26 June, 1995
DRAFT for PG-IV
January 14-18, 1996
Welcome to the latest draft of the Plant Genome IV
conference. Based on the successes of the first three PG
meetings, some minor adjustments and fine-tuning is being done to
make PG-IV an even better meeting.
The abstracts from the PG-I, PG-II, and PG-III meetings are
now available on the Internet. Gopher to "probe.nalusda.gov" or
use a WWW client to view:
http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000
In either case, the abstracts appear on the menu and have
been WAIS indexed for convenient searching.
The planned changes for PG-IV are based upon the very
positive and useful feedback from many of the 650+ people who
attended PG-III in January 1995.
All administrative questions should be addressed to Darrin
Scherago at Scherago International Inc., 11 Penn Plaza, Suite
1003, New York, NY 10001. Their phone number is 212-643-1750
(FAX number is 212-643-1758) and their Internet e-mail address is
SCHERAGO at BIOTECHNET.COM. Scherago International is the
conference organizer for PG-IV.
Participants are invited to submit abstracts for the poster
session either in hard copy (printed form) or by e-mail (see
Appendix A for details). There were over 290 posters at PG-III.
Additional space has been obtained to handle even more posters at
PG-IV. This year the abstract forms will have an improved set of
categories to assure your poster talk is properly handled. The
printed abstract forms are now available from Scherago
International.
All abstracts will be reviewed. The normal review turn-
around time will be within two weeks of receipt of the abstract.
This year all abstracts should be submitted to: PG-IV Abstracts,
USDA National Agriculture Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Scherago International will notify you of the acceptance of your
abstract(s). Abstracts may be submitted on printed forms
available from Scherago or by e-mail (pg4form at probe.nalusda.gov).
E-mail abstracts should be sent to PGIV-
abstracts at probe.nalusda.gov or submitted via the WWW PG-IV
abstract form available by connecting to:
http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000
See Appendix A for details. Please note: ABSTRACTS NOT
INCLUDING ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION WILL BE REJECTED!!
All accepted abstracts will be included in the final printed
program. The poster board size at the meeting is 4 feet (1.22
meters) high by 6 feet (1.83 meters) wide. The abstract
submission deadline is 1 November, 1995. Printed abstract forms
are available from Scherago International. Please contact them by
phone, FAX, e-mail, or regular post to obtain abstract forms.
Location: Town & Country Hotel
500 Hotel Circle North
San Diego, CA 92108
Phone: 1-619-291-7131
or 1-800-772-8527
FAX: 1-619-291-3584
(15 minutes by taxi or Cloud-9 Shuttle from the airport).
For 1996 the hotel room rate will be $72.00 per night
(single or double occupancy) plus tax. You must contact the
hotel directly for room reservations. All hotel deposits and
payments must be sent directly to the Town & Country hotel.
Scherago International does not handle the hotel reservations!
Be sure to mention the PG-IV meeting so you will get the
conference hotel rate of $72.00.
Cost: The cost of registration for PG-IV will remain the
same as for PG-III.
$ 300.00 advance registration
postmarked by 15 November 1995
$ 350.00 if postmarked after 15 November 1995
and on-site in San Diego
$ 100.00 Student (Pre-Ph.D) Registration
(Requires a letter of certification from your
department chairperson.)
All payments MUST be in US dollars.
Scherago International does not accept any credit cards for
payment of the registration fee.
Send your payment by a check drawn on a US bank to:
Scherago International, Inc.
11 Penn Plaza
Suite 1003
New York, NY 10001
If you do not have a US bank check, you may send the
registration fee by a wire transfer to Chemical Bank. The wire
transfer MUST have your name and organization and the Scherago
International Account number (see below) on the wire transfer,
to:
Chemical Bank
640 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10019 USA
ABA# 021-000-128
Account # 020-047-851
Account Name: Scherago International/Plant Genome
(All registrations include one copy of the printed
conference abstracts, Sunday-Thursday continental breakfasts,
Sunday evening opening reception, Monday evening Wine & Cheese
Reception, and Wednesday evening dinner.)
