FINAL PROGRAM

of 20 January 1998


PAG-VI Plant & Animal Genome VI Program

January 18 - 22, 1998

DNA Helices derived from original artwork by PE Applied Biosystems

Welcome to the final program for the Plant & Animal Genome VI conference.

To see the PAG-VI abstracts go to: PAG-VI abstracts .


The abstracts from all the previous five meetings are available via the Internet: [http://www.intl-pag.org/]

The abstracts appear on the menu and have been indexed for convenient searching.

A secure online registration by credit card is now available.
Click here to register now.

The Organizing Committee would like to thank all those participants
of the PAG-V meeting who took the time to fill out the conference evaluation
form. The one comment that was most often mentioned
was the lack of space/seats at many of the workshops. Every year the
Organizing Committee plans for a bigger meeting and obtains larger
rooms/more seats for most workshops. Every year it seems our
optimistic projections are exceeded. We are working to resolve the
problem and will have larger rooms for all workshops that request the
additional space.

In response to the many constructive suggestions from PAG-V participants,
the meeting organization has been modified in a number of
places. The main changes are that the meeting will end at lunchtime
on Thursday, authors will only be required to be at their posters one
day (either Monday or Tuesday), there will be more afternoon
workshops, evening workshops will start and end earlier, and everyone
is encouraged to book their hotel rooms as early as possible, since
the US football Super Bowl will take place in San Diego the weekend
following the meeting and rooms will be difficult to obtain.

If you have not received a registration brochure in the mail, the
registration form is available online to be printed out on your local computer
printer. This form is required for registration.

Dress for the meeting will be informal. Speakers are encouraged
NOT to wear suits (or even ties).

Contents:



Introduction

This draft plan will be updated on an irregular basis. As the program details
are finalized there will be minor changes. These changes are likely to occur in
the schedule until late into the fall of 1997. As of August 1 the list of
invited speakers is complete. As of November 11, 1997 a total of 30 workshops have been scheduled/planned so far!



Administration:

All administrative questions should be addressed to Darrin Scherago at
Scherago International Inc., 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 1003, New York,
NY 10001. His phone number is 1-212-643-1750 (extension 20)
(FAX number is 1-212-643-1758) and their Internet e-mail address is
pag@scherago.com. Scherago International is the conference organizer
for PAG-VI.



Abstracts:

Participants are invited to submit abstracts for the poster session
either in hard copy (printed form) or by e-mail (see Appendix A for
details). There were over 390 posters at PAG-V. The abstract forms
will have a set of categories to assure your poster talk is properly
handled. The printed abstract forms are now available from
Scherago International, however electronic submissions are much
preferred and easier.

This year all posters not will be up the entire length of the meeting. Posters need to be taken down by 8:00 pm on Wednesday evening this year. Those presenting posters this year need only be at their posters one day this year - Monday for the odd numbered posters and Tuesday for the even numbered posters.

All abstracts will be reviewed by members of the organizing
committee. The normal review turn-around time will be within two - three
weeks of receipt of the abstract. This year all abstracts should be
submitted to: PAG-VI Abstracts, USDA National Agriculture Library,
Beltsville, MD 20705 USA. You will be notified of the acceptance of
your abstract(s). Abstracts may be submitted on printed forms
available from Scherago or by e-mail ( pag6form@probe.nalusda.gov).
Once you have completed the abstarct form, send your form by
e-mail to: ( pag6abstracts@probe.nalusda.gov).

Abstracts may also be submitted via the WWW PAG-VI
abstract form available by connecting to:

http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/pagabstracts-www.pl

PAG-VI abstracts will be available for browsing and searching on
the Internet once they are accepted by early
December 1997. All PAG meeting paper/poster abstracts have been indexed
for convenient searching from the WWW.



Abstract Instructions:

See Appendix A for details. Please note:
ABSTRACTS NOT INCLUDING ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION WILL BE REJECTED!!

All accepted abstracts are limited to 250 words and will be
included in the final printed program. For PAG-VI the poster board
size at the meeting will be 4 feet (1.22 meters) high by 6 feet (1.83
meters) wide. The abstract submission deadline is Monday, 3 November,
1997. Due the large number of abstracts, we WILL enforce the
deadline. Printed abstract forms are available from
Scherago International. Please contact them by phone, FAX, e-mail,
or regular post to obtain abstract forms.

Gerry Lazo, USDA/ARS, Albany will oversee the submission
and handling of the PAG-VI abstracts. Please direct all questions or
problems about abstract submissions to David Grant or Gerry Lazo.



Location & Room Rates:

Town & Country Hotel
500 Hotel Circle North
San Diego, CA 92108
Phone: 1-619-291-7131 or 1-800-772-8527
FAX: 1-619-291-3584

(10-15 minutes by taxi or Cloud-9 Shuttle from the airport).

For 1998 the hotel room rate will be $80 per night (single or double occupancy)
plus tax. You must contact the hotel directly for room reservations. All hotel deposits
and payments must be sent directly to the Town & Country hotel.
Scherago International DOES NOT handle the hotel reservations!
Be sure to mention the PAG-VI meeting so you will get the
conference hotel rate of $80.

A comprehensive list of other San Diego hotels is available from the
San Diego hotel web site.


Room Sharing:

At past meetings a few people have wished to share a room to
minimize hotel costs. Anyone wishing to do so for PAG-VI should send
their name, gender, address, and e-mail to
Dr. Stephen R. Heller(srheller@gig.usda.gov), who will post the list of
names as part of the PAG-VI web site.

Registration Fee:

The cost of registration for both the plant and animal sessions
for PAG-VI will be the same.

For university, non-profit, and Government participants, the fee
for PAG-VI will be:
$ 350 advance registration postmarked by 14 November 1997
$ 400 if postmarked after 14 November 1997 and
on-site in San Diego

For industry participants, the fee for PAG-VI will be:
$ 450 advance registration postmarked by 14 November 1997
$ 500 if postmarked after 14 November 1997 and on-site in San Diego

For students (undergraduate and graduate),
the subsidized fee for PAG-VI will be:
$ 100 Student (Pre-Ph.D.)
Registration (Requires a letter of certification from your department chairperson.)

All payments MUST be in US dollars.

Scherago International now accepts credit cards for payment of the registration fee.
The credit cards accepted are: VISA and MasterCard.
If you wish, you can register online at the Scherago web site. This a secure order/registration form!

For those who send your payment by a check, please have the check
drawn on a US bank to:

Scherago International, Inc.
11 Penn Plaza
Suite 1003
New York, NY 10001 USA

If you do not have a US bank check, you may send the registration fee
by a wire transfer to Chase Manhattan Bank. The wire transfer MUST have
your name and organization and the Scherago International Account number
(see below) on the wire transfer, to:
Chase Manhattan Bank
640 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10019 USA

ABA# 021-000-021.
Account # 020-047-851
Account Name: Scherago International /Plant & Animal Genome
If you do not receive a faxed confirmation letter after sending your wire transfer,
please follow up by contacting Scherago International prior to the meeting.
DO NOT leave for the meeting without your confirmation.

The registration fee includes one copy of the printed conference abstracts,
a registration list (including the e-mail addresses of the participants),
Sunday-Thursday continental breakfasts, coffee tea, and soda breaks,
Sunday evening opening reception, Monday evening Wine & Cheese Reception,
Tuesday evening dinner and dancing, and a conference T-shirt.
(The T-shirt is sponsored by PE Applied Biosystems.]


Miscellaneous Items:

Special Diets - Those who have special dietary needs (e.g., vegetarian)
should please note this on their registration forms.
All efforts will be made to accommodate all requests.
The Tuesday evening dinner banquet is a buffet and there is a wide variety of
food available at the dinner banquet.


Local Travel, Shopping, Food:

The Fashion Shopping Mall, located behind the hotel has a wide
variety of shopping and stores. There are also a number of
restaurants located in this mall, most of which are inexpensive.

A new trolley line connecting the Fashion Valley Mall and downtown
San Diego will be in operation in 1997. The trolley will make it easy
for conference attendees to go to downtown San Diego, as well as to
other locations on the San Diego trolley system
(such as south to the Mexican border).


