Workshop: Crop Bioengineering Consortium
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 05 Nov 2013 at 7:30 am |
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| Location: | Gateway Conference Center |
| Cost: | $150 |
| URL: | http://www.extension.iastate.edu/registr...index.html |
| Contact: | Jeff Wolt, |
| Phone: | 515-294-6899 |
| Channel: | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Categories: | Conferences |
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Workshop Program
November 4
Registration (1 p.m.)
Opening remarks (1:30 p.m.)
Session 1 (1:45-5 p.m.)
-- Technological opportunities and state of the science (Donald Weeks, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, session chair)
-- Targeted Genome Editing and Gene Regulation for Bioengineering Applications (Keith Joung, Harvard University)
-- DNA targeting with TAL effectors - a transformative technology with room for improvement (Adam Bogdanove, Cornell University)
-- Animal bioengineering with TALENS (Scott Fahrenkrug, University of Minnesota)
-- Plant bioengineering with TALENS (Bing Yang, Iowa State University)
-- Bioengineering through direct delivery of proteins (Kan Wang, Iowa State University)
Reception (5-6 p.m.)
Dinner (6 p.m.)
November 5
Registration and continental breakfast (7:30 am)
Opening remarks (8:15 a.m.)
Session 2 (8:30 a.m.-noon)
-- The product development landscape (Andy Hedgecock, Director, Scientific Affairs - DuPont Pioneer, session chair)
-- Applications of Targeted Genome Modification Technologies for Commercial Trait Development (Qiudeng Que, Syngenta Biotechnology)
-- New Plant Breeding Techniques: Legal Classification and Regulatory Implications (Drew Kershen, University of Oklahoma)
-- Intellectual property considerations (Chris Holman, University of Missouri-Kansas City)
-- Regulatory considerations, US (Neil Hoffman, USDA-APHIS)
-- Regulatory considerations, EU (Katia Pauwels, Biosafety and Biotechnology Unit, Belgian Scientific Institute of Public Health)
-- Public Perception and Regulation of Biotech Innovation (Clark Wolf, Iowa State University)
Luncheon (12:15-1:30 p.m.)
Luncheon speaker (12:45 p.m.)
Session 3 (1:30-5 p.m.)
-- Safety, acceptance, and regulation (Gregory Jaffe, Center for Science in the Public Interest, session chair)
-- New biotechnology-based plant breeding techniques and the regulatory landscape (Nancy Podevin, EMBL and formerly EFSA)
-- Plenary overview and charge (session chair)
Breakout group discussion (facilitator-reporters TBD)
Reconvene in plenary session
Group reports, panel discussion