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Soy 2008 Schedule
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | |
| 7:30 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | |
| 8:00 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | |
| Structural Genomics | Abiotic Stress | Engineering | ||
| 8:30 | J. 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 | |
| 9:00 | D. 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 | |
| 9:30 | S. 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 | |
| 10:00 | Break | Break | Break | |
| 10:30 | N. 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 | |
| 11:00 | J. 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 | |
| 11:30 | J. 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 | |
| 12:00 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch on Own | |
| 12:30 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch on Own | |
| Biotic Stress | Functional Genomics | |||
| 13:00 | A. Bent Rhg1 and Soybean Cyst Nematode - What gene controls resistance? | S. Clough Gene expression responses in photosynthetic tissues to herbicides and pathogens | ||
| 13:30 | M. Mitchum CLE peptide mimicry in soybean cyst nematode pathogenesis | G. Stacey Application of functional genomics to the study of soybean biology | ||
| 14:00 | M. 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 | ||
| 14:30 | Break | Break | ||
| 15:00 | B. 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 | ||
| 15:30 | R. 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 | ||
| 16:00 | G. 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 | ||
| 16:30 | Posters | Posters | ||
| 17:00 | Posters | Posters | ||
| 17:30 | Posters | Posters | ||
| 18:00 | Welcome | G. May Variant Detection and Expression Profiling via Deep Re-Sequencing in Soybean | Closing Dinner | |
| 18:30 | Joe Ecker | Y. Bolon Molecular Genetic Analysis of Seed Protein Control at Linkage Group I in Soybean Near-Isogenic Lines | Closing Dinner | |
| 19:00 | M. Hudson Molecular mapping of an aphid resistance locus using whole-genome analysis and sequence data | Closing Dinner | ||
| 19:30 | Reception | L. Qiu Endogenous miRNAs involving in Gly m Bd 28K gene expression and regulation | Closing Dinner | |
| 20:00 | Reception | Dinner on own | Closing Dinner | |
| 20:30 | Dinner on own | Closing Dinner | ||
| 21:00 | Closing Dinner | |||
| 21:30 | Closing Dinner | |||
| 22:00 | Closing Dinner |
Molecular & Cellular Biology of the Soybean