Workshops for the 62nd Annual Maize Genetics Meeting
The "Maize Annotation Jamboree" workshop has limited seating. Pre-registration is required (see contact information below). The "Maize Developmental Genetics Meeting" is nearly full. Please contact the organizers if you are interested in attending. Attendance for all the other workshops are open to everyone, and seats will be allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis.
2020 Schedule:
Maize Annotation Jamboree
Tuesday-Thursday
March 10 - 12, 2020 | Location: Hualalai Room (limited to 30 registered participants) |
Contact |
| Tuesday, 6:00pm - 8:00pm |
Maize Annotation Jamboree: Welcome Dinner
(located outside at the Pa'akai Point) |
Doreen Ware,
Marcela K. Tello-Ruiz
Cristina Fernandez-Marco |
| Wednesday, 9:00am - 8:00pm |
Maize Annotation Jamboree: Day #1 |
| Thursday, 9:00am - 4:00pm |
Maize Annotation Jamboree: Day #2 |
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Maize Community Workshops: Room 1
Thursday
March 12, 2020 | Location: Mauna Loa Room (limited to first 70 participants per session) |
Contact |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm |
Maize Genetic Transformation Technology: an Update
In this workshop, labs from both academic and industry will share their research and protocol details of genetic transformation in maize inbred lines.
Schedule:
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Heidi Kaeppler (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Transformation of maize inbred line, LH244, a new public resource for maize functional genomics research
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Morgan McCaw (Iowa State University, USA)
Genetic transformation of Fast-Flowering Mini Maize
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Bill Gordon-Kamm (Corteva AgriScience, USA)
Leaf Transformation in maize: differences and similarities compared to immature embryo transformation |
Kan Wang |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm |
Maize Community Resources: MaizeGDB & Gramene |
Lisa Harper,
Marcela K. Tello-Ruiz |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Maize Epigenetics and Chromatin (Maize EPIC) Network
Biology Talks (20 min each):
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(4:00pm) Sarah Anderson, Iowa State University
Dynamic TE transcripts suggest open chromatin in repetitive regions of the maize genome
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(4:20pm) Thelma Madzima, University of Washington Bothell
MOP1-mediated epigenetic regulation of ABA-induced transcriptional responses in maize
Resource Talks (15 min each)
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(4:40pm) Kelly Dawe, University of Georgia
NAM pan-genome and (soon to arrive) pan-methylome
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(4:55pm) Rob Martienssen, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
The MaizeCODE pilot Project
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(5:10pm) Hank Bass, Florida State University
Maize EPIC Network Discussion
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Hank Bass,
Vincenzo Rossi |
Maize Community Workshops: Room 2
Thursday
March 12, 2020 | Location: Mauna Kea (limited to first 80 participants per session) |
Contact |
| 9:00am - 4:00pm |
Maize Developmental Genetics Meeting
(Session is nearly full - please contact Sarah and Paula before attending) |
Paula McSteen,
Sarah Hake |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm |
Break |
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| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
Speed Networking with Undergraduates: Connecting to Community |
Mark Lubkowitz |
Register:
There is no registration form this year for the community and resource workshops. The Maize Annotation Jamboree workshop is limited to registered graduate students and faculty interested in course development, click here to apply. Workshops will be walk-in only, open to everyone, limited seating for each section will be allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Location:
The workshops will take place in the Sheraton Kona meeting rooms. Click the image below to see a map of the hotel conference area.
Map
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