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Hongbin Zhang,Texas A&M University

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Boulos Chalhoub, Unité de Recherche en Génomique végétale (URGV), France

Genomics has ushered forth a new era in biological research. "Changes that will have effects comparable to those of the Industrial Revolution and the Computer-based Revolution are now beginning. The next great era, a genomics revolution, is in an early phase" (Science Vol. 279, 27 March 1998, p2019). A significant feature of those advances continues to be large-insert libraries.

In this workshop, we shall strive [1] to share technologies and knowledge on large-insert DNA library development; [2] to highlight research projects involving library applications, and [3] to discuss topics in genomics research that seem highly relevant to future applications.

Large-insert DNA libraries (e.g., BACs, PACs and PBCs) are both a resource and tools for genomics research. The ease with which large-insert libraries are organized, analyzed, and interfaced with linkage maps, functional genomic resources and chromatin contributes to their impact on genomics research of plants and animals as well as microbes. Advances and ideas in the Workshop will involve structural genomics, but the impact of large-insert libraries is far more extensive, and extends to functional and evolutionary genomics, bio-informatics and many other fields. To facilitate the exchanges of ideas and techniques in the area, we divide the Workshop into two sections:

Speakers:

8:05 am
Lifeng Lin, University of Georgia, USA (lifeng_lin@yahoo.com)
"Progress toward Cloning a Gene Involved in Cotton Fiber Development (Ligon lintless-2, Li2) with the Assistance of Genetically Anchored BAC Libraries"

8:25 am
David A. Lightfoot, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA (ga4082@siu.edu)
"Use of the Soybean Physical Map-Derived Minimum Tile for BIBAC Plant Transformations Encompassing the Entire Genome"

8:45 am
Hana Simkova, Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Republic (simkovah@ueb.cas.cz)
"Production of Chromosome-Specific BAC Resources to Facilitate Genomics in Wheat"

9:05 am
Marco Moroldo, EPGV-INRA, Institut de Génomique/CEA/CNG, France (moroldo@uniud.it)
"A Physical Map Of The Heterozygous Grapevine 'Cabernet Sauvignon' Allows Mapping Candidate Genes For Disease Resistance"

9:25 am
Catherine Feuillet, INRA-UBP, UMR1095, Genetics Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals, France (catherine.feuillet@clermont.inra.fr)
"A Glimpse Into The Impossible: A Physical Map Of The 1gb Chromosome 3b Of Hexaploid Wheat "

9:45 am
Yong Pyo Lim, Chungnam National University, Korea (yplim@cnu.ac.kr)
"Sequenced BAC Anchored Reference Genetic Map that Reconciles the Ten Individual Chromosomes of Brassica rapa"

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