To discuss recent advances in fungal genomics focusing on the biology rather than technology. Topics can include individual genomes, comparative genomics, population genomics of evolutionary biology using genomic data.
Date: Monday, January 13, 2014
Time: 12:50 PM-3:00 PM
Room: Sunset - Meeting House
Organizer:
Stephen B. Goodwin
12:50 PM
Comparative Genomics of Rust Fungi Drives Research and Innovations
Guus Bakkeren, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada;
John Fellers, USDA-ARS, Kansas State University;
Vinay Panwar, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada;
David L. Joly, Department of Biology, Université de Moncton;
Les Szabo, USDA-ARS, Cereal Disease Laboratory, U. of Minnesota;
Jim Kolmer, USDA-ARS, Cereal Disease Laboratory, U. of Minnesota;
Scot Hulbert, Washington State University;
Meinan Wang, Washington State University;
Chuntao Yin, Washington State University;
Xianming Chen, USDA-ARS, Wheat Genetics and Disease Research Unit;
Christof Rampitsch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada;
Brent McCallum, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada;
Xiben Wang, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada;
Jon Goldberg, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard;
Sarah Young, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard;
Richard Hamelin, University of British Columbia;
Barry J. Saville, Trent University;
Christina Cuomo, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard
1:10 PM
New Insights into the Genome of the Plant Pathogen, Leptosphaeria maculans
Manuel Matias Zander, University of Queensland;
Dhwani A. Patel, University of Queensland;
Angela Van de Wouw, University of Melbourne;
Kaitao Lai, University of Queensland;
Michal T. Lorenc, University of Queensland;
Alice C Hayward, University of Queensland;
Agnieszka Golicz, University of Queensland;
Kenneth Chan, University of Queensland;
Philipp Emanuel Bayer, University of Queensland;
David Edwards, University of Queensland;
Jacqueline Batley, University of Queensland
1:30 PM
Comparative Genomics of Wheat Powdery Mildew
Beat Keller, University of Zurich;
Thomas Wicker, Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich;
Simone Oberhaensli, University of Zurich;
Francis Parlange, University of Zurich;
Jan Buchmann, University of Zurich;
Margarita Shatalina, University of Zurich;
Stefan Roffler, University of Zurich;
Roi Ben David, University of Zurich;
Jaroslav Doležel, Institute of Experimental Botany;
Hana Simkova, Institute of Experimental Botany;
Pietro Spanu, Imperial College;
P. Schulze-Lefert, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research;
Remy Bruggmann, University of Bern;
Joelle Amselem, INRA Versailles;
Hadi Quesneville, INRA - URGI;
E. Ver Loren van Themaat, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research;
Timothy Paape, University of Zurich;
Kentaro K. Shimizu, IEU, University Zurich
2:30 PM
Resistance Mechanism of Yr36 to Wheat Stripe Rust
Jin-Ying Gou, University of California Davis;
Dario Cantu, University of California Davis;
Albor Dobon-Alonso, John Innes Centre;
Cristobal Uauy, John Innes Centre;
Takafumi Midorikawa, University of California Davis;
Kentaro Inoue, University of California Davis;
Daolin Fu, Shandong Agricultural University;
Ann Blechl, USDA-ARS;
Jorge Dubcovsky, University of California
