DRAFT PROGRAM



PAG-XX

Plant and Animal Genome XX Program

January 14 - 18, 2012

DNA Helices derived from original artwork by Applied Biosystems

Welcome to the draft program for the Plant & Animal Genome XX conference.

Meeting Overview


Friday - January 13, 2012:

Registration: 12:00 Noon - 8:00 pm

Speaker Ready room is open 12:00 Noon - 8:00 pm


Saturday - January 14, 2012:

Registration: 7:00 am - 8:00 pm
Continental Breakfast 7:00 am - 8:00 am

Workshops -

All-Day Workshops:

8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Aquaculture
Poultry
Microbial Genome Sequencing and Microbial Observatories Programs' Awardee Workshop

Morning Workshops:

8:00 am - 12:30 pm

Fruit/Nuts
Cattle/Sheep/Swine

8:00 am - 10:10 am:

CSSA: Translational Genomics
Ecological Genomics
Evolution of Genome Size
Forage & Turf Plants
Genomics of Model Animals
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC)
Ornamentals

Coffee/Tea - 9:30 am - 10:30 am

10:20 am - 12:30 pm

Brassicas
Arthropod Genomics (formerly Insect Genetics)
Engineering Nitrogen use Efficiency (NUE) in Crop Plants
Genomics of Genebanks
ITMI
International Lolium Genome Initiative
Mutation Screening
Solanaceae
Speciation Genomics
International Arabidopsis Informatics Consortium (IAIC)

Lunch (on your own): 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm


Computer Afternoon Workshop
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Computer Demos (Part 1)

All Afternoon Workshops
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Equine
Cattle/Sheep
Swine

Afternoon Workshops

1:30 pm - 3:40 pm

Allele Mining and Genomic Diversity
Barley
Citrus
Cool Season Legumes
Maize
Molecular Markers
Plant Interactions with Pests and Pathogens
Sugar Beet
Somatic Genome

Coffee/Tea/Soda Break: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

4:00 - 6:00 pm -- USDA/NIFA Microbial Reception - Golden Ballroom

Workshops - Late Afternoon
3:50 pm - 6:00 pm

BioEnergy Grass Genomics
Connectrons
Genomics for Plant Disease Resistance
Large Insert Libraries
Non-Seeded Plants
MAKER
Oats
Polyploidy
Small RNA

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm -- IWGSC Business Meeting - Pacific Salon 4 & 5

Dinner (on your own)

Sunday - January 15, 2011:

Registration: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Continental Breakfast 7:00 am - 8:00 am

Workshops -

All-Day Workshops

8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Forest Tree

Morning Workshops

8:00 am - 12:30 pm

Aquaculture
Cattle/Sheep
Database Resources at the EBI
Microbial Genome Sequencing and Microbial Observatories Programs' Awardee Workshop
Poultry
Sugar Cane

Early Morning Workshops
8:00 am - 10:10 am

Comparative Genomics
Equine
Legumes
Plant Cytogenetics
PIR (Protein Information Resource)
Plant Phenotypes
QTL Cloning

9:30 am -10:30 am - Coffee/Tea Break
Sponsored by TBA

Late Morning Workshops
10:20 am - 12:30 pm

Abiotic Stress
Avocado
Organellar Genetics
EPIC - Plant Epigenomics
Rice Functional Genomics
Statistical Genomics
Swine Genome Sequencing Consortium
Cat and Dog

Lunch (on your own): 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

All Afternoon Workshops
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Animal Genome NRSP8
Cacao Genome Sequencing & Cacao Breeders

Early Afternoon Workshops
1:30 pm - 3:40 pm

Cloud Computing Workshop
Functional Genomics - Methodologies
International Grape Genome Project
Generic Genome Browser (GBrowse) Tutorial Workshop
Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development (BREAD)
Plant Reproductive Genomics
Genomics of Rice Diseases
Sugarcane Genome Sequencing Initiative
Transposable Elements
Gene Introgression
Advancement in Crop Transformation Technology

Exhibits Open: 3:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Coffee/Tea/Soda Break: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Late Afternoon Workshops
3:50 pm - 6:00 pm

Alternative Splicing
Coffee Genomics
Cucurbit
Computer Demos (Part 2)
Genomics of Plant Development & Signal Networks
ICGI - International Cotton Genome Initiative
Recombination
Sex Chromosomes and Sex Determination (Animals and Plants)
Sequencing of Complex Genomes


6:15 pm - 7:00 pm Sunday Evening Session
Sponsored by: TBA


Opening Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall 7:00 pm - 8:30pm
Sponsored by: TBA


Monday - January 16, 2012:

