Sunday,
February 11
Session
1: |
Diversity
of Public Opinion on the Safety of GMOs |
Discussion leader: Rene Feyereisen, INRA, Antibes, France
& U. Arizona
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Toby Ten Eyck, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
"Media and Public Perception"
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Paul B. Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
"Ethical and Cultural Considerations"
Monday,
February 12
Session
2: |
Diversity
in Chemistry for Crop Protection |
Discussion leader: Keith Wing, DuPont,
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Jörg Stetter, Bayer, AG, Leverkusen, Germany
"New Approaches to Crop Protection Chemical Discovery"
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Terence A. Walsh, Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, Indiana
"Progress/Prospects for New Herbicides
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Alison Chalmers, Aventis CropScience, Research Triangle Park, NC
"Progress/Prospects for New Insecticides"
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" Wolfram Koeller (Cornell U., Geneva, NY)
"Progress/Prospects for New Fungicides"
Monday,
February 12
Session
3: |
Poster
Session I |
Crop Protection Chemicals
Monday,
12
Session
4: |
Targets,
Screening, and Crop Protection |
Discussion leader: John Ryals, Paradigm Genetics, Research
Triangle Park, NC
"Introduction/Update"
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Martin Harrison (Protherics PLC, Macclesfiled, UK)
"In silico screening"
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John Ryals, Paradigm Genetics, Research Triangle Park, NC
"Genomics and Herbicide Target Sites"
Tuesday,
February 13
Session
5: |
Novel Approaches in Agricultural Science |
Discussion leader: Pam Green (MichiganState U.)
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Zhongmin Wei, EDEN Bioscience Corp., Bothell, WA
"Plant gene induction with harpin-like peptides"
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Terry Hanzlik, CSIRO, Australia
"Insect RNA viruses"
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Lindsey Flexner, DuPont, Stine-Haskell Labs, Newark, DE
"Baculovirus Insecticides"
Tuesday,
February 13
Session
6: |
Poster
Session II |
Biotech Company Forum
Tuesday,
February 13
Session
7: |
Novel
Research Tools for Agricultural Science |
Discussion leader: Guy della-Cioppa, Large Scale Biology, Vacaville,
CA
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Mark Alfenito, Dyax Corporation, Mountain View, CA
"Applications of Phage Antibody Libraries"
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Pam Green (Michigan State U.)
"Extending the potential of DNA microarray analysis to investigate mRNA
stability"
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Guy della-Cioppa, Large Scale Biology, Vacaville, CA
"Plant Proteomics and Transient Expression"
Wednesday,
February 14
Session
8: |
Lessons
in Signal Perception |
Discussion leader: Erica Unger Wallace, Pioneer Hi-Bred,
Johnston, IA
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Walter Leal, University of California, Davis, CA
"Perireceptor events in insect olfaction: conformational change of
pheromone-binding proteins"
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Michael Adams, University of California, Riverside, CA
"Regualtion of Insect Ecdysis"
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Eric Brenner, New York University, New York, NY
"Glutamate Receptors in Plants"
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Ann Hirsch, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
"Plant Microbe Singaling in Symbiosis: Where Do We Go Next?"
Wednesday,
Februrary 14
Session
9: |
Poster
Session III |
Research in Gene Expression and Signal Transduction
Wednesday,
February 14
Session
10: |
Applications
in Signal Transduction |
Discussion leader: Mark Cigan, Pioneer Hi-Bred, Johnston,
IA
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Erica Unger Wallace, Pioneer Hi-Bred, Johnston, IA
"Approaches to Regulate Maize Male Fertility "
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Mike Whalley, Syngenta, Jealott's Hill, UK
"Gene Switching and Trait Expression"
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Malla Padidam, Rohm & Haas, Rohm & Haas, Springhouse, PA
"Ecdysone receptor-based, chemical-inducible gene expression system
for field application"
Thursday,
February 15
Session
11: |
Novel
Traits |
Discussion leader: Elizabeth Hood, Prodigene, College Station, TX
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Wolfgang Eisenreich, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
"Non-mevalonate Terpenoid Biosynthesis"
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James Zhang, Mendel Biotechnology, Haywared, CA
"Engineering Crops for Stress Tolerance"
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Karl Kramer, USDA/ARS, Grain Marketing & Production Research
Cntr, Manhattan, KS
"What happens to insect pests when a chicken gene is put into corn?"
Thursday,
February 15
Session
12: |
Poster
Session IV |
Traits & Platforms
Thursday,
February 15
Session
13: |
Transformation and Genomics |
Discussion leader: Dan O'Keefe, DuPont, Wilmington, DE
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Stan Gelvin, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
"Plant Genes Involved in Agrobacterium Transformation"
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Gernot Presting, Torrey Mesa Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
"Rice Genmoics"
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