Translational Genomics for accelerating Genetic Gains in Legume Crops Rajeev Varshney, Global Research Program Director, Genetic Gains, ICRISAT
10:30
Transposon-mediated Genome Tour in Cereals Jaswinder Singh, Associate Professor, McGill University
11:05
Q/A Discussion
11:15
Coffee Break and Networking Session
Session 2: Defense Mechansim for Biotic & Abiotic Stress
11:45
From Genomic to Functional Genomic of Plant Protein Phosphatases in Abiotic Stress Girdhar Pandey, Professor, University of Delhi
12:20
Mutational Genomics to accelerate Disease Resistance Gene Cloning in Complex Plant Genome Sambasivam Periyannan, Research Scientist, CSIRO
Accelerating disease resistance gene cloning in plants through combinations of mutagenesis and advancements in gene capture and sequencing techniques.
12:50
Long Non-Coding RNAs and their Impact on Plant Development and Stress Response Kashmir Singh, Assistant Professor, Panjab University
13:25
Integrated Pest Management Mukesh Sehgal, Principal Scientist, National Centre for Integrated Pest Management (ICAR)
13:40
Q/A Discussion
13:50
Lunch Break and Networking Session
14:35
Poster Evaluation
Session 3: Regulatory and Biosafety Issues in GM Crops
15:00
Keynote Presentation
Genomic Knowledge & Transgenic Mustard Deepak Pental, Professor & Ex Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi
15:45
Keynote Presentation
Regulatory issues in GM crops in India: Learnings from Bt-Cotton and Opportunities Beyond Rakesh Tuli, J C Bose National Fellow & Sr Research Advisor, University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Panjab University
16:30
Gene Editing Regulatory Aspects - IRRI Perspective Gururaj Guddappa Kulkarni, Senior Scientist, Research Infrastructure and Operations, IRRI
17:05
Q/A Discussion
17:15
Understanding role of Genome-wide Epigenetic Regulation in Heterosis of Pigeonpea Hybrids Pallavi Sinha, Associate Scientist, ICRISAT
17:45
Q/A Discussion
17:50
End of First Day of Conference
Friday, 21 July 2017
Draft Agenda- Subject to Change
Special Presentation
09:30
Feedstock Genomics for Bioenergy Manoj K Sharma, Assistant Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
10:05
Q/A Discussion
Session 4: Genome Sequencing & Editing
10:10
Keynote Presentation
Genome Editing in Flax in Response to Environmental Stress Christopher Cullis, Professor & Chair, Case Western Reserve University
The presenter will discuss about the assay of subsets of these indel variants in the progeny from 19 individuals from three different nutrient regimes, from other flax accessions and even the wild progenitor of flax, Linum bienne which shows that in every case the same two alternative structures are seen. Such reproducible large scale variation is unlikely to occur through multiple independent events and therefore an editing mechanism by which long tracts of the genome can be replaced with an alternative structure is being proposed, and the genes controlling this process mapped.
10:55
Reading Banana Genome Book for Putative Salt Tolerance Associated DNA Markers V Arunachalam, Principal Scientist, Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute
DNA bands targeting salt tolerance associated marker region in the banana genome were sequenced. One of the sequences matched with phenolic glucoside malonyl-transferase 2-like gene located on chromosome 4.
11:25
Q/A Discussion
11:35
Coffee Break and Networking Session
Session 5: Advances in Genetic & Genomic Approaches for Breeding
12:05
Mushroom hybridization and Biotechnological Approaches in Fungal Breeding Manjit Singh, Ex-Director, ICAR-DMR, Solan,
12:40
Development and Validation of 50K Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) arrays (Axiom®CicerSNP Array) for accelerating Genetics and Breeding in Chickpea Manish Roorkiwal, Scientist - Genomics and Molecular Breeding, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
13:10
Marker Assisted Screening of Indian Wheat Varieties for the presence of Alien Leaf Rust Resistance Gene Lr34 and Linked Gene Yr18 Anjali Rai, Research Scholar, Indian Agriculture Research Institute
Genomics for Understanding Secondary Metabolism in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Sumit Gandhi, Sr. Scientist, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM)
15:20
Chitosan Induction of Defense Response against Basal Stem Rot Disease caused by Ganoderma spp. in young Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) Christina Supramaniam, Assistant Professor, The University of Nottingham
15:55
(Drop-out) Elucidating Salt-Toleranct Metabolic Pathways with ‘Omics’ Approach in Indica Rice Vandna Rai, Senior Scientist, National Research Center on Plant Biotechnology
16:20
Coffee Break and Networking Session
16:30
Q/A Discussion
16:40
Cyclotides: A Plethora of Plant Defense Peptides against Biotic Stress Manasi Mishra, DST-INSPIRE Faculty, Shiv Nadar University
16:55
Metabolic Engineering for Enhanced Production of Provitamin A in Banana Navneet Kaur, Project SRF, NABI