Continental Breakfast: 7:00 am - 8:00 am

Registration: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Morning Plenary Session
Opening Welcome - 8:15 am - 8:30 am
Plenary Lectures - 8:30 am - 10:00 am
Sponsoted by: TBA

Exhibits Open: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm

Coffee/Tea Break: 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Sponsored by TBA

EVEN NUMBERED POSTER SESSION 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Lunch: 12:00 noon - 12:50 pm
Sponsored by: TBA

Afternoon Workshops - 12:50 pm - 3:00 pm

Generation Challenge Program
Computer Demos (Part 3)
IGGI
Transgene Genetics

Early Afternoon Industry Workshops - 12:50 pm - 3:00 pm

Affymetrix
Keygene
Gen Vault
Idaho Technology
Kyazma's JoinMap & MapQTL Workshop
Roche Applied Science
New England Biolabs

Coffee/Tea/Soda Break: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sponsored by:TBA

ODD NUMBERED POSTER SESSION: 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Early Evening Workshops: 6:10 pm - 8:20 pm

Fungal Genomics
Phytomedomics and Nutriomics

Early Evening Industry Workshops: 6:10 pm - 8:20 pm

Agilent Technologies
Applied Biosystems, #1
Epicentre Techmologies
Finnzymes
KBioscience
Sequenom
CANCELED-Synamatix
Doriane SAS
DNASTAR

Coffee/Tea/Soda Break: 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Dinner on your own

Hospitality Suites: 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Roche Applied Science Reception

Tuesday - January 17, 2012:

Continental Breakfast: 7:00 am - 8:00 am

Registration: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Morning Session

Lectures: 8:00 am - 9:30 am
Sponsored by:

Exhibits Open: 9:30 am - 3:00 pm

Coffee/Tea Break: 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Sponsored by TBA

Morning Workshops
10:20 am - 12:30 pm

Banana (Musa) Genomics
Bioinformatics
Brachypodium Genomics
Cassava
Genomics Assisted Breeding
Population and Conservation Genomics
Proteomics Workshop
Soybean Genomics
Weedy and Invasive Plant Genomics
Systems Genomics

Morning Computer Training Workshops - 10:20 am - 12:30 pm

Phylogenomics

Lunch: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Afternoon Workshops: 1:30 pm - 3:40 pm

Animal Epigenetics
Compositae
Plant Feedstocks
IWGSC: Physical Mapping Standard Protocols Workshop
SSWAP: Simple Semantic Web Architecture and Protocol

Afternoon Industry Workshops: 1:30 pm - 3:40 pm

Applied Biosystems, #2
BGI Shenzhen
Fluidigm
GeneSeek
KBioscience #2
Lucigen
TraitGenetics GmbH
Beckman Coulter Genomics

Coffee/Tea/Soda Break: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Late Afternoon Workshops: 3:50 pm - 6:00 pm

GrainGenes 2.0 Tutorial presented by David Matthews
(Towne Room)
Plant Dormancy
Apomixis - Components of Apomictic Reproduction
Gene Expression Analysis Workshop
NCBI Workshop
IWGSC: Standards and Protocols Workshop
Perennial Grasses
Root Genomics
Using Gramene: A Genomics and Genetics Resource for Rice and other Grasses
Computational Gene Discovery

Late Afternoon Industry Workshops: 3:50 pm - 6:00 pm

Illumina
CANCELED-Cofactor Genomics


Dinner on your own


Wednesday - January 18, 2012:

Continental Breakfast: 7:00 am - 8:00 am

Registration: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Morning Session

Lectures: 8:00 am - 9:30 am
Sponsored by: TBA

Coffee/Tea Break: 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Sponsored by

Morning Workshops
10:20 am - 12:30 pm

Biomolecules: Expression, Structure and Function, Synthetic Biology
Comparative Genomics with GBrowse_syn: A hands on workshop for visualizing your syntenic data with GBrowse_syn
Host-Microbe Interactions
Plant Metabolic Pathway Regulation and Drug Discovery
Sorghum & Millets
Computer Demos (Part 4)

Lunch: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm


Afternoon Computer Workshop: 1:30 pm - 3:40 pm

Computer Demos (Part 5)


Banquet Dinner & Dancing: 7:00 pm - Midnight

Awards, Door Prizes, Raffles, and Closing Remarks: 7:45 pm

Stephen Heller, NIST/CBRD
(srheller@nist.gov)

and

Tom Porter, University of Maryland
(teporter@umd.edu)

Conference Ends at Midnight Wednesday


PLEASE NOTE
PAG-XXI: January 12-16, 2013


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