Programme -- C3 2008

C3'2008
2008年“芯片、计算机、作物”学术研讨会
2008 International Workshop on Chips,Computers and Crops
September 26^th to 27^th, 2008
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

ZheJiang University and University of Essex

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Friday 26^th September 2008

09:00~09:30 Registration desk opens (Seminar Room 250)
09:30~10:00 Opening Ceremony (Chairman: Ming Chen)
Welcome Speech (Prof. Ping Wu)

1^st Session Crops

10:00~10:30 Arabidopsis omics and their applications to crops (Prof.Sean May, Nottingham)
10:30~11:00 Tea break (Photograph)
11:00~11:30 Vernalization and cold acclimation in Wheat (Dr.Mark Winfield, Bristol)
11:30~12:00 Campus tour
12:10~13:30 Lunch (Wangzi Restaurant)

2^ed Session Transcriptomics
Chairman: Stephen Tsui

13:30~14:00 Genome-wide comparative analysis of rice microRNA-target pairs and characterization of their regulatory mechanisms in auxin signalling (Dr.Yijun Meng, Hangzhou)
14:00~14:30 Broadening transcriptome resources for plants (Dr.Neil Graham, Nottingham)
14:30~15:00 Investigating crop nutrition through transcriptional studies (Dr.John Hammond, Warwick)
15:00~15:20 Tea break (Photograph)
15:20~15:50 A transcriptomic analysis of photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis (Dr.Hugh Shanahan, Royal Holloway, London)
15:50~16:20 xxxxxxxx ()
18:00~ Banquet (Social event) Wushan Pavilion

Saturday 27^th September 2008

3^rd Session Chips
Chairman: Sean May

08:30~09:00 Using correlations in Affymetrix probe intensities to study alternative splice site (Ms.Joanna Rowsell, Essex)
09:00~09:30 Affymetrix probes containing contiguous runs of guanines are not gene-specific (Dr.Andrew Harrison, Essex)
09:30~10:00 Using surveys of Affymetrix GeneChip experiments to find groups of genes undergoing coordinated post-transcriptional processing (Dr.Olivia Sanchez-Graillet, Essex)
10:00~10:20 Tea break (Photograph)
10:20~10:50 BioChip: A Comprehensive Computational Platform for Rice Microarray Data Analysis (Mr.Dijun Chen, Hangzhou)
10:50~11:20 An Integrative Functional Annotation System for Rice Affymetrix Chips (Mr.Junjie Cao, Hangzhou)
10:50~11:20 DIGAP -a Database of Improved Gene Annotation for Phytopathogens (Dr. Lingling Chen, Zibo)
12:10~13:30 Lunch (Wangzi Restaurant)

4^th Session Systems Biology
Chairman: Andrew Harrison

13:30~14:00 From microarrays to regulatory networks in Arabidopsis (Dr.Chris Needham, Leeds)
14:00~14:30 Is the current photosynthetic carbon metabolism optimal for photosynthetic efficiency? - A systems biology approach (Dr. Xinguang Zhu, USA)
14:30~15:00 From Arabidopsis to rice: pathways in pollen development (Dr. Zoe Wilson, Nottingham)
15:00~15:20 Tea break (Photograph)
15:20~15:50 Learning from various data sources of transcriptional regulation (Dr. Sasha Ott, Warwick)
15:50~16:20 Genotype-Specific Hepatitis B Virus Genomic Markers Associated with Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Prof. Stephen Tsui, Hongkong)
16:20~17:10 Discussion Session
17:10~ Dinner (Farewell)