Friday and Saturday, September 15-16, 2006

Program

12:00 pmRegistration & Poster setup
1:15Jim Carrington, Director, CGRB
Introduction, CGRB update
1:35Dee Denver, Assistant Professor, Zoology “Forces Shaping Genome Evolution”
2:00Todd Mockler, Assistant Professor, Botany and Plant Pathology “Regulation of Diurnal Plant Gene Expression”
2:25 Barbara Robbertse, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Botany and Plant Pathology “A Phylogenomic Analysis of the Ascomycota”
3:15Roundtable Discussion – Computational Biology and CGBI Initiative Scott Givan, Lead Presenter
4:15Joe Ecker – Keynote Address, The Salk Institute “Discovery of Functional Elements in Arabidopsis Genome and Epigenome”
5:15Poster Session and Sponsors’ Displays
7:00Dinner
8:00-12:00Entertainment
 7:30-9:00 amContinental Breakfast
9:00Dan Rockey, Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences “Genomics and Genetics of Chlamydia”
9:25Ian Paulsen – Keynote Address, TIGR “The Ins and Outs of Membrane Transport: A Genomic View”
10:35Announcement of Awards
10:40Sarah Sowell, Ph.D. Student, MCB Graduate Program “Can Proteomics Reveal the Metabolic States of Marine Micro-organisms in Situ (in the Ocean)?”
11:05Steve Strauss, Professor, Forest Sciencs “Gibberellic Acid Genes for Physiological Sculpture of Trees”
11:30Lunch
Post Retreat
1:10 pm2nd Annual CGRB Golf TournamentEagle Crest Challenge Course

2006 Fall Conference