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6^TH ROSACEOUS GENOMICS CONFERENCE

MEZZOCORONA – PALAROTARI, ITALY, 30^TH SEPTEMBER – 4^TH OCTOBER 2012

SUNDAY 30^th SEPTEMBER

Arrival and Accommodation

17:00  Registration in the Historical Cellar of the Palarotari, Mezzocorona

18:20  Opening lecture: J. Salse - Plant and animal genome structural, functional and evolutionary plasticity

19:00-21:30  Welcome dinner

MONDAY 1^st OCTOBER

8:00-09:00     Registration

8:30   F. Salamini - Welcome address

8:40   Local authorities - Institutional address 

8:50   R. Viola - Welcome address

8:55   R. Velasco - Welcome address

9:00    Plenary lecture: S. Myles - Genotyping-by-sequencing in apple: Enormous promise and significant challenges

Session 1– Structural Genomics

Chair: Sue Gardiner

9:30    S. Gardiner - A draft genome sequence of European pear (Pyruscommunis L. ‘Bartlett’)

10:10  T.M. Davis - Genome compositions in the octoploid and decaploid strawberries

10:25  S. Montanari - Identification ofPyrus single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and evaluation for genetic mapping in European pear and inter-specificPyrus hybrids

10:25  J.M. Bradeen - The RosaR80 system: a framework for cross-species comparative analyses of R-genes from Rosaceous species

10:55  Coffee break

11:15  AFFYMETRIX Special event. F. Brew - How do you accelerate your genomics program from NGS to molecular breeding?

Session 2- Functional Genomics

Chair: Herman Silva

11:45  H. Silva - A functional genomics approach to understand cracking susceptibility in sweet cherry (Prunusavium)

12:15  G. Sanchez - An integrative “omics” approach identifies new candidate genes to impact aroma volatiles in peach fruit

12:30  T. Hytönen - Interconnected molecular pathways control vegetative and floral development inFragariavesca

12:45  R. Schaffer - The complexity of apple fruit ripening

13:00  Lunch

Session 3- Emerging Omics

Chair: Fulvio Mattivi

14:00  R. Wehrens- High-throughput metabolomics - challenges for bioinformatics

14:30  V. Shulaev - Harvesting the strawberry genome: from genes to metabolic networks

14:45  A. Orellana - Unravelling the proteome of thePrunuspersica mesocarp during softening

15:00-17:00 First poster session (Even numbers)

17:00-19:00 Second poster session (Oddnumbers)

15:00-17:00 Special event. Illumina - Genome Studio workshop Session 1

17:00-19:00 Special event.Illumina -Genome Studio workshop Session 2

15:00-19:00 Special event. Global Crop Diversity Trust-Expert consultation workshop on the use of crop wild relatives for pre-breeding in apple

15:00-19:00  Special event. Meetingof the COST Action on cherries

Additional activities: FEM Campus visit

19:00-20:00  Special event. Wine & cheese

TUESDAY 2^nd OCTOBER

8:45    Plenary lecture: J. Giovannoni - Tomato as a model for analysis of molecular control of fruit ripening

Session 4-PlantGenetics

Chair: Amy Iezzoni

9:25    A. Iezzoni - The genetic control of fruit size in cherry (Prunus): from phenotype to candidate genes

9:55    S. Kumar - Genome-wide association study of apple fruit traits in an experimental population

10:10  A. Monfort - A walk around the phenotype of diploid strawberry using a NILs collection

10:25  C. Romero - Self-compatibility associated with pollen modifier gene(s) in apricot

10:40  Coffee break

11:00-11:30  ILLUMINA Special event. R. Scavelli - Genotyping by sequencing with Illumina technology

Session 5– Fruit quality

Chair:Elizabeth Dirlewanger

11:30  E. Dirlewanger and J. Quero-Garcia- The genetic control of fruit quality traits in two prunus species: peach and cherry

12:00  F. Costa – Genomic approaches towards efficient assisted breeding for fruit quality in apple

