International PAG IGGI Workshop
Wednesday Afternoon, 16 January 2002 --- 1:00 pm - 3:45 pm
International Grass Genome Initiative (IGGI) Workshop
- Town & Country Room
Organizers:
Michael Gale
, John Innes Centre
(mike.gale@bbsrc.ac.uk)
and
Jeff Bennetzen
, Purdue University
(maize@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu)
Speakers:
1:00 pm - 1:10 pm Introduction to the Workshop -
Jeff Bennetzen, Purdue
University
(maize@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu)
1:10 pm - 1:50 pm
Jeff Bennetzen
(maize@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu)
Mechanisms and Rates of Local
Genome Rearrangement in Flowering Plants as
Assessed by Comparative Sequence Analysis
1:50 pm - 2:30 pm
Ramesh Kantety, Cornell University -
(rk80@cornell.edu)
High Density Comparative Mapping by Ortholog Prediction in
Grasses
2:30 pm - 3:10 pm
Roger Wise, USDA/ARS
(rpwise@iastate.edu)
Genomic Expansion of the Mla Plant-Defense Complex is Driven
by Transposon
Insertion and Heterochromatic replication
3:10 pm - 4:00 pm
Katrien Devos, John Innes
Centre
(katrien.devos@bbsrc.ac.uk)
Comparative Genetics Enhances Millet Research: From Traits
to Genes
4:00 pm Adjourn
Please note: Time for discussion and questions follows each
presentation: audience participation is invited.
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