Abstract

In 2000, plant genomics was kick-started when a common weed, A. thaliana, was sequenced and promoted to celebrity status as a model species. However, advances in many important plant species were hindered by the complexity of their genomes. Now, a historic opportunity presents itself. The challenge of global food security has brought plant research and breeding into sharp focus. At the same time, a technology revolution means that large, complex, polyploid genomes are becoming accessible. The thought leaders on our panel will:

  1. Discuss how they overcome the challenges of interrogating complex genomes
  2. Explain how they have integrated and automated genomic technologies to make rapid progress towards research and application goals
  3. Describe how genomic strategies can be applied to areas such as population diversity, trait mapping and breeding

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Moderator and Speakers

Moderator

Clare Garvey, Editor – Genome Biology, BioMed Central, UK

Dr Clare Garvey joined the Genome Biology team in 2007 after working as an Assistant Editor at Nature Publishing Group. At BioMed Central, Clare and her team manages the peer-review of manuscripts in addition to commissioning reviews and other interesting articles for publication. Dr Garvey's background is Drosophila developmental genetics. Before moving into publishing Clare undertook two postdocs in Cambridge, UK.

Speakers

Etienne Paux, INRA, France

Dr Etienne Paux is a project leader in wheat genomics working at the French National Institute for Agronomic Research (INRA). He has recognized expertise in structural and functional genomics as well as in marker development and genotyping. His research is divided in two main axis. On the fundamental side, his main interest is in deciphering the organization, function and evolution of the wheat gene space. In 2008, he and his group reported on the construction of the first physical map of a wheat chromosome. He is currently involved in the sequencing of this chromosome. On the applied side, he developed a new type of molecular markers called Insertion Site–Based Polymorphisms (ISBPs) that allow for genome–specific genotyping in polyploid species. Over the past four years, he has been coordinating several initiatives aiming at developing SNPs and technologies for high throughput genotyping and marker–assisted selection in wheat.

Doreen Ware, USDA ARS, Adjunct Associate Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dr Doreen Ware is a research scientist with the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research service. She is recognized for her work on genome annotations and functional genomics in plants. Dr Ware's research is divided into two main areas. Her first area of research involves genome organization and evolution. How are genes conserved and lost? What are the fates of duplicated genes? Dr Ware's other area of research focuses on understanding gene regulation in plants, specifically looking at regulatory networks enriched for microRNA genes. In 2009 her group was involved in the release of the maize genome sequence and HapMap. Over the past 5 years she has been actively involved in several infrastructure projects that support standard development within the plant genomics community.