| 1. Introductory Session |
| Sunday PM |
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| Conference chairs |
Overview and introduction |
| Peter Bretting (USDA) |
Integrating genomics into traditional agricultural research |
| 2. Plant and Pest Sequencing Projects |
| Monday AM |
Discussion Leaders:
Sylvia Spengler (Lawrence Berkeley)
Rene Feyereisen (Arizona) |
| Scott Tingey (Dupont) |
Gene Discovery through Expressed Sequence Tags |
| Elizabeth Kellogg (University of Missouri-St. Louis) |
Comparative genomics |
| Scott Uknes (Paradigm Genetics) |
Fungicide discovery using functional genomics |
| Geoffrey Duyk (Exelixis Pharmaceuticals) |
Application of model system genetics and genomics to target based pesticide development |
| 3. Bioinformatics |
| Monday PM |
Discussion Leader:
Mani Subramanian (Maxygen) |
| Chris Fields (Perkin-Elmer/Molecular Informatics) |
Data integration and management |
| Volker Brendel (Iowa State) |
Computational methods for plant genome annotation |
| 4. From Sequence to Function ("Functional Genomics") |
| Tuesday AM |
Discussion Leaders:
John Ryals (Paradigm Genetics)
Barbara Mazur (DuPont) |
| Jasper Rine (Acacia Bioscience) |
Using the genome as the unit of function |
| Ben Bowen (Pioneer) |
Integrating genomics with quantitative genetics |
| Kim Kamdar (Novartis) |
Using genomic strategies to determine gene function in invertebrates |
| Lothar Willmitzer (Max Planck Institute-Golm) |
Carbohydrate metabolism - early and late genomic approaches |
| 5. Gene Function to Physiology |
| Tuesday PM |
Discussion Leader:
Ken Feldman (Arizona) |
| Rebecca Doerge (Purdue) |
Statistical genetics in the future |
| Rob Martienssen (Cold Spring Harbor) |
Probing gene function and expression with transposons |
| 6. Genomics in Crop Protection Strategies |
| Wednesday AM |
Discussion Leaders:
Mark Stidham (American Cyanamid)
Daniele Werck-Reichhart (CNRS-Strasbourg) |
| John Ryals (Paradigm Genetics) |
Identification of herbicide and fungicide targets by a genomics based strategy |
| Brian McGonigle (DuPont) |
A genomics approach to the comprehensive analysis of the Glutathione S-Transferase gene family in soybean and maize |
| David Heckel (Clemson) |
A genomic approach to understanding and combatting resistance to chemical and biological insecticides |
| John Hamer (Purdue) |
Pathogenicity genes from rice blast fungus |
| 7. Strategies For Containment |
| Wednesday PM |
Discussion Leader:
Jonny Gressel (Weizmann Institute) |
| Pal Maliga (Waksman Institute, Rutgers) |
Advantages of incorporating transgenes in the plastid genome |
| John Barton (Stanford School of Law) |
Intellectual property aspects of agricultural biotechnology |
| 8. Host / Pest Interactions |
| Thursday AM |
Discussion Leaders:
Rebecca McGee (Pillsbury)
Bruce Hammock (UC Davis) |
| Ian Baldwin (Max Planck Institute-Jena) |
Using ecology to understand induced responses: an example from native Nicotiana |
| Scot Hulbert (Kansas State) |
Isolation and utilization of pathogen resistance genes from cereals |
| Mark Young (Montana State) |
Virus particles as constrained reaction vessels for nanophase materials synthesis |
| R.J. St. Leger (U. of Maryland) |
Insect pathogenic fungi as a resource of genes for biotechnology |
| 9. Genomics in Crop Quality Traits |
| Thursday PM |
Discussion Leader:
Virginia Walbot (Stanford) |
| Mani Subramanian (Maxygen) |
Rapid gene evolution and optimization by DNA shuffling |
| Virginia Walbot (Stanford) |
The maize gene discovery project; Conference Summary |
