International PAG Maize Workshop Maize Workshop

Saturday Afternoon, 12 January 2008 --- 1:15 pm - 3:25 pm

Maize Workshop - Town & Country

Organizer: Georgia Davis, University of Missouri

(davisge@missouri.edu)


Maize Workshop Theme: TBA

Speakers:

1:15
Rod Wing, Arizona Genomics Institute (rwing@Ag.arizona.edu)
"Progress on the Maize Genome Sequencing Program"

1:35
Weichang Yu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (wy593@mizzou.edu)
"Engineered minichromosomes"

1:55
Paula McSteen, Penn State University (pcm11@psu.edu)
"Genetic, genomic and hormonal approaches to understanding maize inflorescence development"

2:15
Michael Scanlon, Cornell University (mjs298@cornell.edu)
"Genomic analysis of meristem functional domains"

2:35
Mei Guo, Pioneer Hi-Bred International , Inc. (mei.guo@pioneer.com)
"Genome-wide allele-specific expression analysis using massively parallel signature sequencing reveals cis- and trans-effects on gene expression in a maize hybrid"

2:55
Frank Hochholdinger, University of Tuebingen (hochhold@uni-tuebingen.de)
"Molecular dissection of heterosis manifestation during early maize (Zea mays L.) root development"

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