Conference Program
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
The Nili Museum - Beit Aaronsohn, Zichron Yaakov
10:00: Satellite meeting of the Expert Working Group on Durum
Wheat Genomics and Breeding (EWG-DWGB)
Organizing: Luigi Cattivelli & Roberto Tuberosa
12:00-13:45 Registration and refreshments
13:45-14:00 Greetings and opening remark
Mrs. Nira Ephraty, Beit Aaronshon
Dr. Assaf Distelfeld, Conference co-chair
Wild emmer wheat discovery and domestication
Chair: Avraham A. Levy
14:00-14:20 Avi Gopher, Tel Aviv University, Israel
The archaeology of plant domestication in the near east and thoughts
on the modern condition of man
14:20-14:50 Shahal Abbo, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel The domestication syndrome; refining terms & implications for modern
breeding
14:50-15:10 Zvi Peleg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Differential selection of grain and embryo weight during wheat
evolution under domestication
15:10-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-15:40 Aviah Zilberstein, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Zhair Eyal Scienific legacy
15:40-16:00 Tzion Fahima, University of Haifa, Israel
Evolution and adaptation of wild emmer wheat to biotic stress
16:00-16:30 Evans Lagudah, CSIRO, Australia
Multi-pathogen resistance genes: uniquely wheat yet discordant in
wheat progenitors
16:30-16:50 Roi Ben-David, Agricultural Research Organization, Israel
Co-evolution at the primary center of origin: The role of domesticated
wheat and its wild progenitor in powdery mildew differentiation
16:50-17:10 Dina Raats, TGAC, UK
Functional genomics to improve wheat disease resistance
17:10-17:40 Coffee Break
Biotic stress in wheat in memory of Prof. Zahir Eyal
Chair: Assaf Distelfeld
Wheat genome sequencing
Chair: Curtis Pozniak
17:40-18:10 Assaf Distelfeld, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Wild emmer wheat genomics
18:10-18:30 Sven O. Twardziok, MIPS, Germany
Annotation of the Triticum dicoccoides genome provides insights into genome organization and cereal evolution
18:30-18:50 Heidrun Gundlach, MIPS, Germany
Genome composition and architecture of wild emmer - the first
chromosomal assembly of a large tetraploid plant genome
18:50-19:10 Hong-Qing Ling, Chinese Academy of Sciences, china The genome of Triticum urartu, the progenitor of wheat A genome
19:10-19:30 Luigi Cattivelli, CREA, Italy
Toward a high-quality sequence of the durum wheat genome
19:30-21:30 Reception dinner
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Rehovot, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
(in collaboration with the Otto Warburg conference)
08:30-09:15 Key lecture - Ulla Bonas, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
How the bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas manipulates the plant
Abiotic stress in cereals
Chair: Roi Ben-David
09:20-09:40 Roberto Tuberosa, University of Bologna, Italy
Investigating the gene content of QTL for root growth angle in wheat
09:40-10:00 Yehoshua Saranga, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Ancestral QTL alleles from wild emmer wheat improve drought
resistance of modern wheat
10:00-10:20 Karin Krupinska, Kiel University, Germany
WHIRLY1 dependent chloroplast signaling during growth of barley in
high light is associated with changes in microRNA levels
10:20-10:40 David Bonfil, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO)-Gilat, Israel
Wheat phenomics in the field by RapidScan: NDVI vs. NDRE
10:40-11:10 Coffee Break
Advances in wheat genomics
Chair: Roberto Tuberosa & Gil Ronen
11:10-11:30 Martin Mascher, IPK, Germany
Conservation and rearrangement: gene order in peri-centromeric
regions of Triticeae genomes
11:30-11:50 Gil Ronen, NRGene, Israel
The next revolution in genomics: exploring complex genome
assembly to pan-genome interconnection
11:50-12:10 Hikmet Budak, Sabanci University, Turkey
Wild and domesticated miRNA wheat; a case study from Triticum
turgidum spp. dicoccoides subpopulation judaicum, accession zavitan
12:10-12:30 Asaph Aharoni, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Chromosomal rearrangements are responsible for the β- diketones
cuticular wax production in wheat
12:35-14:00 Lunch
Plant biodiversity & biotechnology
Chair: Dani Zamir
14:00-14:30 Andreas Graner, IPK, Germany
Ex situ collections: Getting dressed up for another green revolution
14:30-15:00 Sandra Knapp, Natural History Museum, London, UK
Biodiversity – for or against plant biotechnology?
15:00-15:30 Andrew Paterson, University of Georgia, USA
Applying a reference genome to cotton breeding
15:30-15:50 Coffee Break
15:50-16:20 Curtis Pozniak, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Wheat breeding in the genomic era
16:20-17:20 Israeli Agri-Biotech
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Field trip to see wild emmer wheat in its natural habitats
Dr. Hanan Sela, Tel Aviv University
08:30 Departure from Tel-Aviv [Leonardo hotel, Merkaz train station]
10:00 Alonim Junction – 15 min. break
11:00 Kahal (East Galilee)
12:30 Almagor (North of the Sea of Galilee)
13:00 Lunch at Amnun beach (Sea of Galilee)
14:00 Capernaum site
15:00 Zavitan nature reserve
16:00 Bethsaida view point
18:00 Visit to Beit She'arim National Park and Gala Dinner
21:00 Return to Tel-Aviv