3rd Semi-Annual Ecological Genomics Spring Workshop

Friday, May 6, 2005, 6:30 pm to 11:45 pm, KSU Alumni Center

Saturday, May 7, 2005,  9:00 am to 4:00 pm, KSU Student Union, Big 12 Room, 2nd Floor

 

 

Friday, May 6, 2005    All events on Friday evening will be held in the KSU Alumni Center, located at the NE corner of Denison & Anderson Avenues

 

5:30-6:30 pm   Registration, KSU Alumni Center, Banquet Rooms B & C

6:30-6:40 pm   Welcome and introduction of Advisory Board members

6:40-9:40 pm   Research presentations by ECOGEN research groups, Banquet Rooms B & C

                        (Please plan to present for 10-12 minutes and allow 5 minutes for Q&A.)

6:40-7:00         C. Mike Smith, Elena Boyko; Entomology, KSU.  A functional genomic approach to identify temperature response genes modulating plant arthropod challenge

7:00-7:20         Walter Dodds, Biology, KSU; David Graham & Charles Knapp, Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, KU/KSU; Mark Schneegurt, Biology, WSU.  Water quality and nitrogen loading in streams:  A molecular approach

7:20-7:40         Clint Springer & Joy Ward, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, KU.  Ecological genomics of the responses of Arabidopsis to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide

7:40-8:00         Ruth Ann Entwistle, Victoria Corbin, Molecular Biosciences, KU.  Analysis of Kirre gene expression in Drosophila

8:00-8:20         Steve Travers, Karen Garrett, Jan Leach, Scot Hulbert, Jianfa Bai, Plant Pathology, KSU; John Blair, Biology, KSU; Alan Knapp, CSU; and Melinda Smith, Yale University.  Variation in genetic diversity and gene expression in Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

 

8:20-8:40         Break

 

8:40-9:00         Jenny Archibald and Daniel Crawford, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, KU.  Morphology and ecology within Canary Island species of Tolpis: developing a framework of diversification

9:00-9:20         Afaq Shakir, Erik Lundquist, Molecular Biosciences, KU.  UNC-34 Enabled acts with Rac GTPase signaling and UNC-115 abLIM to control cell migration and axon pathfinding in C. elegans

9:20-9:40         Gary T. Miller & Jennifer M. Gleason, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, KU.  Drosophila and monarch evolutionary genomics

                        

9:45-11:45pm Reception featuring music hosted by the Red State Blues Band,

Barrett Wildcat Den, KSU Alumni Center

Cash bar will be available.

 

 

Saturday, May 7, 2005    All events will be held in the KSU Student Union.

 

7:30 –9:00am  Advisory Board breakfast meeting with KU and KSU Post-Docs, Bluemont Room,

2nd Floor,  KSU Student Union

 

8:30-9:00 am  Bagels and Beverages

 

9:00 a.m.         Workshop resumes with Research presentations,  Big 12 Room, 2nd Floor,

KSU Student Union  

9:00-9:20        John Kelly, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, KU.  Molecular evolution near QTL

9:20-9:40        Ken Jones, Joe Coolon, Mike Herman, John Blair, Biology; Tim Todd, Plant Pathology; Ludek Zurek, Entomology; KSU.  Genetic basis for the changes in nematode species composition in response to environmental cues

9:40-10:00      Samantha Wisely, Susan J. Brown, Biology, KSU.  Ecological, physiological and genomic consequences of environmental toxins

10:00-10:20    Robert Cohen, Shengyin Lin;  Molecular Biosciences, KU.  Identification of RNA localization elements in Drosophila--moving targets

 

10:20-10:40    Break

 

10:40-11:00    Mark Ungerer, Biology, KSU.  Hybridization, transposable elements, and genome evolution

11:00-11:20    Aparna G. Patankar, Tyler Suelter, Loretta C. Johnson, and Jyoti Shah, Biology, KSU.  Environmental influences on root development and productivity in tall grass prairie: Genomic and molecular approaches

11:20-11:40    Xiangyan Tong, Matthew Buechner, Molecular Biosciences, KU.  Cloning of exc-9, a conserved gene that affects the structure of the nematode osmoregulatory organ 

11:40-12:00    Lisa Timmons, Molecular Biosciences, KU.  Environmental influences on RNAi in Caenorhabditis elegans

 

12:00-1:00       Lunch, K Ballroom, 2nd Floor, KSU Union

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                        Advisory Board lunch meeting with Graduate and Undergraduate students, Bluemont Room, 2nd floor, KSU Union

 

1:00                 Research presentations continue in Big 12 Room

1:00-1:20        David Margolies, Yoonseong Park, Bhanu Konakandla, Entomology, KSU.  Using molecular markers to examine behavioral genetics of a predator-prey interaction

1:20-1:40        Erika Charbit, Zhanshan Dong, Judith Roe, Becca Davidson, Becca Snavely, Biology; Sanjoy Das, Electrical and Computer Engineering; William Hsu, Computer and Information Sciences; Stephen Welch, Agronomy; KSU.  Effects of photoperiod and temperature on Arabidopsis flowering time

1:40-2:00        Keith Gido, Biology; Gerald Reeck, Biochemistry; KSU.  Temperature adaptation and heat shock proteins in Kansas minnows and the Zebrafish

2:00-2:15         Break

 

2:15-3:45         Break-out Groups/Brainstorming session in State Rooms on 1st Level

Discuss goals, objectives and future plans post-EPSCoR funding. 

                                    All research group members, including students and post-docs,  are expected to participate in this important activity.

                        2:15-2:45         Break-out groups meet

                        2:45-3:15         Break-out groups report

                        3:15-3:45         Group discussion

 

3:45-4:00         Closing comments by Advisory Board

 

4:00                             Adjourn to the Little Apple Brewing Company, 1110 Westloop Shopping Center, for further dialogue and exchange of ideas.

 

6:30ish            Advisory Board summarizes visit with ECOGEN thrust leaders Johnson, Cohen, and Herman (Crawford unable to attend), and Kristin Bowman-James, Kansas NSF EPSCoR, during  dinner at Little Apple Brewing Company.