WORKSHOPS

Dr. Daniel Peterson has been a workshop organizer at the annual Plant & Animal Genome (PAG) Conference since 2004.  He started as co-organizer of the Reduced Representation Sequencing Workshop (RRSW) with Andrew H. Paterson (U. of GA) and eventually became sole RRSW organizer.  In 2008, Peterson changed the name of the RRSW to the Evolution of Genome Size Workshop (EGSW).  Peterson continues as organizer of the EGSW.

WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED (in reverse chronological order)

 
2009 Evolution of Genome Size Workshop
2009 EGSW speakers David Ray, Trude Schwarzacher, Stephen Stack, and Daniel Peterson
Plant & Animal Genome XVI (2008)
2009 Evolution of Genome Size Workshop.  Organized by Daniel G. Peterson.
Speakers:
1. Stephen M. Stack (CO State) "Cytogenetic Characterization Of Species Hybrids In The Tomato Clade"
2. Jennifer S. Hawkins (U. of GA) "Transposable Elements and Genome Size Dynamics in the Cotton Genus, Gossypium"
3. Daniel G. Peterson (MS State) "Gymnosperms: Evolution in 3/4 Time"
4. Trude Schwarzacher (U. of Leichester) "Evolution and Diversity in Tandem Repeat Arrays"
5. David A. Ray (WV Univ.) "Multiple Waves of Recent DNA Transposon Activity in the Bat, Myotis lucifugus"		  
     
 
2008 Evolution of Genome Size Workshop
2008 EGSW speakers Vladimir Kapitonov, J. Spencer Johnston, Jeffrey Demuth, Cedric Feschotte, and Surya Saha
Plant & Animal Genome XVI (2008)
2008 Evolution of Genome Size Workshop.  Organized by Daniel G. Peterson.
Speakers:
1. J. Spencer Johnston (Texas A&M) "Anthocyanin Inhibits Propidium Iodide DNA Fluorescence In Euphorbia pulcherrima (Euphorbiaceae) - Implications for Genome Size Variation"
2. Vladimir Kapitonov (Genet. Info. Res. Inst.) "Helitrons In Plants And Animals: Updates On Structure, Function And Genomic Impact"
3. Cedric Feschotte (U. of TX at Arlington) "Building Genetic Networks From Transposable Elements In Plant And Animal Genomes"
4. Jeffery Demuth (U. of TX at Arlington) "Evolution Of Mammalian Gene Families"
5. Surya Saha (MS State) "Targeted Data Mining Of Spatial Proximity Relationships Among Dispersed Repetitive Elements"		  
     
 
2007 Reduced Representation Sequencing Workshop
2007 RRSW speakers - Standing: Jonathan Dennis and Jeffrey Dean.  Seated: John Fellers, Patrick Schnable, and Claude dePamphilis
Plant & Animal Genome XV (2007)
2007 Reduced Representation Sequencing Workshop. Organized by Daniel G. Peterson.
Speakers:
1. Claude dePamphilis (Penn State) "Floral Gene Resources from Basal Angiosperms for Comparative Genomic Research"
2. Jonathan H. Dennis (Havard) "Using Reduced Representation Libraries to Study Mammalian Chromatin"
3. John P. Fellers (USDA/KS State)  "Using Methyl Sensitive Restriction Enzymes for Genome Reduction"
4. Jeffrey F.D. Dean (UGA) "Sequencing the Transcriptionally Active Gene Space in Conifers"
5. Patrick S. Schnable (IA State) "Gene Discovery and Annotation Using LCM-454 Transcriptome Sequencing"
 
     
  Plant & Animal Genome XIV (2006)
2006 Reduced Representation Sequencing Workshop. Organized by Daniel G. Peterson.
Speakers:
1. Daniel G. Peterson (MS State) "Exploring the Pine Genome Using Cot Filtration and 454 Life Sciences Massively Parallel Shotgun Sequencing" 
2. Claude W. dePamphilis* (Penn State) "Floral Gene Resources from Basal Angiosperms for Comparative Genomic Research"
3. Robert Ivarie (UGA) "Ultra-Rapidly Associating DNA Forms Diverse Secondary Structures with Many Biological Functions"
4. David A. Ray (WVU) "Chompy: An Infestation of MITE-Like Repetitive Elements in the Crocodilian Genome" 

*Dr. dePamphilis missed the workshop due to a snow storm that resulted in cancellation of his flight.

  
     
  Plant & Animal Genome XIII (2005)
2005 Reduced Representation Sequencing Workshop. Organized by Daniel G. Peterson and Andrew H. Paterson.
Speakers:
1. Mark A. Batzer (LSU) "Mobile Elements and Primate Genomic Diversity"
2. Pablo D. Rabinowicz (The Inst. for Genome Res.) "Using Reduced-Representation Techniques to Complete the Sequence of the Maize Gene-Space and to Explore Other Large Plant Genomes"
3. John F. Fernandes (Stanford) "Gene Sequencing with the Rescuemu Transposon"
4. Robert Ivarie (UGA) "The Repetitive Landscape of the Chicken Genome Analyzed Via Cot Based Cloning and Sequencing of Repetitive DNA Fractions"
5. David A Ray (LSU) "Mobile Elements: Novel Genetic Systems for Forensic Genomics"		  
     
  Plant & Animal Genome XII (2004)
2004 Reduced Representation Sequencing Workshop.  Organized by Daniel G. Peterson and Andrew H. Paterson. 
Speakers:
1. F. Alex Feltus (UGA) "Scanning for DNA Polymorphisms in Grasses: Intron Scans and DOP-PCR"
2. Brad Barbazuk (Danforth Center) "Consortium for Maize Genomics - An Examination of Maize Gene Coverage Obtained from Shotgun Sequences Derived from Methyl-Filtered and High Cot Selection Libraries"
3. Daniel G. Peterson (MS State) Cot-Based Cloning and Sequencing (CBCS): A 'Divide and Conquer' Approach to Genome Exploration
4. Michael J. Havey (U. of WS) Genomic Analyses and Comparisons Between Monocot Orders Asparagales and Poales