Titel: 3rd International Conference on Legume Genomics and Genetics: Genes to Corps

Termin: 9.4.2006, 17:30 Uhr, bis 13.4.2006, 15:30 Uhr

Veranstaltungsort:
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
South Bank, Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

Referenten: Alex Borisov (St Petersburg, Russia) *** Andrew James (Brisbane, Australia) *** Arief Indrasumunar (Brisbane, Australia) *** Barry Rolfe (Canberra, Australia) *** Bernard Carroll (Brisbane, Australia) *** Carroll Vance (St Paul, USA) *** Catherine Golstein (Paris, France) *** Catherine Rameau (Versailles, France) *** Chris Town (Rockville, USA) *** Christine Beveridge (Brisbane, Australia) *** Colin Turnbull (Wye, United Kingdom) *** Craig Atkins (Perth, Australia) *** Da Luo (Shanghai, China) *** Dan Roberts (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA) *** David Bird (Raleigh, USA) *** David Day (Sydney, Australia) *** David Lightfoot (Carbondale, USA) *** Delphine Moreau (Dijon, France) *** Doug Cook (Davis, USA) *** Federico Sanchez (Morelos, Mexico) *** Florian Frugier (Gif-sur-Yvette, France) *** Gary Stacey (Columbia, USA) *** Georg Weiller (Canberra, Australia) *** German Spangenberg (Bundoora, Australia) *** Giles Oldroyd (Norwich, United Kingdom) *** Gina Hernandez (Cuernavaca, Mexico) *** György Kiss (Szeged, Hungary) *** Hans Weber (Gatersleben, Germany) *** Helge Küster (Bielfield, Germany) *** Henry Nguyen (Columbia, USA) *** Janet Sprent (Fife, United Kingdom) *** Jêrome Verdier (Dijon, France) *** Jiayu Wen (Canberra, Australia) *** Jim Reid (Hobart, Australia) *** Jim Weller (Hobart, Australia) *** John Marsh (Norwich, United Kingdom) *** John Mattick (Brisbane, Australia) *** Julia Frugoli (Clemson, USA) *** Julie Hofer (Norwich, United Kingdom) *** Karam Singh (Perth, Australia) *** Khalid Meksem (Carbondale, USA) *** Kristin Bilyeu (Columbia, USA) *** Kristina Lindström (Viikinkaari, Finland) *** Krzysztof Szczyglowski (London, Canada) *** Madan Bhattacharyya (Ames, USA) *** Marc Van Montagu (Ghent, Belgium) *** Marcelle Holsters (Ghent, Belgium) *** Maria Harrison (Ithaca, USA) *** Melissa Goellner Mitchum (Missouri, USA) *** Michael Djordjevic (Canberra, Australia) *** Michael Sheahan (Newcastle, Australia) *** Michael Udvardi (Golm, Germany) *** Mohan Singh (Parkville, Australia) *** Noel Ellis (Norwich, United Kingdom) *** Pam Hines (Washington DC, USA) *** Penelope Smith (Sydney, Australia) *** Peter Gresshoff (Brisbane, Australia) *** Peter Winter (Frankfurt, Germany) *** Prem Bhalla (Melbourne, Australia) *** Ralf Dietzgen (Brisbane, Australia) *** Ram Singh (Urbana, USA) *** Randy Shoemaker (Ames, USA) *** Ray Rose (Newcastle, Australia) *** Rene Geurts (Wageningen, The Netherlands) *** Richard Oliver (Perth, Australia) *** Satoshi Tabata (Chiba, Japan) *** Scott Jackson (West Lafayette, USA) *** Shinji Kawasaki (Ibaraki, Japan) *** Simona Radutoiu (Aarhus, Denmark) *** Steven Clark (Ann Arbor, USA) *** Tianfu Han (Beijing, China) *** Trevor Wang (Norwich, United Kingdom) *** Ulrike Mathesius (Canberra, Australia) *** Warren Williams (Palmerston North, New Zealand) *** William Brougton (Geneva, Switzerland)

Weitere Informationen:
http://www.iclgg3.org/

Kurzbeschreibung: The major aim of research is to discover the connection between structure and function. This biennial conference focuses on the genetics and genomics of one of the major plant groups, namely the legumes. Legumes are major crop plants for the benefit of human food, animal feed, vegetable oil and nutriceutical production. Their benefits are recognized around the world. Legumes also serve as a model plant, providing useful information for the improvement of other crops such as tomato, sunflower, cotton, corn and rice. The biochemistry of legumes is distinct from that of other plant groups and many unique molecules, often used in biomedical applications, are found among legume metabolites. Isoflavones and plant sterols are just two major examples.

The ICLGG-3 will be held in Brisbane, Australia and is hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research (CILR). The meeting will bring together world experts, reporting their findings in both crop as well as model legumes. The model legume Lotus japonicus and Medicago truncatula have led the recent push towards understanding the genomic structure of legumes. By April 2006 a significant part of their genomes will be available, allowing comparative genomic approaches. Concurrently the rate of gene discovery in complex developmental processes, such as lateral branching, embryogenesis, flower development, and nodulation has increased at a rapid rate, providing first-time insights into the mechanistic events underlying plant development. Many of the discoveries were impossible in the existing model plant rice and Arabidopsis, because of their growth habit and biological inabilities to develop, for example, nodules.

The central theme will be: Genes to Crops. Thus reductionist and fundamental science will be reported together with 'real world' applications and progress. The format of the meeting will include plenary lectures of broader interest and overview, short research reports, and integrative discussion sessions. Experts from related fields of yeast, Arabidopsis or human genomics will provide possibilities to discuss future directions of the legume genomics field. Experts from the bio-pharmaceutical and nutritional sciences, representing end users will be invited. Posters will provide a venue of large scale data presentation and a forum for discussion.

Kontakt: OzAccom Conference Services
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iclgg3@ozaccom.com.au
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Veranstalter: ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research (CILR), The University of Queensland, The Australian National University, The University of Melbourne, The University of Newcastle

Wissenschaftliche Leitung: Peter Gresshoff (CILR)

Schlagworte: Grüne Gentechnik, Ökologische Ethik