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:

8:45 (15 minutes)
Nathalie Isabel, Canadian Forest Service (nisabel@cfl.forestry.ca)
"An SNP-based composite map of regulatory genes in the conifer white spruce and structural relationships with other plants"

9:00 (15 minutes)
John Carlson, Pennsylvania State University (jec16@psu.edu)
"GS20 454 Sequencing of the Chestnut Genome: Results of a Pilot Study"

9:15 (15 minutes)
Emanuele De Paoli, Udine University (emanuele.depaoli@uniud.it)
"Sequencing of large genomic regions in Norway spruce (Picea abies): an insight into a complex conifer genome"

9:30 (15 minutes)
Jim Mattsson, Simon Fraser University (jmattsso@sfu.ca)
"The application of TILLING technology in the breeding of hybrid poplar"

9:45 (15 minutes)
N. Islam-Faridi, Texas A & M University (nfaridi@fs.fed.us)
"Chromosome assignment of the rDNA genes in poplar using fluorescence in situ hybridization"

10:30 (15 minutes)
Shannon Dillon, CSIRO (shannon.dillon@csiro.au)
"Association genetics of juvenile wood development in Pinus radiata"

10:45 (20 minutes)
Christophe Plomion, UMR BIOGECO, INRA (plomion@pierroton.inra.fr)
"Development of genomic resources in oak to study the structure, variability, evolution and functioning of its genome"

11:05 (20 minutes)
Gail Taylor, University of Southampton (g.taylor@soton.ac.uk)
"POPYOMICS - using genetical genomics to link phenotype, QTL and transciptome to understand poplar yield and disease resistance. An overview of some project outputs"

11:25 (15 minutes)
Andrew Groover, USDA Forest Service (agroover@fs.fed.us)
"Characterizing a Populus KNOX-overexpressing mutant using a full-genome microarray resource"

11:40 (15 minutes)
Armand Seguin, Canadian Forest Service - Laurentian Forestry Center (aseguin@cfl.forestry.ca)
"Interactions genomes in the poplar-Melampsora fungal rust response"

1:00 PM (15 minutes)
Louis-Philippe Hamel, Canadian Forest Service - Laurentian Forestry Center (LPHamel@exchange.cfl.forestry.ca)
"The implication of a poplar WRKY transcription factor in the oxidative signalling regulation in response to Melampsora fungal infection and wounding is revealed by expression profiling and functional analysis"

1:15 PM (15 minutes)
Fikret Isik, North Carolina State University (fisik@ncsu.edu)
"Gene pyramiding in loblolly pine for enhanced resistance to fusiform rust disease"

1:30 PM (15 minutes)
Om P. Rajora, University of New Brunswick (Om.Rajora@unb.ca )
"Transcriptome Profiling of Needle versus Cambium Tissues by EST Analysis of Subtracted cDNA Libraries in Black Spruce (Picea Mariana) "

1:45 PM (15 minutes)
Igor A. Yaklovlev, Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute (igor.yakovlev@skogoglandskap.no)
"ANALYSIS OF GENE EXPRESSION DURING BUD BURST INITIATION IN NORWAY SPRUCE VIA ESTS FROM SUBTRACTED cDNA LIBRARIES"

2:00 PM (15 minutes)
Grier Page, University of Alabama at Birmingham (gpage@uab.edu)
"Issues in the selection of a microarray platform for forest tree species: A case study on poplar reproduction"

2:15 PM (15 minutes)
Dustin Lippert, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada ()
"Using targeted proteomics to improve our understanding of conifer defense biology"

2:30 PM (15 minutes)
Amy M. Brunner, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (abrunner@vt.edu)
"Microarray expression analysis of poplar development"

2:45 PM (15 minutes)
Ying-Hsuan Sun, North Carolina State University (yhsun@unity.ncsu.edu)
"Profiling Small Regulatory RNAs in Wood Formation"

3:00
Plomion, Christophe, INRA (plomion@pierroton.inra.fr)
"Election of IUFRO - 2.04.10 Working Party Chairs"

3:45
Andrew Groover(1) and Chung-Jui Tsai(2), (1) US Forest Service; (2) Michigan Tech (agroover@fs.fed.us)
"Round Table Discussion. Whole genome poplar array development and sharing"

Purpose:
To describe and evaluate current and planned microarray platforms, databases, and data analysis resources for Populus. Identify potential opportunities and problems for data sharing among platforms and labs. Produce ssummary of findings and recommendations for the Populus community.

• Introduction (5 min) Andrew Groover, USDA Forest Service
• Updating Populus Gene Models and Annotation (10 min) Jerry Tuskan, Oakridge National Laboratory
• Populus Genome Portal and Microarray Database (10 min) Ernie Retzel, University of Minnesota
• Sharing Data and Interconnecting Databases with Web Services (10 min) Jennifer Lee, University of California Davis
• SNP Genotyping Arrays (10 min) Steve Difazio, West Virginia University
• Spotted Populus Array Resources and PopulusDB (10 min) Rishi Bhalerao, Dept Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU
• NimbleGen Arrays (10 min) Amy Brunner, Virginia Tech
• Affymetrix Populus Arrays (10 min) Olivia Wilkins, University of Toronto
• Agilent Populus Arrays (10 min) Chung-Jui Tsai, Michigan Tech University
• BREAK (10 minutes)
• Discussion (30 min)

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