| Day |
Time |
Event |
Venue |
Monday
June 2 |
Evening |
Arrival of genome annotation consortium members only - informal get-together |
Tba |
| |
Tuesday
June 3 |
9.30 - 18.30 |
Genome annotation meeting |
Meeting Rooms I & II |
| Evening |
Free evening |
|
| |
Wednesday
June 4 |
9.30 - 18.30 |
Genome annotation meeting |
Meeting Rooms I & II |
| 19.00 - 20.00 |
Main meeting: registration for newcomers |
SAMS Lobby |
| 19.00 - 20.30 |
Ice-breaker party |
Café na Mara |
| |
Thursday
June 5 |
8.45 |
Bus to SAMS |
Oban railway station stopping at Corran Halls |
| 9.00 - 12.00 |
Registration (continued) |
SAMS Lobby |
| 9.15 - 9.30 |
Welcome address |
William Spiers Bruce Conference Room (WSB) |
| 9.30 - 11.00 |
Session 1: (Comparative) algal genomics |
WSB |
| 9.30 - 10.00 |
How annotating prasinophyte genomes is leading to the deciphering of the thiamine pathway in algae and other organisms as well |
P Rouzé |
| 10.00 - 10.20 |
Diatom metabolism |
P Kroth |
| 10.20 - 10.40 |
Protein targeting into secondary plastids of diatoms |
A Gruber |
| 10.40 - 11.00 |
HECTAR: A method which allows the prediction of N-terminal subcellular targeting for whole proteomes of the heterokonts |
B Gschlößl |
| 11.00 - 11.30 |
Coffee break |
Old Conference Rm |
| 11.30 - 13.00 |
Session 2: Ectocarpus genomics |
WSB |
| 11.30 - 12.00 |
The Ectocarpus genome project |
JM Cock |
| 12.00 - 12.20 |
Additional Ectocarpus post-genomic tools: a mini-library of mutants and identification of normalisation genes for expression analyses |
B Charrier |
| 12.20 - 12.40 |
A genomic approach to profile the Ectocarpus virus lysogenic transcriptome |
DC Schroeder |
| 12.40 - 13.00 |
Transcriptomic study of abiotic stress response in Ectocarpus siliculosus by oligonucleotide microarray |
S Dittami |
| 13.00 - 14.00 |
Lunch break |
Old Conference Room |
| 14.00 - 16.00 |
Session 3: Biochemistry & physiology |
WSB |
| 14.00 - 14.30 |
The pheromone chemistry of brown algae |
G Pohnert |
| 14.30 - 14.50 |
Mechanistic aspects of pheromone formation in Ectocarpus siliculosus |
F Rui |
| 14.50 - 15.10 |
Comparative proteome analysis of brown algal gametes |
D Schmid |
| 15.10 - 15.30 |
Looking for the genetic basis of sex determination in E. siliculosus |
JH Bothwell |
| 15.30 - 15.50 |
Development of proteomic tools and a differential proteome analysis in E. siliculosus submitted to copper stress |
A Ritter |
| 15.50 - 16.20 |
Coffee break |
Old Conference Room |
| 16.20 - 16.40 |
What will we learn about secondary metabolism and defense from the annotation of the Ectocarpus genome? |
P Potin |
| 16.40 - 17.00 |
Development of molecular methods for the study of the Ectocarpus - Eurychasma host-pathogen interaction |
M Strittmatter |
| 17.00 - 17.20 |
Is innate immunity conserved among brown algae? |
C Gachon |
| 17.20 - 18.00 |
tba |
tba |
| 18.45 |
Bus departs SAMS for Conference Dinner |
SAMS car park |
| 19.00 - 22.30 |
Conference Dinner |
Falls of Lora Hotel, Connel |
| 22.30 |
Bus to Oban |
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| |
Friday
June 6 |
8.45 |
Bus to SAMS |
Oban railway station stopping at Corran Halls |
| 9.20 - 11.00 |
Session 4: Developmental biology |
WSB |
| 9.20 - 9.40 |
Ectomat, a computer simulation of the developmental patterning of the early sporophyte of Ectocarpus siliculosus |
B Billoud |
| 9.40 - 10.00 |
The OUROBOROS mutant of Ectocarpus siliculosus exhibits homeotic conversion of the sporophyte into a gametophyte |
SM Coelho |
| 10.00 - 10.20 |
Cytoplasmic inheritance of mitochondria in brown algae |
K Kimura |
| 10.20 - 10.40 |
Genetic characterisation of branching mutants in Ectocarpus siliculosus |
A Le Bail |
| 10.40 - 11.00 |
Two membrane systems involved in cytokinesis of brown algae |
C Nagasato |
| 11.00 - 11.30 |
Coffee break |
Old Conference Room |
| 11.30 - 12.50 |
Session 5: Biodiversity & evolution |
WSB |
| 11.30 - 11.50 |
Chloroplast genomes of two brown algae, Ectocarpus siliculosus and Fucus vesiculosus: further insights into chromist plastid evolution |
C Leblanc |
| 11.50 - 12.10 |
The genus Ectocarpus of Turkey |
E Taskin |
| 12.10 - 12.30 |
The MBA project "Ectocarpus in Britain" |
AF Peters |
| 12.30 - 12.50 |
Structural diversity of the EcOcm3 gene introns in Ectocarpus spp. |
T Yamagishi |
| 12.50 - 14.00 |
Lunch break |
Old Conference Room |
| 14.00 - 16.00 |
Discussion Groups |
WSB |
| 16.00 - 16.30 |
Coffee break |
Old Conference Room |
| 16.30 - 17.30 |
Plenary: Outcome of discussion groups |
WSB |
| 17.30 - 18.00 |
Summary / Wrap-up |
WSB |
| 18.15 |
Bus to Oban |
SAMS car park |
| Evening |
Free evening |
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Saturday
June 7 |
13.00 - 18.00 |
Field trip to surroundings of Oban (packed lunches provided) Low tide: 15.30 |
Meeting point(s) tba |
| 19.00 - 22.00 |
Evening dinner & Lab workshop |
SAMS Teaching Lab |
| |
Sunday
June 8 |
10.20 - 18.30 |
Excursion to Kilmartin and Taynish
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Oban railway station |
| 18.00 - |
Farewell for Ectocarpus delegates |
Café na Mara |
Tel: +44 (0)1631 559000 • Fax: +44 (0)1631 559001 • Email: ccap@sams.ac.uk • Web: www.ccap.ac.uk