Airline:
United Airlines is the official conference airline. For
details on conference airfare discounts in the USA, please call
United Airlines at 1-800-521-4041. Outside the USA please call
your local United Airlines office. The PG-IV conference code is:
590XR
Employment/Placement Office
For PG-IV two message boards will be set aside in the foyer
area. These message boards will be for posting of job openings
and for those looking for positions in the plant genome field.
PG-IV Meeting Outline
January 14-18, 1996
PG-IV Co-Chairpersons:
Stephen Heller, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD, USA
(SRHELLER at NALUSDA.GOV)
Jerome Miksche, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD, USA
(JMIKSCHE at NALUSDA.GOV)
Michael Gale, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
(JEFFERY at BBSRC.AC.UK)
Susan McCouch, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
(SRM4 at CORNELL.EDU)
Conference Co-sponsors:
USDA, ARS USDA, NAL
Rockefeller Foundation
International Society for Plant Molecular Biology (ISPMB)
USDA, NRI Competitive Grants Office
John Innes Centre
Student Travel Grants
The ISPMB is again sponsoring four (4) student travel grant
awards of $250.00 each. For details please contact Dr. Susan
McCouch by e-mail (SRM4 at CORNELL.EDU).
Computer Room
There will be computer system demos available all week in
the "computer room" which is appended to the area where the
exhibits, coffee breaks, and posters are located.
Computer Room Organizers:
J. Michael Cherry (CHERRY at GENOME.STANFORD.EDU)
Dave Matthews (MATTHEWS at GREENGENES.CIT.CORNELL.EDU)
Brad Sherman (BKS at S27W007.PSWFS.GOV)
Please contact any of the above three people should you wish
to demo any computer system and/or present an "electronic" poster
during the meeting. Electronic posters will still require a
"normal", printed abstract forms, which can be obtained from
Scherago International. Please note that any software which is
demonstrated at PG-IV must be available to the scientific
community.
Sunday - Workshops (7)
Monday - AM Session #1 - Genomes and Diversity
(1 Plenary + 3 lectures)
PM Session #2 - Technology and Bioinformatics
(3 lectures)
Evening - Reception
Tuesday - AM Session #3 - Hosts, Pathogens, and Interactions
(1 Plenary + 2 lectures)
PM Computer Workshop
(number of talks - to be announced)
Evening - Workshops (2)
Wednesday - AM Session #4 - Comparative Mapping
(1 Plenary + 2 lectures)
AM Session #5 - Gene & Chromosome Organization
(3 lectures)
PM Workshops (3)
Evening - Dinner
Thursday - All day Session #6 - Applications of Molecular
Markers in Breeding
(1 Plenary + 6 lectures)
Saturday:
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Registration in the Atlas Foyer
Sunday:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration in the Atlas Foyer
Sunday All Day Workshops:
Workshop#1
9 am - 6 pm - International Consortium for Sugar Cane
Biotechnology
Organized by James Irvine CONFIRMED!!
(J-IRVINE at TAMU.EDU)
Workshop#2
9 am - 6 pm Forest Tree Genome - Parts 1 & 2
Organized by Dave Neale CONFIRMED!!
(DBN at S27W007.PSWFS.GOV)
Sunday Workshops:
Workshop #3
9:00 am - 11:30 am Maize
Organized by Mike McMullen CONFIRMED!!
(MCMULLEN at TEOSINTE.AGRON.MISSOURI.EDU)
Workshop #4
12:00 - 2:30 pm Rice CONFIRMED!!
Organized by Susan McCouch, et. al.
(SRM4 at CORNELL.EDU)
Workshop #5
12:00 - 2:30 pm Cotton
Organized by Andy Paterson CONFIRMED!!
(AHP2343 at BIOCH.TAMU.EDU)
Workshop #6
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm Arabidopsis
Organized by Caroline Dean CONFIRMED!!
