Molecular & Cellular Biology of the Soybean

Soy 2008 Schedule

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesday
7:00BreakfastBreakfastBreakfast
7:30BreakfastBreakfastBreakfast
8:00BreakfastBreakfastBreakfast
Structural GenomicsAbiotic StressEngineering
8:30J. Schmutz
The Sequencing of the Soybean Genome
H. Earl
Variation for water use efficiency and its component traits in soybean
J. Shi
Developing low phytate crops
9:00D. Hyten
Defining the Signatures of Positive Selection in the Soybean Genome as Targets for Mining the USDA Germplasm Collection for Crop Improvement
A. Pereira
Comparative functional genomics of drought stress response and resistance pathways in plants
S. Schnebly
Healthier Soybean Oils via Biotechnology and Breeding
9:30S. Findley
Karyotyping Soybean, Glycine max.
M. Petracek
Field testing of the transgenic soybean for WUE trait
O. Yu
Metabolic engineering of flavonoid biosynthesis revealed distinct functions of flavonoids in legume-rhizobia interactions
10:00BreakBreakBreak
10:30N. Gill
Genomic Landscape of Soybean (Glycine max): Implications for Whole Genome Analysis and Comparative Genomics

J. Du
The landscape of transposable elements in the soybean genome
H. Nguyen
Discovery and genetic engineering of transcription factors towards drought tolerance through dissecting root characteristics in soybean
S. Subramanian
Novel and nodulation-regulated microRNAs in soybean roots

G. Ratliff
Shedding light on soybean oil synthesis utilizing Arabidopsis double-DGAT knockouts
11:00J. Schlueter
Comparative evolutionary dynamics of soybean and common bean
J. Finer
The soybean tissue culture and genetic engineering center
E. Dierking
Adjusting Soybean Seed Composition: Better than Beano
11:30J. Meyer
Targeted Sequencing and Analyses of the Rpp4 Asian Soybean Rust Resistance Locus in Soybean.
Jamie O'Rourke
Understanding Iron Deficiency Chlorosis in Soybean through Microarrays and the Soybean Genome Sequence
M. Grusak
Genetic Diversity for Seed Mineral Composition in Teramnus labialis, a Wild Relative of Soybean

Closing Remarks
12:00LunchLunchLunch on Own
12:30LunchLunchLunch on Own
Biotic StressFunctional Genomics
13:00A. Bent
Rhg1 and Soybean Cyst Nematode - What gene controls resistance?
S. Clough
Gene expression responses in photosynthetic tissues to herbicides and pathogens
13:30M. Mitchum
CLE peptide mimicry in soybean cyst nematode pathogenesis
G. Stacey
Application of functional genomics to the study of soybean biology
14:00M. van de Mortel
Dissecting the molecular response of soybean to Asian soybean rust
L. Vodkin
Flux in the coding and small RNA transcriptomes during soybean seed and seedling development
14:30BreakBreak
15:00B. Tyler
Dissection of quantitative resistance in soybean against Phytophthora sojae using genetical genomics
G. Agrawal
In-Depth Investigation of Soybean Seed-Filling Proteome and Comparison with a Parallel Study of Rapeseed
15:30R. Boerma
Genomic Approach to Improvement of Soybean Resistance to Defoliating Insects
B. Cooper
Quantitative proteomic analysis of bean plants infected with virulent and avirulent strains of an obligate rust fungus
16:00G. MacIntosh
Metabolomics and transciptomics as tools to improve soybean resistance to aphids

M. Libault
A member of the highly conserved FWL (tomato FW2.2-like) gene family is essential for soybean nodule organogensis
S. Sebastian
Accelerated Yield Technology: a Platform for Increasing the Rate of Genetic Gain
16:30PostersPosters
17:00PostersPosters
17:30PostersPosters
18:00WelcomeG. May
Variant Detection and Expression Profiling via Deep Re-Sequencing in Soybean
Closing Dinner
18:30Joe EckerY. Bolon
Molecular Genetic Analysis of Seed Protein Control at Linkage Group I in Soybean Near-Isogenic Lines
Closing Dinner
19:00M. Hudson
Molecular mapping of an aphid resistance locus using whole-genome analysis and sequence data
Closing Dinner
19:30ReceptionL. Qiu
Endogenous miRNAs involving in Gly m Bd 28K gene expression and regulation
Closing Dinner
20:00ReceptionDinner on ownClosing Dinner
20:30Dinner on ownClosing Dinner
21:00Closing Dinner
21:30Closing Dinner
22:00Closing Dinner