Travel/Airline:

United Airlines is the official conference airline.
United is now offering additional 5% idscount to PAG-VI meeting attendees
if you book and ticket at least 60 days prior to the meeting.
This increases the regular 5% discount on the low applicable fare
to 10% (plus another 5% off the price of a full fare unrstricted
coach fare).
For further details on conference airfare discounts in the USA,
please call United Airlines at 1-800-521-4041.
Outside the USA please call your local United Airlines office.
The PAG-VI conference code is: 516JH.


Tours:

For PAG-VI the organizing committee has found a tour company, Enjoy California Tours
which will offer tours of San Diego and the surrounding area.
There are five tours available, details of which can be found
by clicking here.


Visas:

While there is usually not a problem for international participants to obtain
a visa to attend the Plant & Animal Genome meeting, the Organizing Committee
is offering its assistance should any potential problem arise.
The contact point on the Organizing Committee for visas is
Hans Cheng,(hcheng@msu.edu).


Employment/Placement Office:

For PAG-VI, two message boards will be set aside in the foyer area.
These message boards will be for posting of job openings and for those
looking for positions in the plant and animal genome fields.



ISPMB Student Travel Grants:

The ISPMB is again sponsoring plant genome student travel grant awards
of $ 400 each. This year there will be three (3) travel grants.
For details please contact Dr. Susan McCouch by e-mail (srm4@cornell.edu).
The deadline for applying for these ISPMB travel grants is 1 October, 1997.
The ISPMB student travel grants will be presented at the Tuesday evening dinner.
All students who receive travel grant awards will also receive
their registration fee paid for by Scherago International.



Neal A. Jorgensen Genome Travel Awards:

Partial funding ($300 travel award and complimentary registration from
Scherago International) for graduate student (not postdoc) travel to PAG-VI
is available. Interested graduate students should contact the relevant
Species Coordinator (pig, cattle, sheep, poultry, or (tentative) horse).
The application should consist of a letter requesting why the award is being sought
and a printed copy of the students' abstract.


Jerome P. Miksche Travel Grant Award:

For PAG-VI Scherago International again is sponsoring the Jerome P. Miksche
travel grant award. This award is for one travel grant award of $1000 to a
international plant genome researcher who has NOT previously attended a PAG meeting.
Applicants must submit a poster paper and one letter of recommendation
from your department/office in order to be considered for this award.
The application deadline is 1 September, 1997. For details please contact
Dr. Stephen R. Heller(srheller@gig.usda.gov).
The award will be presented at the Tuesday evening dinner.



Sponsors:

USDA, Agricultural Research Service
USDA, National Agricultural Library
USDA, NRI Competitive Grants Office
USDA, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)
Rockefeller Foundation
International Society for Plant Molecular Biology (ISPMB)
John Innes Centre
The American Society for Horticultural Science

Exhibitors:


The following will be exhibitors at PAG-VI:

Alpha Innotech Corp.
Bio Image
Bio Rad, Inc.
C.B.S. Scientific Co., Inc.
DNA ProScan Inc.
Gene Codes Corp.
Genesys Technologies, Inc.
Genetic Identification Services
Genset Corporation
Genzyme Corporation
Hitachi Software
Idaho Technology Inc.
Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Intermountain Scientific Corp.
Jackson Immuno Research Laboratories, Inc.
LI-COR, Inc - Biotechnology Division
Life Technologies Inc.
National Center for Genome Resources
Operon Technologies
PE Applied Biosystems
5Prime-3Prime, Inc.
Princeton Separations
Puresyn, Inc.
Qiagen Inc.
Research Genetics, Inc.
Sooner Scientific


Organizing Committee:

Chairman: Stephen R. Heller, USDA/ARS/NAL, USA

(srheller@gig.usda.gov)
Co-Chairpersons:

Plants:
Douglas Bigwood, Bayer Corporation, USA
(douglas.bigwood.b@bayer.com)

Michael Gale, John Innes Center, UK
(jeffery@bbsrc.ac.uk)

Ed Kaleikau, USDA/CSREES, USA
(ekaleikau@reeusda.gov)

Susan McCouch, Cornell University, USA
(srm4@cornell.edu)

Jerome P. Miksche, Emeritus Director, USDA Plant Genome Program
(jmiksche@shentel.net)


Animals:

Hans Cheng, USDA/ARS, USA
(hcheng@msu.edu)

Jay Hetzel, CSIRO, Australia
(jay.hetzel@tag.csiro.au)

Daniel Pomp , University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA
(dpomp@unlinfo2.unl.edu)

Max Rothschild, Iowa State University, USA
(mfrothsc@iastate.edu)

Abstracts Coordinators:

David Grant,Iowa State University

(dgrant@iastate.edu)

and

Gerry Lazo, USDA/ARS, Albany
(lazo@aggie.pw.usda.gov)

Conference Organized by: Scherago International, Inc., New York, NY, USA



Computer Demonstrations

Computer system demonstrations will be conducted all week in the "computer room",
located in the Sierra Room. This room is located on the side of the Town & Country
Convention Center where the lecture (Presidio Room) is located.

The schedule of computer demonstrations is as follows:

Monday, 19 January - TBA
Tuesday, 20 January - TBA
Wednesday, 21 January - TBA
Thursday, 22 January - TBA
Computer Room Organizers:
Dave Matthews, Cornell
(matthews@greengenes.cit.cornell.edu)

Steve Rose , USDA/NAL
(srose@gig.usda.gov)

Douglas Bigwood , Bayer Corporation
(douglas.bigwood.b@bayer.com)


It is expected that at least 6 Macintosh, 1 IBM compatible PC, and two Sun computers will be available. E-mail, telnet, and web access will be available from the Macs
and Sun workstations.

Please contact any of the above people should you wish to demo any computer system
and/or present an "electronic" poster during the meeting.
Electronic posters will still require a "normal", printed abstract forms,
which can be obtained from Scherago International.
Please note that any software which is demonstrated at PAG-VI must be available to the scientific community.

PAG-VI Program Overview

(This will be linked to the posters in December 1997)

Wednesday

Thursday

PAG-VI Program Details



Saturday

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Registration - Atlas Foyer





Poultry Workshop - Sunrise Room

Organizer: Abel Ponce de Leon, University of Minnesota

(aponce@coa1.agoff.umn.edu)

7:00 pm Welcome F. Abel Ponce de Leon, Workshop Chair

and Chair of NRSP-8, Poultry Committee.

7:15 pm Introductions

Michael Grossman, IL, Chair NC-168 Regional Committee.

7:30 pm Station Reports

Objective 1, J. James Bitgood, Coordinator

9:00 pm Adjourment

Speakers:

6:00 pm - Welcome

James Bitgood

James Petitte

William Muir

Ron Okimoto

Jerry Dodgson, Michigan State (22314jbd@msu.edu)

Workshop Chair and Chair, NGRP-8 Poultry Committee

Sunday

9:00 am TBA Guest speaker.

9:30 Sam tation Reports Objective 2, James Petitte, Coordinator.

12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch on your own

1:00 pm Station reports Objective 3, William Muir, Coordinator.

4:00 pm Visitors' reports Ron Okimoto, NC-168 Chair-elect.

