WORKSHOP: Using Functional Genomics to Harness Adaptive Traits in Australian Native Plants

9.15W/Prof. Hans Lambers, University of Western Australia Extremely high efficiency of phosphorus acquisition and phosphorus use in Australian plants: can this knowledge be applied to cropping systems?

9.45Dr. Patrick Finnegan, University of Western Australia Applying molecular tools to indigenous plants: How do we make the transition from model plants?

10.15Dr. Bob Furbank, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra Mining genetic diversity and phenotypic plasticity in plant performance using Phenomics techniques

11.15Dr. Terry Macfarlane, Department of Environment & Conservation WA, Manjimup Current biodiversity research and issues concerning the grass family (Poaceae) in Australia

11.45Prof. Rowan Sage, University of Toronto, Canada Exploiting Adaptive Traits Associated with the C4 Photosynthetic Pathway

12.15Dr. Martha Ludwig, University of Western Australia The molecular evolution of C4 photosynthesis

13.45Dr. Paul Hattersley, formerly of CSIRO TBA

14.15Prof. John Cheeseman, University of Illinois, U.S.A. Understanding extremophiles: how can we link molecular approaches and organismal biology?

14.45Dr. Maheshi Dassanayake, University of Illinois, U.S.A. Shedding light on extremophile lifestyles through transcriptomics

15.45Dr. Andrew Leakey, University of Illinois, U.S.A. Integrating transcript profiling with ecophysiology in field experiments on plant responses to global environmental change.

16.15Prof. Gane Ka-Shu Wong, University of Alberta, Canada, and BGI-Shenzhen, China 1KP: an international consortium sequencing the transcriptomes of 1000 phylogenetically diverse plants from angiosperms to green algae