USDA/NIFA Microbial

Organizers:
Ann Lichens-Park(USDA-NIFA) and Nancy Cavallaro(USDA-NIFA)
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2012
Time: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM
Room: Towne
Moderator:
Ann Lichens-Park
8:20 AM
Sequencing the Obligate Oomycete Plant Pathogen, Bremia lactucae
Richard Michelmore, The Genome Center, University of California, Davis
9:00 AM
Genome Sequence for the Apicomplexan Sarcosystis neurona
Jessica Kissinger, University of Georgia, Institute of Bioinformatics, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases & Department of Genetics
9:20 AM
Global Distribution of Dominant Archaeal Populations in Soil
Scott T. Bates, University of Colorado at Boulder
10:00 AM
Microbial Community Activity:Communication Among Soil Microbes
Mark W. Silby, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
10:40 AM
Managing Plant-Microbe Interactions in Soil to Promote Sustainable Agriculture
Linda L. Kinkel, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota
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