5:00 pm NC-168 Business Meeting M. Grossman, Committee Chair

5:30 pm NRSP-8 Poultry Committee Business Meeting

NRSP-8 Poultry Committee - Business Meeting

A Ponce de Leon, Committee Chair

6:00 pm Adjourment

Sunday

7:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration - Atlas Foyer

8:00 am - 9:00 am Continental Breakfast - Atlas Foyer


Aquaculture Workshop - Chamber Room

Organizer: Acacia Alcivar-Warren, Tufts University

(aalcivar@opal.tufts.edu)

9:00 am - 6:00 pm

9:00 - 9:10 am Welcome Remarks by Co-chairs Acacia Alcivar-Warren, Tufts University

(aalcivar@opal.tufts.edu)

and

Thomas.D.Kocher, University of New Hampshire
(thomas.d.kocher@unh.edu)

Catfish Session

Coordinator: Rex Dunham, Auburn University
(rdunham@acesag.auburn.edu)

9:10 am - 9:40 am James Womack, Texas A&M

(jwomack@cvm.tamu.edu):
"The Role and Scope of Comparative Genomics and Animals"

9:40 am - 9:55 am Rex Dunham and John Liu

(zliu@acesag.auburn.edu):
"Progress Report on Status of Catfish Mapping"

9:55 am - 10:30 am Group discussion -

10:30 am - 10:40 am Break

Oyster Session

Coordinator: Patrick Gaffney, University of Delaware
(pgaffney@udel.edu)

10:40 am - 11:00 am Nobuyoshi Shimizu, Keio University, Japan

(shimizu@dmb.med.keio.ac.jp)
"Markers for Sex Distribution in Oyster Populations"

11:00- 11:20 am Dennis Hedgecock UC-Davis

(dehedgecock@ucdavis.edu)
"Implications of Segregation Distortion and Null
Alleles for Linkage and QTL Mapping"

11:20- 11:40 am Dan McGoldrick, CSIRO

(dan.mcgoldrick@marine.csiro.edu):
"Segregation of Allozymes and Microsatellites in Inbred and
Outbred Pacific Oyster Populations"

1:40- 12:00 am Group Discussion -

12:00 am Lunch break (On Your Own)

Tilapia Session

Coordinator: Thomas D. Kocher, University of New Hampshire
(thomas.d.kocher@unh.edu)

1:00 pm - 1:15 pm Thomas D. Kocher, University of New Hampshire

(thomas.d.kocher@unh.edu)
"Status of Tilapia Mapping at UNH and elsewhere"

1:15 pm - 1:30 pm Jeremy Agresti, UC - Davis

"Status of Tilapia Mapping at UC Davis"

1:30 pm - 2:20 pm Group Discussion -
Shrimp Session

Coordinator: Acacia Alcivar-Warren, Tufts University
(aalcivar@opal.tufts.edu)

2:20 - 2:45 pm Stephen Moore, CSIRO, Australia

(steve.moore@tag.csiro.au)
"The Characterization and Mapping of DNA Markers in
Penaeus japonicus: Towards Integrated Genetic Maps in
Penaeid Shrimp"

2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Acacia Alcivar-Warren, Tufts University

(aalcivar@opal.tufts.edu)
"Progress Report on Status of P. Vannamei Maping
(ShrimpMap) at Tufts University"

3:00 pm - 3:40 pm Group discussion -
Salmonid Session

Coordinator: Gary Thorgaard, Washington State University
(thorglab@wsu.edu)

3:40 pm - 4:00 pm Ruth Phillips, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee:

(rp@csd.uwm.edu)
"Prospect for Physical Mapping of Salmonid Chromosomes"

4:00 pm - 4:20 pm Gary Thorgaard, Washington State University

"Utilization of Homozygous Clones for Mapping and
Genetic Analysis of Rainbow Trout"

4:20 pm - 5:00 pm Group Discussion

5:00 pm Break

5:10 pm - Business Meeting

Thomas D. Kocher and Acacia Alcivar-Warren, Co-chairs
Agenda issues: Details - TBA
- Annual Workshops
- Database for Aquaculture Species -
(Drs. Alan Archibald and Bruno Sobral, invited speakers)
- Regional Project

06:00 pm Adjourn





Cattle/Sheep Workshop - Council Room

Organizer: Noelle Crokett, Utah State

(fanoelle@cscfs1.usu.edu)

9:00 am - 6:00 pm

9:00 am - 9:05 am Noelle Crokett, Utah State

(fanoelle@cscfs1.usu.edu)
Welcome
9:05 am - 9:45 am Sue DeNise, University of Arizona
(sdenise@ag.arizona.edu)
"Design of QTL Experiments"

9:45 am - 10:25 am Morris Soller, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

(soller@vms.huji.ac.il)
"DNA Sequence Differences between B. taurus and B. indicus:
A Major Resource for QTL Mapping and for Marker Assisted Selection"

10:25 am - 11:00 am Break

11:00 am - 11:40 am Jerry Taylor, Texas A&M University

(jtaylor@acs.tamu.edu)
"Identification of QTLs for Growth and Carcass
Quality in a Cross between Bos indicus and Bos taurus"

11:40 am - 12:20 pm Tim Smith, USDA/ARS U.S. Meat Animal Research Center

(smith@map.marc.usda.gov)
"Myostatin Mutations Cause Double Muscling in Cattle"

12:20 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch (on your own)

1:30 pm - 2:10 pm Jon Beever, University of Illinois

(beever@cagst.animal.uiuc.edu)
"Identification of the Gene Responsible for Ovine
Hereditary Chondrodysplasia"

2:10 pm - 2:40 pm Tom Holm, PE-AgGen

(holmtr@linkgene.com)
"Industry Approach to Commercialization of Molecular
Marker Technology"

2:40 pm - 3:15 pm - Break

3:15 pm - 5:30 pm - NRSP-8 station reports:

Industry representatives, administrative advisors

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm - Business Meeting

Noelle Cockett, Committee Chair

6:00 pm -Adjourn





Equine Workshop - Cabinet/Forum Rooms

Organizer: Ann Bowling, UC - Davis

(atbowling@ucdavis.edu)

9:00 am - 9:15 am Ann Bowling, UC - Davis

(atbowling@ucdavis.edu)
Wecoming Remarks

9:15-10:00 Raudsepp

"Microdissection Of Horse Chromosmes for an Orderly Expansion of the
Equine Gene Map"

10:00 am -10:45 am Swinburne

"Genotyping of an Equine Full-Sibling Family for Linkage Map Development

10:45 am -11:00 am - Break

11:00 am-11:45 am Murray

"The UC-Davis Horse Syteny Map"

11:45 pm -12:15 pm Guerin, Skow

"Horse BAC Libraries"

12:15 pm-1:15 pm Lunch

1:15 pm -1:45 pm Bowling, Chowdhary

ISCNH (1997): The Horse IDIOGRAM Project"

1:45 pm - 6:00 pm Station and Research Laboratory Reports






Forest Tree Genome Mapping Workshop - Adobe/El Camino Rooms

Organizers: Toby Bradshaw, University of Washington

(toby@u.washington.edu)

and

David Neale, USDA/FS
(dbneale@ucdavis.edu)

8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Speakers:

8:30 am - 8:45 am Welcome

Session 1, Genetic Markers and Maps

8:45 am - 9:00 am David Remington, NC State

(dlreming@unity.ncsu.edu)
"Genetic Map Construction with AFLP Markers in Loblolly Pine"

9:00 am - 9:15 am Gianpaolo Paglia, University di Udine

(gianpaolo.paglia@dpvta.uniud.it)
"Towards Second-Generation Linkage Maps in Conifers: A Genetic
Map of Norway Spruce (Picea Abies K.) including 61 SSR markers"

9:15 am - 9:30 am Rosana Pereira Vianello Brondani , EMBRAPA/CENARGEN, Brasil)

(rosana@cenargen.embrapa.br)
"Construction of a Reference Genetic Linkage Map of Eucalyptus
Based on di- and tri Microsatelite Markers"

9:30 am - 9:45 am Berthold Heinze, Institute of Forest Genetics, Vienna

(ertholdh.heinze@blackbox.at)
"DNA Marker Development in Populus Species Using Public Databases"

9:45 am - 10:00 am Berhanu Temesgen, Institute of Forest Genetics, UC - Davis

(bt@s27w007.pswfs.gov)
"Sequenced-tagged Site Markers for Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.)
Revealed by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis"

10:00 am - 10:30 am Break

Session 2, Genomes

10:30 am - 10:45 am Claire Kinlaw, Institute of Forest Genetics, UC - Davis

(csk@s27w007.pswfs.gov)
"Retrotransposons Have Been Active During Pine Genome Evolution
and May Still Be Active"

10:45 am - 11:00 am Irena Jurman, University di Udine

(irena.jurman@dpvta.uniud.it)
"Evolution, Organization, and Cytogenetic Localization of an
Alphoid-like Satellite DNA in Norway Spruce: Micro vs Macro-
Satellites"

