BIOEN SUGARCANE GENOMICS WORKSHOP PROGRAM
August 4th Monday
10:30 h
Opening Conference
Prof. Dr. Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Diretor Científico, FAPESP
10:45 h - Sequencing eukaryotic genomes; lessons from the past and taking into account the new high/ultra-high throughput sequencing machines
Prof. Dr. Francis Quetier, Genoscope, França
11:15 h - The Sorghum bicolor genome as a foundation for dissecting the productivity of Saccharinae grasses
Prof. Dr. Andrew H. Paterson, Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, University of Georgia, EUA
11:45 h - The SUCEST-FUN Project: Gene Discovery for the Improvement of Sugarcane
Profa Dra. Glaucia Mendes de Souza, Depto. Bioquímica IQ-USP
12:15 h - Orthologous comparison in a gene-rich region among grasses revelas stability in the sugarcane polyploid genome
Dr. Angelique D'Hont, CIRAD França
12:45 h Lunch
13:50 h - Insights into the rice genome
Prof. Dr. C. Robin Buell, Michigan State University
14:20 h - OryzaSNP - Genome-wide SNP discovery in Diverse Rice Varieties
Prof. Dr. Jan E. Leach, Bioagr. Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, USA
14:50 h – Transcription Factors: Genetic tool kits for green plant evolution
Prof. Dr. Michel G Vincentz, CBMEG-Unicamp
15:20 h – Sequence conservation and synteny between the genomes of sorghum and sugarcane
Prof. Dr. Ray Ming, Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, USA
15:50 h – Coffee Break
16:15 h – Sugarcane polyploid genome, development of molecular markers and allelic variation
Prof. Dr. Antônio Augusto Franco Garcia, Depto. de Genética ESALQ-USP
16:45 h – From plant to gene: how to preserve, maintain and exploit genomic resources: from the BAC library to the creation of 3-Dimensional pools
Prof. Dr. Helene Berges, UMR 2594 INRA-CNRS, França
17:15 h – Improving sugarcane
Dr. Graham Bonnett, Program Leader CSIRO Plant Industry
17:45 h – Genomic environment of sugarcane expressed transposable elements
Profa Dra. Marie-Anne Van Sluys, GaTE lab; DB-IBUSP