Genome editing and Gene Targeting in Plants
University of California San Diego
November 14, 2018
8:45 -8:50, Welcome by Maarten Chrispeels
8:50 – 9:00, Ethan Bier, UCSD
The new possibilities created by CRISPR technologies
9:00- 9:35, Holger Puchta, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Genome Engineering in Plants: Past, Present, Future
9:40-10:15, Bing Yang, University of Missouri
CRISPR/Cas based genome editing in grass plants
10:20-10:40, Coffee break
10:45-11:20, Yinong Yang, Penn State University
CRISPR/Cas9-enabled multiplex genome editing
11:25-12:00, Lanqin Xia, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Harnessing genome editing technologies for rice and wheat improvements
12:00-1:00, Lunch
1:00-1:35, Zach Lippman, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Gene editing in plants: From basic to applied
1:40 -2:15, Yiping Qi, University of Maryland
Promise and challenges of CRISPR-Cas9 and Cas12a systems in plant genome editing
2:20 – 2:40, coffee break
2:40- 3:15, Yunde Zhao, University of California San Diego
Transgene-free gene editing for plants
3:20-3:55, William Gordon-Kamm and Clara Alarcon, Pioneer/Dupont
Cereal transformation at Corteva Agriscience – meeting the demands for genome modification
4:00-4:15, Closing remarks by Yunde Zhao