11:00 am - 11:15 am Hanhui Kuang, University of Georgia

(hkuang@uga.cc.uga.edu)
"Mapping of Genes Associated with Inbreeding Depression in Pinus radiata"

11:15 am - 11:30 am Claire Williams, Texas A&M

(claire_williams@tamu.edu)
"Myth or Reality? Unified Genomic Mapping, MAS, and the
Genetic-Physical Map Interface"

11:30 am - 11:45 am Garth Brown, Institute of Forest Genetics, UC - Davis

(grb@s27w007.pswfs.gov)
"Comparative Genetic Mapping in the Genus Pinus"

11:45 am - 12:00 pm Discussion and Summary

12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch

Session 3, Theory, Gene Discovery, and Disease Resistance

1:30 pm -1:45 pm Ronling Wu, NC State

(rwu@unity.ncsu.edu)
"Statistical Model for Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci
Using Megagametophyte in Conifer"

1:45 pm - 2:00 pm Anne Arcade, INRA, Ardon

()
"Utility of Several Connected Families in the QTL Detection"

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm Ben Liu, NC State

(benliu@unity.ncsu.edu)
"Another Candidate Gene Approach to Study Genes
Controlling Quantitative Traits"

2:15 pm -2:30 pm Isabel Allona , NC State

(iallona@unity.ncsu.edu)
"Xylem Expressed cDNAs in Pinus taeda Normal and Compression Wood"

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Brigid Sterling, University of Washington

(brigid@u.washington.edu)
"Development of a Fine-structur Genetic Map Around a
Disease Resistance Locus in a Hybrid Poplar Pedigree"

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm Break

Session 3, Wood Quality and Adaptive Trait QTLs

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm Ron Sederoff, NC State

(volvo@unity.ncsu.edu)
"Implications for Variation in Lignin Content Based on
Mutations in Lignin Biosynthesis"

3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Mitch Sewell, Institute of Forest Genetics, UC - Davis

(mms@s27w007.pswfs.gov)
"Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci for Wood Specific Gravity
and Lignin Content in Loblolly Pine"

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm Barbara Frewen, University of Washington

(bfrewen@u.washington.edu)
"Detection of QTL Controlling Dormancy Related Traits in Poplars"

4:00 pm - 4:15 pm Kathleen Jermstad, Institute of Forest Genetics, UC - Davis

(kdj@s27w007.pswfs.gov)
"QTL Mapping of Adaptive Traits in Coastal Douglas-fir"

4:15 pm - 4:30 pm P. Costa, INRA, Bordaeux

()
"Physiological and Molecular Response of a Segregating F2
Progeny of Maritime Pine Facing a Progressive Drought Stress"

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Discussion



International Consortium For Sugar Cane Biotechnology (ICSCB)

Workshop - De Anza/Mesa Rooms

Organizer: Paul Moore, USDA/ARS

(pmoore@harc-hspa.com)

A. D'Hont, CIRAD

(dhont@cirad.fr)
"Diverse Collaborative Steps Towards Genome Analysis in Modern
Sugarcane Cultivars"

A.H. Paterson, Texas A&M

(ahp2343@bioch.tamu.edu)
"QTL Mapping of Sugar Content in Sugarcane."

R.J. Henry, Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics

(rhenry@scu.edu.au)
"Approaches to Microsatellite Analysis in Sugarcane"

L. McIntyre, CSIRO Tropical Agriculture

(lynne.mcintyre@tag.csiro.au)
"Sugarcane molecular markers in Australia - a progress report"

H. Albert, USDA/ARS at HARC Hawaii -

(halbert@harc-hspa.com)
"Isolation and Transient Expression of a Strong Constitutive
Promoter From Sugarcane"

Ivan Ingelbrecht, Texas A&M

(e-mirkov@tamu.edu)
"RNA-Mediated Silencing in a Complex Polyploid: Factors Contributing to the
Highly Antiviral State in Transgenic Sugarcane"

P. Joyce, BSES

(grant.smith@mailbox.uq.edu.au )
"Sugarcane Mosaic Virus Resistant Transgenic Plants"





Swine Workshop - Senate/Committee Rooms

Organizer: Archie Clutter, Oklahoma State

(accosu@okway.okstate.edu)

8:30 am - 6:00 pm -

Speakers -

8:30 am - Welcome and Announcements

8:40 am - Lee Alexander, University of Minnesota

(alexa039@gold.tc.umn.edu)
"Identification of Putative QTL for Reproduction in Swine"

9:05 am - Joan Lunney, USDA/BARC

(jlunney@ggpl.arsusda.gov)
"Analyses of Disease Resistance in Pigs"

9:30 am - David Meeker, Ohio State University

(meeker.40@osu.edu)
"Practical Implications of Swine Genome Knowledge"

10:20 am - Graham Plastow, PIC

(plastowg@fyf.pig.co.uk)
"Use of AFLP for Swine QTL Detection and Genome Mapping"

10:45 am - Gary Rohrer, USDA/MARC

(rohrer@map.marc.usda.gov)
"Mapping QTL for Carcass Composition in Swine"

11:10 am - Max Rothschild, Iowa State University

(mfrothsc@iastate.edu)
"Analysis of New Candidate Genes for Reproduction in the Pig"

11:35 am - Chris Tuggle, Iowa State University

(cktuggle@iastate.edu)
"Comparative Mapping of Pig Homologues of Human Genes
shows complete Synteny Conservation between HSA3 and SSC13
and between HSA13 and SSC11"

12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch - On your own

1:30 pm - Additional Station Reports

3:00 pm - 3:20 pm Break

3:20 pm - 5:30 pm NC-210 Business Meeting

-Pig Genome Coordination, Max Rothschild

-Additional Station Reports

-NC-210 Renewal Update



Maize Workshop - Frairs/Padre Rooms

Organizers:

Ed Coe, ARS
(ed@teosinte.agron.missouri.edu)

and

Mary Polacco, ARS

(maryp@teosinte.agron.missouri.edu)

9:00 am - 11:30 am

Theme: "Bridging Genomics Research on Maize and Other Monocots "

Keith Edwards, IACR - Long Ashton

(keith.edwards@bbsrc.ac.uk)
"Towards Characterizing the Maize Genome via a
'Consortium Effort'"

John Kuzio, GenBank, NIH

(kuzio@teela.nlm.nih.gov)
"Assembly and Presentation of Plant Chromosome Sequence Maps"

Richard McCombie, Cold Spring Harbor Lab

(mccombie@cshl.org)
"Plant Genomics: Mutual Interests and Joint Planning"

John Mullet, Texas A&M

(mullet@bioch.tamu.edu)
"Targeted Extraction of Gene and
Landmark Sequences from Sorghum/Maize Genomes"

Marci Blinstrub, Cornell University

(mab8@cornell.edu)
"Comparative Mapping Displays in RiceGenes for the Analysis
of QTL Across Grass Genomes"

Laurie Kramer, Genome DataBase

(laurie@gdb.org)
"Genome-Independent Comparative Map Display on the WWW"

Takuji Sasaki, Tsukuba

(tsasaki@abr.affrc.go.jp)
"A Rice Expressed Sequence Tag Map"

Mark Sorrels, Cornell Univ

(mes12@cornell.edu)
"Comparative Genomics - Common Ground"

Kellye Eversole, Eversole Associates (kellye@erols.com)

and
James McLaren, Inverizon Inc (mclaren@inverizon.com)
"Update from Washington"




Cotton Workshop - Sheffield Room

Organizer: Andrew H. Paterson

(ahp2343@bioch.tamu.edu)


A. H. Paterson, Texas A&M

(ahp2443@bioch.tamu.edu)
"Consequences of Polyploid Formation for the Structure and Function of the Cotton Genome"

Thea A. Wilkins, UC, Davis

(tawilkins@ucdavis.edu).
"The Diverse Organization of Multigene Families in Cotton Subgenomes"

H. James Price, Texas A&M

(hjp6300@acs.tamu.edu)
"Molecular Cytogenetics, Cotton Genetics and Breeding"

Reiner H. Kloth, USDA-ARS

(rhkloth@ag.gov).
Title: TBA

Cotton Genome Analysis: Industrial Perspective. (not yet confirmed).

