BGI 2011 - 2011 International Plant Pathogenomics Conference

2011 International Plant Pathogenomics Conference
24~26,January, 2011 Shenzhen, China

On behalf of Prof. Huanming Yang, Prof. Youliang Peng and Prof. Sophien Kamoun, it is our great pleasure to invite you to attend the “International Plant Pathogenomics Conference”, which will be held from 24~26, January 2011, Shenzhen, China.

This is the first specialized conference of plant pathogenomics in the field of genomics and genetics. The meeting is jointly organized by BGI (www.genomics.cn), China Agriculture University and The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL). Over 200 clinicians and scientists from all over the world, experts in the field of plant disease, are expected to attend this conference aiming at developing new and improved strategies for the genetic investigation of plant pathogenomics.

As a world-class research institution, BGI has established its own technical platforms based on large-scale genome sequencing, efficient bioinformatics analyses, and innovative genetic plant pathogenomics initiatives. China Agriculture University is a Research-Oriented University, which is in the chairmanship of 12 items in the National Key Basic Research Program ("973 Plan"). Three disciplines, agricultural science, botany and zoology, environmental ecology, are on the top 1% of the world. The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL), is a world-leading institution in the field of plant?microbe interactions, and is actively involved in several plant pathogen genome sequencing projects.

We are confident that your active participation will ensure the great success of this meeting, contributing to the advancement of the plant pathogenic microorganisms and insect pests, not only in China, but throughout the world.

The BGI conference team (meeting-AT-genomics.org.cn) will do their best to assist your routing during the meeting and inform you of the detailed schedule in the second notification letter once some feedback from majority of the participants. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us.More update information about this conference will come soon.

Best wishes and looking forward to meeting you in Shenzhen!

Conference Time and Venue

Kingkey Palace Hotel (No.90 Yankui Road, Dameisha, Yantian District, Shenzhen, China)

Organizing Committees

BGI-Shenzhen
China Agriculture University
The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL)

Sessions

1. Evolution and direction of plant pathogenomics research
2. Plant pathogenic organisms: Genomics research and pathogenicity mechanisms
3. Research strategies in plant pathogenomics
4. High-throughput sequencing in plant pathogenomics

Invited Speaker(updating)

Huanming Yang Ph.D.
Chairman and Professor, BGI, China
Academician, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Youliang Peng Ph.D.
College of agricultule and biotechnology of China agriculture University,China

Sophien Kamoun Ph.D.
The Sainsbury Laboratory
Colney Lane
Norwich, UK

David S. Guttman Ph.D.
Guttman Laboratory of Comparative&Evolutionary Genomics, Canada


Lee, Yong-Hwan Ph. D.
Seoul National University
Fungal Plant Pathology Laboratory, Korea

Li-Jun Ma Ph.D.
Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, USA
Tyler Brett , Ph.D.
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, USA
Ralph Dean Ph.D.
North Carolina State University, USA
Ryohei Terauchi Ph.D.
Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Japan
Thomas Mitchell Ph.D.
The Ohio State University, USA

Jin-Rong Xu Ph.D.
Purdue University, USA
Ken shiasu Ph.D.
Tokyo university, Japan

Abstract Submission

All abstracts (no more than 500 words) will be peer reviewed by the Academic Committee and authors will be notified of acceptance by Authors will be informed if they are selected to give an oral presentation. All accepted abstracts will be published in the Conference Book.
Abstract submission deadline: Jan.10, 2011

Contact Information

Address: Beijing Genomics Institute-Shenzhen, Main Building, Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen, China

Tel: +86-755-25273340
Email: meeting-AT-genomics.org.cn