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June 5-7, 2007
Eccles Conference Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah |
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| 4:00 PM |
Registration |
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| 8:00 AM |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:30 |
Welcoming Remarks
Jeff Broadbent, Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Research, Utah State University
Fred Sica, Director of Business and Research Development, Inland
Northwest Research Alliance |
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| 9:00 |
Session I: Plant Systems Biology
Chairperson: Daryll DeWald, Ph.D, Associate Director, Center for Integrated BioSystems, Utah State University
Plenary Presentation: A Small RNA-Mediated Regulatory Circuit
for Plant Salt Tolerance
Jian-Kang Zhu, Ph.D., Professor of Plant Cell Biology, University of California Riverside
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| 10:00 |
Refreshment Break |
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| 10:30 |
Legume Information Network: A Component of the Virtual Plant
Information Network
Greg May, Ph.D., Program Lead, Nutritional Biology, National Center for Genome Resources |
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| 11:30 |
Lunch Break
Tours of the Center for Integrated BioSystems (optional) |
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| 1:00 PM |
Session I Continuation: Plant System Biology
Stomatal Responses to Humidity: Cutting the Gordian Knot
Keith Mott, Ph.D., Biology Department, Utah State University
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Cellular Response to the Environment: The Dynamics of Cell Specific
Networks in Arabidopsis
Kenneth D. Birnbaum, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, New York University |
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| 2:30 |
Refreshment Break -- Judging of Posters (Judges only) |
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| 5:00 |
Poster Reception including light meal |
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| 6:30 |
Keynote Address: USTAR: A Catalyst
for Life Science Research, Innovation and Commercialization
in Utah
Ted McAleer, Executive Director, USTAR, State of Utah |
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| 7:30 |
Adjourn |
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| 8:00 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast
(Announcement of Poster Finalists) |
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| 9:00 |
Session II: Microbial Systems Biology
Chairperson: Jeanette Norton, Ph. D., Associate Professor, Soil Microbiology, Utah State University
Dual Function of a Repressor Protein in Controlling both
Gene Expression and Mutation Rate
Milton Saier, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, University of California – San Diego, UCSD
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| 10:00 |
Refreshment Break |
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| 10:30 |
Rapid Genome Evolution in Bacterial Pathogens:
How E. coli O157:H7 Tests for Successful Allele Combinations
of Virulence Gene Regulators
Andrew Benson, Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln |
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| 11:30 |
Lunch Break |
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| 1:00 PM |
Session II Continuation: Microbial Systems
Biology Effect of Local and Long-Range Reservoirs
on Microbial Composition in the Atmosphere
Gary Andersen, Ph.D., Center for Environmental Biology, Molecular Microbial Ecology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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Nutrient Starvation and Nonculturability in Bacteria
Bart Weimer, Ph.D., Director, Center for Integrated BioSystems, Utah State University |
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| 2:30 |
Refreshment Break and Adjourn |
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| 3:00 |
Judging of Posters and Poster Interviews of Final Posters
(Poster Presenters and Judges only) |
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| 8:00 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:30 |
Session III: Animal Systems Biology
Chairperson: Quinton Winger, Ph.D, Utah State University
RNA Interference: A New Method to Study Functional Genomics
in Livestock
Mark Westhusin, Ph.D., Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A& M University
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Applying Genomic Strategies to Equine Orthopedic
Research
James MacLeod, VMD, Ph.D., Gluck Equine Research Center, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky |
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Refreshment Break -- Poster Winners Announced |
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Aquaculture Genomics: Are the Waves of the Genomics
Revolution Moving Anything Under the Water?
Zhanjiang (John) Liu, Ph.D., Aquaculture Coordinator, National Animal Genome Project, College of Agriculture, Auburn University |
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Immunological Negotiations at the Bovine Maternal-Fetal Interface
Chris Davies, Ph.D., DMV, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Immunogenetics, Washington State University |
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| 12:00 PM |
Closing Remarks
Bart Weimer, Ph.D., Director, Center for Integrated BioSystems, Utah State University |
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