ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

The i5K Initiative: A Global View of Arthropod Genomes

Sunday, November 11, 2012: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
300 A, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Organizer :
Susan Brown


8:00 AM
0001
Estimating genome size
Shawn Hanrahan, Texas A&M University
8:20 AM
0002
The i5K genome sequencing initiative at the HGCS, Baylor College of Medicine
Stephen Richards, Baylor College of Medicine
8:40 AM
0003
New insights from the body louse genome
Barry R. Pittendrigh, University of Illinois
9:00 AM
0004
Withdrawn
9:20 AM
0005
Progress on the bumblebee genome project
Seth M. Barribeau, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich
9:40 AM
0006
Progress on the genome of the primitively social wasp Polistes dominula
Amy L. Toth, Iowa State University
10:00 AM
Break
10:15 AM
0007
Extraordinary expansion and rapid diversification of effector genes for host adaptation in the Hessian fly genome
Jeff J. Stuart, Purdue University
10:35 AM
0008
The Manduca sexta genome project
Susan Brown, Center for Genomic Studies on Arthropods Affecting Human Animal and Plant Health, Kansas State University
10:55 AM
0009
Progress on sequencing and genome assembly for the Western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera: Current status and potential use to model plant root-insect interactions
Brad S. Coates, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
11:15 AM
0010
The genome sequence of the most destructive insect pest of coffee crops, the coffee berry borer
Lucio Navarro, Purdue University
11:35 AM
0011
The Exemplar Beetle Genomes Project: Building genomic resources to support studies in beetle phylogenomics and evolution
Duane D. McKenna, University of Memphis
11:55 AM
0012
Concluding remarks
Susan Brown, Center for Genomic Studies on Arthropods Affecting Human Animal and Plant Health, Kansas State University
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