PROGRAM AGENDA
Day 1, April 6th
| 7:30 am | Conference materials pick up and continental breakfast |
| 8:15 am | Welcome: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Ronnie L. Green |
| 8:30-9:10 am | Plenary Talk: Challenges facing crop production and potential solutions Pat Schnable, Iowa State University |
| 9:10 am - Noon | GENETICS & GENOMICS (Chair: David Hyten, UNL) |
| 9:15-9:55 am | Underground signaling networks Phil Benfey, Duke University |
| 9:55-10:10 am | Break |
| 10:10-10:40 am | Genome-environment associations in sorghum landraces predict adaptive traits Geoff Morris, Kansas State University |
| 10:45-11:15 am | Understanding variation that persists in the genome of elite maize inbred lines Candice Hirsch, University of Minnesota |
| 11:20-11:50 am | Transgene mediated epimutagenesis leads to heritable phenotypic variation Robert Schmitz, University of Georgia |
| 11:50 am -1 pm | Lunch |
| Afternoon Session | |
| 1:00-2:55 pm | ENGINEERING & COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY (Chair: James Schnable, UNL) |
| 1:05-1:45 pm | Digital agriculture today and tomorrow Calden Carroll Stimpson, Climate Corp. |
| 1:50-2:20 pm | High throughput plant phenotyping in greenhouse and field: toward translational research from gene discovery to crop improvement Yufeng Ge, UNL |
| 2:25-2:55 pm | Deep learning for high-throughput phelotyping of 'complex' traits in wheat Jesse Poland, Kansas State University |
| 3:00-3:20 pm | Break |
| 3:20-4:50 pm | AGRICULTURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP (Chair: Sally Mackenzie, UNL) |
| 3:20-3:45 pm | Contemplating commercial implications of plant epigenetics research Sally Mackenzie, UNL |
| 3:50-4:50 pm | Panel discussion on Agricultural Entrepreneurship |
| 5:00-6:45 pmPoster session and reception | |
Day 2, April 7th
| 7:30 am | Conference materials pick up and continental breakfast |
| 8:15-11:35 am | SYSTEMS & SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY I (Chair: Senthil Subramanian, South Dakota State University) |
| 8:20-9:00 am | Precise engineering of plant genomes Daniel Voytas, University of Minnesota |
| 9:05-9:35 am | Applying RNA synthetic biology to study plant-microbe interactions Ming Chen Hammond, University of California, Berkeley |
| 9:40-10:10 am | Plant metabolic models: from model building to ‘omics’ data integration and answering important biological questions Rajib Saha, UNL |
| 10:10-10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30-11:00 am | Integrated metabolomics for deciphering metabolic pathways and emerging solutions for addressing the grand challenges of metabolomics Lloyd Sumner, University of Missouri |
| 11:05-11:35 am | Linking lipidomics and genetics for crop improvement Ruth Welti, Kansas State University |
| 11:45am -12:45 pm | Lunch |
| Afternoon Session | |
| 12:50-2:45 pm | SYSTEMS & SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY II (Chair: Ed Cahoon, UNL) |
| 12:55-1:35 pm | Advanced fuels from advanced plants Jay Keasling, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1:40-2:10 pm | Application of high-resolution, functional genomic methods to study soybean root traits Gary Stacey, University of Missouri |
| 2:15-2:45 pm | Developing integrated products to improve crop performance, efficacy, and durability Wendy Pline-Srnic, Dupont Pioneer |
| 2:45-3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00-4:00 pm | Panel Discussion: Future of biotechnology for crop improvement, Chair: Jim Alfano, UNL |
| 4:05-4:45 pm | Plenary Talk: What can plant metabolic engineering do for human health? Cathie Martin, University of East Anglia (England) |
| 4:45 pm | Wrap-up & optional tour: phenotyping greenhouses at Nebraska Innovation Campus |