Z. Yu, USDA/ARS

(z0y4854@acs.tamu.edu)
"Cotton Genome Mapping and the Cotton Genome Database"

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Coffee, Tea & Soda Break - Atlas Foyer


Arabidopsis Workshop - Hampton Court Room

Organizer: Renate Schmidt

(rschmidt@mpiz-koeln.mpg.de)

3:30 pm - 6:30 pm
3:30 pm -3:40 pm Renate Schmidt

(rschmidt@mpiz-koeln.mpg.de)
Introductory Remarks

3:40 - 4:05 pm Thomas Altmann, Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm

(altmann@mpimp-golm.mpg.de)
"Physical Mapping of the Arabidopsis Thaliana Genome
using Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes (BACs)"

4:05 - 4:30 pm Satoshi Tabata, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Yana, Kiserazu City

(tabata@kazusa.or.jp)
"The Arabidopsis Genome Project at Kazusa DNA Research Institute"

4:30 - 4:55 pm Timothy W. Conner, Monsanto Life Sciences Company, St. Louis

(timothy.w.conner@monsanto.com)
"Functional Genomics in Arabidopsis:
Microarrays and Insertional Mutagenesis"

4:55 - 5:20 pm Paul Fransz, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen

(paul.fransz@mac.mb.wau.nl)
"Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis of Chromosome Organization
in Arabidopsis Thaliana"

5:20 - 5:45 pm Gregory P. Copenhaver, University of Chicago, Chicago

(gpcopenh@midway.uchicago.edu)
"Assaying Centromere Functions and Genome-wide
Recombination in Arabidopsis"

5:45 - 6:10 pm Isobel Parkin, AAFC Saskatoon Research Centre, Saskatoon

(parkini@em.arg.ca)
"Collinearity Between the Genomes of Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica Species"

6:10 - 6:30 pm - Discussion





Soybeans/Legumes Workshop - Windsor Court Room

Organizer: Randy C. Shoemaker, USDA/ARS

(rcsshoe@iastate.edu)

3:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Randy C. Shoemaker, ARS

(rcsshoe@iastate.edu)
Welcome and Introductions

3:40 - 4:00 pm
Gunter Kahl, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat

(kahl@em.uni-frankfurt.de)
"Molecular Analysis of the Chickpea Genome:
Microsatellites and microsatellite-based markers"

4:00 - 4:20 pm
William C. Johnson,University of California-Davis

(wcjohnson@ucdavis.edu)
"Influence of Epistasis and Diverse Evolution on
Wide Crosses of Common Bean"

4:20 - 4:40 pm
Benjamin Matthews,USDA/ARS

(bmatthews@asrr.arsusda.gov)
"Expressed Sequences from Soybean Tissue Resistant to
Soybean Cyst Nematode"

4:40 pm - 4:50 pm Break

4:50 - 5:10 pm
Antoni Rafalski, Dupont

(j-antoni.rafalski@usa.dupont.com)
"Electronic Northerns: Soybean Gene Expression Analysis
based on EST Sampling Statistics"

5:10 - 5:30 pm
Douglas Cook, Texas A&M

(drc1653@acs.tamu.edu)
"Development and Application Tools for Genome Analysis
in Medicago Truncatula"

5:30 - 5:50 pm
K. Szczyglowski, Michigan State

(debruijn@msu.edu)
Generation and Characterization of Expressed Sequence Tags
(ESTs) of the Model Legume Lotus Japonicus"

5:50 pm - 6:30 pm Discussion of Legume EST and Genomics Projects



6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Welcome Reception - Atlas Foyer
Sponsored by Novartis Seeds, Inc

Monday, January 19

7:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration - Atlas Foyer

7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast - Atlas Foyer

Sponsored by Pioneer Hi-Bred


8:30 am - 8:45 am Opening Remarks - Mission Ballroom


Stephen Heller, USDA, ARS/NAL

(srheller@gig.usda.gov)

and

Hans Cheng, USDA, ARS

(hcheng@msu.edu)



Session 1: Technology


Sponsored by Pioneer Hi-Bred


Presidio Room


Chairperson: Gary McCone, USDA, ARS/NAL

(gmccone@nal.usda.gov)

8:45 am - 9:30 am Plenary Lecture -

Steve Kay, The Scripps Research Institute
(stevek@scripps.edu)
"Live Cell Gene Expression Dynamics: Increasing Bit-Depth for
Functional Genomics"

9:30 am - 10:15 am

Coffee/Tea Break

Sponsored by xxxxx 9:30 am - 4:30 pm

Exhibits Open

10:15 am - 11:15 am Plenary Lecture -

Grahame Bulfield, Roslin Institute
(grahame.bulfield@bbsrc.ac.uk)
"Biotechnology and Animal Breeding"

11:15 am - Noon

Xun Wang , Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l, Inc.
(wangx@phibred.com)
"A Progress Report on Corn Genome Projects at Pioneer Hi-Bred"

Noon - 1:30 pm -- Lunch (On your own)

1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Posters (Odd numbered), Exhibits & Computer Demos

Afternoon Workshops

International Triticeae Mapping Initiative (ITMI) Workshop - Cabinet/Forum Rooms

Organizers:

Michael Gale, John Innes Centre
(jeffery@bbsrc.ac.uk)

and


Calvin Qualset, UC - Davis

(itmi@ucdavis.edu)

1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Speakers - TBA

Project NC-209 Workshop - Mesa Room

Organizer:
Ina Hoeschele, University of Vermont

(inah@vt.edu)

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Details and speakers - TBA

Rice Workshop - Frair/Padre Rooms

Organizers:
Susan McCouch

(srm4@cornell.edu)

and

Takuji Sasaki

(tsasaki@abr.affrc.go.jp)

and

Guo-Fan Hong

and

Moo Young Eun

(myeun@sun20.asti.re.kr)

1:30 pm - 4:00 pm - Speakers - TBA

Template Methodologies Workshop - Senate/Committee Rooms

Organizer:
Steve Lang, Qiagen

(slang@hotmail.com)

1:30 - 4:00 pm Speakers:

Stephen Lang, QIAGEN

Birgit Jostes, QIAGEN GmbH


Automated Fluorescent Methods for Plant and Animal Research Workshop - Council/Chamber Rooms

Organizer:
Christie Graber, Li-Cor

(cgraber@bio.licor.com)

1:30 - 4:00 pm

Daniel Pomp University of Nebraska

(dpomp@unlinfo2.unl.edu)
"Experiences Using the LI-COR 4200SD Duplex Gene ReadIRv for a Large
Genotyping Project in Pigs"

David L. Remington, NC State

(dlreming@unity.ncsu.edu)
"Automated AFLPv Mapping in Loblolly Pine Using the LI-COR Automated Sequencer and Specialized Software"

Harry Osterman,LI-COR, Inc., Lincoln, NE

(hosterman@bio.licor.com)
"New Developments In Infrared DNA Sequencing"

Stella Marie Reamon-Bttner,Kiel, Germany

(stella@plantbreeding.uni-kiel.de)
"Sex-linked AFLP markers in Asparagus officinalis L."


Coffee/Tea/Soda

Sponsored by TBA

Gene Codes User Group Meeting - DeAnza Room

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm




Session 2: Organization and Recombination

Presidio Room

Chairperson: Jiming Jiang, University of Wisconsin

(jjiang1@facstaff.wisc.edu)

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm David Botstein, Stanford

(botstein@genome.stanford.edu)
Of Genes and Genomes

4:45 pm - 5:30 pm William Thompson, NCSU

(wftb@ncsu.edu)
Engineering Transgenes to Modify Chromatin Structure
and Stablize Gene Expression

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Wine & Cheese Reception - Atlas Foyer

Sponsored by : TBA

Monday Evening Workshops



Barley Workshop Genomics, Malting Quality, and Beer - - Senate/Committee Rooms

Organizer: Patrick Hayes, Oregon State

(hayesp@css.orst.edu)

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Gary Hanning, Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

"An industry perspective"

Robbie Waugh, Scottish Crop Research Institute

(rwaugh@scri.sari.ac.uk)
"A European Union perspective"

Steve Ullrich, Washington State University

(ullrich@wsu.edu)
"A North American perspective"

Peter Langridge, University of Adelaide

(plangrid@waite.adelaide.edu.au)
"An Australian perspective"

Greg Penner,Ag Canada/Winnipeg

(gpenner@em.agr.ca)
"A different perspective"



Solanaceae Workshop - Adobe/El Camino Rooms

Organizers:

Molly Kyle Jahn, Cornell

(mmk9@cornell.edu)

and

Rebecca Nelson, Potato Center, Lima

(r.nelson@cgnet.com)

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
There will be a 15-minute presentation from each speaker,
followed by 10 minutes of discussion.


