First Announcement
“International Symposium on Genomics-based
Plant Germplasm Research”
Chinese Academy of Agricultural sciences (CAAS)
CGIAR, Challenge Programme (CP)
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)
National basic research program of China (973)
April 25-28, 2005, Beijing
Plant genomics has already had a significant impact on plant germplasm research, to the extent that a new research field, plant genomics-based germplasm research, has been generated. Efforts in this area are being made in both developed and developing countries. This will be the first symposium of its kind in the world, with the aim of bringing researchers in this new field together to exchange the ideas and share state of the art information. The symposium will consolidate and accelerate the progress in plant genomics-based germplasm research.
The
objectives of the symposium will be to promote effective and efficient
applications of plant genomic approaches in to germplasm
research, accelerate the progress of plant germplasm research in the
new field, exchange ideas and methods for germplasm research, and formulate
builda cooperative network for
future international genomics-based germplasm.
The main topics of the symposium will focus on following themes:
o Genomic diversity and core collections
o Plant germplasm as a resource for gene discovery
o Plant germplasm as a resource for varietal enhancement
o Bioinformatics of and plant germplasm
Each of themes will start with keynote addresses followed by short presentations and discussions including round table discussions. The language of the symposium will be English.
Steven
D. Tanksley, Cornell University, USA (Chairman) Are you sure about his participation? Steve told me he was invited in spring 2004 and he
would not go in 2005.
Merideth Bonierbale, CIP
ADH Brown, CSIRO, Australia
De de Vicente Carmen,
IPGRI
Yuchen Dong, CAAS, China
Andreas Graner, IPK, Germany
Jean Christophe Glaszmann, Cirad, France
M.D. Gale, JIC, UK
DA Hoisington, CIMMYT
Jizeng Jia, CAAS, China
Maarten Koornneef, WU, The Netherlands
Peter Langridge, Adelaide University, Australia
Jiayang Li, CAS, China
Ken McNally IRRI
Roberto Tuberosa, University of Bologna, Italy
Jianmin Wan, CAAS, China
Robert Zeigler, CP
Qifa Zhang, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Huqu Zhai, CAAS, China
Masahiro Yano, NIAR, Japan
Submission of registration form: 31 December 2004
Second announcement: 31 January 2005
Submission of abstract: 28
February 2005 Second announcement: 31
January 2005
Accommodation: $35-50 per room (hotel to be identified)
Registration fee: $250 for public research institution
$350 for private company
$100 for student
Everyone who is interested in Genomics-based Plant Germplasm Research is invited to send abstracts of papers and the registration form by email to Dr.Lifeng Gao (lifgao@ caas.net.cn) or airmail:
Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
12# Zhongguancun Nandajie, Beijing 100081, China
Tel: 86-10-62186623 Fax: 86-10-62186623