(ARABIDOPSIS at BBSRC.AC.UK)
Workshop #7
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm Soybeans/Legumes
Organized by Randy Shoemaker CONFIRMED!!
(RCSSHOE at IASTATE.EDU)
Evening - Welcome Reception - Atlas Foyer
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Monday:
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration in the Atlas Foyer
7:00 am - 8:15 am Continental Breakfast - Atlas Foyer
8:15 am - 8:30 am Opening of PG-IV - Stephen Heller
(SRHELLER at ORIGIN.NALUSDA.GOV)
Session #1 - Genomes and Diversity
Chairperson: Gary McCone
(GMCCONE at NALUSDA.GOV)
8:30 am - 9:30 am Plenary Lecture -
Stephen J. O'Brien
NIH, NCI
Title: TBA
(E-mail - None)
9:30 am - 10:00 am Lecture #1 - TBA
9:30 am - 4:30 pm Exhibits Open
10:00 am - 11:00 am Coffee/Tea Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am Lecture #2 -
Stephen Harris
Oxford University
"Genetic Diversity in Semi-Arid Tree Legumes"
(STEPHEN.HARRIS at PLANT-SCIENCES.OX.AC.UK)
11:30 am - Noon Lecture #3 - TBA
Noon - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Posters (Odd numbered)
Exhibits & Computer Demos
Coffee/Soda will be available
from 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Session # 2 - Technology and Bioinformatics
Chairperson: Leland Ellis
TAMU
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Lecture #4 -
John Armour
???
Title: TBA
(E-mail - ???)
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Lecture #5 - TBA
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Lecture #6
Radoje Drmanac
Hyseq Inc.
"Mutation Screening and DNA Sequencing by the
First Generation Super Chips"
(RADE at SBH.COM)
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wine & Cheese Reception - Atlas Foyer
Tuesday:
7:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration in the Atlas Foyer
7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast - Atlas Foyer
Session #3 - Hosts, Pathogens and Diseases
Chairperson: Gary H. Toenniessen
The Rockefeller Foundation
8:30 am - 9:30 am Plenary Lecture -
Brian Staskawicz
UC - Berkeley
(STASK at GARNET.BERKELEY.EDU)
Title: TBA
9:30 am - 10:00 am Lecture #7 -
Sally A. Leong
USDA, PDRRU
(SAL at PLANTPATH.WISC.EDU)
"The avrC039 Locus of Rice Blast Fungus
Magnaporthe Grisea"
10:00 am - 11:00 am Coffee/Tea Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am Lecture #8 -
Jan Leach
Kansas State University
Title - TBA
(JELEACH at PLANTPATH.PP.KSU.EDU)
11:30 am - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Posters (Even numbered) &
Exhibits & Computer Demos
Coffee/Soda will be available
from 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Afternoon - Computer Tools & Resources
3:30 pm - 6 pm
Organized by: J. Michael Cherry, Stanford University
(CHERRY at GENOME.STANFORD.EDU)
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Open Cash Bar - Atlas Foyer
and Workshops
Workshops: 8:00 - 10:30 pm
Workshop #8- IGGI CONFIRMED!!!
Michael Gale, John Innes Centre
(JEFFERY at BBSRC.AC.UK)
and
Calvin Qualset
(ITMI at UCDAVIS.EDU)
and
Jeff Bennetzen, Purdue
(MAIZE at BILBO.BIO.PURDUE.EDU)
Workshop #9- Abiotic Stress
Henry Nguyen CONFIRMED!!
