Agenda
TUESDAY, March 18
5:00 – 5:10 PM
Welcome and Introduction – Eddy Rubin, JGI
5:10 – 6:10 PM
Opening Keynote Presentation
Single Cell Genomics – Stephen Quake, Stanford University
6:10 – 9:00 PM
Opening Reception and Poster Session
WEDNESDAY, March 19
8:30 – 12:00 PM
SESSION I
8:30 – 9:00 AM
A Single Cell Perspective on Bacterial Interactions – Martin Ackermann, ETH Zurich
9:00 – 9:30 AM
Pectinases link early fungal evolution to the land plant lineage – Mary Berbee, University of British Columbia
9:30 – 10:00 AM
Understanding the Forest Microbiome: A Fungal Perspective – Rytas Vilgalys, Duke University
10:00 – 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 – 10:45 AM
Ecogenomics sheds light on synergistic networks of microbial dark matter in a methanogenic bioreactor – Masaru Nobu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10:45 – 11:15 AM
Genomics and Proteomics of Zeta Proteobacteria – Katrina Edwards, University of Southern California
11:15 – 11:45 AM
Metagenomic and Metaproteomic Analyses of Symbioses Between Bacteria and Gutless Marine Worms – Nicole Dubilier, Max-Planck-Institut
11:45 – 12:00 PM
Mapping soil carbon from cradle to grave: using comparative transcriptomics and proteomics analyses to identify the microbial blueprint for root-enhanced decomposition of organic matter – Erin Nuccio, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Working Lunch
1:30 – 5:00 PM
SESSION II
1:30 – 2:00 PM
A Gene-to-Molecule Approach to the Discovery and Characterization of Natural Products – Michael Fischbach,University of California, San Francisco
2:00 – 2:30 PM
Plant Specialized Metabolites – Synthesis, Function and Mechanisms of Metabolic Diversification – Anne Osbourn, John Innes Centre, UK
2:30 – 3:00 PM
Synthetic Biology & Bioenergy: Helping the Good Guys And Stopping the Bad – Maria Mercedes-Roca, Zamorano Panamaerican Agriculture School, Honduras
3:00 – 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 – 3:45 PM
Synthesis of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) Analogs and Development of High-Throughput Screens to Target SAM-I Riboswitches – Scott Hickey, University of California, Berkeley
3:45 – 4:15 PM
Genetic Control of Mosquitoes – Kelly Matzen, OXITEC
4:15 – 4:45 PM
Uncovering Signatures of Domestication Using Genomic Re-sequencing and Association Mapping – Phil McClean, North Dakota State University
4:45 – 5:00 PM
Characterization of Cyanobacterial Hydrocarbon Composition and Distribution of Biosynthetic Pathways – Cameron Coates, University of California, San Diego
5:00 – 7:00 PM
Travel to JGI – Bus Service from Marriott
6:00 – 9:00 PM
Reception, Poster Session and Tours at JGI
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Travel from JGI – Bus Service to Marriott
THURSDAY, March 20
8:30 – 11:45 PM
SESSION III
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Making Better Plants: Synthetic Approaches in Plant Engineering – June Medford, Colorado State University
9:00 – 9:30 AM
Cassava Genomics – Applying Genomic Technologies to Benefit Smallholder Farmers in Africa – Steve Rounsley, University of Arizona
9:30 – 10:00 AM
Genome Biology of Miscanthus – Kankshita Swaminathan, Energy Biosciences Institute
10:00 – 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 – 10:45 AM
Creating a Multi-Functional Library of Grass Transcription Factors for the Energy Crop Model System Brachypodium – Joshua Coomey, University of Massachusetts Amherst
10:45 – 11:15 AM
Rich Genomics Resources Facilitate Progress in Understanding Wood Formation – Gerald Tuskan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
11:15 – 11:45 PM
Whole Genome Sequencing of Rice Mutants to Identify Genes Controlling Response to Stress and Cell Wall Saccharification – Pamela Ronald, University of California, Davis
11:45 – 1:15 PM
Working Lunch
1:15 – 5:00 PM
SESSION IV
1:15 – 1:45 PM
New Technologies Overview and User Feedback – Len Pennacchio – Joint Genome Institute
1:45 – 2:15 PM
The DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) – Adam Arkin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2:15 – 2:30 PM
Multi-kb Illumina reads reveal significant strain variation and rare organisms in aquifer sediment microbial communities – Itai Sharon, University of California, Berkeley
2:30 – 3:00 PM
Break
3:00 – 3:30 PM
Single Cell Isotope Probing of Microbes via Raman Microspectroscopy: A New Way of in Situ functional Analyses and Cell Sorting – David Berry, University of Vienna
3:30 – 4:00 PM
Precise Engineering of Genomes with Sequence Specific Nucleases – Dan Voytas, University of Minnesota
4:00 – 5:00 PM
Closing Keynote Presentation
How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction – Annalee Newitz, io9
5:00 PM
End of JGI User Meeting