Cacao Genome Sequencing Project
Following the recent sequencing and assembly of two cacao genomes, this workshop focuses on the application of the genome sequence information to identify candidate genes involved in the regulation of important agronomic traits such as disease resistance.
Date: Sunday, January 13, 2013
Time: 1:30 PM-6:00 PM
Room: Royal Palm Salon 3-4
1:35 PM
The Genome Of The Most Widely Cultivated Cacao Type and Its Use To Identify Candidate Genes Regulating Traits: Pod Color As An Example
Juan Carlos Motamayor Arias, MARS Inc.;
Keithanne Mockaitis, Indiana University;
Jeremy Schmutz, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology;
Niina Haiminen, IBM T J Watson Research - Computational Biology Center;
Donald Livingstone III, MARS Inc.;
Omar Cornejo, Stanford University;
Seth David Findley, Mars, Inc.;
Ping Zheng, Washington State University;
Filippo Utro, IBM Research;
Stefan Royaert, USDA ARS SHRS;
Christopher Saski, Clemson University Genomics Institute;
Jerry Jenkins, DOE Joint Genome Institute;
Ram Podicheti, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University;
Meixia Zhao, Purdue University;
Brian Scheffler, USDA-ARS-MSA;
Alex Feltus, Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University;
Fredy M. Amores, INIAP, Ecuador;
Wilbert Phillips, Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion;
Jean-Philippe Marelli, Mars Center for Cocoa Science (MCCS);
Gregory D. May, National Center for Genome Resources;
Howard-Yana Shapiro, University of California, Davis;
Jianxin Ma, Purdue University;
Carlos Bustamante, Stanford University;
Raymond J. Schnell, MARS Inc.;
Dorrie Main, Washington State University;
Don Gilbert, Department of Biology, Indiana University;
Laxmi Parida, IBM T J Watson Research - Computational Biology Center;
David N. Kuhn, USDA ARS SHRS
1:55 PM
iXora: Haplotype Inferencing and Trait Association
Filippo Utro, IBM T J Watson Research - Computational Biology Center;
Niina Haiminen, IBM Research;
Donald Livingstone III, MARS Inc.;
Omar Cornejo, Stanford University;
Stefan Royaert, USDA ARS SHRS;
Raymond J. Schnell, MARS Inc.;
Juan Carlos Motamayor Arias, MARS, Incorporated;
David N. Kuhn, USDA ARS SHRS;
Laxmi Parida, IBM T J Watson Research - Computational Biology Center
2:15 PM
The Role Of Haplotyping In Mapping The Pod Color Trait
Niina Haiminen, IBM T J Watson Research - Computational Biology Center;
Donald Livingstone III, MARS Inc.;
Omar Cornejo, Stanford University;
Filippo Utro, IBM T J Watson Research - Computational Biology Center;
Stefan Royaert, USDA ARS SHRS;
Keithanne Mockaitis, Indiana University;
Juan Carlos Motamayor Arias, MARS, Incorporated;
Laxmi Parida, IBM T J Watson Research - Computational Biology Center;
David N. Kuhn, USDA ARS SHRS
2:35 PM
Impact Of Selfing On The Inference Of Demographic History From Whole Genomes In Theobroma cacao L.
Omar Cornejo, Stanford University;
David N. Kuhn, USDA ARS SHRS;
Donald Livingstone III, MARS Inc.;
Keithanne Mockaitis, Indiana University;
Stefan Royaert, USDA ARS SHRS;
Seth David Findley, Mars, Inc.;
Guiliana Mustiga, Mars, Inc.;
Raymond J. Schnell, MARS Inc.;
Carlos Bustamante, Stanford University;
Juan Carlos Motamayor Arias, MARS, Incorporated
4:36 PM
Towards The Identification Of Candidate Genes Involved In Witches' Broom Disease Resistance In Theobroma cacao L.
Stefan Royaert, USDA ARS SHRS;
J. Michael Moore, MARS Inc.;
Ioná Santos Araújo, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA);
Daniela Viana da Silva, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC);
Samuel Martins de Jesus Branco, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC);
Donald Livingstone III, MARS Inc.;
Jean-Philippe Marelli, Mars Center for Cocoa Science;
David N. Kuhn, USDA ARS SHRS;
Osman A. Gutierrez, USDA ARS SHRS;
Ronan Xavier Corrêa, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC);
Raymond J. Schnell, MARS Inc.;
Juan Carlos Motamayor Arias, MARS, Incorporated
