Protecting Our Food Supply: The Value of Plant Genome Initiatives
Organized by Michael Freeling, Ronald Phillips, and John Axtell
June 2-5, 1997
Irvine, CA
Friday, September 12
June 2 Opening Events - Introductory Session
Organizers' opening remarks
Mike Gale and Jeff Bennetzen. Report from the 1995 Banbury Meeting: Conclusions from IGGI (International Grasses Genome Initiative)
June 3: Genome Projects
Comparative genomics of the world's major cereal crops
Mike Gale
Evolution of genome organization in mammals
Stephen O'Brien
The Drosophila genome project
Gerry Rubin
Understanding disease through whole genome analysis: a paradigm for humans and plants?
David Cox
The Arabidopsis genome project: a useful model?
Chris Somerville
Comparitive Mapping - Committed short talks
Grass genomes
Jeff Bennetzen
Switching genes between one species and another
Junko Kyozuka
Thoughts on facilitating exchange of genetic tools and information between species
Susan McCouch
Keynote Address
Genetics, biotechnology, and sustainable agriculture, especially in regard to plant pathogens, Steve Briggs
June 4: Plants, Food and Agriculture
Sustainable agriculture: some opportunities and challenges
Bruce Alberts
Agriculture and our changing world population and environment
Robert Herdt
Achieving a successful, multinational, collaborative grasses genome project
James Cook
Quantitative trait loci and metabolic pathways: genetic control of flavone synthesis and corn earworm resistance in maize
Mike McMullen
Genome projects and gene pools: new germplasm for plant breeding
Mike Lee
Interesting relationships of crop plants
Toby Kellogg
Plant genome values: how much do we know?
Mike Bennett
Nuts and bolts of plant/food genome projects
Obtaining ESTs for rare and specific messages
Tim Helentjaris
The importance of anchor genomes for any plant genome project
Jo Messing
Probing plant gene function and expression with transposons
Rob Martienssen
The rice genome project in Japan
Takuji Sasaki
Does biotechnical crop improvement really matter?
Jim Peacock
The maize genome project
Ed Coe
June 5: Discussion and attempts at summation
Virginia Walbot, Organization of the discusson
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