04-07 May 2011
Turkey, Istanbul
Plant GEM Scientific Program
The 9th Plant GEM envisage 10 sessions. You can read further details in the list below.
The Organising Committee of the 9th Plant Gem Meeting will accept the submission of abstracts for presentation as posters until March 30th.
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COST FA0604 Meeting, 3-4 May 2011
Tuesday, May 03 - Day 1
| Opening & Welcome
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08:30 09:00 |
Registration and poster set up, Coffee available Welcome |
| Session 1: Tools for Assessing, Harvesting and Applying Genetic Diversity: Building of consensus and high-density maps, use of COS markers (WG1, DivGen) Chairs: Karl Schmid and Hikmet Budak |
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09:10 09:30 09:50 10:10 10:30 |
Hermann Bürstmayr (BOKU, Austria) "Advanced back-cross QTL mapping of resistance to Fusarium head blight and plant morphological traits in a Triticum macha x T. aestivum population" Sariel Hübner (University of Haifa, Israel) "Regulating factors of genetic structure in wild barley: the Barley1K as a model" Alan Schulman (MTT Agrifood Research, Finland) "A universal method displaying insertional polymorphisms of LTR retrotransposons" Wolfgang Schweiger (IFA-Tulin, Austria) "Functional characterization of cereal UDP-glucosyltransferases for their ability to inactivate the Fusarium toxin dioxynivalenol" Coffee break (with posters) |
| Session 2: Accessing the Physical Genome for Sustainability and Quality: Large scale sequencing and map based cloning in barley and wheat (WG2, PhysGen)
Chairs: Pierre Sourdille and Nils Stein |
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10:50 11:10 11:30 11:50 12:10 12:30 |
Arnis Druka (James Hutton Institute, UK) "Next generation gene cloning in barley" Jaroslav Dolezel (Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Republic) "Complex genomes of Triticeae can be accessed using chromosome-based tools" Catherine Feuillet (INRA Clermont-Ferrand, France) "Towards a reference sequence of wheat chromosome 3B" Elena Salina (Elena Salina, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russia) "Towards a physical map of chromosome 5B of common wheat" Elahe Tavakol (University of Milan, Italy) "Map-based cloning of uniculme4, a gene required for tillering in barley" Lunch |
| Session 3: Data Management and Integration: Putting it all together (WG2A, Bioinformatics)
Chairs: David Marshall and Thomas Wicker |
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13:30 13:50 14:10 14:30 14:50-15:40 |
Dave Edwards (University of Queensland, Australia) “Characterizing the wheat genome using second generation sequencing” Burkhard Steuernagel (IPK-Gatersleben, Germany) " tba" Simone Scalabrin (Istituto di Genomica Applicata, Italy) “Characterization of complex genomes using Illumina sequences” Chris Love (Rothamsted Research UK) “Polyploid crop estimated transcript server (PpETS): a tool to provide best estimate of transcript sequence in polyploid crop species” Coffee break and poster viewing |
| Session 4: Implementation of Genomics Approaches for Understanding Cereal Traits: Identification and positional cloning of candidate genes (WG3, TraitGen) Chairs: Nils Rostoks and Hilde-Gunn Opsahl- Sorteberg |
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15:40 16:00 16:20 16:40 |
Domenico di Bianco (ENEA, Italy) “News and views of the DRF1 (Dehydration responsive factor 1) gene from durum wheat and its wild relatives” Gabor Galiba (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary) “Molecular bases of development-dependent cold acclimation in temperate cereals” Athanasios Tsaftaris (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) “The study of a barley epigenetic chromatin modulator, Polycomb Group (PcG) complex, in seed development and after exposure to ABA” Giampiero Vale (Genomic Research Centre, Italy) “The CC-NBS-LRR type RDG2A resistance gene confers immunity to the seed-borne barley leaf stripe pathogen in the absence of hypersensitive cell death” |
| Session 5: Functional Genomics for Testing and Validation of Candidate Genes: Transient and stable transformation, forward and reverse genetics (WG4, FuncGen) Chairs: Søren Rasmussen and Patrizia Galeffi |
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17:00 17:20 17:40 18:00 18:30 |
Perry Gustafson (United States Department for Agriculture, USA) “Sequencing problems in a rye gene-rich region” Renato D’Ovidio (University of Tuscia, Italy) “Transgenic wheat plants expressing the protein inhibitors PMEI and PGIP show enhanced resistance to fungal diseases” Anna Maria Torp (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) “TILLING for low phytic acid grains in hexaploid wheat” Silvio Salvi (University of Bologna, Italy) “TILLMORE: a resource for optimizing TILLING via next-generation sequencing” Wine Tasting & Dinner |
