International PAG Forest Tree Genome Mapping Workshop

Forest Tree Genome Mapping
Workshop Sunday, 13 January 2002 --- 9:00 am - 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm -10:15 pm

Forest Tree Genome Mapping Workshop - Sunrise Room

Organizers: Toby Bradshaw, University of Washington

(toby@u.washington.edu)
Click here for Dr. Bradshaw home page

and

David Neale, USDA/FS

(dbneale@ucdavis.edu)

Speakers:

8:45 am - 9:00 am Welcome

9:00 am - 9:20 am Len Van Zyl, North Carolina State University

(lmvanzyl@unity.ncsu.edu)
Microarray Analysis as a Tool for Identifying Target Genes Involved in Wood Formation

9:20 am - 9:40 am Sheree A. Cato, New Zealand Forest Research Institute

(sheree.cato@forestresearch.co.nz)
Allelic Differences in Gene Expression and Candidate Gene Discovery in Pinus Radiata

9:40 am - 10:00 am Garth Brown, University of California - Davis

(gbrown@dendrome.ucdavis.edu)
Searching for Genes Undelying Quantitative Variation in Conifer Wood Properties:
Candidate genes, Single Nucleotide Polymorphsisms, and an Association Study in Loblolly Pine

10:00 am - 10:20 am Coffee Break

10:20 am - 10:40 am Phillip Wilcox, New Zealand Forest Research Institute

(phil.wilcox@forestresearch.co.nz)
Genetic Architectuere of Juvenile Wood Density in Pinus Radiata
and Implications for Design of Linkage Disequilibrium Studies

10:40 am - 11:00 am Rongling Wu, University of Florida

(rwu@mail.ifas.ufl.edu)
Functional Mapping of Quantative Trait Loci: A Theoretical Framework

11:00 am - 11:20 am Kostya Krutovskii, University of California - Davis

(kkrutovs@dendrome.ucdavis.edu)
EST Markers and Comparative Mapping

11:20 am - 11:40 am Caroline Saintagne, INRA

(saintagne@pierroton.inra.fr)
Genomic Organization of Molecular Differentiation Between Closley Related
White Oak Species (Q. Petraea MayTT (LIEBL) and Q. ROBUR L)

11:40 am - 12:00 pm Manuela Casasoli, INRA

(manuela.casasoli@ias.tr.cnr.it)
Comparative Genetic Mapping Between QUERCUS ROBUR L. and CASTANEA SATIVA MILL

12:00 pm - 1:10 pm Lunch - on your own

1:10 pm - 1:30 pm John Carlson, Pennsylvania State University

(jec16@psu.edu)
The Floral Project: A New NSF Plant Genome Project to
Uncover the Genetic Basis and Origin and Diversification of Flower Architechture

1:30 pm - 1:50 pm Berthold Heinze, Federal Forestry Research Center

(berthold.geinze@fbva.bmlf.gv.at)
A Concept for Detecting Tightly Linked Markers in
Open Pollinated Tree Progenies of FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR

1:50 pm - 2:10 pm Yoshihiko Tsumura, Department of Forest Genetics

(ytsumu@ffpri.affrc.go.jp)
Population Genetic Study of Cryptomeria Japonica Based on Linkage Map

2:10 pm - 2:40 pm Ronald Sederoff, North Carolina State University

(ron_sederoff@ncsu.edu)
A Genomic Approach to Wood Formation in Loblolly Pine

2:40 pm - 3:10 pm Christophe Plomion, INRA

(plomion@pierroton.inra.fr)
Ten Years of Molecular Genetics in Maritime Pine

3:10 pm - 3:30 pm Coffee Break

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm David Neale, University of California -Davis

(dneale@dendrome.ucdavis.edu)
Allele Discovery for Genes Controlling Economic Traits in Loblolly Pine

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Kermit Ritland, University of British Columbia

(kermit.ritland@ubc.ca)
A Britsih Columbia Initiative in Forestry Genetics

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Ove Nilsson, University of Umea, Sweden

(ove.nilsson@genfys.slu.se)
The Swedish Populus EST Project

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Gerald A Tuskan, DOE/Oak Ridge

(gtk@ornl.gov)
Sequencing the Populus Genome: Applications to the Energy-related Missions of DOE

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Gail Taylor, University of Southampton

(g.taylor@soton.ac.uk)
Popyomics: A Project Linking Physiology, Molecular Genetics, and Genomics
in Populus to Understand and Improve Yield and Quality for Biomass and
Timber Production Across Europe

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