Phaeodactylum Jamboree

Agenda

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006

8:00-8:45 Sign-in, registration, and computer compatibility check
8:45-9:00 General introductions (Igor Grigoriev, Chris Bowler)
 
9:00-10:00
Genome Overview Session
(Assembly: Harris Shapiro (PDF); automated annotation and analysis: Alan Kuo and Asaf Salamov)
10:00-10:20 Coffee break
10:20-12:00 Current status of Phaeo and Thaps genomes (Jane Grimwood), polymorphism (Chris Berthiaume), transposons and repeats (Karen McGinnis), protein modeling (Leszek Rychlewski and Lucjan Wyrwicz), expression analyses (Betina Setterblad and Uma Maheswari), promoters and cis-elements (Uma Maheswari, Kamel Jabbari)
12:00-1:00 Working Lunch - Diatom genome discussion (led by Chris Bowler and Ginger Armbrust)
 
1:00-4:00
Nutrients Session
Nitrogen (Andy Allen, Veronique Martin-Jezequel/Jean-Paul Cadoret, Bethany Jenkins), iron (Adrian Marchetti, Julie Laroche, Andy Allen), carbon (Veronique Martin-Jezequel/Jean-Paul Cadoret, Aaron Kaplan), silicon and polyamines (Pascal Lopez, Nicole Poulsen), transporters (Alison Taylor), carbohydrates, polysaccharides, cell walls and adhesion (Tony Chiovitti/Anusuya Willis, Michele Stanley, Nicole Poulsen), fatty acids (Todd Lane, Casey Lippmeier), chitinases (Colleen Durkin)
4:00-4:30 Coffee break
4:30-6:00 General discussion on nutrients (led by Ginger Armbrust)

Thursday, March 23, 2006

8:15-9:00 Sign-in, computer setup
 
9:00-10:00
Choroplasts and Mitochondria Session
Organelle genomes (Marie-Pierre Oudot-LeSecq), photosynthesis and CCM (Aaron Kaplan, Peter Kroth, Julie Laroche, Beverley Green, Todd Lane, Sacha Coesel, Thomas Mock), photorespiration (Micaela Parker)
10:00-10:20 Coffee break
10:20-12:00 Plastid targeting (Miroslav Obornik, Thomas Mock, Peter Kroth), secondary endosymbiosis (Klaus Valentin/Bank Beszteri, Beverley Green, Miroslav Obornik)
12:00-1:00 Working lunch - Organelle genomes discussion (led by Beverley Green)
 
1:00-2:00
Cell Biology Session
Cell cycle and meiosis (Veronique Martin-Jezequel/Jean-Paul Cadoret, Cindy Martens/Yves Ven de Peer, Peter van Dassow/Ginger Armbrust), flagella (Greg Pazour), amino acid metabolism (Bethany Jenkins)
2:00-2:20 Coffee break
2:20-4:30 Cytoskeleton (Greg Pazour, Alessandra De Martino, Nicole Poulsen), membrane trafficking (Anton Montsant, Micaela Parker)
4:30-5:30 General discussion on cell biology (led by Ginger Armbrust)
5:30 Bus departs for restaurant
6:00-8:00 Working dinner meeting - publication strategy (led by Chris Bowler)

Friday, March 24, 2006

8:15-9:00 Sign-in, computer setup
 
9:00-10:00
Cell Signaling Session
Membrane receptors and photoreceptors (Magali Siaut, Angela Falciatore, Anton Montsant, Marc Heijde, Matt Robison), second messengers and kinases (Angela Falciatore, Micaela Parker, Matt Robison), chromatin (Florian Maumus, Karen McGinnis, Carolyn Napoli, Rich Jorgensen)
10:00-10:20 Coffee break
10:20-12:00 Transcription factors (Kamel Jabbari, Edda Rayko), DNA repair (Masood Hadi, Florian Maumus)
12:00-1:00 Working lunch - General discussion on cell signaling (led by Chris Bowler)
 
1:00-3:00
Stress Session
Assaf Vardi, Micaela Parker, Chang Jae Choi/John Berges, Tatiana Rynearson
3:00-3:20 Coffee break
3:20-4:00 General discussion on stress (led by Tatiana Rynearson)
4:00-5:00 Wrap-up (led by Chris Bowler and Ginger Armbrust)
5:00-6:30 Joint Genome Institute Tour