ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

5,000 Insect Genome Project Workshop

Sunday, November 13, 2011: 1:00 PM-4:30 PM
Room E1-E3, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Susan Brown
Kevin Hackett
Owain R. Edwards
Gene Robinson
Stephen Richards
1:00 PM
Why sequence 5000 arthropod  (mostly insect) genomes?
Kevin Hackett, USDA - ARS; Owain R. Edwards, CSIRO; Gene Robinson, University of Illinois
2:00 PM
i5K organization, wiki page, working groups, update on species selection and sequencing efforts, How can I participate?
Susan Brown, Kansas State University; Stephen Richards, Baylor College of Medicine
3:00 PM
Breakout sessions: discussion and feedback.

Led by Kevin Hackett, Owain Edwards, Gene Robinson, Sue Brown and Stephen Richards

3:45 PM
Summary reports from breakout sessions
Susan Brown, Kansas State University
4:30 PM
Concluding Remarks
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