International PAG - Swine Workshop

Swine Workshop

Saturday, 10 January 2009 --- 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Swine Workshop - Royal Palm Salon 1 & 2

Organizers: Melissa Ashwell, North Carolina State University

(melissa_ashwell@ncsu.edu)

and

Cathy Ernst, Michigan State

(ernstc@msu.edu)

Speakers:

8:15-8:45
Dr. Kate Ackerman, University of Rochester (kate_ackerman@urmc.rochester.edu)
"Screen for identification of important human birth defect models in swine"

8:45-9:15
Dr. Xingen Lei, Cornell University (XL20@cornell.edu)
"Young pigs as models of micronutrient deficiencies"

9:15-9:45
Dr. Lela Riley, University of Missouri (rileyL@missouri.edu)
"The National Swine Resource and Research Center and its work with biomedical models"

10:30-11:00
Dr. Shu-Hong Zhao, Huazhong Agricultural University (shzhao@mail.hzau.edu.cn)
"Discovery of porcine microRNAs by Solexa deep sequencing approach"

11:00-11:30
Dr. Graham Plastow, University of Alberta (plastow@ualberta.ca)
"The Canandian Porcine Genomics Initiative"

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