Protist Workshop - Itinerary

SOP symposium

TOPIC:
Genome evolution in microbial eukaryotes

A one-day symposium at the 2004 meetings of the Society of Protozoologists
Bryant College, Smithfield, Rhode Island, June 3

http://www.sloan.org/
http://www.bwfund.org/

To elucidate principles of eukaryotic genome evolution, we must increase our attention to explorations of microbial eukaryotes. The bulk of eukaryotic diversity is microbial yet our current knowledge of eukaryotic genome evolution comes largely from studies of plants, animals and fungi. Our intention in this one-day workshop is to highlight recent achievements in understanding the diversity of eukaryotic genomes, and to expose a broad community of eukaryotic microbiologists to advances in techniques for both data acquisition and data analysis.

> Invited speakers and symposium schedule
> Poster submission

Funds are available for student (undergraduate and graduate) and postdoc travel. You must apply ahead, and awards will be distributed at the meeting.

> Travel money request

http://www.sloan.org/ http://www.bwfund.org/		PROSPECTIVE SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE: MORNING SESSION: Recent Studies on Eukariotic Genome Evolution 9:00 am -12:30 pm Paddy Patterson, University of Sydney, Australia/Marine Biological Laboratory, USA The changing face of protozoan taxonomy Jessica Kissinger, University of Georgia, USA Parasite genome evolution Andrew Roger, Dalhousie University, Canada Genome and cell evolution in anaerobic protists: Inferences from EST data Kenneth Stuart, University of Washington Comparative genomics in kinetoplastids Laura Katz, Smith College, USA Evolution and implication of genome rearrangement in ciliates Uwe Maier, University of Marburg, Germany Organelles and endosymbiosis Debashish Bhattacharya, University of Iowa, USA Genome evolution in photosynthetic eukaryotes AFTERNOON SESSION: Workshop On Data Acquisition and Analysis 2:00 - 4:15 pm Jane Carlton, TIGR, USA Protist genome sequencing projects and comparative genomics: From genome to populome Martin Embley, University of Newcastle, UK Challenges and pitfalls in reconstructing eukaryotic relationships Amy Driskell, UC Davis, USA Exploiting large sequence databases to build the trees of life POSTER SESSION / HAPPY HOUR 5:00 - 6:00 pm Molecular Evolution and Genomics With awards for best graduate student and postdoc poster KEYNOTE ADDRESS 8:00 pm Martin Embley, University of Newcastle, UK Genomes, organelles and the demise of the Archezoa
	The 2004 SOP meetings will be at Bryant College, Smithfield, Rhode Island, June 2-6. Smithfield is 30 minutes from the international airport in Providence and 1 hour from Boston. We have received funds to cover travel and meeting expenses.