Wednesday, May 04 - Day 2
| Session 6: Management Committee Meeting
Chairs: Alan Schulman and Catherine Feuillet |
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09:00 09:20 10:35 11:00 12:15 12:30 |
Meeting report from Turkish COST representative Reports from the WG coordinators (5 x 15 minutes each) Coffee Break (with posters) Discussion on Final Report with Evaluator, Rapporteur, and Scientific Advisor Concluding remarks from the Action's Chairs (Alan Schulman and Catherine Feuillet) Lunch |
Joint Plant GEM // COST FA0604 sessions
Wednesday, May 04 - Day 1
| Opening & Welcome |
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14:00 14:15 14:30 |
Prof. Hikmet Budak Prof. Albert Erkip, Dean, Sabanci University Egemen Bağış, The Minister for EU Affairs and Chielf Negotiator |
| Opening Session: Key Note Address and Integrative Science Session |
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14:50 15:40 16:30-17:00 |
Dirk Inzé (University of Ghent, Belgium) "Plant organ growth in a changing environment" Bikram Gill (State University, USA) "Advances in the Wheat Genetic System and Impact on Crop Improvement" Coffee break (with posters) |
| Session 1. Integrative Science Session
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17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30-20:30 |
Dorothea Bartels (University of Bonn, Germany) "Mining the transcriptome of the desiccation tolerant resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum" P. Stephen Baenziger (University of Nebraska, USA) "Challenges of Plant Breeding: History and Current Status" Perry Gustafson (United States Department for Agriculture, USA) "World food supply: problems and prospects" M. Margarida Oliveira (ITQB & IBET, Portugal) “New gene regulators of rice in response to abiotic stress” Edward Runge (Texas A&M University, USA) “Monsanto’s Beachell-Borlaug International Scholars Program” Welcome Reception |
Thursday, May 05 - Day 2
| Session 2. Genomics of Plant Resources (FA0604 WG1 DivGen)
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08:30 09:00 09:30 09:50 10.10-10.40 |
Ray Ming (University of Illinois, USA) "Genomics of papaya sex chromosomes" Jaroslav Dolezel (Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Republic) "Chromosome genomics provides novel opportunities to dissect complex genomes" Todd Campbell (USDA-ARS, USA) Cotton genomics Hélène Berges (CNRGV-INRA, France) “Construction of low coverage non-gridded BAC libraries for quick isolation of a specific genomic region” Coffee Break (with posters) |
| Session 3. Predictive Breeding and Bioinformatics (FA0604 WG2A Bioinformatics)
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10:40 11:10 11:30 11:50 12:20-14:20 |
Thomas Wicker (University of Zürich, Switzerland) "University of Zürich, Switzerland" Davide Scaglione (University of Turin, Italy) “NGS transcriptome sequencing and broad-based SNP discovery in Cynara cardunculus L.” Astrid Draffehn (MPI for Plant Breeding Research, Germany) “New perspectives of potato (Solanum tuberosum) quantitative resistance to late blight using transcriptomics” Kristina Gruden (National Institute of Biology, Slovenia) “Systems biology approach to study potato – PVY interaction” Lunch, Poster Session & Board Meeting (COST and PGEM posters together ) |
| Session 4. Yield Improvement and Stability (FA0604 WG3 Traitgen)
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14:20 14:50 15:20 15:40 15:50 16:00-16:30 |
Peter Langridge (University of Adelaide, Australia) "Genetic and genomic approaches to improving wheat productivity" Hans Braun (CIMMYT, Mexico "New approaches to improve yield potential in wheat" Bernd Hackauf (Julius Kühn-Institut, Germany) “A genomics assisted approach to improve winter rye as a renewable resource for agricultural biomass production” Hatice Şelale (İzmir Institute of Technology, Turkey) “Development of EST-SSR markers for opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)" Ahmet Yıldırım(Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, Turkey) “Marker-assisted breeding of Turkish durum wheat cultivars for end-use quality” 16.00-16.30: Coffee Break ( with posters ) |
| Session 5. Plant Biotechnology |
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16:30 17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 |
