Xenopus Genome Jamboree

Agenda

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Monday, April 24, 2006 - Genome Structure

8:30 Shuttle bus departs from Embassy Suites to JGI
8:45 Sign-in and continental breakfast at JGI
9:00-9:30 Set-up, Introductions, Overview, and Goals
Paul Richardson, Richard Harland, Rob Grainger
9:30-10:00 Sequencing and Assembly
Nik Putnam (PDF)
10:00-10:45 EST and cDNA Sequencing
Erika Lindquist, Peter Brokstein, Mike Gilchrist (Intro, remainder)
10:45-11:15 cDNA and Genome Annotations at Sanger 
Laurens Wilming PPT, PDF
11:15-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:30 Gene Modeling, Content, and Browser
Astrid Terry, Asaf Salamov, Igor Grigoriev
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30 Phylogeny and Metazome Overview
Bill Dirks, David Goodstein, Dan Rokhsar
2:30-2:45 BAC Sequencing
Jan-Fang Cheng
2:45-3:15 Laevis/Tropicalis Comparisons 
Uffe Hellsten
3:15-3:30 Coffee break
3:30-5:00 Browsing and discussions
5:15 Shuttle bus departs from JGI to Embassy Suites

Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - Transcription Factors and Signaling

8:30 Shuttle bus departs from Embassy Suites to JGI
8:45 Sign-in and continental breakfast at JGI
9:00-9:30 Conserved Non-Coding Regions 
Ivan Ovcharenko, Len Pennacchio
9:30-10:00 Transcription Factor Families and Conserved Non-Coding Regions 
Hajime Ogino
10:00-10:30 Expression Analysis
Nicholas Pollet
10:30-12:00 Coffee break, browsing, and JGI Tours
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Early Patterning
Richard Harland, Lyle Zimmerman
1:30-2:00 FGF
Enrique Amaya
2:00-2:30 Wnt
2:30-3:00 Coffee break
3:00-3:30 BMP and Homeoboxes
Ken Cho, Ira Blitz
3:30-4:00 BMP
Lyle Zimmerman, Masanori Taira, Mustafa Khokha
4:00-4:30 Hox and Sox
Tim Grammer,Ira Blitz
4:30-5:00 Discussions
5:15 Shuttle bus departs from JGI to Embassy Suites

Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - Systems

8:30 Shuttle bus departs from Embassy Suites to JGI
8:45 Sign-in and continental breakfast at JGI
9:00-9:30 Neural Crest  
Anne-Helene Monsoro-Burq (via Phone)
9:30-10:00 Endoderm  
Aaron Zorn (via Phone)
10:00-10:30 Metamorphosis
Yun-Bo Shi
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:30 Hematopoesis
Paul Mead
11:30-12:00 Heart
Frank Conlon, Chris Showell, Paul Krieg
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Immune System
Jacques Robert, Yuko Ota
1:30-2:00 Nervous System
Takuya Nakayama
2:00-2:30 Eye
Rob Grainger
2:30-3:00 Coffee break
3:00-5:00 Browsing and paper discussion
5:15 Shuttle bus departs from JGI to Embassy Suites
6:00 Shuttle Bus departs Embassy Suites to Restaurant
Shuttle Bus will return to Embassy Suites after dinner
6:15 Jamboree Dinner
Scott’s Seafood Grill and Bar
1333 N. California Blvd., Walnut Creek (corner of Calif. & Bonanza Streets)
(925) 934-1300

Driving Instructions to Restaurant from JGI (if not using Jamboree Shuttle Bus)

Make right on Mitchell out of JGI parking lot, left on N. Wiget at stop sign, right on Ygnacio for 2.7 miles, left on N. California for .5 mile, right on Bonanza into parking garage.

Parking at Restaurant

The restaurant has a valet parking garage on Bonanza Street; metered parking is also available on both California and Bonanza Streets – free after 6:00 pm.

Thursday, April 27, 2006

8:30 Shuttle bus departs from Embassy Suites to JGI
8:45 Sign-in and continental breakfast at JGI
9:00-10:00 Browsing and annotation
10:00-10:30 Limb Development
Richard Harland
10:30-11:00 Sex Determination
Tyrone Hayes
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:00 Reproductive System
12:00-1:30 Lunch and discussions
1:30-2:00 Transposable Elements                                    Vladimir Kapitonov
2:00-2:30 Genome Organization, Finishing Challenges
Jeremy Schmutz
2:30-3:00 Micro RNAs
Mike Gilchrist
3:00-5:00 Browsing and paper discussion
5:15 Shuttle bus departs from JGI to Embassy Suites

Friday, April 28, 2006

8:30 Shuttle bus departs from Embassy Suites to JGI
8:45 Sign-in and continental breakfast at JGI
9:00-9:30 Paper Outline
Paul Richardson
9:30-10:00 Gene Content Summary
Astrid Terry
10:00-11:00 Phylogeny Summary
Dan Rokhsar
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:00 Development Summary
Richard Harland
12:00-12:30 Systems Summary                                                Rob Grainger
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Manuscript preparation and discussions (optional)
3:00 Conclude
3:00 Shuttle bus departs from JGI to Embassy Suites