Saturday Morning, 15 January 2005 --- 10:30 am to 12:40 pm and
Saturday Afternoon, 15 January 2005 --- 1:40 pm till 3:50 pm

NSF/USDA CSREES Microbial Genome Sequencing Program Workshop - Royal Palm Salon 6

Organizers: Ann Lichens-Park, USDA/CREES
(apark@csrees.usda.gov)

and Christina Kennedy, National Science Foundation. (ckennedy@nsf.gov)

Speakers:

PART I.

1. 10:30 AM
Introductions
Maryanna Henkart, National Science Foundation
(mhenkart@nsf.gov)
Anna Palmisano, US Department of Agriculture/CSREES (apalmisano@csrees.usda.gov)

2. 10:50 AM
Kelly Brayton
(kbrayton@vetmed.edu)
Washington State University
Complete Genome Sequencing of Anaplasma marginale Reveals that the Surface Is Skewed to Two Superfamilies of Outer Membrane Proteins

3. 11:15 AM
Andreas Weber
(aweber@msu.edu)
Michigan State University
Red, hot, sweet, and sour: The Galdieria sulphuraria Genome Program

4. 11:40 AM
H. Corby Kistler
(hckist@umn.edu)
US Department of Agriculture/ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory
Genomics of Fusarium graminearum

5. 12:05 PM
Naomi Ward
(nward@tigr.org)
The Institute for Genomic Research
A Framework for Metagenomics of Cosmopolitan Phyla: the Genomes of Acidobacterium capsulatum and Verrucomicrobium spinosum

PART II.

1. 1:40 PM
Roger Hendrix
(rhx+@pitt.edu)
University of Pittsburgh
Life Strategies of Jumbo Phages

2. 2:05 PM
Nicole Perna
(Perna@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu)
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Comparative and Functional Analyses of Genomes Formerly Known As Erwinia

3. 2:30 PM
Roundtable Discussion: 1.High throughput functional genomics
- What are the current options and areas of opportunity?
- Should the MGSP consider supporting functional genomics? What are the advantages and disadvantages of doing so?
2.Comparative genomics: how far should we go?
- How many genomes are needed for comparison? Does the answer depend on the type of microorganisms involved (e.g. bacteria vs. fungi)?
- Appropriate comparisons at strain, species and genus level? Does the appropriate level depend on the questions being asked and, if so, how?
- Should the level of comparison (e.g. strain, species, genus) be prioritized? If so, how?
3.Repeated sequences:
- What are the effects on genome analysis and consequences to gene function and evolution?
- If draft sequences are produced for comparison with finished genome sequences, how important is it that repeat sequences be included? Should projects focus on unique sequences?

4. 3:30 PM
Concluding Remarks Ann Lichens-Park and Christina Kennedy

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