• Workshop:  Community Contributions to Genome Annotation.  Christine Elsik (BeeBase), Georgetown University, will provide training on the Apollo Genome Annotation Curation Tool.  Cost to attend this optional workshop is $25.  Seating is limited to the first 40 registrants.

The following featured speakers will present new insights from genomic approaches in arthropods and describe the development of tools for genomic analysis. The Symposium sessions will begin  Friday at 8:30 am and conclude Saturday at 4:00 pm.

• John Kenneth Colbourne, Indiana University

• Christine G. Elsik, Georgetown University

• Sarjeet S. Gill, University of California, Riverside

• Catherine A. Hill, Purdue University

• Thomas Kaufman, Indiana University

• J. Robert Manak, University of Iowa

• Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan, Kansas State University

• Hugh M. Robertson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Bruce R. Schatz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Jeff Stuart, Purdue University

• Judith H. Willis, University of Georgia

• Evgeny Zdobnov, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland

Poster sessions:  There will be two poster sessions.  A few platform presentations will be chosen from submitted poster abstracts.

• Workshop:  Chado - A Database Schema for Integrating Biological Data.  Scott Cain and Dave Clements of GMOD will discuss Chado and how to integrate it with other GMOD components such as Apollo and GBrowse.

 Symposium funding provided by the Center for Genomic Studies on Arthropods Affecting Human, Animal and Plant Health with support from Targeted Excellence at Kansas State University.