SUNDAY, June 8
- 4:30 pm - Reception
- 5:30 pm - Dinner
- 6:45 pm - Introduction to New England College and Conference
SYNTENY (7:00 PM - 10:30 PM)
Discussion Leader: Joachim Messing
- 7:00-7:30 - Michael Gale, (Norwich, UK) ---- Grass comparative genetics
- 7:45-8:15 - Jeff Bennetzen, (West Lafayette, USA) ---- The structure, function and evolution of grass genomes
- 8:30-9:00 - Coffee Break
- 9:00-9:30 - Renate Schmidt, (Cologne, Germany) ---- Comparative genome analysis in cruciferous plants
- 9:45-10:15 - John Doebley, (St. Paul, USA) --- The origin of maize and its genome
- 10:15-10:30 - General Discussion
MONDAY, June 9
7:30 AM - Breakfast
RECOMBINATION (8:45 AM - 12:30 PM)
Discussion Leader: Barbara Hohn
- 8:45-9:15 - Jerry Kermicle, (Madison, USA) --- Recombination in the analysis of the maize r complexes
- 9:30-10:00 - Joachim Messing, (Piscataway, USA) --- DNA rearrangements in inbreds and hybrids of maize
- 10:15-10:45 - Photograph and Coffee Break
- 10:45-11:15 - Hugo Dooner, (Piscataway, USA) --- Analysis of meiotic recombination in the bz region of maize
- 11:30-12:00 - Patrick Schnable, (Ames, USA) --- Analysis of meiotic recombination across the a1-sh2 interval of maize
- 12:15-12:30 - General Discussion
12:30 pm Lunch
4:00 pm Posters
6:00 pm Dinner
CHROMOSOMES (7:00 - 10:30 PM)
Discussion Leader: Jeff Bennetzen
- 7:00-7:30 - Barbara Hohn --- Regulation of somatic homologous recombination
- 7:45-8:15 - Ron Phillips, (St. Paul, USA) --- Developmentally-linked DNA variation
- 8:30-9:00 - Coffee Break
- 9:00-9:30 - Axel Brennicke, (Ulm, Germany) --- The Arabidopsis mitochondrial Genome: much ado about little information
- 9:45-10:15 - Satoshi Tabata, (Kisarazu, Japan) --- Genome analysis of a cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803
- 10:15-10:30 - General Discussion
Tuesday, June 10
7:30 AM - Breakfast
SEQUENCING PLANT GENOMES (8:45 AM - 12:30 PM)
Discussion Leader: Ron Phillips
- 8:45-9:15 - Tim Helentjaris, (Johnston, USA) --- Genomics as a means for understanding gene function
- 9:30-10:00 - Takuji Sasaki, (Tsukuba, Japan) --- Rice ESTs as powerful tool for anatomizing genome
- 10:15-10:45 - Coffee Break
- 10:45-11:15 - Joe Ecker, (Philadelphia, USA) --- Sequencing of Arabidopsis chromosome 1 by the SPP consortium
- 11:30-12:00 - Ian Bancroft, (Norwich, UK) --- The EU Arabidopsis genome sequencing programme
- 12:15-12:30 - General Discussion
12:30 pm Lunch
4:00 pm Posters
6:00 pm Dinner
MUTANT SCREENS/POSITIONAL CLONING (7:00 - 10:30 PM)
Discussion Leader: Hugo Dooner
- 7:00-7:30 - Rob Martienssen, (Cold Spring Harbor, USA) --- Enhancer and gene trap transposon mutagenesis in Arabidopsis
- 7:45-8:15 - Ueli Grossniklaus (Cold Spring Harbor, USA) --- Megagametogenesis and maternal effects in Arabidopsis
- 8:30-9:00 - Coffee Break
- 9:00-9:30 - Pamela Ronald (Davis, USA) --- Evolution of the rice Xa21 disease resistance gene family
- 9:45-10:15 - Paul Schulze-Lefert (Norwich, UK)t --- Genes controlling fungal disease resistance in barley: insights into a complex plant genome
- 10:15-10:30 - General Discussion
Wednesday, June 11
7:30 am - Breakfast
GENE REGULATION (8:45 AM - 12:30 PM)
Discussion Leader: Pal Maliga
- 8:45-9:15 - Ben Scheres, (Utrecht, Netherlands) --- Control of cell fate and cell differentiation in the Arabidopsis root
- 9:30-10:00 - Richard Schneeberger, --- Study of leaf development based on the synteny of the grasses
- 10:15-10:45 - Coffee Break
- 10:45-11:15 - Detlev Weigel, (San Diego, USA) --- Initiation and patterning of flowers
- 11:30-12:00 - Udo Wienand, (Hamburg, Germany) --- Regulatory aspects of anthocyanin biosynthesis in maize
- 12:15-12:30 - General Discussion
12:30 PM - Lunch
1:30 - 2:00 Business Meeting
Election of 1999 vice chair (becomes 2001 chair)
(All participants please attend to discuss future of this conference.)
4:00 pm Posters
6:00 PM - Dinner
SPECIAL LECTURE (8:00-9:00 PM)
Discussion Leader: Michael Christianson
- 8:00 pm - William Loomis, (San Diego, USA) --- Genetic Networks in Dictyostelium
- 9:00 pm - Party
Thursday, June 12
7:30 AM - Breakfast
CONSERVATION OF GENE FUNCTION (8:45 AM - 12:30 PM)
Discussion Leader: Toni Voelker
- 8:45-9:15 - Alfons Gierl --- Genetic and biochemical analysis of DIMBOA biosynthesis, a chemical defense mechanism in grasses
- 9:30-10:00 - Brian Staskawicz, (Berkeley, USA) --- Genetic interactions specifying disease resistance in Arabidopsis
- 10:15-10:45 - Coffee Break
- 10:45-11:15 - Burle Gengenbach, (St. Paul, USA) --- Mutations and manipulations of lysine synthesis in maize
- 11:30-12:00 - Lothar Willmitzer, (Golm, Germany) --- Sucrose synthase versus invertase - influence on sink tissue metabolism
- 12:15-12:30 - General Discussion
12:30 pm Lunch
4:00 pm Posters
6:00 pm Dinner
APPLIED GENETICS (7:00 - 10:30 PM)
Discussion Leader: Michael Christianson
- 7:00-7:30 - Pal Maliga, (Piscataway, USA) --- New opportunities for biotechnological applications through engineering the plasmid genome of higher plants
- 7:45-8:15 - Brian Larkins, (Tucson, USA) --- Improving protein quality in cereals
- 8:30-9:00 - Coffee Break
- 9:00-9:30 - Curt Hannah, (Gainesville, USA) --- A single gene mutation that increases maize seed weight
- 9:45-10:15 - Toni Voelker, (Davis, USA) --- Genetic engineering of plant lipids and the evolutionary diversification of a biosynthetic pathway
- 10:15-10:30 - General Discussion
Friday, June 13
7:30 AM - Breakfast
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