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  Natural Variation and Quantitative Genetics in Model Organisms  
  October 24, 2003

Genetics

 
     
  Keystone Symposia, Beaver Run Resort, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA
January 8 - 13, 2004


Thursday, January 8
3:00 - 7:00 PM Registration Foyer
6:15 - 7:15 PM Welcome Foyer
7:15 - 7:30 PM Orientation Peaks 4-5
7:30 - 9:30 PM Keynote Addresses: Genetic Dissection of Complex Traits (Joint) Peaks 4-5
Charles H. Langley, University of California-Davis
Polymorphism and Divergence Across the Drosophila Genome
Aravinda Chakravarti, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The Nature of Variation in Complex Disease


Friday, January 9
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Peaks 6-12
8:00 - 11:00 AM QTL in Animals I Peaks 1-3
Catherine (Katie) L. Peichel, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Genetic Analysis of Reproductive Isolation in Sticklebacks
Peter D. Keightley, University of Edinburgh
Quantitative Genetics of Growth in Mice
Kari J. Buck, Oregon Health and Sciences University
Genetic Control of Physical Dependence and Associated Withdrawal Episodes in Mice
Thomas E. Johnson, University of Colorado
QTLs in Mice and Worms; Use of Recombinant Inbred Strains

9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Foyer
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Poster Setup request Peaks 14-17
1:00 - 10:00 PM Poster Viewing request Peaks 14-17
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee & Snacks Available Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Exploiting Inbred Strains to Understand Complex Traits (Joint) Peaks 4-5
Joseph Nadeau, Case Western Reserve University

Keith R. Davis, Paradigm Genetics, Inc.
High-Throughput Plant Gene Function Analysis in Arabidopsis
Wayne Frankel, The Jackson Laboratory
Effects of Genetic Background on Induced and Spontaneous, Monogenic and Polygenic Models for Epilepsy in Mice
Michael Snyder, Yale University
Functional Profiling with Yeast Deletion Strains

7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour request Peaks 14-17
7:30 - 10:00 PM Poster Session request Peaks 14-17


Saturday, January 10
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Peaks 6-12
8:00 - 11:00 AM QTL in Animals II Peaks 1-3
Trudy Mackay, North Carolina State University
Molecular Quantitative Genetics of Drosophila Life Span
Chung-I Wu, University of Chicago
Molecular Genetics of Speciation
John H. Werren, University of Rochester
Evolutionary Genetics of Species Differences in Nasonia
Marta L. Wayne, University of Florida, Gainesville
Sex Dimorphism and Non-Additivity in Gene Expression in Drosophila melanogaster

9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Foyer
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee & Snacks Available Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM QTL in Plants I Peaks 1-3
Elizabeth Kellogg, University of Missouri, St. Louis
Evolution of Inflorescence Development in the Grasses
Masahiro Yano, National Institute of Agrobiological Resources
Natural Variation in Flowering Time in Rice
John Willis, Duke University
Genetic Control of Adaptation and Speciation in Mimulus

7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour request Peaks 14-17


Sunday, January 11
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Peaks 6-12
8:00 - 11:00 AM Inherited Variation in Gene Expression (Joint) Peaks 4-5
Leonid Kruglyak, Fred Hutchison Cancer Institute
Regulatory Variation in Yeast
Kevin P. White, Yale University School of Medicine
Evolution of Gene Expression in Drosophila
Eric Schadt, Rosetta Inpharmatics
Making Causal Inferences by Combining Transcription, Genotypic, and Clinical Trait Data in Segregating Populations
Greg Wray, Duke University
Molecular Evolution of Transcriptional Regulation

9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Foyer
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee & Snacks Available Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM QTL in Plants II Peaks 1-3
Joanne Chory, The Salk Institute and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Natural Variation in Light Signaling in Arabidopsis
Carlos Alonso-Blanco, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, CSIC
Natural Variation for Life History Traits in Arabidopsis
Dani Zamir, Cornell University
Real Time QTL of Exotic Tomato Libraries

7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour request Peaks 14-17


Monday, January 12
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast Peaks 6-12
8:00 - 11:00 AM Evolution of Adaptive Traits Peaks 1-3
June B. Nasrallah, Cornell University
Diversification of Self-Incompatibility Genes in the Brassicaceae
Thomas Mitchell-Olds, Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology, Jena
Nucleotide Polymorphism and Quantitative Trait Variation in Arabidopsis and Related Species
Sean B. Carroll, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Genetic and Developmental Mechanisms Underlying Divergent and Convergent Patterns of Evolution
Ying Tan, University of Massachusetts-Boston
Molecular Evolution of Color Vision Genes in Primates

9:20 - 9:40 AM Coffee Break Foyer
4:30 - 5:00 PM Coffee & Snacks Available Foyer
5:00 - 7:00 PM Variation Between Distant Taxa Peaks 1-3
Nipam H. Patel, University of California-Berkeley
The Evolution of Animal Pattern Formation
Neelima Sinha, University of California, Davis
The Development and Evolution of Leaves
Marie-Anne Felix, Institut Jacques Monod
Evolution of Nematode Vulva Development: a Microevolutionary Approach

7:00 - 8:00 PM Social Hour Foyer
8:00 - 11:00 PM Entertainment Peaks 4-5


Tuesday, January 13
Departure

 
 
Organized by: Detlef Weigel and Bruce Walsh
Invited Speakers: Charles H. Langley, Aravinda Chakravarti, Catherine (Katie) L. Peichel, Peter D. Keightley, Kari J. Buck, Thomas E. Johnson, Joseph Nadeau, Keith R. Davis, Wayne Frankel, Michael Snyder, Trudy Mackay, Chung-I Wu, John H. Werren, Marta L. Wayne, Elizabeth Kellogg, Masahiro Yano, John Willis, Leonid Kruglyak, Kevin P. White, Eric Schadt, Greg Wray, Joanne Chory, Carlos Alonso-Blanco, Dani Zamir, June B. Nasrallah, Thomas Mitchell-Olds, Sean B. Carroll, Ying Tan, Nipam H. Patel, Neelima Sinha, Marie-Anne Felix
 
Deadline for Abstracts: Late Breaking Abstracts: Email for Information on Submission
 
Registration: Early Registration Deadline: November 10, 2003
E-mail: info@keystonesymposia.org
 
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