Program

Saturday August 5, 2006

Sunday August 6, 2006

Morning Plenary Session:
Nutritional Genomics
Chair: Anthony Kinney, DuPont

8:00 am: Welcome & Announcements

8:05 am: "Nutritional Genomics: The Intersection of Dietary Molecules and Mammalian Genomics" - Michael E. Fromm, Univ. of Nebraska

8:45 am: "Nutrigenomic Approaches to Understanding the Health Benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acids" - Peter J. Gillies, E.I. DuPont de Nemours

9:20 am: "Producing Nutritional Fatty Acids in Soybean Oil" - Anthony J. Kinney, Pioneer Crop Genetics, DuPont

10:30 am: "Strategies to Enhance Metal Homeostasis in Soybean: Efforts to Enhance Seed Nutritional Value and Yield" - Michael A. Grusak, USDA/ARS Baylor College of Medicine

11:00 am: "Producing a Lower Allergen Content Conventional Soybean by Germplasm Search and Characterization" - Eliot M. Herman, USDA/ARS, Danforth Plant Science Center

11:30 am: "The Role of Systems-Biology in the Development of Soybean-Based Biorenewable Source of Fuels and Lubricants" - Basil J. Nikolau, Iowa State Univ.

12:00: Lunch provided

Afternoon Concurrent Session I:
Biotic Stress
Chair: Roger Innes, Indiana University

1:30 pm: "Gene Expression Profiling Soybean Response to Microbes" - Steven J. Clough, USDA-ARS, Univ. of Illinois

1:55 pm: "Gene Expression in Soybean Roots upon Invasion by the Soybean Cyst Nematode" - Benjamin Matthews, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD

2:20 pm: "A Genomic and Proteomic Analysis of the Resistance Response of Soybean to Cyst Nematode" - David A. Lightfoot, Southern Illinois University

2:45 pm: "Genomics of Disease Resistance in Soybean: QTL Mapping and Expression Profiling" - M.A. Saghai Maroof, Virginia Tech

3:10 pm:Refreshment Break

3:30 pm: "New Sources of Resistance for Phytophthora sojae" - Anne E. Dorrance, Ohio State Univ.

3:55 pm: "Cloning and Characterization of Rps1-k-interactors" - Madan K. Bhattacharyya, Iowa State Univ

4:20 pm: "Comparison of Pathogen Recognition Mechanisms between Soybean and Arabidopsis" - Roger W. Innes, Indiana Univ.

4:45 pm: Discussion

5:00 pm: Adjourn to Poster Viewing Session or Genomics Research Meeting (room to be posted)

6:30 pm: Poster Session Closes

8:00 pm:SoyCap Meeting

Afternoon Concurrent Session II:
Molecular Breeding
Chair: Brian Diers, University of Illinois

1:30 pm: "A SNP-based Soybean Genome Map - Applications in Plant Breeding" - Perry Cregan, ARS/USDA, MD

1:55 pm: "Marker-Assisted Selection and Its Contribution to Soybean Product Development: Glancing Back... Looking Forward" - Daria Schmidt, Pioneer Hi-Bred Inc.

2:20 pm: "Application of Molecular Markers to Improve Grain Yield Potential in Soybean" - Warren Kruger, Asgrow

2:45 pm: "Molecular Breeding for Quality Traits in Soybean" - George Graef, Nebraska

3:10 pm: Break

3:30 pm: "Confirmation of Associated Markers with Seed Protein Concentration in Soybean" - Suk-ha Lee, Korea

3:55 pm: “Mapping and Confirmation of the ‘Hyuuga’ Red-brown Lesion Resistance Gene for Asian Soybean Rust“ - Maria Monteros, Univ. of Georgia

4:20 pm: "Progress in Mapping QTL Controlling Yield in Soybean" - Brian Diers, Univ. of llinois

4:45 pm: Discussion

5:00 pm: Adjourn to Poster Viewing Session or Genomics Research Meeting (room to be posted)

6:30 pm: Poster Session Closes

8:00 pm:SoyCap Meeting

Sunday Evening Options:
Dinner on your own in the Lincoln Haymarket area
And/or attend a Lincoln SaltDogs Baseball Game

Monday August 7, 2006

7-8 am: Breakfast

Morning Plenary Session: Structural & Functional Genomics Chair: Scott Jackson, Purdue University

8:00 am: Welcome

8:05 am: "The Structure of Soybean Genetic Diversity" - David Hyten, ARS/USDA, Beltsville, MD

8:35 am: "Sequence Analysis of Duplicated Regions in the Soybean Genome" - Randy Shoemaker, Iowa State Univ.

