UC Davis Transgenic Animal Research Conference IV
Sunday, August 10
2:00 - 5:00 pmRegistration
6:30 pmGet Acquainted Reception and Light Buffet - Garden Deck
8:30 pmNo-host bar - Garden Deck
Monday, August 11
7:00 - 8:00 amBreakfast - Granhall (each morning Monday - Thursday)
ALL PLENARY SESSIONS - LAKE/BAY ROOM
8:00 - 8:10Welcome, James Murray
Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis
SESSION ISession Chair - George Seidel Jr
8:10 - 8:30George Seidel Jr.
Colorado State University, USA
Setting the Stage: Transgenic Vertebrates — The Long Road to Practical Application
8:30 - 9:10Carol Readhead
California Institute of Technology
Male Germ Cells: manipulating their genome
9:10 – 9:45Knut Madden
Invitrogen Corporation, USA
RNAi, an overview and application tools
9:45 -10:15Tea/Coffee - Mountain Deck
SESSION 2Session Chair – Hosup Shim (Dankook University, Korea)
10:15 – 10:50Ken Wang
BioAgri Corporation, USA
Improving sperm-mediated transgenesis
10:50 - 11:20 Ian F. C. McKenzie
XenoTrans Ltd, Victoria, Australia
SMGT: Production of multigene transgenic pigs with high efficiency
11:20 - 12:00T. Sathiyaseelan
Hematech, LLC., Sioux Falls, SD
Cloned transchromosomic calves for production of human polyclonal antibodies
12:00 - 4:00Lunch/Free Time - Garden Deck
Rafting option: check at front desk for sign-up
POSTER4:00 - 5:30 Mountain Room
SESSION 1
6:00 p.m.Dinner - Garden Deck
SESSION 3Session Chair – Marcelo Bertolini (University of California Davis, USA)
8:00 – 8:40Carol Keefer
University of Maryland, USA
Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) in Goats: A superior domestic animal model?
8:40 – 9:30Julang Li
University of Guelph, Canada
Stem cells from porcine skin: could they be better donors for nuclear transfer
Tuesday, August 12
SESSION4Session Chair – James Pettite (North Carolina State University, USA)
8:00 - 8:45Helen Sang
Roslin Institute, UK
Efficient production of transgenic chickens using lentiviral vectors
8:45 - 9:30Marie-Cecile van de Lavoir
Origen Therapeutics, USA
ES technology and capability in the production of transgenic chickens
9:30 - 10:00 a.m.Tea/Coffee - Mountain Deck
SESSION 5Session Chair – Alison Van Eeneennaam (University of California Davis)
10:00 - 10:40Shou Lin
UCLA
Animal Cloning and High Throughput Bacterial Artificial Chromosomal (BAC) Transgenesis in Zebrafish
10:40 - 11:20Norman McLean
University of Southampton
Transgenesis to regulate growth and fertility in tilapia fish (Oreochromis niloticus)
11:20 - 12:00Heather Hostetler
Texas A&M University, USA
Ecological risks and benefits of fish transgenic for the phytase gene
12:00 - 1:30Lunch - Garden Deck
SESSION 6Session Chair – Ray Page (Cyagra Inc., USA)
1:30 - 2:15Alfonso Gutiérrez-Adán
Departamento de Reproducción, INIA, Spain
Transgenic models to study BSE
2:15 - 3:00Yann Echelard
GTC Biotherapeutics, USA
Transgenic goats and cows for the production of therapeutic proteins
3:00 - 3:30 a.m.Tea/Coffee - Mountain Deck
SESSION 7Session Chair – Mark Nottle (BresaGen Limited, Australia)
3:30 - 4:10Ken Bondioli
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Transgenic pigs by somatic cell nuclear transfer
4:10 - 4:50David Ayares
Revivicor, Inc., USA
Genetic modification of pigs for xenotransplantation
4:50 - 5:30Randall Prather
University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Transgenic pigs for medicine and agriculture
5:30 - 6:30 Hosted hospitality hour
6:30 p.m. Dinner - Granhall
Wednesday, Ausgust 14
SESSION 8Session Chair - Elizabeth Maga (University of California Davis)
8:00 - 8:35Norm Adams
CSIRO Livestock Industries, Australia
Physiology of oMt1a-oGH transgenic sheep: multiple effects and interactions
8:35 - 9:10Matt Wheeler
University of Illinois, USA
Lactation performance and piglet development in bovine - lactalbumin and human IGF-I transgenic swine
9:10 – 9:45Jim Murray
University of California Davis
Changing the composition of milk to improve human and animal health
9:45 - 10:15a.m.Tea/Coffee - Mountain Deck
SESSION9Session Chair – Carl Pinkert (University of Rochester, USA)
10:15 - 10:55Lawrence Smith
University of Montreal
Nuclear – cytoplasmic interactions during cloning: mitochrondrial influences
10:55– 11:35Keith Campbell
University of Nottingham, UK
Novel methods of reprogramming the somatic genome, for cellular dedifferentiation and embryo production by nuclear transfer
11:35– 12:15Cindy Tian
University of Conneticut, USA
Reprogramming of epigenetic inheritance by somatic cell nuclear cloning
12:30 - 4:00Lunch/Free Time - Garden Deck
POSTER4:00 - 5:30- Mountain Room
SESSION 11
6:00 p.m.Dinner - Garden Deck
SESSION 10Session Chair – Anita Oberbauer (University of California Davis)
8:00 – 8:45Thaddeus Golos
University of Wisconsin Madison, USA
“Primate Transgenesis: Opportunities for Basic Research and Resource Development”
8:45 - 9:30 Robert Wall
USDA-ARS
What the future may hold
9:30 - 10:00 General Discussion and Close
Thursday, September 13
7:00 - 8:00 a.m.Breakfast – Granhall
8:00 - afternoonShuttles depart for Reno and Davis