Convergence of Model Systems and the Natural World

2017JGISecondaryMetaboliteConference

July24-26,2017--WalnutCreekMarriott,WalnutCreek,CA

AllfunctionswillbeheldattheWalnutCreekMarriottunlessotherwisenoted.

MONDAY,July24-CaliforniaBallroom

StartTimeEndTimeSubject SessionChair/Speaker

4:00PM5:00PMOpeningKeynotePresentation

Speaker:JoHandelsman,WisconsinInstituteforDiscovery,

“Convergence of model systems and the natural world”

5:00PM5:30PMRapidFire

TBD

5:30PM9:00PMOpeningReceptionandPosterSession

Host:YasuoYoshikuni

TUESDAY,July25-CaliforniaBallroom

StartTimeEndTimeSubject SessionChair/Speaker

9:00AM9:10AMWelcomeIntroduction

AxelVisel

9:10AM9:40AMJGISyntheticBiology

YasuoYoshikuni

9:40AM10:10AMJGIMetabolomics

TrentNorthen

10:10AM 10:30AMBreak

10:30AM 11:00AMCarolineRoper,UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside

“Plant-associated microbiomes and the effects on disease outcomes”

11:00AM 11:30AMRonniedeJonge,UtrechtNetherlands

"Understandingtheroleoftherootmicrobiomeandplanthealth"

11:30AM 12:00 PMMatthewTraxler,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley

"Specializedmetabolisminrootnodulecommunities"

12:00PM12:15PMShortTalk1–TBA(tobechosenfromposterabstracts)

12:15PM1:15PMWorkingLunch

1:15PM / 1:45PM / Alisa Huffaker, University of California, San Diego
“Understanding the role of specialized metabolic networks mediating biotic interactions in maize through integrated multidisciplinary approaches”
1:45PM / 2:15PM / JieLuo,HuazhongAgriculteralUniversity
"Dissectionofmetabolicandphenotypictraitsinmajorcrops”
2:15PM / 2:45PM / GarySiuzdak,TheScrippsResearchInstitute
"Cloud-BasedSystemsBiologyguidedbyMetabolomics"
2:45PM / 3:00PM / ShortTalk2–TBA(tobechosenfromposterabstracts)
3:00PM / 3:30PM / Break
3:30PM / 3:50PM / IndustrySpeaker–TBA
3:50PM / 4:10PM / IndustrySpeaker–TBA
4:10PM / 4:30PM / IndustrySpeaker–TBA
4:30PM / 5:00PM / RapidFire
TBD
5:15PM / 6:00PM / TraveltoJGI–ShuttleServicefromMarriott
6:00PM / 9:00PM / Reception,PosterSessionandJGITour
7:00PM / 9:00PM / TravelfromJGI–ShuttleServicetoMarriott

WEDNESDAY,July26-CaliforniaBallroom

StartTimeEndTimeSubjectSessionChair/Speaker

9:00AM9:30AMNancyKeller,University of Wisonsin - Madison

“OmicsApproachestoDeorphanizeFungalNaturalProducts”

9:30AM10:00AMSophienKamoun,TheSainsburyLaboratory,UK

“Membrane trafficking at the host-pathogen interface”

10:00AM 10:30AMGillianTurgeon,CornellUniversity

"Comparativephylogenomicsidentifiesfungalsecondarymetabolitesalliedwithvirulencetoplanthosts"

10:30AM 11:00AMBreak

11:00AM / 11:30AM / HuiminZhao,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign
"Discoveryandengineeringofnovelnaturalproductsviasyntheticbiology
11:30AM / 12:00PM / ErikoTakano,TheUniversityofManchester
"Harnessingsyntheticbiologyfortheproductionoffineandspecialtychemicals"
12:00PM / 1:00PM / WorkingLunch
1:00PM / 1:30PM / DavidMead,VarigenBiosciences
“MetagenomicandSyntheticBiologyApproachesforNaturalProductDiscovery”
1:30PM / 2:00PM / YiTang,UniversityofCA,LosAngeles(UCLA)
"GenomeMiningforNewHerbicide"
2:00PM / 2:30PM / SarahO’Connor,JohnInnesCentre,UK
"Harnessingthechemistryandbiologyofplantmetabolism"
2:00PM / 2:30PM / Break
3:00PM / 3:30PM / MichaelSmanski,UniversityofMinnesota
“RedesigningthegeneticsofsecondarymetabolisminStreptomyces”
3:30PM / 4:00PM / WenjunZhang,LawrenceBerkeleyNationalLab
"DiscoveryofnovelsignalingsecondarymetabolitesfromClostridium"
4:00PM / 5:00PM / ClosingKeynotePresentation
Speaker:GeraldTuskan,OakRidgeNationalLab
“Interkingdomsignaling:aPopuluscasestudy”
5:00PM / EndofSecondaryMetaboliteConference

Note:AMandPMrefreshmentswillbeservedafterthemeetingbegins,whileworkisbeingperformed.Attendanceisrequiredduringthesetimes.