| FRIDAY |
12th July |
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| Plenary Session 7. |
Comparative Genomics |
Keith Burrows Theatre
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| 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
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| Concurrent Session 10 |
Gene and QTL mapping |
Keith Burrows Theatre
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| 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 (Macropus 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 |
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| Concurrent Session 11 |
Disease gene mapping |
Red Centre G001
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| 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 |
| 1.10-2.00 |
LUNCH |
Fend for yourselves
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| Plenary Session 8 |
Comparative Genomics |
Keith Burrows Theatre
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| 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
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| Plenary Session 9 |
Comparative Genomics |
Keith Burrows Theatre
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| 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 |
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