ISAG 2010 - International Society for Animal Genetics Conference

Scientific Programme

The conference will be structured around themes, each with invited speakers covering major topics in, or relevant to, animal genetics and genomics, together with a programme of workshops organised by ISAG standing committees and poster sessions.

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Conference Programme

Monday 26 July 2010
0830	Registration: poster mounting
1000	Coffee break
1030	Welcome
1100	Plenary session 1 - Comparative Genomics
	Kerstin Linblad-Toh, Broad Institute, USA; Uppsala University, Sweden The power of comparative genetics and genomics
	Speaker sponsored by ISAG
1200	Poster Session 1 (authors of odd-numbered posters to be present at their posters)
	Lunch/exhibition area open
1330	Workshops§
	Domestic animal sequencing Organising committee: ISAG Domestic animal genome sequencing committee Contact: Jim Reecy: jreecy@iastate.edu
	ISAG-FAO Genetic Diversity ISAG-FAO Genetic Diversity committee Contact: Johannes Lenstra: J.A.Lenstra@uu.nl
	Domestic animal epigenetics Contact: Hasan Khatib: hkhatib@wisc.edu
	Applied Genetics of Companion Animals* Organising committee: Applied Genetics of Companion Animals committee Contact: Leslie Lyons (cats): lalyons@ucdavis.edu, Cindy Harper (dogs): charper@op.up.ac.za
	Applied sheep and goat genetics* Organising committee: ISAG Applied Genetics in Sheep and Goats committee Contact: Gesine Luehken: Gesine.Luehken@agrar.uni-giessen.de
1700	end of session
	Welcome Reception - sponsored by Biosciences Knowledge Transfer Network
Tuesday 27 July 2010
0900	Plenary session 2 - Reading the genome Ewan Birney, European Bioinformatics Institute, UK Using intra-species variation to understanding basic biology
0945	Randy Jirtle, Duke University Medical Center, USA Epigenetics, Imprinting and Disease Susceptibility
	Speaker sponsored by ISAG
1030	Coffee break
1100	Plenary session 3 – Selective sweeps and domestication Elinor Karlsson, Broad Institute, USA Finding the casual variant in selective sweeps
1145	Greger Larson, Durham University, UK Domestication, Dispersal and Hybridisation: The next generation of emerging narratives
1230	Poster Session 1 (authors of even-numbered posters to be present at their posters)
	Lunch/exhibition area open
1400	Workshops§
	Ruminant genetics and genomics Organising committee: ISAG Cattle, sheep, goat gene mapping committee Contact: Fiona Buchanan: fiona.buchanan@usask.ca
	Horse genetics and genomics Organising committee: ISAG Horse genome mapping committee Contact: Tosso Leeb: tosso.leeb@itz.unibe.ch
	Pig genetics and genomics Organising committee: ISAG Pig gene mapping and applied genetics committee Contact: Max Rothschild: mfroths@iastate.edu
	Avian genetics and genomics Organising committee: ISAG poultry gene mapping committee Contact: Richard Crooijmans: richard.crooijmans.wur.nl
	Animal Forensics Organising committee: ISAG Animal Forensic Genetics Committee Contact: Sree Kanthaswamy: skanthaswamy@ucdavis.edu
1730	end of session

