Saturday Morning, 14 January 2006 --- 10:30 am to 12:40 pm and
Saturday Afternoon, 14 January 2006 --- 1:40 pm to 6:20 pm and
Sunday, 15 January 10026 ---- 8:00 am - 12:40 pm

NSF/USDA CSREES Microbial Genome Sequencing Program Workshop -Pacific Salon 4 & 5

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

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

Speakers:

Saturday Morning, 14 January 2006 --- 10:30 am to 12:40 pm

1. 10:30 am
Maryanna Henkart
(mhenkart@nsf.gov)
National Science Foundation

and

Anna Palmisano
(apalmisano@csrees.usda.gov)
US Department of Agriculture/CSREES
Introductions

2. 10:40 am
Gary Payne
(gary_payne@ncsu.edu)
North Carolina State University
What happens when you domesticate a fungus? A genome comparison between Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus oryzae

3. 11:10 am
Malcolm Winkler
(mwinkler@bio.indiana.edu)
Indiana University
Complete genome sequence of Avery's serotype 2 strain D39 of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Comparisons and physiological differences between two separate isolates of strain D39 and unencapsulated laboratory strain R6

4. 11:40 am
Saskia Hogenhout
(hogenhout.1@osu.edu)
OSU
Living with genome instability: the adaptation of phytoplasmas to diverse environments of their insect and plant hosts

5. 12:10 pm
Mircea Podar
(mpodar@diversa.com)
Diversa Corporation
Genome streamlining in the cosmopolitan oceanic bacterium Pelagibacter ubique

12: 40 pm
Break for Lunch

Saturday Afternoon, 14 January 2006 --- 1:40 pm to 6:20 pm

6. 1:40 pm
Leland S. Pierson
(lsp@u.arizona.edu)
University of Arizona
The Genomic Sequence of Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5: Insights into Biological Control

7. 2:10 pm
Robert Gunsalus
(robg@microbio.ucla.edu)
UCLA
The first genomic view of the "missing link" in anaerobic food chains: Syntrophus aciditrophicus

8. 2:40 pm
H. Corby Kistler
(hckist@umn.edu)
US Department of Agriculture/ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory
Profiles in Scourge: Transcript Analysis of Barley Infection Using the Fusarium graminearum Affymetrix GeneChip

9. 3:10 pm
Brett Tyler
(bmtyler@vt.edu)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Gene Ontology Project for Plant-Associated Microbes: a new community resource

10. 3:30 pm
Donald Bryant
(dab14@psu.edu)
Pennsylvania State University
Complete genome sequences of green bacteria

11. 4:00 pm
Discussion

Questions - New Technologies
I. What are the advantages and disadvantages of new sequencing technologies (e.g. 454 technology)?
II.Is there concern that data is not being cataloged about phenotypic, physiological, ecological or environmental properties associated with a microbial sample used for genome sequencing? If so, what types of data should be catalogued and what is the best way to catalog it?

12. 5:00 pm
Poster Session

Sunday, 15 January 10026 ---- 8:00 am - 12:40 pm

1. 8:00 am
Jeffrey Gordon
(jgordon@molecool.wustl.edu)
Washington University
The human gut microbiome: extending our view of ourselves

2. 8:30 am
Christina Cuomo
(cuomo@broad.mit.edu)
Broad Institute
Genome sequence of the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

3. 9:00 am
Brett Tyler
(bmtyler@vt.edu)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Genome sequence comparisons between Phytophthora sojae and Phytophthora ramorum reveal new insights into their evolution and pathogenicity

4. 9:30 am
Debashish Bhattacharya
(debashi-bhattacharya@uiowa.edu)
University of Iowa
An EST approach to understanding endosymbiotic gene transfer

5. 10:00 am
Break

6. 10:30 am
Michael Graves
(Michael_Graves@uml.edu)
University of Massachusetts
Algal virus genomics

7. 11:00 am
Discussion II

The FY 2006 MGSP, in addition to supporting microbial genome sequencing, will consider proposals that include the development and implementation of strategies, tools and technologies to make currently available genome sequences more valuable to the user community. Comments are requested on this addition to the Program. Are there any other issues regarding the Program scope?

I. Comments on Program Scope
II. DOE GTL Roadmap - Sharlene Weatherwax, Guest Speaker

8. 12:20 pm
Closing Remarks

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