All functions will be held at the Walnut Creek Marriott unless otherwise noted.
TUESDAY, March 26
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Welcome, Opening Keynote Presentation – Session Chair, Eddy Rubin
Part Mining for Synthetic Biology
Chris Voigt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6:00 PM 9:00 PM
Opening Reception and Poster Session
WEDNESDAY, March 27
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
SESSION I – Metagenomics — Session Chair, Susannah Tringe
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Assembly-Driven Metagenomics of a Hypersaline Microbial Ecosystem
Eric Allen, University of California, San Diego9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Succession of Microbial Phylogeny and Function During Plant Litter Decomposition
Eoin Brodie, LBNL Earth Sciences Division9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Strange Tails in Viral Discovery
Joe DeRisi, University of California, San Francisco10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Deep Community Sequencing Using Short Illumina and Multi-kb Moleculo Reads Provides Insight into Aquifer Sediment Microbial Diversity and Metabolic Potential
Laura A. Hug, University of California, Berkeley10:15 AM -10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
The Genomic Encyclopedia For Archaea and Bacteria-Root Nodule Bacteria (Geba-Rnb) Community Sequencing Project;
A Comprehensive Resource Of Microsymbiont Genomes
Wayne Reeve, Murdoch University11:15 AM – 11:45 AM
The Isthmus of Panama – A Natural Laboratory for the Genomics of Climate Resilience
Eldredge Bermingham, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute11:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Roles of Genotype-by-environment Interactions in Shaping the Root-associated Microbiome of Populus
Christopher W. Schadt, Oak Ridge National Laboratory12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Lunch
1:15 PM – 5:00 PM
SESSION II – Plants — Session Chair, Dan Rokhsar
1:15 PM – 1:45 PM
New Approaches and Technologies to Sequence De Novo Plant Reference Genomes
Jeremy Schmutz, HudsonAlpha1:45 PM – 2:15 PM
Genetic Regulation of Grass Biomass Accumulation and Biological Conversion Quality
Sam Hazen, University of Massachusetts2:15 PM – 2:45 PM
Regulation of flowering in Brachypodium distachyon
Rick Amasino, University of Wisconsin2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Genome Diversity in Brachypodium distachyon: Deep Sequencing of Highly Diverse Natural Accessions
Sean P. Gordon, U.S. Department of Agriculture3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Systems Genetics and Genomics of Woody Biomass Production in Eucalyptus, a Global Fibre Crop
Zander Myburg, University of Pretoria4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Uncovering Transcriptional Circuits in Arabidopsis by Functional Genomics
Jose Pruneda-Paz, University of California, San Diego4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
New Technologies Overview & User Feedback
Len Pennacchio, DOE Joint Genome Institute
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Marriott Reception, Poster Session
JGI Tour #1 Bus Departs Marriott 6:30 PM / /Returns 7:30 PM
JGI Tour #2 Bus Departs Marriott 7:30 PM / Returns 8:30 PM
THURSDAY, March 28
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
SESSION III – Microbial Genomics — Session Chair, Len Pennacchio
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
The Challenges and Opportunities for Extending Plant Genomics to Climate
David Weston, Oak Ridge National Laboratory9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
A Glimpse into the Coding Potential of Microbial Dark Matter
Tanja Woyke, DOE Joint Genome Institute9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Single-cell Genomics of Environmental Bacteria
Paul Blainey, Broad Institute10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Modulation of Root Microbiome Community Assembly by the Plant Immune Response
Sarah L. Lebeis, University of North Carolina10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
Biodiversity Monitoring Using NGS Approaches on Unusual Substrates
Tom Gilbert, University of Copenhagen11:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Network as Discovery Instrument: a Quick-Start Guide
Greg Bell, DOE ESnet, LBNL Scientific Networking Division11:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Delineating Molecular Interaction Mechanisms in an In Vitro Microbial-plant Community
Peter E. Larsen, Argonne National Laboratory12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM
SESSION IV – Synthetic Biology — Session Chair, Jim Bristow
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Genetics and Genomics Fuel the Development of the Energy Crop, Jatropha curcas
Bob Schmidt, SG Biofuels; University of California, San Diego2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Automated Strain Engineering at Amyris
Jack Newman, Amyris, Inc.2:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Metabolic Engineering of Clostridium thermocellum for Biofuel Production from Cellulosic Substrates
Adam Guss, Oak Ridge National Laboratory2:45 PM – 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
Synthetic Metagenomics: Converting Digital Information Back to Biology
Sam Deutsch, DOE Joint Genome Institute3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Improving Biofuel Feedstocks by Modifying Xylan Biosynthesis
Jane Lau, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Closing Keynote Presentation
TARA OCEANS: A Global Analysis of Oceanic Plankton Ecosystems
Eric Karsenti, EMBL Heidelberg
5:00 PM
End of JGI User Meeting