BGI Workshop: Omics-based Solutions for Agricultural Research & Development

We are pleased to invite you to the BGI Workshop at the upcoming Plant & Animal Genome Conference 2013. At this workshop, you will hear case studies from leading researchers applying BGI’s next generation genomic sequencing capabilities and other omics-based solutions, such as transcriptomics, to advance agricultural research and development. Please join us to learn how researchers from around the world are using BGI’s comprehensive array of services with the goal of improving agricultural breeding for sustainable global crop production.
Date: Monday, January 14, 2013
Time: 6:10 PM-8:20 PM
Room: San Diego
Organizer:
Lucy Phan
Chair:
Joyce Peng
6:10 PM
Welcoming Remarks


6:15 PM
Omics-based Agricultural Development
Xun Xu, BGI

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6:35 PM
The Peanut Genome Consortium: Creating a Better Future through Global Food Security
Baozhu Guo, USDA-ARS, Crop Protection and Management Research Unit

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6:55 PM
Population-Wide Transcriptome Sequencing – Empowering Systems Genetics in Eucalyptus
Zander Myburg, University of Pretoria

7:15 PM
Assessing the Genetic Basis of Gender Difference in Garden Asparagus
Jim Leebens-Mack, University of Georgia

7:35 PM
A Tale of Two Orphan Legumes and Their Recent Genomic Fortune
Rajeev Varshney, ICRISAT

7:55 PM
150 Tomato Genome (Re-) Sequencing Project: Exploring Genetic Variation in Tomato
Gabino F. Sanchez Perez, Plant Research International, Wageningen University

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