Marc van Haaren, Free University,Amsterdam, Netherlands.

(vhaaren@bio.vu.nl)
"Molecular Dissection of the Tomato Genome"


Roger Chetelat,UC-Davis

(cheltelat@vegmail.ucdavis.edu)
"Comprehensive Introgression of the Solanum Lycopersicoides
Genome into Tomato via Segmental Substitution Lines"


Martha Mutschler, Darlene Lawson, R.W. Doerge, Susan E. Blauth, B.E. Liedl,
and S.-C. Liu. Cornell University, Ithaca, USA.

(mam13@cornell.edu )
"QTL Identification and Transfer of Multigenic Traits not
Expressed in the Receptor Species"


Stephanie Pflieger, V. Lefebvre, A. Blattes, E.R. Radwanski, K.D. Livingsone,
M.M. Kyle Jahn and A. Palloix. INRA, Montfavet, France and Cornell University.

(Alain.Palloix@avignon.inra.fr)
"Disease Resistance Gene Analogs and Homologs as Candidates
for Genes and QTL Involved in Pepper/Pathogen Interactions"

Robbie Waugh, Scottish Crops Research Institute, Scotland

(rwaugh@scri.sari.ac.uk).
"QTL Analysis in Potato at the Tetraploid Level"

Sam Beer, D. E. Matthews, M.M. Kyle Jahn and M. Bonierbale, Cornell University

and International Potato Center.
(scb21@cornell.edu)
"The SolGenes Database"




WWW Workshop - Padre Room

Organizer: George Michaels, George Mason University

(gmichael@gmu.edu)

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm



Animal Comparative Mapping Workshop - Council Room

Organizers: Hans Cheng, ARS

(hcheng@msu.edu)
and
Max Rothschild, Iowa State University, USA
(mfrothsc@iastate.edu)

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Speakers:

Pat Venta, Michigan State

Dave Burt, Roslin Institute

Joel Gellin, INRA


Tuesday, January 20

7:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration - Atlas Foyer

7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast - Atlas Foyer

8:30 am - 9:30 am

Lee Hood, University of Washington
(tawny@u.washington.edu)
Title: TBA

Session 3a: Plant Session


Chairperson: Olin D Anderson, USDA/ARS

(oanderson@pw.usda.gov)

9:30 am - 4:30 pm Exhibits Open

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

10:30 am - 11:15 am

Richard Michelmore, UC - Davis
(rwmichelmore@ucdavis.edu)
"Clusters of Disease Resistance Genes in Plants"

11:15 - Noon

Jiming Jiang, University of Wisconsin
(jjiang1@facstaff.wisc.edu)
"Complex DNA Structure of Cereal Centromeres"

Session 3b: Animal Session

Friars/Padre Rooms

Chairperson: Richard R. Frahm, USDA/CRSEES

(rfrahm@reeusda.gov)

10:30 am - 11:15 am Ruedi Fries , Technical University - Munich

(fries@pollux.edv.agrar.tu-muenchen.de)
"Positional Cloning of Complex Trait Loci - A Utopia?"

11:15 - Noon Nat Bumstead, Institute for Animal Health

(nat.bumstead@bbsrc.ac.uk)
Genetics of Resistence to Salmonellosis in Chickens


12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch (On your own)

1:30 pm - 4:00 pm Posters (Even numbered),

Exhibits & Computer Demos

Coffee/Tea/Soda

1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Genomic Computing Techniques
and Applications Workshop


Padre Room


Organizer: Mary Anderson, University of Nottingham, Arabidopsis Stock Centre

(arabidopsis@nottingham.ac.uk)

George Seaton, University of Birmingham

(g.gseaton@bham.ac.uk)
"Java, a Programming Solution to Multi-platform QTL Analysis Using Regression Techniques"

Zhao-Bang Zeng, NC State

(zeng@brooks.statgen.ncsu.edu)
Multiple Interval Mapping for Studying Genetic Architecture of Quantitative Traits"

Alan Archibald, Roslin Institute

(alan.archibald@bbsrc.ac.uk)
"Genome Databases for Livestock"

Jo Dicks, John Innes Centre

(jo.dicks@bbsrc.ac.uk)
"Comparative Genome Analysis Within the UK CropNet"

Ernie Retzel, University of Minnesota, USA

(ernest@lenti.med.umn.edu)
"Information Integration and Comparative Genomics in the Plant DNA Sequencing Projects"


Afternoon Workshops:


Abiotic Stress Workshop- Council/Chamber Rooms

Organizer: Henry Nguyen, Texas Tech University

(bwhtn@ttacs.ttu.edu)

4:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Majid R. Foolad, Penn State University

(mrf5@.psu.edu)
"QTL Mapping of Salt Tolerance and Cold Tolerance in Tomato "

Timothy Close, UC-Riverside

(timclose@citrus.ucr.edu)
"Dehydrins: Update on their Biochemical Properties and
the 11 dhn Genes of Barley."

Scott A. Campbell UC-Riverside

(scampbell@citrus.ucr.edu)
"Recent Studies of the Dehydrin Gene Family of Maize"

Michel Zivy , Universite Paris XI, France

(zivy@moulon.inra.fr)
"Genetic Approach of Molecular and Physiological Responses of
Maize to Drought: Towards QTL Characterization"

James E. Specht, University of Nebrasak - Lincoln

(agro0010@unlvm.unl.edu)
"A QTL Analysis of Soybean Yield Response to Water -
Is Drought Sensitivity a Pleiotrophic Consequence of
Higher Yield Potential ?"

Prasanta K. Subudhi, Texas Tech University

(bwpks@ttacs.ttu.edu)
"QTLs for Drought Tolerance in Grain Sorghum"

M. K. Walker-Simmons, Washington State

(ksimmons@wsu.edu)
"Effects of the Vrn1-Fr1 Interval on Cold Hardiness Levels
in Wheat Near-Isogenice Lines"



NRSP-8 Meeting - Senate/Committee Rooms

Hans Cheng, USDA, ARS
(hcheng@msu.edu)

4:00 pm - 6:30 pm Details - TBA

7:00 pm - Midnight

Conference Dinner - Presidio Ballroom

Presentation of ISPMB awrads - Award winners this year are:
Byron Sosinski, Clemson
Courtney Weber, University of Florida
Ferando Carrari, CICV, Argentina


Cash bar after 9pm
(Music after Dinner from 9 pm)

Wednesday, January 21

7:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration - Atlas Foyer

7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast - Atlas Foyer


Session 4:QTL's, Mutants, and Candidate Genes, Part 1

Presidio Room

Chairperson:

Michael Gale

(jeffery@bbsrc.ac.uk)

8:30 am - 9:30 am Plenary Lecture Shauna Somerville, Carnegie Institution

(shauna@andrew.stanford.edu)
"DNA Microarrary Technology and its Application to Problems
in Plant Pathology

9:30 am - 4:00 pm Exhibits Open (Last day for exhibits)

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

Session # 4 - QTL's, Mutants, and Candidate Genes, Part 1

10:30 am - 11:15 am

Morris Soller , Hebrew University
(soller@vms.huji.ac.il)
Candidate Genes as QTL

11:15 am - Noon

Sue Wessler, University of Georgia
(sue@dogwood.botany.uga.edu)
Transposable elements and the Creation of Genetic Diversity

Noon - 2:00 pm Lunch (On your own)

