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Jim Leebens-Mack, Penn State

Program:

Deep Gene, an NSF-sponsored Research Coordination Network (RCN) is holding a workshop/discussion session to increase productive interactions between plant genomic and phylogenetic biologists. Phylogenetic analysis is central to all interpretations of gene families and for functional comparisons among genomes, while genomics is providing unprecedented opportunities for learning about the evolutionary histories of genes, genomes, and organisms. 

Speakers:

7:30 pm - 7:35 pm        Claude dePamphilis, Penn State University

7:35 pm - 7:55 pm Brent Mishler, University of California - Berkeley

7:55 pm - 8:20 pm Tom Mitchell-Olds, Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology

8:20 pm - 8:45 pm Vic Albert,University of Oslo

8:45 pm - 9:15 pm Doug Soltis, University of Florida

9:10 pm - 9:35 pm Toby Kellogg, University of Missouri - St. Louis

9:35 pm - 10:15 pm

PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE INTEGRATION OF PHYLOGENETICS AND GENOMICS The integration of genomics and phylogenetics provides powerful analytical tools for elucidation of natural experiments that have influenced the evolution of gene function, developmental pathways and whole genomes. Unlike similarity-based analyses, which are often done as pairwise comparison, a phylogenetic approach to genomics includes explicit inference of ancestral and derived characteristics, and phylogenetic history at multiple, nested levels of comparison. The panel will discuss how available phylogenetic tools have been used to understand extant genome-related processes and drive the development of phylogenetically grounded ontologies for the description of genes, morphological structures, and phenotypic traits (characters) . Future directions for the integration of genomics and phylogenetics will be explored as the panel and audience exchange questions and comments. The Workshop is sponsored by the Deep Gene Research Coordination Group (NSF Grant DEB-0090227), which exists to integrate green plant phylogenetics and genomics. For more information, please visit our web site at: http://ucjeps.herb.berkeley.edu/bryolab/deepgene/

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