2010 Agenda

Wednesday, March 24

Registration

Opens at 8:00 AM

Workshops

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Workshops (pre-registration required)

Lunch

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Provided for workshop participants only on this day.

SESSION I

1:00 PM - 4:30 PM

1:00 PM - 1:10 PM
Introduction - Eddy Rubin, JGI

1:10 PM - 1:40 PM
Genomics on the Half Shell:  So, What Do Oysters Have to Do with Energy? - Dennis Hedgecock, USC

1:40 PM - 2:10 PM
From Fjords to Open Seas: Ecological Genomics of Expanding Oxygen Minimum Zones - Steven Hallam, Univ of British Columbia   

2:10 PM - 2:40 PM
Marine algal evolution, ecology and roles in global CO2 uptake - Alexandra Worden, MBARI

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM: BREAK

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Soybean - Gary Stacey, University of Missouri

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Genome Insights Into Early Fungal Evolution And Global Population Diversity Of The Amphibian Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendroabatidis - Christina Cuomo, Broad Institute, MIT

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
The Laccaria and Tuber genomes reveal unique signatures of mycorrhizal symbiosis evolution - Francis Martin, INRA

Welcome and First Keynote Address

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Welcome and Keynote Address: Synthetic Biology for Advanced Fuels - Jay Keasling, Joint Bioenergy Institute

Opening Reception and Poster Session

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Thursday, March 25

SESSION II

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Wood-Producing Sunflower? Mining Genetic Diversity in Desert-Dwelling Wild Species - Steve Knapp, Monsanto

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
The Promise and Challenge of Producing Biofuel Feedstocks: An Ecological Perspective - Evan DeLucia, UIUC

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM: BREAK

SESSION III

10:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Keynote Address

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Keynote Address: Genes and Genomics for Improving Energy Crops - Roger Pennell, Ceres, Inc.         

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Competitiveness of Second Generation Biofuel Feedstocks: Role of Technology and Policy - Madhu Khanna, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/EBI
                 
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Phenotypes Phirst! –Tackling complex traits in the field - Tom Mitchell-Olds, Duke University

Lunch

11:45 AM - 1:30 PM

Business Meeting

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

SESSION IV

1:30 PM - 5:00 PM

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Ocean Viral Metagenomics - Forest Rohwer, San Diego State University

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Patterns of nitrogen utilization in deep-sea syntrophic consortia - Victoria Orphan, Cal Tech

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Discovery of Genes and Genomes through Deep Metageomic Sequencing of Cow Rumen - Eddy Rubin, JGI

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM: BREAK 

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Next-generation genetics in plants: Evolutionary tradeoffs, immunity and speciation - Detlef Weigel, MPI           

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Tackling the Triple-Threat Genome of Miscanthus x giganteus - Steve Moose, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/EBI

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Three Non-Technical Challenges in the Development of Biomass-based Energy - Steve Savage, Cirrus Partners

Travel to JGI

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Bus Service from Marriott

Reception, Poster Session and Tours at JGI

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Travel from JGI

9:00 PM - 10:00 PM: Bus Service to Marriott

Friday, March 26

SESSION V

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Genomic Sequencing of Single Bacterial Cells - Tanja Woyke, JGI

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Fungal Decomposition of Lignocellulosic Substrates - Adrian Tsang, Concordia University

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM: BREAK

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Metabolic Noise, Vestigial Metabolites or the Raw Material of Ecological Adaptation? Enzymes, Catalytic Promiscuity and the Evolution of Chemodiversity in Nature - Joseph Noel, Salk Institute

Keynote Address

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Keynote Address: Solving Problems with Sequences - Rita Colwell, University of Maryland

End of User Meeting

11:45 AM

 

Shuttle Schedule

Wednesday, March 24

8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Round-trip transportation between Marriott and JGI
Pickup on the :00 at the JGI (last pick up at 5:00)
Pickup on the :30 at the Marriott (last pick up at 4:30)

8:00 - 10:00 PM
Bus transportation from the Marriott (last pickup at 9:30) back to the JGI.

Thursday, March 25

8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Round-trip transportation between Marriott and JGI
Pickup on the :00 at the JGI (last pick up at 4:00pm)
Pickup on the :30 at the Marriott (last pick up at 3:30)

5:00 - 7:00 PM (Approx.)
Bus transportation (on the half hour, approx.) from the Marriott to the JGI to attend the JGI Reception and Poster Session.

8:00 - 10:00 PM (Approx.)
Bus transportation from the JGI (last pickup at 9:30, approx.) back to the Marriott.

Friday, March 26

8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Round-trip transportation between Marriott and JGI
Pickup on the :00 at the JGI (last pick up at 11:00)
Pickup on the :30 at the Marriott (last pick up at 1:30)