Chair: Keith Adams, University
of British Columbia
- 14:00
Loren Rieseberg, Department
of Botany, University of British Columbia. Evolutionary
genomics of the Compositae
- 14:40
Martine Jean, Département
de phytologie, Université Laval. The allotetraploid
Arabidopsis thaliana-Arabidopsis lyrata
subsp. petraeaas a novel alternative model-system
for the study of polyploidy in plants.
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15:00 Keith Adams, Department
of Botany, University of British Columbia. Expression partitioning
of genes duplicated by polyploidy in response to abiotic
stress and during organ development.
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15:20 Michael S. Barker, Department
of Botany. University of British Columbia. Widespread paleopolyploidy
across the Viridiplantae.
- 16:00-18:00
Poster session and cash bar (presenters
of odd-numbered posters should
be available)
(Dinner
on your own)
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Wednesday
August 1 |
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Gene
Regulation
Chair: Nick Provart, University
of Toronto
- 8:30
Blake Meyers, Delaware Biotechnology
Institute and Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University
of Delaware. Deep transcriptional profiling of plant small
RNAs.
- 9:10
Ron Ammar, Department of Cell
& Systems Biology, University of Toronto. A predicted
interactome for Arabidopsis thaliana.
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9:30 Carolyn Penniket, Lethbridge
Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Tissue-specific
promoters in triticale.
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9:50 Igor Kovalchuk, Department
of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge. Genetic
and epigenetic changes in the progeny of stressed plants.
Tree
and Forest Genomics
Chair: Sally Aitken,
University of British Columbia
- 10:40
Jean Bousquet, Département
des sciences du bois et de la forêt, Université
Laval. What SNP genome scans tell us about molecular variation
of adaptive nature in spruces.
- 11:20
Jonathan Plett, Department
of Biology, Queen’s University. Poplar trichome mutant
isolated from activation tagged population shows altered
growth and pest resistance.
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11:40 C. Peter Constabel, Department
of Biology and Centre for Forest Biology, University of
Victoria. Characterization of the Populus phloem
proteome.
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12:00 Jason Holliday, Department
of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia. Functional
and population genomics of adaptation to local climate in
Sitka spruce.
Metabolism
Chair: Carl Douglas, University
of British Columbia
- 14:00
Mary Schuler, Department of
Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois.
Arabidopsis P450s: a window on plant biochemistry.
- 14:40
Joost Lücker, Wine Research
Centre, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of
British Columbia. iTRAQ analysis of the grape (Vitus vinifera
L.) proteome at ripening initiation reveals a previously
unidentified protein controlling a downstream step in anthocyanin
biosynthesis.
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15:00 Clarice de
Azevedo Souza, Department of Botany, University of
British Columbia. Genomic analysis of 4CL-like ACLL genes
reveals a novel biochemical pathway required for pollen
wall formation.
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15:20 Enwu Liu, Plant Biotechnology
Institute, National Research Council of Canada. Dissecting
alkaloid biosynthesis and regulation in Nicotiana benthamiana
using gene silencing.
- 16:00-18:00
Poster session and cash bar (presenters
of even-numbered posters should
be available)
- 19:00-23:30
Dinner cruise and Symphony of Fire
Presentation of
poster awards will be done during the cruise.
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| Thursday
August 2 |
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Biotic
and Abiotic Stress
Chair: Patrick Gulick, Concordia
University
- 8:30
Shauna Somerville, Department
of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Penetration
resistance: the first line of defense against invasive pathogens.
- 9:10
Pierre Fobert, Plant Biotechnology
Institute, National Research Council of Canada. Moving forward
in reverse at the NPR1 node.
- 9:50
Srinivasan Ramachandran, Rice
Functional Genomics Group, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory,
1 Research Link, the National University of Singapore. Identification
and functional characterization of rice Ds insertion lines
responsive to abiotic stresses.
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10:10 Kristoffer Palma, Michael
Smith Laboratories/Department of Botany, University of British
Columbia. The MOS4-associated complex is an important regulatory
node in NPR1-independent innate immunity signaling.
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10:30 Patrick J. Gulick, Department
of Biology, Concordia University. Analysis of signalling
and regulatory gene networks during cold acclimation in
bread wheat (Triticum aestivum).
Lipids,
Carbohydrates and Extracellular Matrix
Chair: Ljerka Kunst, University
of British Columbia
- 11:10
Christoph Benning, Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University.
Regulation of membrane lipid homeostasis and triacylglycerol
biosynthesis.
- 11:50
Ljerka Kunst, Department of
Botany, University of British Columbia. CER7, a core subunit
of the RNA-processing exosome, has a specific role in regulation
of cuticular wax deposition in Arabidopsis thaliana.
- 12:10
Susanne Hoffmann-Benning, Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University.
Characterization of proteins from corn coleoptile epidermis
that are involved in auxin-induced growth.
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12:30 Gillian Dean, Department
of Botany, University of British Columbia. Investigation
of the role of the MUM2 gene in Arabidopsis seed
coat development.
- 12:50
closing remarks - Gijs van Rooijen,
CSO Genome Alberta
- 1:00
Farewell, George Haughn, Department
of Botany, University of British Columbia
(lunch
on your own)
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