PLANT GENOMES:
GENES, NETWORKS & APPLICATIONS
March 4 - 7, 2009
Abstract Deadline: January 9, 2009

Organizers:
Steve Briggs, University of California, San Diego
Mary Lou Guerinot, Dartmouth College
Detlef Weigel, Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology

past program

We are pleased to announce the seventh Cold Spring Harbor winter conference this year focused on Plant Genomes: Genes, Networks & Applications, which will begin on Wednesday evening, March 4, 2009 and end at noon on Saturday, March 7. We are looking forward to a broad-based meeting, and abstracts are welcomed on all scientific topics related to advances in our understanding of plant genome structure and function. The aims of this meeting are to review progress in genome analysis of the major plant groups and to determine the similarities and differences in genome structure, composition and function of the major groups of experimental and crop plants.

The format of the meeting will include six oral sessions and one poster session. Each oral session will include invited speakers and speakers selected from submitted abstracts. For this reason, abstracts from accomplished junior and senior investigators are warmly invited.

Keynote Speakers 
Andrew Clark, Cornell University
Aviv Regev, Broad Institute

Topics Include:
• Celebrating the Maize Genome
• Hybrids and Heterosis
• Genomes-Plants and Microbes
• Innovative Phenotyping
• Integrating omics/iPlant models
• Evolution Inside/Outside the Lab

• Workshop: Plant Genome and Arabidopsis 2010 Goals

Invited Speakers:
Philip Benfey, Duke University
Joy Bergelson, University of Chicago
James Carrington, Oregon State University
Vicki Chandler, University of Arizona
Gloria Coruzzi, New York University
Joseph Ecker, The Salk Institute
Brandon Gaut, University of California, Irvine
Regine Kahmann, Max-Planck-Institut, Germany
Elena Kramer, Harvard University
Robert Martienssen, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Elliot Meyerowitz, California Institute of Technology
Andrew Millar, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Thomas Mitchell-Olds, Duke University
Natasha Raikhel, University of California, Riverside
Loren Rieseberg, Indiana University
Patrick Schnable, Iowa State University
Jan Traas, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France
Virginia Walbot, Stanford University
Doreen Ware, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Lothar Willmitzer, Max-Plance-Institut, Germany
Rod Wing, University of Arizona
Masahiro Yano, National Institute of Agrobiological Resources,
Japan
Daniel Zamir, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Abstracts should contain new and unpublished material. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers and individual session chairs. Status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our website as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers. Please bring this notice to the attention of any of your colleagues who may be interested.

We look forward to seeing you at Cold Spring Harbor in March.

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Regular packages are all inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking, wine-and-cheese party, lobster banquet, etc. No Housing packages include all costs except housing. Full payment is due 3 weeks prior to the meeting.