Wednesday 28 July 2010
0900	Plenary session 4 - Exploiting genomics to dissect the genetic control of complex traits Ariel Darvasi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in humans: Is the genetic revolution finally here?"
	Speaker sponsored by ISAG
0945	Michel Georges, University of Liege, Belgium Identifying regulatory QTN in livestock
1030	Coffee break
1100	Plenary session 5 - Exploiting genomics to dissect the genetic control of complex traits Tim Frayling, University of Exeter, UK Exploiting genomics to dissect the genetic control of complex traits in humans
1145	Leif Andersson, Uppsala University, Sweden How selective sweeps in domestic animals can teach human medicine
1230	Poster Session 2 (authors of odd-numbered posters to be present at their posters)
	Lunch/exhibition area open
1400	Workshops§
	SABRE - Cutting Edge Genomics for Sustainable Animal Breeding Sponsored by the European Commission SABRE project Organising committee: n/a Contact: Toine Roozen : toine.roozen@genesis-faraday.org
	Comparative and functional genomics Organising committee: ISAG Comparative and functional genomics committee Contact: Chris Tuggle : cktuggle@iastate.edu
	Cattle Molecular markers and parentage testing workshop* Organising committee: ISAG Cattle Molecular markers and parentage testing committee Contact: Leanne van de Goo lgo@vhladmin.nl
	Genetics and Genomics of Aquacultured Species Organising committee: Contact: Eric Peatman peatmer@auburn.edu; Sylvie Quiniou: Sylvie.quiniou@ars.usda.gov
	Chicken and pig DNA genotyping comparison tests ² Organising committee: Contact: Emiliano Lasagna: elasagna@unipg.it (chicken); Vincenzo Landi: landivincenzo@yahoo.it (pig)
1730	end of session

Thursday 29 July 2010
0900	Plenary session 6 – Genetics and disease Anne Storset, Norwegian School of Veterinary Medicine, Norway The role of NK cells in health and disease
0945	David Schneider, Stanford University, USA How manipulation of resistance and tolerance to infections can alter animal health and disease transmission
	Speaker sponsored by ISAG
1030	Coffee Break
1100	Plenary session 7 - Genetics and disease Pete Kaiser, The Roslin Institute, UK Mapping resistance to chicken gut bacterial pathogens – Salmonella and Campylobacter
1200	Poster Session 2 (authors of even-numbered posters to be present at their posters)
	Lunch/exhibition area open
1330	Workshops§
	Genetics of Immune Response Organising committee: ISAG Genetics of Immune Response committee Contact: Sue Lamont: sjlamont@iastate.edu, Herman Raadsma: raadsma@camden.usyd.edu.au
	Dog genetics and genomics Organising committee: ISAG Dog genome mapping committee Contact: Alan Wilton: a.wilton@unsw.edu.au
	Equine genetics and Thoroughbred parentage testing* Organising committee: ISAG Equine genetics and Thoroughbred parentage testing standardization committee Contact:
	Comparative MHC workshop Organising committee: ISAG Comparative MHC Steering Committee Contact: Keith Ballingall: Keith.Ballingall@moredun.ac.uk
	Publishing and participating in Animal Genetics - advice for early career scientists Organising committee: Editors and publishers of Animal Genetics Contact: Debbie Wright: dewright@wiley.com, Chris Moran: chrism@vetsci.usyd.edu.au
1700	end of session
1930	Bus transfers to dinner venue Conference Dinner, Dynamic Earth

Friday 30 July 2010
0900	Plenary session 8 – Genetics and the next Green Revolution (population genetics) Sponsored by Biosciences Knowledge Transfer Network Bill Hill, University of Edinburgh, UK Livestock improvement: how fast have we gone: how fast can we go?
0945	Ben Hayes, Department of Primary Industries, Australia Improving efficiency of animal protein production with genomic selection
1030	Coffee break
1100	Plenary session 9 – Genetics and the next Green Revolution (genetic modification) Helen Sang, The Roslin Institute, UK Genetic modification of farmed animal species: current state of the art and opportunities for applications
1145	Jayne Raper, New York University of Medicine, New York, USA Trypanosomiasis resistant cattle
1230	Lunch
1330	Business meeting including prize giving

§ The programme for the afternoon workshops will comprise a mix of presentations from speakers invited by the workshop organisers and oral presentations of papers selected from the submitted abstracts. Workshops flagged with (*) will include the analysis and discussion of the results from ISAG sponsored comparison tests.

²This workshop will discuss the results from recent unofficial comparison tests.