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Congress on In Vitro Biology - Preliminary Program - Plant
Preliminary Plant ProgramTopics
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The Congress Program will include symposia,
workshops, contributed paper and poster sessions, continuing
education programs, exhibits and other events that reflect
state-of-the-art in vitro biology and biotechnology. A program
has been developed that will provide you with the latest
research in the diverse areas of vertebrate, cellular toxicology,
invertebrate, and plant cell and tissue culture. Updates
will be made to this page as more information is gathered
for the Program. Please check back to see the most up-to-date
information for this event.
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| Sunday,
June1 |
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8:00 am – 10:00 am
Cryopreservation
Joint Symposium
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| Conveners: |
Barbara M. Reed, PhD, USDA-ARS,
Valerie C. Pence, PhD, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden,
and
Lia H. Campbell, PhD, Organ Recovery Systems, Inc.
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| Speakers: |
The Role of Small Amphiphilic Solutes in Desiccation Tolerance
Ann E. Oliver, PhD, University
of California – Davis
Michael J.Taylor, PhD, Organ
Recovery Systems, Inc.
A Free Radical View of Cryopreservation
Erica Benson, PhD, University
of Abertay
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10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Creating Connections Between
Scientists and Educators: Bringing Biotech to the Classroom
Education Symposium
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| Convener: |
Carol M. Stiff, PhD, Kitchen Culture Kits, Inc.
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| Speakers: |
Connecting with Teachers through Hands-on Workshops, Online
Courses and Listservs, and User-friendly Kits
Carol M. Stiff, PhD, Kitchen
Culture Kits, Inc.
LIGASE Loaners: Bringing Scientific Expertise to the High
School Classroom
Patricia E. Bossert, PhD, Northport/East
Northport School District
Developing a High School Biotech Program
Judi Heitz, San Diego High
School
Biotech Programs in the Community College
Kendra Cawley, Portland Community
College
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High Throughput Methods
Plant Symposium
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| Conveners: |
Allan R. Wenck, PhD, Syngenta, and
Ebrahim Firoozabady, PhD, Del Monte Fresh Produce |
| Speakers: |
High-Throughput Methods for Determining Transgene Expression
and Copy Number
Wenjin Yu, PhD, Syngenta Biotechnology,
Inc.
W. Paul Bullock, PhD, Garst
Seed Company
Keith Davis, PhD, Paradigm
Genetics, Inc.
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3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Plenary Session
Plenary Symposium |
| Plenary Speaker: |
Dr. Richard Stouffer, Head
of the Reproductive Sciences Division, Oregon Regional Primate
Research Center
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| Monday,
June 2 |
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Biotechnology of Grapevine Improvement
Plant Symposium |
| Convener: |
Cecilia Zapata, PhD, Yoder Brothers, Inc. |
| Speakers: |
Applications of Somatic Embryogenesis and Transformation
in Grapevine Improvement
Dennis J. Gray, PhD, University
of Florida
Gene Discovery in Grapes: The Grape Genome Project
Effie Ablett, PhD, Southern
Cross University
In Vitro Selection to Enhance Disease Resistance in Grapevine
Jayashankar Subramanian, PhD, University
of Guelph
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Growth Factors In
Growth, Regeneration and Differentiation of Invertebrate Cells
Animal Symposium |
| Conveners: |
Marcia J. Loeb, PhD, USDA, and
Raziel S. Hakim, PhD, Howard University |
| Speakers: |
Growth-breaking Peptide Family and Its Multiple Effects
on Insect and Vertebrate Cells
Yoishi Hayakawa, PhD, Sopporo
Effects of Hormones and Growth Factors on Leg Regeneration
in Crustacea
Penny Hopkins, PhD, University
of Oklahoma
Molluscan Form of EGF that Controls Neural and Sexual Differentiation
in Snails
Andrew Bulloch, PhD, University
of Calgary
Growth Factors that Influence Differentiation of StemCells
of Lepidoptera
Marcia Loeb, PhD, USDA