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Coffee/Tea/Soda

Afternoon Workshops


1:30 pm - 4:00 pm


Project 209 Workshop - Part 2 - Mesa room

Details and speakers - TBA

International Grass Genome Initiative (IGGI) Workshop - Presido Room

Organizers:

Michael Gale

(jeffery@bbsrc.ac.uk)

and

Jeff Bennetzen

(maize@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu)

Speakers:

Jeff Bennetzen, Purdue University

(maize@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu)
"Status of the International Grass Genome Initiative"

Katrien Devos and Mike Gale, John Innes Centre

(katrien.devos@bbsrc.ac.uk)
"Extending the Circles with Millet Genomes"

Rod Wing, Clemson University

(rwing@clemeson.edu)
"Adventures with Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Libraries from Plants"

John Mullet, Texas A&M

(mullet@bioch.tamu.edu)
"Initial Steps Toward Construction of an Integrated Genetic/Physical
Map of the Sorghum Genome"

Mingsheng Chen, Purdue University

(mchen@bilbo.purdue.edu)
"Structure of sh2/a1-Homologous Regions in Maize, Rice and Sorghum"




Compositae Workshop- senate/Committee Rooms

Organized by:

Richard Michelmore, UC - Davis

(rwmichelmore@ucdavis.edu)

and

Steve Knapp , Oregon State

(knapps@css.orst.edu)

This will be an organizational meeting for the Compositae database. pecies to be
included in this database are lettuce, sunflower, safflower, and chicory.
Interested parties are invited to attend this session.

Steve Knapp , Oregon State

(steven.j.knapp@orst.edu)
"Update on the Sunflower Marker and Map Development Project
and the Compositae Genome Database"

Simon Berry, Advanta

(simon.s.t.berry@gbjha.zeneca.com)
"RFLP Maps of Sunflower"

Johan Peleman, Keygene

(keygene@euronet.nl)
"AFLP Mapping in Lettuce and Sunflower"

Bill Johnson, UC - Davis

(wcjohnson@ucdavis.edu)
"Maps and QTLs in Lettuce"

Ben Vosman, (CPRO-DLO

(b.vosman@cpro.dlo.nl)
"Microsatellites in Lettuce"

Michele Morgante, Universita' di Udine

(morgante@dpvta.uniud.it)
"Germplasm Analysis and Genetic Mapping Using AFLP Markers
in Variegated Chicory (Cichorium intybus var. sylvestre).

Fruit and Nut Crops Workshop - Council/Chamber Rooms


Organizer: Fred Bliss, UC - Davis

(fabliss@ucdavis.edu)

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Floyd Zaiger, Zaiger's Inc. Genetics

"Farmer Friendly Genes"

2:00 pm - 2:20 pm

Fred Gmitter, University of Florida
(fgg@icon.lal.ufl.edu)
"Citrus BAC Library Experiences"

2:20 pm - 2:40 pm

Erik H.A. Rikkerink, Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand, Ltd.
(erinkkerink@hort.cri.nz)
"Development and Use of Microsatellite Markers in Fruit Trees"

2:40 pm - 3:00 pm

Chris Malieparrd, Center for Plant Breeding and Reproduction Research, Wageningen.
(c.a.maliepaard@cpro.dlo.nl)
"Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci In Apple"

3:00 pm - 3:20 pm

Jim McFerson, USDA/ARS
(mcferson@ars-grin.gov)
"RoseDB--Plant Genome Database for Rosaceous Crops"

3:20 pm - 4:00 pm Open Discussion and brief presentations from the audience.

Databases, Gene Systematics and Nomenclature Workshop - Padre Room

Organizers: David Lonsdale, John Innes Centre

(david.lonsdale@bbsrc.ac.uk)

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
David Lonsdale, John Innes Centre, UK
(david.lonsdale@bbsrc.ac.uk)
"Plant Gene Families with Homology to Yeast ORFs and their
Distribution on the Yeast Choromosomes"

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Rolf Apweiler, European Bioinformatics Institute, UK
(rolf.apweiler@ebi.ac.uk)
Title - TBA

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Kathy Matthews, Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center, Indiana, USA
(matthewk@fly.bio.indiana.edu)
Title - T BA

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Jo Dicks, John Innes Centre, UK
(jo.dicks@bbsrc.ac.uk)
Title - TBA

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Carl Price, Waksman Institute, Rutgers, New Jersey, USA
(price@ocelot.rutgers.edu)
Title - TBA




Session 5: QTL's, Mutants, and Candidate Genes, Part 2

Presidio Room




Chairperson: Jerry Dodgson, Michigan State (22314jbd@msu.edu)

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm - Graham Plastow , Pig Improvement Company

(plastowg@pig.co.uk)
"Utilization of Candidate Genes and QTL in Swine"

4:45 pm - 5:30 pm - Ken Shirasu, UK

(shirasu@bbsrc.ac.uk)
"Glimpses into Complex Cereal Genomes"



Dinner (On your own)


Evening Workshops







Current Applications of the AFLP Technique for DNA Fingerprinting Markers, Mapping, and More Workshop: - Padre Room

Organizer:

J. J. Lin,Life Technologies

(jlin@lifetech.com)

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Dr. Van Eck, H.J. Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, NL

"A Genome Mapping Stragey in Potato Based on Common
AFLP Markers"

Dr. Wang, B. National Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

"Construction of Rice BAC Libraries and Screening
with AFLP Markers Tightly Linked to TGMS Gene"

Dr. Bachem, C. Institute of Plant Breeding, Wageninen, NL

"Analysis of Gene Expression Uusing cDNA-AFLP
Technology: Potato Tuber
Organogenesis as a Model System"

J. J. Lin,Life Technologies

(jlin@lifetech.com)
"Identification of Functional Genes using AFLP-a PCR
Based DNA Fingerprinting Technique"

Tom Gerats, Univ of Ghent

(toger@gengenp.rug.ac.be)
"Transposon Display Identifies Individual Transposable Elements
in High Copy Number Lines"






Molecular Cytogenetics Workshop - Frairs Room

Organizers:
David M. Stelly, Texas A&M

(monosom@tamu.edu)

and

Kiichi Fukui, Hokuriku National Agricultural Experiment Station

(kfukui@inada.affrc.go.jp)

7:30 pm - 10:30 pm

7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Plenary Talks
Dr. John Hozier, Applied Genetics Laboratories, Inc.

(agl@iu.net)
"Multi-species Applications of Molecular Cytogenetics"

8:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Trude Schwarzcher, John Innes Centre

(trude.schwarzacher@bbsrc.ac.uk)
"Chromosome Recombination and Segregation: the Molecular
Cytogenetic View."

8:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Twelve 12 Short talks (10-min. limit) , half on animals and half on plants.
Solicited and volunteered speakers and molecular cytogenetics topics (TBA).
Contact either co-organizer for more information or to volunteer.

PLANT (by talk number)

1. M. Nural Islam-Faridi -- Stelly-Price group, Texas A&M Univeristy.

(islam-faridi@tamu.edu)
"Transgene Detection and Genotyping by FISH"

3. Noboko Ohmido -- Fukui and De Jong groups: Hokuriku National Agricultural Experiment Station, Japan, and U. Wageningen

(ohmidoinada.affrc.go.jp)
"Advances in High Resolution FISH using extended DNA Fibers in Plants"

5. Prof. Bang, Jae-Wook Chungnam Natl. Univ. Korea.

(bangjw@hanbat.chungnam.ac.kr)
"Variability in Structure and Expression of rDNA Gene
Loci in Scilla Scilloides Complex"

7. Thomas Schmidt -- Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Germany.

(tschmidt@mail.plantbreeding.uni-kiel.de)
"FISHing nematode-resistant sugar beets"

9. Paul Fransz, Wageningen Agricultural University.

"Towards the Integration of the Physical, Genetic and Cytogenetic Maps in Tomato"

11. Sybille Kubis, DeMontfort University, England

(kubis@bbsrc.ac.uk)
"Non-LTR Retrotransposons (LINES) in the Genomes of Beta Species and Other Angiosperms." 13. Ralf Kynast, Kansas State University dd>(rkynast@plantpath.pp.ksu.edu)
"Rye deficiencies: Chromosome breakage and healing."