(BWHTN at TTACS.TTU.EDU)
Wednesday:
7:30 am - 5:00 pm Registration in the Atlas Foyer
7:30 am - 8:15 am Continental Breakfast - Atlas Foyer
Session #4 - Comparative Mapping
Chairperson: Mark Sorrells, Cornell
8:15 am - 9:00 am Plenary Lecture -
Ronald Phillips
University of Minnesota
"Extensions of Comparative Mapping"
(PHILL005 at MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Lecture # 9
Jean Christophe Glaszmann
CIARD
"The Genome of Modern Sugarcane Cultivars"
(GLASZMANN at CIRAD.FR)
9:30 am - 10:00 am Lecture #10 -
Derek Lydiate
JIC
Title: TBA
(LYDIATE at BBSRC.AC.UK)
10:00 am - 11:00 am Coffee/Tea Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am Lecture #11 -
John S. (Pat) Heslop-Harrison
"Comparative Analysis of Plant
Genome Architecture"
Title: TBA
(HHARRISON at BBSRC.AC.UK)
9:30 am - 4:30 pm Exhibits Open (Last day for exhibits)
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Lunch
Session #5 Gene and Chromosome Organization
Chairperson: TBA
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm Lecture #12 -
Brian Larkins
University of Arizona
(LARKINS at AG.ARIZONA.EDU)
"Molecular Genetic Approaches for Developing
Quality Protein Maize"
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lecture #13 -
Elizabeth H. Blackburn
UC - San Francisco
(PORTER at ITSA.UCSF.EDU)
"Telomeres and Telomerases"
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Lecture #14 -
Margorie Matzke
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna
"Homology-Depent Gene Silencing in
Transgenic Tobacco Plants"
(mmatzke at oeaw.ac.at)
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Posters (Odd numbered) &
Exhibits & Computer Demos
Coffee/Soda will be available
from 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
4:00 pm - 6:30 pm Workshops
Workshop #10- Nomenclature CONFIRMED!!!
Carl Price
(PRICE at MBCL.RUTGERS.EDU)
and Ellen Readon
(REARDON at MBCL.RUTGERS.EDU)
Workshop #11 - ITMI CONFIRMED!!!
Michael Gale, John Innes Centre
(JEFFERY at BBSRC.AC.UK)
and
Jeff Bennetzen, Purdue
(MAIZE at BILBO.BIO.PURDUE.EDU)
Workshop #12 - Fruit Tree
Norman Weeden CONFIRMED!!!
(NORMAN_WEEDEN at QMRELAY.MAIL.CORNELL.EDU)
Workshop #13 - Barley
Patrick Hayes CONFIRMED!!
(HAYESP at CSS.ORST.EDU)
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Conference Dinner,
Presidio Ballroom
Thursday:
7:30 am - 4:00 pm Registration in the Atlas Foyer
7:30 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast - Atlas Foyer
Session #6 - Applications of Molecular Markers in Breeding
Chairperson: Charles W. Stuber
USDA/ARS
8:30 am - 9:30 am Plenary Lecture -
Caroline O'Neill
CNN
Title: TBA
(no e-mail)
9:30 am - 10:00 am Lecture #15 -
Danny Alexander
Ciba-Geigy
(ALEXANDER at AM.ABRU.CG.COM)
"Marker-Assisted Maize Breeding
in the Real World"
10:00 am - 11:00 am Coffee/Tea Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am Lecture #16 -
Rebecca Nelson
Title: TBA
(Email - ???)
11:30 pm - 12:00 noon Lecture #17 - TBA
12:00 noon - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Posters (Even numbered) &
Exhibits & Computer Demos
Coffee/Soda will be available
from 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Lecture #18 -
John Snape
JIC
Title: TBA
(SNAPE at BBSRC.AC.UK)
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Lecture #19 -
David Hoisington
CIMMYT International
"Application of Molecular Markers for
Improving Drought and Insect Resistance
in Tropical Maize"
(DHOISINGTON at ALPHAC.CIMMYT.MX)
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Lecture #20 - TBA
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Lecture #21
Martin Ganal
IPK
"Isolation and Characterization of Wheat
Microsatallite Markers"
(E-mail - ???)