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10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Epigenetic Toxicants, Altered
Intra-cellular Signalling and Modulated Gap Junctional Intercellular
Communication
Animal Symposium
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| Convener: |
Alda Vidrich, PhD, University of Virginia Health
System |
| Speakers: |
Gap Junctions, Homeostasis, and Epigenetic Toxicology
Randall J. Ruch, PhD, Medical
College of Ohio
Integrated Signalling Effects of Epigenetic Toxicants
Brad Upham, PhD, Michigan State
University
Stem Cells, Cell-cell Communication and Epigenetic Toxicants:
Risk Assessment Implications
James E. Trosko, PhD, Michigan
State University
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Forest Biotechnology:
Should, Could, and Wood
Plant Symposium |
| Conveners: |
Todd J. Jones, PhD, Weyerhaeuser Technology
Center, and Maud A. Hinchee, PhD, ArborGen |
| Speakers: |
Gene Flow Control in Trees: Technology and Ecogenetics
Steven H. Strauss, PhD, Oregon
State University
The Poplar Genome Sequencing Effort
Gerald A. Tuskan, PhD, Oak
Ridge National Lab
Genetic Engineering of Wood Formation in Forest Trees
Vincent L. Chiang, PhD, North
Carolina State University
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3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Growth Regulators
Plant Symposium
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| Convener: |
David D. Songstad, PhD, Monsanto Company |
| Speakers: |
Sue R. Abrams, PhD, Plant
Biotechnology Institute at National Research Council of
Canada
Richard Pharis, PhD, University
of Calgary
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7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
In Vitro Quantitation of Angiogenesis:
A BD Biosciences Workshop
Animal Workshop
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| Convener: |
Steve Ilsely, BD Biosciences Discovery Labware |
| Speakers: |
Stephen Ilsley, BD Biosciences
Discovery Labware
Min Wu, PhD, BD Biosciences
Discovery Labware
James Maliakal, BD Biosciences
Discovery Labware
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| Tuesday,
June 3 |
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Bioreactors and Biopharming
Plant Symposium |
| Conveners: |
Marceline Egnin, PhD, Tuskeegee University
and
Mary Ann Lila, PhD, University of Illinois |
| Speakers: |
Michael E. Horn, PhD, ProdiGene
Alison Ferrie, PhD, Plant Biotechnology
Institute
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Delivery of Genes to Mammalian
Cells with Baculovirus
Animal Symposium
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| Convener: |
Guido F. Caputo, Natural Resources Canada |
| Speakers: |
TBA
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10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Advances in Cancer Modeling
and Treatment
Animal Symposium
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| Conveners: |
Richard Heller, PhD, University of South Florida,
and Paul J. Price, PhD, GIBCO Invitrogen
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| Speakers: |
STI571: A Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor for the Treatment of
CML - Validating the Promise of Molecularly Targeted Therapy
Brian J. Druker, PhD, Oregon
Health and Science University Dendritic Cell Immunotherapy
of Cancer
Reiner Laus, MD, Dendreon Corporation
Identification of Casual Genetic Alterations in Human Breast
Cancer Using New Model Cell Lines and Xenografts
Stephen P. Ethier, PhD, University
of Michigan Cancer Center
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Disease and Pest: Pathways to
Resistance
Plant Symposium
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| Conveners: |
Heidi F. Kaeppler, PhD, University of Wisconsin |
| Speakers: |
Pam Ronald, PhD, University
of California – Davis
Lipids in Plant Defense
Jyoti Shah, PhD, Kansas State
University
The Interface Between Bacterial Pathogens and Plants: Virulence
Functions and Resistance Responses
David Mackey, PhD, The Ohio
State University
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3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Predictive Toxicology
Animal Roundtable Session
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| Moderator: |
John W. Harbell, PhD, Institute for In Vitro
Science, Inc. |
| Speakers: |
TBA
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Transgenic Cereals
