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: Sunday, January 15, 2017
Time: 4:00 PM-6:10 PM
Room: Royal Palm Salon 3-4
Organizer:
Stephen B. Goodwin
4:05 PM
Dissecting the Genomic Architecture of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici – Wheat Interaction
Fei He, Kansas State University, Department of Plant Pathology, Manhattan, KS;
Wei Wang, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University;
Andres Salcedo, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University;
William Rutter, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University;
Shiaoman Chao, USDA-ARS;
Katherine Jordan, Kansas State University, Department of Plant Pathology, Manhattan, KS;
Alina Akhunova, Kansas State University;
Jorge Dubcovsky, University of California, Davis;
Les J Szabo, USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Lab;
Matthew N. Rouse, USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Lab;
Eduard Akhunov, Kansas State University, Department of Plant Pathology, Manhattan, KS
5:05 PM
Basidiomycete Genomics
Daniel Cullen, USDA Forest Products Laboratory;
Francis Martin, INRA Nancy;
Igor V. Grigoriev, US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute;
Jennifer Talbot, Department of Biology, Boston University
5:25 PM
A New Genetic Code in Yeasts
Robert Riley, U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute;
Sajeet Haridas, US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute;
Kenneth H. Wolfe, University College Dublin;
Mariana R. Lopes, University of Wisconsin-Madison;
Chris Todd Hittinger, University of Wisconsin-Madison;
Asaf Salamov, US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute;
Christopher H. Calvey, Xylome Corporation;
Aisling Y. Coughlan, University College Dublin;
Cletus P. Kurtzman, US Department of Agriculture ARS NCAUR;
Meredith Blackwell, Louisiana State University;
Igor V. Grigoriev, US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute;
Thomas W. Jeffries, Xylome Corporation
5:45 PM
A New Approach: Detection of Fungal and Wheat Genes Involved in Leaf Rust Disease by Transcript Expression Associations
Hala Badr Khalil, Agriculture and Agrifood canada;
Xiben Wang, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada;
Rob Linning, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada;
David L. Joly, Department of Biology, Université de Moncton;
Dustin Cram, National Research Council Canada;
Nina Thiessen, Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre;
Greg Taylor, Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre;
Brent McCallum, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada;
Barry J. Saville, Trent University;
Guus Bakkeren, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
