Announcement

 

BARLEY CAP CONFERENCE

 

“Coordinated Agricultural Project Conference on Barley Translational Genomics”               

 

November 13-14, 2004

 

 

Plans are set for the Barley Coordinated Agricultural Project (CAP) Conference to be held at the Cargill Building for Microbial and Plant Genomics at the University of Minnesota on the St. Paul Campus.

 

The overall theme of the conference will be to discuss the use of state-of-the-art GeneChip technology and other barley genomics tools to develop high-throughput trait mapping for barley improvement and to ensure that these mapped genes are available to the barley breeders.  The ultimate goal for the meeting will be to define research priorities for barley translational genomics and outline a proposal that will be submitted for a barley CAP grant. 

 

Everyone who is interested in barley research is invited to attend the Barley CAP Conference.  Graduate students and post docs are also encouraged to attend.  Registration is required; however, there is no registration fee.  Complete the attached registration form and return by email to Kevin Smith (smith376@umn.edu).  Refeshments at the breaks and lunch each day will be provided for registered participants.

 

Please submit registration forms on or before October 21 , 2004.

 

A block of rooms is being held at the Radisson Hotel Metrodome in Minneapolis until October 21, 2004.  If you reserve your room by this date, you will qualify for the special CAP conference rate of $94.00,  plus taxes.  All participants are responsible for making their own lodging reservations and should indicate to the hotel that they are attending the Barley CAP Conference.  The hotel has parking available for a charge of $9.50 per day.  There will be a shuttle departing from the hotel each day at 7:30 AM to take participants to the Cargill Building on the Saint Paul campus.  Parking is also available on the University of Minnesota St. Paul campus.

 

Radisson Hotel Metrodome

615 Washington Avenue S.E., Minneapolis MN, 55414

Reservations: (612) 379-8888 or (800) 822-6757

Fax: (612) 379-8682

Website: http://www.radisson.com/minneapolismn_metrodome

 

 

 

 

CAP Conference Organizing Committee

Gary J. Muehlbauer, Chair, University of Minnesota

Brian Steffenson, University of Minnesota

Kevin Smith, University of Minnesota

Andris Kleinhofs, Washington State University

Roger Wise, USDA-ARS, Iowa State University

Patrick Hayes, Oregon State University

Timothy Close, University of California, Riverside

Michael P. Davis, National Barley Improvement Committee

Gary Hanning, Anheuser Busch

Marv Zutz, Minnesota barley grower

 

 

 

 

 

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REGISTRATION FORM – Barley CAP Conference November 13-14, 2004

 

NAME _________________________________________________

EMAIL_________________________________________________

ORGANIZATION ________________________________________

I will be staying at the Radisson on: 12th _____  (check all that apply)

                                                      13th _____

                                                      14th _____

I would like transportation to the Conference from the Radisson Hotel   _________ (yes/no)

I would like to park a vehicle on the Saint Paul campus ____________ (yes/no)

 

 

 

Tentative Program

Saturday, Nov. 13

Session I “Genes and bioinformatics”  Session chair, Roger Wise, USDA-ARS, Iowa State University

8:10 – 8:30 am                 “GeneChip mapping applications and review of preCAP meeting”

                                          Gary Muehlbauer, University of Minnesota

8:30 – 8:50 am                 “HarvEST:Barley and the Morex Physical Map Database” 

Timothy Close, University of California, Riverside

8:50 – 9:10 am                 “BarleyBase: a state of the art database for cereal GeneChip data”

Julie Dickerson, Iowa State University

9:10 – 9:30 am                 “The future of barley genomics”

                                          Roger Wise, USDA-ARS, Iowa State University

9:30 – 10:00 am               Break with refreshments

Session II “Traits”          Session chair, Patrick Hayes, Oregon State University

10:00 – 10:20 am             “Barley diseases:  constraints and opportunities”

Brian Steffenson, University of Minnesota

10:20 – 10:40 am             “Marker-assisted selection for Fusarium head blight resistance” 

Kevin Smith, University of Minnesota

10:40 –11:00 am              “Barley stripe rust: a model for studying and utilizing QTL”

Patrick Hayes, Oregon State University

11:00 – 11:20 am             “New barley genes for beef production”

Tom Blake, Montana State University

11:20 – 11:40 am             “Unravelling the genetic complexities of malting quality traits”

                                          Steve Ullrich, Washington State University

11:40 – noon                    “Quality traits of barley for food uses”

                                          Byung-Kee Baik, Washington State University

Noon – 1:00 pm                Lunch

1:00 – 1:20 pm                 “Genetic engineering of barley:   prospects and potential”

Diter von Wettstein, Washington State University

Session III “Products”    Session Chair, Michael P. Davis, National Barley Improvement Committee

1:20 – 1:40 pm                 “Malting barley industry needs:  a research  perspective”

Michael P. Davis, National Barley Improvement Committee

2:10 – 2:30 pm                 “Malting barley industry needs: an industry perspective”

TBA

2:30 – 2:50 pm                 “Farmer needs:  a Minnesota state barley grower perspective”

TBA, Minnesota barley grower

2:50 – 3:10 pm                 “Farmer needs:  a Washington state barley grower perspective”

                                          Dave Ruark, Washington barley grower

3:10 – 3:30 pm                 Break with refreshments

Session IV “Coordination with international collaborators”

3:30 – 4:00 pm                 Maintaining collaborations with international groups

Gary Muehlbauer, University of Minnesota and Timothy Close, University of California, Riverside

4:00 – 5:00 pm                 Recap of Sessions I-IV; begin to develop research objectives and trait priorities.

Facilitated by Patrick Hayes

Break

Dinner

Sunday, Nov. 14

Session V “Extension and Education”  Session Chair, Gary Muehlbauer, University of Minnesota

8:30 – 8:50 am                 “Improving Barley: From the genome to the field to the marketplace”

                                          Peggy Lemaux, University of California, Berkeley

8:50 – 9:10 am                 “Data release and intellectual property issues”

Roger Wise, USDA-ARS, Iowa State University

9:10 – 9:30 am                 “Extension and Education plan”

                                          Gary Muehlbauer and Kevin Smith, University of Minnesota

 

Session VI “Development of outline of conference report”

9:30 – 10:00 am               “Prioritization of research objectives by entire group”

                                          facilitated by TBA

10:00 – 10:30 am             Break with refreshments

10:30 –  noon                  Breakout groups will assemble for each research objective and the education and extension plans.  Each group will develop a plan that will consider how we will proceed if CAP is funded or not funded, data release and intellectual property policy, a management plan, and coordination with international collaborators.

Noon  – 1:00 pm               Lunch and report from breakout groups

1:00 – 3:00 pm                 Continue work in breakout groups and submit draft documents before departing.