and

Eric Wong, Virginia Tech

Speakers:

Saturday, 10 January 2009

8:40 AM
Chris Ashwell, North Carolina State University (cmashwel@ncsu.edu)
"Identification of gene(s) underlying traits of economic importance In poultry: Antibody response and pigmentation"

9:00 AM
Hans Cheng, USDA-ARS-Avian Disease and Oncology Lab (hcheng@msu.edu)
"Progress towards identification of Marek's disease resistance gene and characterization of SCA2"

9:20 AM
Huanmin Zhang, USDA-ARS-Avian Disease and Oncology Lab (Huanmin.Zhang@ars.usda.gov)
"Genetic characterization of Marek's disease resistance"

9:40 AM
Jerry Dodgson, Michigan State University (dodgson@msu.edu)
"RNA interference to reduce MDV replication in chickens and turkey genome map update"

10:20 AM
Doug Rhoads, University of Arkansas (drhoads@uark.edu)
"An evaluation of chromosomal regions contributing to idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension and development of ascites in the chicken"

10:40 AM
Whi Kong, University of Arkansas (bkong@uark.edu)
"Differentially expressed genes of host-virus interactions by infectious laryngotracheitis virus infection in cultured chicken lung cells"

10:55 AM
Wayne Kuenzel, University of Arkansas (wkuenzel@uark.edu)
"Molecular and physiological interactions of corticotropin releasing hormone and vasotocin systems in the stress response of chickens"

11:10 AM
Doug Foster, University of Minnesota (Foste001@umn.edu)
"Ectopic expression of Sox2 in DF-1 cells"

11:25 AM
Kent Reed, University of Minnesota (Reedx054@umn.edu)
"Recent advances in turkey functional genomics"

11:40 AM
Sue Lamont, Iowa State University (sjlamont@iastate.edu)
"Extent and consistency of linkage disequilibrium and identification of DNA markers for production and egg quality traits in commercial layer chicken populations"

1:30 PM
Marcia Miller, City of Hope, National Medical Center (mamiller@coh.org)
"Genetic factors contributing to chicken MHC-B haplotype diversity"

1:50 PM
Mary Delany, University of California, Davis (medelany@ucdavis.edu)
"Cytogenomic analysis of chromosomal rearrangements between turkey and chicken"

2:10 PM
Sammy Aggrey, University of Georgia (saggrey@uga.edu)
"Mapping epistatic and sex-specific QTL for body composition in chickens"

2:30 PM
Huaijun Zhou, Texas A&M (hjzhao@poultry.tamu.edu)
"Host-pathogen interaction using a genomic approach"

2:50 PM
Bill Muir, Purdue University (bmuir@purdue.edu)
"Use of functional genomics to understand physiological mechanisms"

3:40 PM
Hyun Lillehoj, USDA-Beltsville (Hyun.Lillehoj@ars.usda.gov)
"Application of QTL mapping and functional genomics in coccidiosis disease research"

4:00 PM
Rami Dalloul, Virginia Tech (rdalloul@vt.edu)
"Sequencing the turkey genome, an update"

4:15 PM
Martien Groenen, Wageningen University (martien.groenen@wur.nl)
"Design of a 60 K Illumina iSelectâ~D˘ Beadchip covering all chicken chromosomes"

4:35 PM
Richard Crooijmans, Wageningen University (richard.crooijmans@wur.nl)
"Copy number variation analysis in chicken"

4:55 PM
Carl Schmidt, University of Delaware (schmidtc@udel.edu)
"Bioinformatics resources for the chicken"

Sunday, 11 January 2009

8:50 AM
Guilherme Rosa, University of Wisconsin (grosa@wisc.edu)
"Non-parametric approach for genome-assisted prediction of quantitative traits in poultry"

9:10 AM
Shane Burgess, Mississippi State University (burgess@cvm.msstate.edu)
"Update on AgBase and Marek's disease transformation"

9:30 AM
Jim Reecy, Iowa State University (jreecy@iastate.edu)
"NRSP-8 bioinformatics coordination program"

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