International PAG: Banana (Musa) Genomics Consortium Workshop Banana/Musa Genome Workshop

Tuesday Morning, 16 January 2007 --- 10:20 am - 12:30 am

Banana (Musa) Genomics Consortium Workshop - Sunrise Room

Organizer: Nicolas Roux, Bioversity International, France

(n.roux@cgiar.org)

Speakers:

10:20 am
Nicolas Roux, Bioversity International, France (n.roux@cgiar.org)
"Welcome and Introduction"

1. 10:30 am
Takuji Sasaki, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan (tsasaki@nias.affrc.go.jp)
"Fundamental Insights into the Musa Genome based on EST and BAC sequences"

2. 10:50 am
Andrew James, Centro de Investigacion Scientifica de Yucatan, Mexico (andy007@cicy.mx)
"Advances in Genomics of the Most Important Fungal Banana Pathogen Mycosphaerella fijiensis (Black Sigatoka)"

3. 11:10 am
Serge Remy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (serge-remy@biw.kuleuven.be)
"Genome-wide T-DNA Tagging in Banana"

4. 11:30 am
Eric Huttner, Diversity Arrays Technology, Australia (e.huttner@diversityarrays.com)
"Establishment of Diversity Arrays Technology for Whole-Genome Profiling of Banana"

5. 11:50 am
Jean Christophe Glaszmann, Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement, France (jean-christophe.glaszmann@cirad.fr)
"Progress Of Musa (Banana And Plantain) Genetic Diversity And Genome Analysis At Agropolis-CIRAD"

6. 12:10 pm
Andrzej Kilian, Diversity Arrays Technology, Australia (a.kilian@diversityarrays.com)
"Towards Effective Deployment Of Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) In Banana Genomics And Sequencing"

12:20 pm
"General Discussion"


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