12:15  R. Pirona- Genetic dissection of peach fruit quality traits

12:30  E.J. Buck- Genetic control of fruit sugar content across the Rosaceae

12:45  Lunch

Session 6 - Applied Molecular Breeding

Chair: Pere Arús

13:45  P. Arús- Towards the enrichment of the peach gene pool with alleles from wild species: the collection of peach-almond introgression lines

14:15  S. Martens - Genetic and molecular characterisation of apple-pear hybrids (Malusdomestica×Pyruscommunis)

14:30  M. Davey - Allelic-specific markers for fruit vitamin C breeding in apple

14:45  K. Gasic- Mapping QTLs Associated with Resistance to Bacterial Spot (Xanthomonasarboricolapv.pruni) in Peach

15:00  Coffee break

Session 7-International ‘Omics’ Projects

Chair: Francois Laurens

15:20   F. Laurens - Progress in EU-FruitBreedomics

15:35  M. Jänsch - Precise mapping an identification of SNPs associated with the apple scab resistance genesRvi2,Rvi4 andRvi11

15:50  D. Micheletti - Genetic variability description in a wide germplasm of domesticated peach through high throughput genotyping

16:05  M. Bink - Discovery & interpretation of multiple linked QTL

16:20  E.van de Weg - Towards a large sized Axiom SNP array for the allo-octoploid strawberry

16:35  C. Peace - Jewels in the apple genome: RosBREED’s conversion of reported trait loci for fruit quality into DNA tests routinely used in breeding

19:30-23:30  Social Dinner at Castello di Toblino – Poster awards

WEDNESDAY 3^rd OCTOBER

8:30    Plenary lecture: L. Han - Strategy for identification of functionally important genes and marker-assisted plant breeding using NGS technology

Session 8- Genetic Engineering

Chair: Henk Schouten

9:40    H. Schouten - New plant breeding techniques in the EU

10:00  C. Gessler - Can genetic engineering reduce pesticide use in apple orchards?

10:20  H. Flachowsky - Trans- and cis-genic approaches to improve apple breeding at JKI in Dresden-Pillnitz

10:35  A. Chambers -Fragaria Functional Genomics

10:50  Coffee break

Session 9 - Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Chair: Dorrie Main

11:10  S. Jung - Ten years of GDR: Current resources and functionality GDR

11:40  J. Ward – Progress on the development of a genome sequence for red raspberryRubus idaeus

11:55  J. Jansen - Statistical tools and software for the construction of integrated genetic linkage maps of outbreeding species using SNP markers with apple as a model

12:10  J.M. Celton - Re-annotation and transcript expression analysis of the apple genome

12:25 Lunch

Session 10- Pests and Diseases

Chair: Bert Abbott

13:40  B. Abbott - Exploiting the peach genome sequence for identification of candidate genes for disease resistance in fruit and forest trees

13:55  H. Duval - Marker assisted breeding for peach seedling rootstocks resistant to root-knot-nematodes

14:10  V. Decroocq - Integrated approaches inPrunusarmeniaca for resistance to sharka disease

14:25  A. Peil - Indications for a gene-for-gene relationship in theMalus×robusta –ErwiniaAmylovora host pathogen system

14:40-15:40  Discussion

Conclusion and farewell

15:40-17:40  RosExec and RosIGI meetings*

16:30 Visit at Castello del Buonconsiglio (optional)

THURSDAY 4^th OCTOBER

8.00–20.00 Dolomites Bus Trip - Bolzano + Ötzi Museum

*The mission of the US Rosaceae Genomics, Genetics and Breeding Executive Committee (RosExec) is to serve as a communication and coordination focal point for the US Rosaceae genomics, genetics and breeding community; to define research priorities based on input from the industry and research community; to facilitate scientific interaction and foster dynamic research teams; to promote research priorities; and to coordinate educational efforts from the research community to the industry and the public.
RosIGI is an organization that serves to ensure communication among Rosaceae researchers and organize the biennial Rosaceae Genomics Conference; coordinate international efforts on several key initiatives within the areas of Comparative Genomics, Structural Genomics, and Functional Genomics; and facilitate scientific interaction among members of the research community.

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