2603Brachypodium Genomics
Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Time: 10:30 AM-12:40 PM
Room: Pacific Salon 2
10:30 AM
PMT, a Grass-Specific Acyltransferase Involved in Lignin Biosynthesis
Deborah Petrik, Illinois State University and DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center;
Steven D. Karlen, GLBRC and University of Wisconsin;
Cynthia L. Cass, Illinois State University and GLBRC;
Dharshana Padmakshan, University of Wisconsin;
Fachuang Lu, University of Wisconsin;
Sarah Liu, University of Wisconsin;
Philippe Le Bris, INRA;
Sebastien Antelme, INRA-IJPB;
Nicholas Santoro, DOE GLBRC,Michigan State University;
Curtis Wilkerson, Michigan State University;
Richard Sibout, INRA-IJPB;
Catherine Lapierre, INRA-IJPB;
John Ralph, GLBRC, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Energy Institute;
John C. Sedbrook, Illinois State University, GLBRC
11:30 AM
Examining Flowering Time in the Grasses: Population Structure and Genome-Wide Association Mapping in Brachypodium distachyon
Ludmila Tyler, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department;
Scott J Lee, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts;
Nelson D. Young, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts;
Gregory A. DeIulio, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department;
Elena Benavente, Department of Biotechnology, ETSIA, Technical University of Madrid;
Michael Reagon, Department of Biology, The Ohio State University Lima;
Jessica Sysopha, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts;
Riccardo M. Baldini, Department of Biology, University of Florence;
Angelo Troìa, Dipartimento STEBICEF, Sezione di Botanica ed Ecologia vegetale, Università di Palermo;
Samuel P Hazen, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts;
Ana Caicedo, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts
12:10 PM
The Brachypodium-Puccinia graminis System: Solving a Puzzle to Uncover the Underlying Mechanisms of Non-Host Resistance and Plant Immunity
Melania Figueroa, University of Minnesota;
Sean Gordon, DOE Joint Genome Institute;
Claudia Castell-Miller, University of Minnesota;
Feng Li, University of Minnesota;
Sergei Filichkin, Oregon State University;
Matthew J. Moscou, The Sainsbury Laboratory;
John P. Vogel, DOE Joint Genome Institute;
Todd C. Mockler, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center;
David F. Garvin, USDA-ARS, Plant Science Research Unit;
William F. Pfender, USDA-ARS, Forage Seed and Cereal Research Unit