Plant Symposium
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| Conveners: |
Mark C. Jordon, PhD, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada,
and Harold N. Trick, PhD, Kansas State University
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| Speakers: |
Gene Identification in Wheat
Camille Steber, PhD, USDA-ARS,
Washington State University
Horst Lorz, PhD, Universitaet
Hamburg
Kimberlee Kidwell, PhD, Washington
State University
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| Wednesday,
June 4 |
8:00 am – 10:00 am
Countering Chemical and Biological
Threats: Current Research
Animal Symposium
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| Convener: |
Elizabeth J. Roemer, State University of New York –
Stony Brook
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| Speakers: |
Ex Vivo Utilization of Dendritic Cells to Identify Vaccine
Targets for Control of Infectious Biothreat Agents
Kamal U. Saikh, PhD, US Army
Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID)
Evaluating Potential Inhibitors of Anthrax Lethal Factor
Protein
Sanford R. Simon, PhD, State
University of New York – Stony Brook
Morphological Expression of Mustard Gas-Induced Lesions
in In Vivo and In Vitro Models
John Petrali, PhD, US Army
Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD)
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Biomass Conversion
for Fuels
Plant Symposium |
| Conveners: |
Michael E. Horn, PhD, Prodigene, and
Elizabeth E. Hood, PhD, Plant Biotechnologist |
| Speakers: |
Expression of Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes in Plants for
Biomass Conversion
Elizabeth E. Hood, PhD, Plant
Biotechnologist
Conversion of Plant Biomass to Useful Products
Steven R. Thomas, PhD, National
Renewable Energy Laboratory
Economics and Opportunities for Improvements for Biological
Conversion of Cellulosic Biomass to Ethanol
Charles Wyman, PhD, Dartmouth
College
Molecular Farming: Current Products and Future Prospects
Michael E. Horn, PhD, Prodigene
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10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing:
Address the Needs of Staffing, Facilities, and Processes
Animal Roundtable Session
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| Moderator: |
Dennis A. Laska, Eli Lilly and Company |
| Speakers: |
TBA
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Transgenes Blowing in the Wind?
Plant Symposium
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| Convener: |
Wayne Parrott, PhD, University of Georgia |
| Speakers: |
Gene Flow from Transgenic Crops to Wild and Weedy Relatives:
When is This a Problem?
Allison Snow, PhD, Ohio State
University
Transgenic Turfgrasses and Issues with Gene Flow
Eric Nelson, PhD, The Scotts
Company
Liability Issues Related to Transgene Flow in Agriculture
Drew Kershen, PhD, University
of Oklahoma
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2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Gene Silencing: Use for High
Throughput Gene Validation and/or Functional Genomics
Plant Symposium
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| Conveners: |
Peggy J. Ozias-Akins, PhD, University of Georgia, Dwight
T. Tomes, PhD, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., and
Theodore M. Klein PhD, Pioneer/DuPont Crop Genetics
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Inhibition of Plant Gene Expression Technologies for Fun
and Profit
Greg Pogue, PhD, Large Scale
Biology Corporation
Use of Transiently Expressed RNAi to Dissect Signaling Pathways
in Plants
David Ho, PhD, Washington University
Plant MicroRNA’s and Their Targets
James Carrington, PhD, Oregon
State University
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New and Developing Technologies
for Micropropagation
Plant Symposium
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| Convener: |
Bruce A. Stermer, PhD, Terra Nova Nurseries,
Inc. |
| Speakers: |
New Innovative Products for Plant Micropropagation
Kenneth Torres, PhD, Phytotechnology
Laboratories
Somatic Embryo Development in Liquid Medium for Large-scale
Propagation of Conifer Trees
Pramod K. Gupta, PhD, Weyerhaeuser
Company
Thin-film Systems for Micropropagation, Storage, Shipping,
and Acclimatization
Jeffrey W. Adelberg, PhD, Clemson
University
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