FRIDAY 12th July Comparative Genomics: 7th Australasian Gene Mapping Workshop

FRIDAY 12th July Comparative Genomics: 7th Australasian Gene Mapping Workshop

Applied Biosystems sponsor of Comparative Genomics: 7th Australasian Gene Mapping Workshop

Keith Burrows Theatre

Plenary Session 7. Comparative Genomics

8.45-9.25 Neil Saunders
(University of NSW) Comparative Microbial Genomics

9.25-10.05 Bernard Dujon
(Institut Pasteur, France) Yeast Comparisons

10.05-10.45 John McEwan
(AgResearch, New Zealand) Use of EST sequence and comparative genomics to aid QTL gene discovery in farmed ruminants:
a view from the trenches

10.45-11.15 TEA
Red Centre Foyer

11.15-12.55 Concurrent Sessions
See next page for details

6A Gene and QTL mapping (Concurrent Session 10) Keith Burrows Theatre

6B Mapping and Animal Breeding (Concurrent Session 9A) Red Centre G001

1.00-2.00 LUNCH Fend for yourselves

Keith Burrows Theatre

Plenary Session 8. Comparative Genomics

2.00-2.40 Lutz Frönicke
(National Cancer Institute at Frederick, USA) New Insights into Mammalian Genome Evolution by Molecular Cytogenetics

2.40-3.20 Jenny Graves
(Australian National University) Toward a Kangaroo Genome Project

3.20-3.40 TEA
Red Centre Foyer

Plenary Session 9. Comparative Genomics (cont) Keith Burrows Theatre

3.40-4.20 Louise McKenzie
(The Jackson Laboratory) The Mouse Genome Database: A Resource for Comparative Genomics

4.20-5.00 Frank Nicholas
(University of Sydney) Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA)

5.00 Conference close

Keith Burrows Theatre

6A Gene and QTL mapping (Concurrent Session 10)

11.15-11.35 Ian Franklin
(Macquarie University) Identifying QTL for wool traits in sheep

11.35-11.55 Cynthia Bottema
(University of Adelaide) Comparative QTL mapping in mice for livestock traits

11.55-12.15 Kyall Zenger
(Macquarie University) The First Comprehensive Genetic Linkage map of a Marsupial - the Tammar Wallaby (M. eugenii)

12.15-12.35 Frank Gruetzner
(Australian National University) 400 Million Years of Conserved Synteny of Human Xp and Xq Genes on Three Pufferfish Chromosomes

12.35-12.55 Kathy Belov
(Australian Museum) Immunoglobulin genes of marsupials and monotremes

Red Centre G001

6B Disease gene mapping (Concurrent Session 11)

11.15-11.35 Scott Melville
(University of New South Wales) Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis in Border Collie Dogs

11.35-11.55 Merridee Ann Wouters
(Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute) Bioinformatics approaches to candidate gene selection in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)

11.55-12.15 Guanglan Guo
(Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute) Evaluation of the LMNA gene in families with dilated cardiomyopathy and conduction-system disease

12.15-12.35 Renee Frances Badenhop
(Garvan Institute of Medical Research) Genetic refinement and physical mapping of a 2.3Mb probable disease region defining a bipolar affective disorder susceptibility locus on chromosome 4q35

12.35-12.55 John Edwards
(Oxford University) The sib-similarity problem

8.45-9.25	Neil Saunders (University of NSW)	Comparative Microbial Genomics
9.25-10.05	Bernard Dujon (Institut Pasteur, France)	Yeast Comparisons
10.05-10.45	John McEwan (AgResearch, New Zealand)	Use of EST sequence and comparative genomics to aid QTL gene discovery in farmed ruminants: a view from the trenches

11.15-12.55	Concurrent Sessions	See next page for details
6A Gene and QTL mapping (Concurrent Session 10) Keith Burrows Theatre
6B Mapping and Animal Breeding (Concurrent Session 9A) Red Centre G001

2.00-2.40	Lutz Frönicke (National Cancer Institute at Frederick, USA)	New Insights into Mammalian Genome Evolution by Molecular Cytogenetics
2.40-3.20	Jenny Graves (Australian National University)	Toward a Kangaroo Genome Project

3.40-4.20	Louise McKenzie (The Jackson Laboratory)	The Mouse Genome Database: A Resource for Comparative Genomics
4.20-5.00	Frank Nicholas (University of Sydney)	Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA)

5.00	Conference close

11.15-11.35	Ian Franklin (Macquarie University)	Identifying QTL for wool traits in sheep
11.35-11.55	Cynthia Bottema (University of Adelaide)	Comparative QTL mapping in mice for livestock traits
11.55-12.15	Kyall Zenger (Macquarie University)	The First Comprehensive Genetic Linkage map of a Marsupial - the Tammar Wallaby (M. eugenii)
12.15-12.35	Frank Gruetzner (Australian National University)	400 Million Years of Conserved Synteny of Human Xp and Xq Genes on Three Pufferfish Chromosomes
12.35-12.55	Kathy Belov (Australian Museum)	Immunoglobulin genes of marsupials and monotremes

11.15-11.35	Scott Melville (University of New South Wales)	Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis in Border Collie Dogs
11.35-11.55	Merridee Ann Wouters (Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute)	Bioinformatics approaches to candidate gene selection in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)
11.55-12.15	Guanglan Guo (Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute)	Evaluation of the LMNA gene in families with dilated cardiomyopathy and conduction-system disease
12.15-12.35	Renee Frances Badenhop (Garvan Institute of Medical Research)	Genetic refinement and physical mapping of a 2.3Mb probable disease region defining a bipolar affective disorder susceptibility locus on chromosome 4q35
12.35-12.55	John Edwards (Oxford University)	The sib-similarity problem