January 23, 2023
9:00am - 4:00pm
Virtual Symposium
Join us for a one-day virtual symposium featuring an international panel of speakers on the latest advances and challenges in genetic analysis of marine protists, with topics covering tools and techniques for model and non-model organisms.
Agenda |
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9:00 a.m. |
Introductory Remarks |
9:05 a.m. |
Overview |
9:15 a.m. |
Progress in Genetics of Non-model Algae |
9:45 a.m. |
Signatures of Parallel Genome Evolution in Algae from Polar Oceans |
10:15 a.m. |
Sexual Reproduction in Picophytoplankton |
10:45 a.m. |
Break |
11:00 a.m. |
How Lessons Learned with Chlamydomonas Have Helped to Establish Molecular Tools for Phaeodactylum - and How They Haven’t |
11:30 a.m. |
Chromosome-scale genome engineering in Phaeodactylum tricornutum |
12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
1:00 p.m. |
Artificial Chromosome Technology and Genetic Parts Registries in Protists |
1:30 p.m. |
Phenotyping Tools for Picophytoplankton |
2:00 p.m. |
Genomic Tools for the Analysis of Microbes and Complex Environmental Communities |
2:35 p.m. |
Panel Discussion on Challenges and Future Directions |