Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Time: 10:30 AM-12:40 PM
Room: Pacific Salon 6-7 (2nd Floor)
Organizers:
Mathieu Rouard
and
Angélique D'hont
11:10 AM
Transposable Elements and Their Evolution in Musa
Pat Heslop-Harrison, University of Leicester;
Gerhard Menzel, Institute of Botany, Technische Universität Dresden;
Tony Heitkam, Institute of Botany, Technische Universität Dresden;
Faisal Nouroz, University of Leicester;
Trude Schwarzacher, University of Leicester;
Thomas Schmidt, Technische Universität Dresden, Department of Biology
11:50 AM
Field Trial of Xanthomonas Wilt Disease-Resistant GM Bananas in East Africa
Andrew Kiggundu, National Agricultural Research Laboratories (NARL);
Leena Tripathi, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture;
Jaindra Tripathi, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture;
Wilberforce Tushemereirwe, National Agriculture Research Laboratories;
Sam Korie, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture;
Frank Shotkoski, Cornell University
12:10 PM
Updates on the Musa acuminata Reference Genome Sequence
Angélique D'hont, CIRAD, UMR AGAP;
Guillaume Martin, CIRAD, UMR AGAP;
Franc-Christophe Baurens, CIRAD, UMR AGAP;
Gaëtan Droc, CIRAD, UMR AGAP;
Alberto Cenci, Bioversity International;
Valentin Guignon, Bioversity International;
Max Ruas, Bioversity International;
Françoise Carreel, CIRAD, UMR AGAP;
Andrzej Kilian, Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Ltd (DArT PL);
Jean-Marc Aury, CEA - Genoscope;
Alex Hastie, BioNano Genomics;
Jaroslav Dolezel, Institute of Experimental Botany;
Nicolas Roux, Bioversity International;
Stéphanie Bocs, CIRAD, UMR AGAP;
Mathieu Rouard, Bioversity International
