Symposium: Genome Evolution in Microbial Eukaryotes
June 2nd, Smithfield Rhode Island
To elucidate principles of eukaryotic genome evolution, we must
increase studies of microbial eukaryotes. The bulk of eukaryotic
diversity is microbial yet our current knowledge of eukaryotic
genome
evolution comes largely from studies of plants, animals and fungi.
Our intention in this one-day symposium is to highlight recent
achievements in understanding the diversity of eukaryotic
genomes, and
to expose relevant researchers to advances in techniques for both
data
acquisition and data analysis. Speakers and titles appear below.
Travel funds are available for undergraduates, graduate students
and
postdocs. These funds will offset costs of those currently working
on
molecular evolution/genomics of microbial eukaryotes, and those
switching into the field. Students and postdocs are encouraged to
bring a poster of their work. For more information, visit:
http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/lkatz/SOPgeno
me_funds
request.html
The symposium will take place at this year's Society of
Protozoologists meetings.
More information about the symposium:
http://www.biology.uiowa.edu/workshop/SOP_symposium.html
More information on the SOP meetings:
<http://www.uga.edu/protozoa/meetings/sop_meeting.html>http://w
ww.uga.
edu/protozoa/meetings/sop_meeting.html
http://www.uga.edu/protozoa/meetings/sop_meeting10.html
Scheduled Speakers
Recent Studies on Eukaryotic Genome Evolution
Paddy Patterson, University of Sydney, Australia/Marine Biological
Laboratory, USA The changing face of protozoan taxonomy
Jessica Kissinger, University of Georgia, USA
Parasite genome evolution
Andrew Roger, Dalhousie University, Canada
Genome and cell evolution in anaerobic protists: Inferences from
EST
data
Kenneth Stuart, University of Washington
Comparative genomics in kinetoplastids
Laura Katz, Smith College, USA
Evolution and implication of genome rearrangements in ciliates
Uwe Maier, University of Marburg, Germany
Organelles and endosymbiosis
Debashish Bhattacharya, University of Iowa, USA
Genome evolution in photosynthetic eukaryotes
Workshop On Data Acquisition and Analysis
Jane Carlton, TIGR, USA
Protist genome sequencing projects and comparative genomics:
from
genome to populome
Martin Embley, University of Newcastle, UK
Challenges and pitfalls in reconstructing eukaryotic relationships
Amy Driskell, UC Davis, USA
Exploiting large sequence databases to build the trees of life
Poster Session: Molecular Evolution and Genomics
TBA
Keynote Address
Martin Embley, University of Newcastle, UK
Genomes, organelles and the demise of the Archezoa
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Laura A. Katz, Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
College Road
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063
Phone: 413-585-3825
Fax: 413-585-3786
http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/lkatz/
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