Genomics-assisted breeding for boosting crop and livestock improvement
Conference
Programme
Day 1
Wednesday, May 10
MORNING SESSION
Joint Session with “At the Forefront of Plant Research”
08:30 | Registration
09:15 | Welcome from the organizers
Chair: Laura Botigué
09:30 | Cristobal UauyCrop breeding as a DNA-assembly problem
10:15 | Nils SteinThe barley pan-genome: large structural genome variation is not rare
11:00 | Coffee
Chair: Iban Eduardo
11:30 | Bruno Contreras-MoreiraUpgrading the gene annotation at the population level reveals the diverse pan-gene set of Asian rice
12:15 | Dani ZamirEpistasis time
13:00 | Danelle SeymourIntegrating scales to traverse the genotype-phenotype divide in citrus
13:45 | Closing remarks for “At the forefront of plant research 2023” conference
14:00 | Lunch / Posters
Chair: Marcel Amills
15:15 | Carole CharlierMapping genomic loci influencing inter-individual variation in the transposition rate of endogenous retroviruses in the bovine germline
16:00 | Robin BuellMulti-omics reveals mechanisms underlying chemical diversity
16:45 | Andrés LegarraGenomic evaluation methods to include intermediate correlated features such as high-throughput or omics phenotypes
Day 2
Thursday, May 11
Chair: Marta Pujol
09:30 | Alison van EenennaamUse of gene editing technologies in livestock production systems
10:15 | Pierre SourdilleImproving admixture for the development of original and productive wheat varieties
11:00 | Coffee
Chair: Àlex Clop
11:30 | Hubert PauschPangenome-wide association testing in domestic cattle and their wild relatives
12:15 | Fred van ExInari SeedDesign: next generation crop improvement
13:00 | Lingzhao FangFarmGTEx: harnessing regulatory variants for livestock improvement
13:45 | Lunch / Posters
Chair: Maria José Aranzana
15:00 | Richard MottToolkits for animal and crop improvement: Multiparental populations to dissect standing variation, and protocols to share proprietary genetic and phenotypic data
15:45 | Hans DaetwylerCollaboration in Academia and Industry: from 1000 Bull Genomes to Vegetable Breeding
16:30 | Closing remarks
Meet the
Speakers
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