ANIMAL (by talk number)

2. Dan Gallagher -- Davis-Taylor group, Texas A&M University, USA)

c/o (dan-gallagher@ansc.tamu.edu )
"Molecular cytogenetic applications in the Bovidae: Cattle
Genomics to Comparative Cytogenetics"

4. Bhanhu P. Chowdhary -- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden.

(bhanu.chowdhary@hgen.slu.se)
"Chromosomal microdissection and its application in farm animals".

6. Withdrawn

8.Sheila Schmutz -- Saskatoon, Canada .

(schmutz@sask.usask.ca)
"Tritium in situ Hybridization of Five Genes onto
Cattle Chromosome 1"

10. Joel Gellin -- Martine Yerle's lab, INRA, France

(gellin@toulouse.inra.fr)
"Pig Radiated Hybrid Panel Charaterisation"

12. Caird Rexroad, Texas A&M

(cer5607@acs.tamu.edu )
"Development and Characterization of a Bovine Radiation Hybrid Panel.



Sugar Beet Workshop - Council/Chamber Rooms

Organizer: Mitch McGrath, USDA/ARS,Michigan State University

(mitchmcg@pilot.msu.edu)

6:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Speakers:

Thomas Schmidt, Univ. of Kiel
(tschmidt@mail.plantbreeding.uni-kiel.de)
"Molecular Cytogenetics of Beta Species"

Lee Panella, USDA-ARS Ft. Collins
(lpanella@lamar.colostate.edu)
"Germplasm"

Brian Ford-Lloyd, Univ. of Birmingham
(b.ford-lloyd@bham.ac.uk")
The Identification of Sections, Species and Subspecies in Beta using
Sequence Information of the ITS 1 Locus of the Nuclear Ribosomal DNA"

Marc De Loose, Centre for Ag Research, Gent
(rvp@pophost.eunet.be)
"Varietal Discrimination Using AFLPs"

Rene Klein-Lankhorst, CPRO-DLO, Wageningen
(r.m.kleinlankhorst@cpro.dlo.nl)
"Cloning and Analyses of the Beet Cyst Nematode Resistance Gene Hs1pro-1"

Georg Koch, Univ. of Kiel
(georgk@mail.plantbreeding.uni-kiel.de)
"Mapping of QTL for Leaf Spot Resistance in Sugar Beet"

Yuri Shavrukov, Russian Academy of Sci, Novosibirsk
(shav@cgi.nks.su)
"RFLP and Isozyme Linkage Map, and Genetic Diversity of
Second Monogerm Gene in Sugarbeet"

Jun Abe, Hokkaido University
(jabe@res.agr.hokudai.ac.jp)
"Genetics Basis of Bolting in Sugarbeets"

Christian Jung, University of Kiel
(cjung@mail.plantbreeding.uni-kiel.de)
"Chromosomal Assignment of the Nine Linkage Groups of Sugarbeet
Using Primary Trisomics"

W. E. Weber, Martin Luther University
"Integration of Genetic Sugar Beet Maps from Different Sources into One Map"

Steve Barnes, Advanta SES Seeds
(steve.barnes@ses-europe.be)
Development and Testing of Informative DNA Microsatellite
Markers in Sugar Beet"





Thursday, January 22

7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast - Atlas Foyer

Session 6: Comparative Genomics

Presidio Room




Chairperson: Sir Ralph Riley, UK

8:30 am - 9:30 am Plenary Lecture - Ron Davis, Stanford University

(gilbert@cmgm.stanford.edu)
Title: TBA

9:30 am - 10:15 am Coffee/Tea Break

10:15 am - 11:00 am Graham Moore , John Innes Centre

(jeffery@bbsrc.ac.uk)
To Pair or Not to Pair

11:00 am - 11:45 pm John Postlehwait , University of Oregon

(jpostle@oregon.uoregon.edu)
The Zebrafish Genetic Map: Implications for the Evolution of
the Vertebrate Genome

11:45 am - 12:30 pm John F. Doebley, University of Minnesota

(jdoebley@facstaff.wisc.edu)
The Evolution of Maize: From QTLs to Genes

12:30 pm - 12:40 pm - Closing Remarks

Stephen R. Heller, USDA, ARS/NAL

(srheller@gig.usda.gov)

and

Daniel Pomp , University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA

(dpomp@unlinfo2.unl.edu)


Appendix A: Abstract Information

Information Required:
Name(s) & e-mail(s)
Name of presenter
Address(es)
Abstract (maximum of 250 words or 2000 characters for an electronic submission)
Type of Abstract: Workshop/Speaker/Poster/Computer (W/S/P/C)
ALL lecturers and speakers (type S) are by INVITATION ONLY.
ALL workshop speakers (type W) are by INVITATION ONLY and are invited by the workshop chairperson.

Please note:

Workshop and speaker abstracts are not presented in the exhibit hall.

Computer demonstration posters (category 10 listed below) are also NOT presented in the exhibit hall. Poster boards will be allocated only for Poster and Computer abstracts (Categories 1-9 listed below) which will be presented in the exhibit hall. If you want to have both a workshop/speaker talk and a poster, submit two separate and different abstracts, properly labeled.

Submitting a computer abstract (type C) means that either the program or system you are presenting is either on a computer at the PAG-VI computer room or is accessible via the Internet. NO commercial will be allowed for either abstracts or demonstrations.

Categories:

1. Sequencing & EST's

2. Large Insert Libraries, Gene Isolation, Etc.

3. Marker Systems and Diversity:

a. General
b. SSR's
c. RAPD's
d. AFLP's
e. Other________________


4. Cytology, in situ and microcloning

5. Mapping & Tagging:


a. General Comparative
b. Rice
c. Wheat, Barley, Rye, Oat
d. Maize, Sorghum, Sugar Cane
e. Brassicas, Arabidopsis
f. Legumes, Soybeans, Common Beans
g. Tomato, Potato, Pepper
h. Fruit Trees
i. Forest Trees
j. Cattle
k. Sheep
l. Poultry
m. Swine
n. Horse
o. Aquaculture
p. Natural populations
q. Other Species_________________


6. Transformation

7. Genes & Pathways

8. Other_____________________

9. Computers (Not a demonstration)

a. Databases
b. Genome Software



1. Printed forms are available from Scherago International .
2. WWW template available at NAL web site IN AUGUST 1997.
3. E-mail abstracts to NAL probe machine (must be only in ascii or HTML).

IMPORTANT

Please do NOT submit a paper form for your abstract if you have access to electronic mail on the Internet or a World Wide Web (WWW) browser with forms capability (e.g., Mosaic, Netscape, Explorer, Lynx, and so on). Your abstract will appear faster on the network and will not have errors introduced by scanning the paper abstract form. You may also save yourself some time.

STARTING IN AUGUST 1997, send a mail message to pag6form@probe.nalusda.gov - a blank form will be returned by e-mail. The message does not need a subject or a body. Fill out the form following the instructions included with the form. Send the completed electronic form to pag6abstracts@probe.nalusda.gov. To submit via the WWW browser: Point your browser to: http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000 and follow the instructions.

FORMAT

Title in Capitals, Author(s) name (surname, first name) and affiliation in upper and lower case. If multiple authors, please underline the Presenting Author's name(s). Multiple presenting authors are ONLY for poster abstracts (categories 1-9). Single space all typing. The text of the abstract should be a single paragraph starting with a three (3) space indentation. Do NOT use a dot matrix printer. Do NOT send the abstract by FAX, we MUST received the original.

Appendix B: Contact Information

Scherago International (pag@scherago.com)
1. Abstract Forms
2. Registration Forms/Information
3. Conference Hotel Information
4. Exhibit Information
5. Employment Office

Town & Country
1. Hotel Registration
2. Hotel Deposits and Payments.

Susan McCouch (srm4@cornell.edu)
1. ISPMB Travel Grant Information

Stephen Heller (srheller@gig.usda.gov)
1. Workshop Requests
2. Jerome P. Miksche Travel Grant Award Information & Submissions

Abstracts
1.Receive abstract submission form (pag6form@probe.nalusda.gov)
2. Submit completed abstract form (pag6abstracts@probe.nalusda.gov).


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