and

Jack MacKay, Laval University

and

Tom Richardson, Forest Research

(This workshop is also the annual meeting of the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations): (http://iufro.boku.ac.at/iufro/iufronet/d2/hp20410.htm)

Speakers:

1.1
MacKay J
(jmackay@rsvs.ulaval.ca)
Centre de Recherche en Biologie Forestière, Université Laval, Sainte-Foy QC G1K 7P4 Canada
Functional genomic investigations of wood formation and defense response in trees, and beyond

1.2
Shanfa Lu
(slu@unity.ncsu.edu)
Forest Biotechnology Group, Department of Forestry, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State UniversityForest Biotechnology Group, Department of Forestry, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA,
Populus genomics: MicroRNAs for tree growth and development

1.3
J. M Gion
(gion@cirad.fr)
Cirad-Forêt, Montpellier, France
Conservation of xylem preferentially expressed sequence tags in several subgenera of Eucalyptus LHérit.

1.4
N. Pavy
(npavy@rsvs.ulaval.ca)
ARBOREA and Canada Research Chair in Forest Genomics, Pavillon Charles-Eugène-Marchand, Université Laval, Ste.Foy, Québec G1K 7P4, Canada
Large-scale identification and analysis of intraspecific nucleotide polymorphisms in spruce transcripts

2.1
Jingyi LI
(jingyi.li@oregonstate.edu)
Department of Forest Science, Richardson 321, Oregon State University, USA
Exploring maturation and flowering in poplar using microarray expression analysis

2.2
Emanuele De Paoli
(michele.morgante@uniud.it)
Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, University of Udine, via delle Scienze 208, 33100 Udine, Italy
Nucleotide diversity and linkage disequilibrium in a set of candidate genes for time of bud set in Picea abies

2.3
Peter Balk
(peter.balk@wur.nl)
Agrotechnology & Food Innovations, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Analogous shifts in gene expression accompany frost tolerance development in Scots pine and Common beech during autumn

2.4
Jorg Bohlmann
(bohlmann@interchange.ubc.ca)
Biotechnology Laboratory, University of British Columbia, 6174 University Boulevard, Rm 237, Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z3
Forest health genomics: insect-induced defenses in spruce and poplar

2.5
Jeffery F.D. Dean
(jeffdean@uga.edu)
School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens GA 30605
Identification of drought response genes in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) by analysis of expressed sequence tag libraries

2.6
Konstantin V. Krutovsky
(kkrutovsky@ucdavis.edu)
Institute of Forest Genetics, USDA Forest Service, Davis, California
Nucleotide diversity and linkage disequilibrium in adaptive trait related candidate genes in Douglas-fir

3.1
Ying-Hsuan Sun
(yhsun@unity.ncsu.edu)
Forest Biotechnology Group, Department of Forestry, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Oligo-microarray profiling of transcription factors and cell wall formation-related genes in Populus

3.2
Rui Shi
(rshi@ncsu.edu)
Forest Biotechnology Group, Department of Forestry, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Analysis of transcription factor genes in loblolly pine wood formation

3.3
Emily Telfer
(emily.telfer@forestresearch.co.nz)
Cell Wall Biotechnology Centre, New Zealand Forest Research Limited, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua, New Zealand
Candidate gene mapping in pinus radiata

3.4
J. Paiva
(jorge@pierroton.inra.fr)
Plant Cell Biotechnology Lab. IBET/ITQB, Quinta do Marquês 2780 Oeiras, Portugal.
Expression profiling of wood forming tissues in maritime pine

4.1
Jean-Marc Bouvet
(jean-marc.bouvet@cirad.fr)
Laboratoire des Ressources Génétiques Forestières, CIRAD-Forêt, campus international de Baillarguet, TA 10/C, 34398 Montpellier cedex, France
Molecular markers to assess genetic diversity and structure of Pterocarpus officinalis Jack and its associated micro-organisms in the marshy forests

4.2
Jean-Marc Bouvet
(jean-marc.bouvet@cirad.fr)
Cirad-forêt, campus de Baillarguet TA 10C, 34398, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
Molecular markers to assess genetic diversity and population structure of an insular tree Santalum austrocaledonicum in New Caledonian archipelago

4.3
B Heinze
(berthold.heinze@bfw.gv.at)
2Institute of Forest Genetics, Federal Office for Research and Forests, Hauptstrasse 7, A-1140 Vienna, Austria
Towards the molecular genetic analysis of a barrier to gene flow between two ecologically divergent Populus species, P. alba and P. tremula

5.1
Stephen P DiFazio
(difazios@ornl.gov)
Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA
Structural Characterization of the Populus Genome

5.2
C Douglas
(cdouglas@interchange.ubc.ca)
Genome British Columbia Forestry Genomics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Canada
Comparative genomics of fibre development and response to herbivory in poplar and Arabidopsis

5.3
Ove Nilsson
(ove.nilsson@genfys.slu.se)
Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-90183 Umeå, Sweden
Regulation of flowering time in trees 5.4
Lee H Pratt
(lpratt@plantbio.uga.edu)
Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
MAGIC DB as a resource for pine functional genomics

5.5
Om P. RAJORA
(om.rajora@dal.ca)
Dalhousie University, Department of Biology
Apparent sequence homology of balc spruce (Picea mariana) expressed genes and evolutionary relationships with higher plants

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