UC DAVIS TRANSGENIC ANIMAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE VI
Sunday, August 12
2:00 – 5:00 pmRegistration
6:30 pmGet-acquainted Reception and Light Buffet – Garden Deck
8:30 pmNo-host bar – Garden Deck
Monday, August 13
7:00 – 8:00 amBreakfast – Granhall (each morning Monday - Thursday)
ALL PLENARY SESSIONS - LAKE/BAY ROOM
8:00 – 8:10 amWelcome, James Murray
University of CaliforniaDavis, USA
SESSION 1Session Chair – Alison Van Eenennaam
University of California, Davis, USA
8:10 – 8:30 amAlison Van Eenennaam
University of California, USA
Transgenic Animals: Where to from here?
8:30 – 9:10 amScott Fahrenkrug,
University of Minnesota, USA.
Transposons and recombinases for engineering the pig genome
9:10 – 9:45 amLluis Montoliu
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, Spain
Using YAC-type vectors for transgenic mice
9:45 – 10:15 amTea/Coffee – Mountain Deck
SESSION 2Session Chair –
10:15 – 10:50 amCharles Long
Texas A&M University, USA
Applications of RNAi in livestock
10:50 – 11:25 amHelen Sang
Roslin Institute, UK
RNAi in chickens
11:25 – 12:00 pmJim Robl
Hematech Inc., USA
Production and characterization of prion protein-deficient cattle
12:00 – 4:00 pmLunch/Free Time - Garden Deck
Rafting option: check at front desk for sign-up
4:00 – 5:00 pmPOSTER SESSION I
Mountain Room
6:00 pmDinner - Garden Deck
SESSION 3Session Chair –
8:00 – 8:40 pmDavid Segal
University of California-Davis, USA
Editing and imaging genomes using engineering zinc finger proteins
8:40 – 9:30 pmHeiner Niemann
Institut für Tierzucht und Tierverhalten,Germany
Production and characterization of pigs with conditional transgenes for xenotransplantation
Tuesday, August 14
SESSION4Session Chair –
8:00 – 8:40 amDuncan Hockley
PharmAthene, Canada
butyrylcholinesterase pharmaceutical production
8:40 – 9:20 amMark Leavitt
AviGenics, USA
Transgenic avian-derived recombinant human interferon- alpha2b (AVI-005) in healthy subjects
9:20 – 10:00 amHarry Meade
GTC Biotherapuetics, USA
ATryn., antithrombin, the first transgenic drug
10:00 – 10:30 amTea/Coffee - Mountain Deck
SESSION 5Session Chair –
10:30 – 11:15 amIsa Stehle
NIH, USA
Episomal vectors
11:15 – 12:00 pmJuergen Bode
Helmholtz Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Germany
Mini-circle episomal vectors
12:00 – 1:30 pmLunch - Garden Deck
SESSION 6Session Chair –
1:30 – 2:05 pmNing Li
China Agriculture University, China
lactoalbumin transgenic dairy cattle
2:05 – 2:40 pmWang Yaping
Chinese Academy of Sciences-Wuhan, China
Growth Homone transgenic fish
2:40 – 3:15Randall Prather
University of Missouri, USA
Heart-healthy pork: hFat-1 transgenic swine
3:15 – 3:45 pmTea/Coffee – Mountain Deck
SESSION 7Session Chair –
3:45 – 4:20 pmTeoan Kim
Chungnam National University, Korea
transgenic chickens expressing human cytokines
4:20 – 5:00 pmWilliam Velander
University of Nebraska, USA
Producing blood components in transgenic animals
5:30 – 6:30 pmHosted hospitality hour
6:30 pmDinner – Granhall
Wednesday, August 15
SESSION 8Session Chair –
8:00 – 8:40 amElizabeth Maga
University of California-Davis, USA
How normal are lysozyme transgenic goats?
8:40 – 9:20 amMatthew Wheeler
University of Illinois, USA
Environmental safety of transgenic pigs
9:20 – 10:00 amEric Hallerman
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA
Environmental safety of GH transgenic salmon
10:00 – 10:30 amTea/Coffee – Mountain Deck
SESSION 9Session Chair –
10:30 – 11:15 amHosup Shim
Dankook University, Korea
using pig EG to produce transgenics
11:15 – 12:00 pmIna Dobrinski
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Germ celltransplantation and transgenesis in domestic animals
12:00 – 4:00 pm Lunch/Free Time – Garden Deck
4:00 – 5:30 pmPOSTER SESSION II
Mountain Room
6:00 pmDinner - Garden Deck
SESSION 10Session Chair – Gary Anderson
University of California-Davis, USA
8:00 – 8:45Robert Etches
Origen Therapeutics, USA
Improving GE in chickens
8:45 – 9:30 pmJohn Phillips,
University of Guelph, Canada
9:30 – 10:00 pmGeneral Discussion and Close
Thursday, August 16
7:00 – 800 amBreakfast – Granhall
8:00 am - ongoingShuttles depart for Reno and Davis