Mark Stitt (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany) "Budgeting Carbon in Time: a Systems Analysis of the Diurnal Regulation of Metabolism and Growth" Beat Keller (University of Zürich, Switzerland) "Transgenic resistance genes in wheat breeding: results of a large field trial in Switzerland" Bernd Müller-Röber (University of Potsdam, Germany) "Gene regulatory networks in plant aging and hydrogen peroxide signaling" Joanna Jancowicz-Cieslak (International Atomic Energy Agency) “TILLING and ECOTILLING approaches to study biotic and abiotic stress in Musa” Inge Broer (University of Rostock, Germany) “Plastid location of transgenes as confinement system: maternal inheritance of plastids in Arabidopsis thaliana and Petunia hybrida” |
Friday, May 06 - Day 3
| Session 6. Epigenetics (FA0604 WG3 Traitgen) |
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08:30 09:00 09:30 09:50 10.10-10.40 |
Mary Gehring (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) "Epigenetic Reprogramming during Plant Reproduction" Erica Mica (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy) “Conserved and species-specific microRNAs are involved in leaf cell identity and growth reprogramming during drought stress in Brachypodium distachyon” Gabriella Sonnante (CNR Institute of Plant Genetics, Italy) “Discovery and analysis of microRNAs from artichoke” Joshua C. Stein (CSHL, USA) “Gramene: it’s not just for grasses any more” Coffee Break ( with posters) |
| Session 7. Applied Agrigenomics (FA0604 WG4 FuncGen) |
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10:40 11:10 11:40 12:10 12:30 12:50-14:00 |
Rajeev Varshney (ICRISAT, India) "Infusing genomics into chickpea breeding to improve crop productivity in the semi-arid tropics" Antoni Rafalski (Dupont, USA) "Maize genome diversity in a plant breeding context" German Spangenberg (La Trobe University, Australia) "Molecular Breeding of Biofeedstocks in a Climate of Change" Sonia Negrao (ITQB, Portugal) “Discovery of nucleotide polymorphisms in 390 rice accessions by ECOTILLING in salt-tolerance genes: a breeding approach” Christiane Gebhardt ( MPI for Plant Breeding Research, Germany) “Association genetics in potato to find the molecular basis of complex agronomic traits and to develop molecular diagnostics for precision breeding” Lunch & Poster Session |
| Social Program |
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| 14:00-17:30 20:00 |
Guided tours of Istanbul Gala Dinner |
Saturday, May 07 - Day 4
| Session 8. Plant Phenotyping (FA0604 WG3 Traitgen) |
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09:30 10:00 10:30 10:50 11:10-11:30 |
Bettina Berger (University of Adelaide, Australia) "Non-destructive high-throughput phenotyping to study plants under salt and water stress conditions" Ulrich Schurr (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany) “Plant phenotyping – overcoming the bottleneck using novel instruments and integrating concepts” Francois Tardieu (INRA-Montpelier, France) "Combination of modelling and phenotyping for identification of the genetic variability of plant performance " Roza Gholamin (Islamic Azad University, Iran) “Effect of drought stress on chlorophyll fluoresescence and content of antioxidant enzyme (SOD) in susceptible and tolerant genotypes of durum wheat” Coffee Break (with posters) |
| Session 9. International Genome Sequencing Projects (FA0604 WG2 PhysGen) |
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11:30 11:50 12:10 12:30 13:30 13:30-14:00 |
Kellye Eversole (IE Strategic Crop Services, USA) "International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium" Michele Morgante (University of Udine, Italy) "Sequencing and resequencing multiple grapevine genomes: determining structure and composition of the core and dispensable genomes" Nils Stein (IPK-Gatersleben, Germany) "The International Barley Sequencing Consortium - when will the barley genome sequence be available?”" Jinzhi Hu (Beijing Genomics Institute, China) "Genome-wide patterns of genetic variation among elite maize inbreds" Technology presentations from: Roche, Illumina, LemnaTec Lunch & Poster Session |
| Session 10. Structural and Functional Genomics (FA0604 WG2) |
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14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 |
Mike Bevan (John Innes Centre, UK) "Comparative genomics analysis using Brahcypodium" Catherine Feuillet (INRA, France) "TriticeaeGenome: A Large Collaborative Project" Stefania Giacomello (University of Udine, Italy) “De novo assembly and comparative genomics analysis in Populus nigra” Michael Deyholos (University of Alberta, Canada) “Whole-genome sequencing of flax (Linum usitatissimum) through de novo short-read assembly, and its application to gene discovery and crop improvement” Stefan Jansson (Umea, Sweden) “The grand challenge – seqeuncing the Norway spruce genome” 2) Closing comments |