SECOND COMPOSITAE WHITEPAPER MEETING
Thursday, October 20, 2011
The Auditorium, 1005 Genome & Biomedical Sciences Facility,
University of California, Davis
SCHEDULE

8.15 – 9.00 Registration and poster mounting. Genome & Biomedical Sciences Facility (GBSF) lobby.

9.00 – 9.15 Welcome and overview of meeting goals (Richard Michelmore, U. California, Davis).

9.15 – 9.45 Taxonomy of the Compositae, their phylogenetics and polyploidy (Doug Soltis, U. Florida).

9.45 – 10.00 Genomic resources for the Compositae (Loren Rieseberg, U. British Columbia).

10.00 – 10.30 Break and poster viewing.

10.30 – 11.00 The sunflower genome and its evolution (Loren Rieseberg, U. British Columbia).

11.00 – 11.30 Lettuce et al. genome present and future (Richard Michelmore, UC. Davis).

11.30 – 12.00 Association mapping (John Burke, U. Georgia).

12.00 – 1.30 Lunch and Poster Session.

1.30 – 1.50 Genomics of weeds, Conzya (Neal Stewart, U. Tennessee).

1.50 – 2.10 Synteny within the Compositae (John Bowers, U. Georgia).

2.10 – 2.30 Genomics of secondary metabolism in the Compositae (Dae-Kyun Ro, U. Alberta).

2.30 – 2.50 Molecular-genetics of self-incompatibility and male sterility in chicory (Theo Hendriks, U. Lille).

2.50 – 3.10 Population genomics of adaptation in dune sunflowers (Rose Andrew, U. British Columbia).

3.10 – 3.30 Break and poster viewing.

3.30 – 4.30 Concurrent Breakout Sessions.

• Taxonomy
• Genetics and Allelic Diversity
• Sequencing Genome Characterization
• Functional Analysis, Secondary Metabolism

4.30 – 5.00 Integrating Session; discussion of priorities and collaborative opportunities.

6.00 – 8.00 Barbecue. Directions to 36757 Russell Blvd., Davis.