5:30 pm - 5:35 pm Closing Remarks -
Stephen Heller
(SRHELLER at ORIGIN.NALUSDA.GOV)
and
Jerome Miksche
(JMIKSCHE at ORIGIN.NALUSDA.GOV)
Appendix A: Abstract Information
Information Required:
Name(s)
Name of presenter
Address(es)
Abstract (maximum of 250 words)
Type of Abstract: Workshop/Speaker/Poster/Computer (W/S/P/C)
Please note: Workshop and speaker abstracts are not
presented in the exhibit hall. Computer demonstration posters
(category 10 listed below) are also NOT presented in the exhibit
hall. Poster boards will be allocated only for Poster and
Computer abstracts (Categories 1-9 listed below) which will be
presented in the exhibit hall. If you want to have both a
workshop/speaker talk and a poster, submit two separate and
different abstracts, properly labeled.
Submitting a Category 10 computer abstract means that either
the program or system you are presenting is either on a computer
at the PG-IV computer room or is accessed via the Internet.
Category
1. Sequencing & EST's
2. Large Insert Libraries, Gene Isolation, Etc.
3. Marker Systems and Diversity:
a. General
b. SSR's
c. RAPD's
d. AFLP's
e. Other________________
4. Cytology, in situ and microcloning
5. Mapping & Tagging:
a. General Comparative
b. Rice
c. Wheat, Barley, Rye, Oat
d. Maize, Sorghum, Sugar Cane
e. Brassicas, Arabidopsis
f. Legumes, Soybeans, Common Beans
g. Tomato, Potato, Pepper
h. Fruit Trees
i. Forest Trees
j. Other Species_________________
6. Transformation
7. Genes & Pathways
8. Other_____________________
9. Computers (Not a demonstration)
a. Databases
b. Genome Software
10. Computer Demonstrations (This means the abstract will be in
final program, but the poster will not be given poster board
space.)
a. Databases
b. Genome Software
1. Printed forms available from Scherago.
2. WWW template available at NAL.
3. E-mail abstracts to NAL probe machine (must be only in ascii).
IMPORTANT
Please do NOT submit a paper form for your abstract if you
have access to electronic mail on the Internet or a World Wide
Web (WWW) browser with forms capability (e.g., Mosaic, Netscape,
Lynx). Your abstract will appear faster on the network and will
not have errors introduced by scanning the paper abstract form.
You may also save yourself some time.
Send a mail message to pg4form at probe.nalusda.gov - a blank
form will be returned by e-mail. The message does not need a
subject or a body. Fill out the form following the instructions
included with the form. Send the completed electronic form to
PGIV-abstracts at probe.nalusda.gov. To submit via the WWW browser:
Point your browser to: http://probe.nalusda.gov:8000
and follow the instructions.
FORMAT
Title in Capitals, Author(s) name (surname, first name) and
affiliation in upper and lower case. If multiple authors, please
underline the Presenting Author's name(s). Multiple presenting
authors are ONLY for poster abstracts (categories 1-9). Single
space all typing. The text of the abstract should be a single
paragraph starting with a three (3) space indentation. Do NOT use
a dot matrix printer. Do NOT send the abstract by FAX, we MUST
received the original.
Appendix B: Contact Information
Scherago (SCHERAGO at BIOTECHNET.COM)
1. Abstract Forms
2. Registration Forms/Information
3. Conference Hotel Information
4. Exhibit Information
5. Employment Office
Town & Country
1. Hotel Registration
2. Hotel deposits and payments.
Susan McCouch (SRM4 at CORNELL.EDU)
1. ISPBM Travel Grant Information
Stephen Heller (SRHELLER at NALUSDA.GOV)
1. Workshop Requests
Douglas Bigwood (DBIGWOOD at NALUSDA.GOV)
1. Electronic Abstracts
Steve Heller, USDA, ARS, Plant Genome Program
Bldg. 005, Room 337
Beltsville, MD 20705-2350
E-Mail: srheller at nalusda.gov
Phone: 301-504-6055 FAX: 301-504-6231