9:05 am: "Evolution and Function of Chitin Signaling in Plants" - Gary Stacey, Univ. of Missouri

9:35 am: Title TBA - Dan Rokhsar, DOE-JGI

10:05 am: Break (cookies & Coffee)

10:35 am: "The Legume Information Network: A Component of the Virtual Plant Information Network" - Greg May, NCGR

11:00 am: "Sequence-Based Comparisons of the Soy, Medicago, and Lotus genomes" - Steve Cannon, Iowa State Univ.

11:35 am: "Organization of the Soybean Genome: Polyploidy and Genome Sequencing " - Scott Jackson, Purdue Univ.

12:00 pm: Lunch provided

Afternoon Concurrent Session I:
Abiotic Stress
Chair: Henry Nguyen, University of Missouri

1:30 pm: "Everything you can do I can do better - functional diversity in abiotic stress responses" - Hans Bohnert, Univ. of Illinois

1:55 pm: "Identification and Confirmation of QTL Conditioning Drought Tolerance in Nepalese Soybean PI 471938" - H. Roger Boerma, Univ. of Georgia

2:20 pm: "On-Farm QTL mapping of salt tolerance in the genetic base of North American soybean" - Tommy Carter, ARS/USDS, NC

2:45 pm: "Evaluation of Soybean for Tolerance to Soil Water-Logging" - J. Grover Shannon, Univ. of Missouri

3:10 pm: Break

3:30 pm: "Transgenic Approaches to Drought Tolerance in Maize" - Jacqueline Heard, Monsanto

3:55 pm: "Genetic Engineering of Farnesylation for Crop Drought Tolerance and Yield Protection" - Jiangxin Wan, Performance Plants, Inc.

4:20 pm: "Soybean Root Responses to Drought" - Henry Nguyen, Univ. of Missouri

4:55 pm: Discussion

5:00 pm: Poster Viewing

6:30 pm: Poster Session Closes

Afternoon Concurrent Session II:
Metabolic Engineering
Chair: Edgar Cahoon, USDA/ARS,
Donald Danforth Center, MO

1:20 pm: "Genetic Modification of Oilseeds; Development of a High Omega-3 Vegetable Oil" - Henry Valentin, Monsanto Co, Calgene Campus.

1:45 pm: "Elimination of Soybean Seed Phytate through Expression of Bacterial Phytase" - Kristin D. Bilyeu, Univ. of Missouri

2:10 pm: "Genetic Engineering of the Sulfur Assimilatory Pathway in Soybean" - Hari B. Krishnan, Univ. of Missouri

2:35 pm: "Development and Testing of Dicamba (Clarity)-Resistant Soybean Plants" - Donald P. Weeks, Univ. of Nebraska

3:00 pm: Break

3:20 pm: "Oxylipin Production in Soybeans" - David Hildebrand, Univ. of Kentucky

3:55 pm: "Metabolic Flux Maps of Central Carbon Metabolism in Soybean Embryos" - Jacqueline Shanks, Iowa State Univ.

4:20 pm: "Metabolic Redesign of Vitamin E Biosynthesis in Soybean for Enhanced Antioxidant Content" - Edgar Cahoon, ARS/USDA, Donald Danforth Center, MO

5:00 pm: Adjourn to Poster Viewing Session or SNP Marker Genotyping Session (room to be posted)

6:30 pm: Poster Session Closes

Evening Entertainment

7:30 pm Banquet - University Champions Club

Tuesday August 8, 2006

7-8am: Breakfast

Morning Plenary Session:
Genomics, Micro-Arrays, Tilling, and More
Chairs: James Specht & Tom Clemente

8:00 am: Welcome

8:05 am: "Agmagenomic Sequencing of Soybean" - Matthew Hudson, Univ. of Illinois

8:35 am: "Gene Identification in Soybean by Microarray Analysis" - Lila Vodkin, Univ. of Illinois

9:05 am: "Soybean TILLING: A Tool for Functional Genomics and Reverse genetics" - Khalid Meksem, Souther Illinois Univ.

9:35 am: Speaker - "Molecular Breeding Basis-Evaluation of Chinese Germplasm with SSR Markers" - Lijuan Qiu, CAAS, China

10:05 am: Break (cookies & Coffee)

10:30 am: "Genetic Enhancement of Oleic Acid Concentration in Soybean Oil" - Richard Wilson, ARS/USDA, Washington D.C.

11:00 am: "Engine Emissions from High-Oleic Soybean Oil" - Jon Van Gerpen, Univ. of Idaho

11:30 am: "Why the United Soybean Board Still Supports Genomics Research" - Ed Ready, SBA/USB, St. Louis, MO

11:45 am: Closing Remarks - Jim and Tom

11:55 am: Remarks - Host of (next) 2008 12th Biennial Conference

12:00 pm Adjourn - Checkout and Departure