and

Chris Ashwell, Nortch Carolina State University

Speakers:

Saturday, 15 Jan 2005

1. 2:00 PM
Tom Porter
(TEPorter@umd.edu)
Department of Avian and Animal Sciences, University of Maryland - College Park
Characterization of Gene Expression Profiles in the Hypothalamus and Pituitary during Chick Embryonic Development using cDNA Microarrays

2. 2:30 PM
James Zhu
(jzhu@poultry.tamu.edu)
Department of Poultry Science, Texas A & M University
Differential Gene Expression In Nfkb, Irf, And Stat Pathways Between Broilers And Layers

3. 3:00 PM
Bill Muir
(bmuir@purdue.edu)
Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University
Genome Wide Marker Assisted Selection:Number of Generations of Training Needed and Utility With Low Heritability Traits.

4. 3:30 PM
Doug Foster and Kent Reed
(foste001@umn.edu)
Department of Animal Science and Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Minnisota
Integrated Turkey Genomics

5. 4:15 PM
Julie Long
(jlong@anri.barc.usda.gov)
Biotechnology and Germplasm Laboratory, USDA-ARS
Addressing the Biological Challenges of Germplasm Preservation in Poultry: New Approaches for Semen Cryopreservation

6. 4:45 PM
Eric Wong
(ewong@vt.edu)
Department of Animal and Poultry Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Nutrient Transporters in Young Broilers

7. 5:15 PM
Marlene Emara
(emara@udel.edu)
Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware
The F Box Protein Family in Chickens

8. 5:45 PM
Mary Delany
(medelany@ucdavis.edu)
Department of Animal Science, University of California- Davis
Inheritance of ultra-long telomere arrays in chicken:  Hypervariability suggests enhanced recombination.

9. 6:15 PM
Wayne Kuenzel, Doug Rhoads, and John Kirby
(wkuenzel@uark.edu)
Department of Poultry Science and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas
Functional Genomics of reproduction in the avian male: sperm degeneration, promoter regulation and neural control.

Sunday, 16 Jan 2005

11. 8:30 AM
Marcia Miller
(mamiller@coh.org)
Division of Molecular Biology, City of Hope National Medical Center
Update on the Jungle Fowl MHC genome map

12. 9:00 AM
Paul Siegel
(pbsiegel@vt.edu)
Department of Animal and Poultry Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
The Genetics And Breeding Of Poultry: Past, Present, And Future

13. 9:45 AM
Chris Ashwell and Jim Petitte
(j_petitte@ncsu.edu)
Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University
Characterization of a novel phosphorus transporter, primordial germ cell isolation, and transgenics update

14. 10:30 AM
Jerry Dodgson
(dodgson@msu.edu)
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University
Utility of the chicken genome sequence for mapping other avian genomes

15. 11:00 AM
Parker Antin
(pba@email.arizona.edu)
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Arizona College of Medicine
GEISHA:  A Chicken Embryo Gene Expression Resource.

16. 11:30 AM
Hans Cheng and Huanmin Zhang
(hcheng@msu.edu)
Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory, USDA-ARS
Characterization of genetic resistance to avian tumor viruses

17. 1:30 PM
Joan Burnside
(joan@udel.edu)
Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Delaware
Application of the 13K chicken cDNA microarray to high resolution analysis of host response to infection with Mareks Disease Virus.

18. 2:00 PM
Alice Kuo
(akuo@anri.barc.usda.gov)
Growth Biology Laboratory, USDA-ARS
Using chicken genome sequences to search for new microsatellite biomarkers

19. 2:15 PM
Guests
(cmashwel@ncsu.edu)
TBA

20. 3:00 PM
Chris Ashwell
(cmashwell@ncsu.edu)
Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University
Business Meeting of NC-1008 : Advanced Technologies for the Genetic Improvement of Poultry

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