Programme
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DAY 1 (23 November 2008)
THE PLATYPUS GENOME2:00-5:50 PM Symposium 1
PLATYPUS GENOMICS
Chair: Mike Augee (Linnean Society of New South Wales)
SYM-1-1
2:00-2:30 PM Platypus – from chromosomes to genome
Jennifer A. Marshall Graves (Australian National University, Australia)
SYM-1-2
2:30-3:10 PM Evolutionary and phylogenetic significance of microsatellites conserved in platypus and other vertebrates
Neil Gemmell (University of Otago, New Zealand)
SYM-1-3
3:10-3:50 PM Jumping genes shape the platypus genome and help decipher their evolutionary history
Juergen Schmitz (Muenster University, Germany)
SYM-1-4
4:30-5:00 PM MicroRNAs and piRNAs in platypus and echidna
Elizabeth Murchison (Australian National University,
Australia)
SYM-1-5
5:00-5:30PM The weird mammal exposé: corrupt statistics and crippled tools Gavin Huttley (Australian National University, Australia)
8:00-9:30 PM Panel discussion
THE PLATYPUS – FROM DISCOVERY TO GENOME
Chair: Roger Short (University of Melbourne)
Panel Members: Ann Moyal, Peter Temple-Smith, Mike Augee, Brian Setchell, Peggy Rismiller and Jenny Graves
DAY 2 (24 November 2008)
FROM PLATYPUS GENOME TO PLATYPUS BIOLOGY
9:00-10:30 AM Symposium 2
IMPRINTING, VENOM, IMMUNOME AND microRNAS IN MONOTREMES
Chair: Steve Donnellan (South Australian Museum)
SYM-2-1
9:00-9:30 AM Evolution of imprinting in mammals
Marilyn Renfree (Melbourne University, Australia)
SYM-2-2
9:30-10:00 AM Defensin-like peptides, D-amino acids, and L- to D- peptide isomerase, in male-platypus venom
Philip W. Kuchel (University of Sydney, Australia)
SYM-2-3
10:00 – 10:30 AM From platypus genome to “immunome” to “venom”
Katherine Belov (University of Sydney, Australia)
11:00 AM-12:30 PM Symposium 3
MONOTREME IMMUNITY AND MILK
Chair: Kevin Nicholas (Deakin University)
SYM-3-1
11:00-11:30 AM Platypus T cell receptor genomics reveal ancient origins of TCRμ and gene loss in eutherian mammals
Robert Miller (University of New Mexico, USA)
SYM-3-2
11:30-12:00 AM Characterisation of monotreme caseins reveals lineage specific expansion of an ancestral casein locus in mammals
Christophe Lefevre (Deakin University, Australia)
1:30-2:30 PM Symposium 4
MONOTREME POPULATION GENETICS
Chair: Neil Gemmell (Otago University)
SYM-4-1
1:30-2:00 PM Mitochondrial phylogeography of Australia’s most widespread terrestrial mammal
Stephen Donnellan (South Australian Museum, Australia)
SYM-4-2
2:00-2:15 PM Using microsatellite DNA markers to better understand platypus populations
Stephen Kolomyjec (James Cook University, Australia)
SYM-4-3
2:15-2:30 PM Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers in shortbeaked echidna
Cecile Vanpe (University of Otago, New Zealand)
2:30-5:00 PM Poster session and trade display
Day 3 (25 November 2008)
MONOTREME SEX AND REPRODUCTION
Breakfast from 7:30 AM in the Restaurant area (Waterside Restaurant)
9:00-10:00 PM Symposium 5
MONOTREME SEX AND SEX CHROMOSOMES
Chair: Jenny Graves (Australian National University)
SYM-5-1
9:00-9:40 AM Chromosome painting and the resolution of the unique sex determining system in platypus and echidna
Malcolm A. Ferguson-Smith (Cambridge University, UK)
SYM-5-2
9:40-10:10 AM Bird-like sex chromosomes of platypus imply a recent origin of mammal sex chromosomes
Paul Waters (Australian National University, Australia)
SYM-5-3
10:10-10:50 AM Evolution of sex chromosomes in platypus and echidna
Willem Rens (Cambridge University, UK)
SYM-5-4
11:20-11:50 AM Identification of candidate sex determination genes in platypus
Frank Grützner (University of Adelaide, Australia)
SYM-5-5
11:50-12:20 PM Specific elements in the platypus sex chromosome chain associate with the nucleolus and accumulate mH2A1 in pachytene spermatocytes
Tasman Daish (University of Adelaide, Australia)
SYM-5-6
12:20-12:50 PM Dosage Compensation in the multiple X chromosomes of the platypus
Janine Deakin (Australian National University, Australia)
2:00- 3:40 PM Symposium 6
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY IN MONOTREMES
Chair: Russell Jones (Newcastle University)
SYM-6-1
2:00-2:20 PM The evolution of proteins involved in sperm maturation and fertilisation: Insights from a monotreme model
Heath Ecroyd (University of Adelaide, Australia)
SYM-6-2
2:20-2:40 PM Monotremes provide a key to understanding the evolutionary significance of post-testicular sperm maturation and capacitation Brett Nixon (Newcastle University, Australia)
SYM-6-3
2:40-3:10 PM Proteome of the milieu for post-testicular development of spermatozoa in monotremes and other mammals
Jean-Louis Dacheux (INRA, France)
SYM-6-4
3:10-3:40 PM Sweep selection of relaxin family genes in mammals
Sheau Yu Teddy Hsu (Stanford University, USA)
4:10-6:00 PM Symposium 7
CAPTIVE BREEDING AND DISEASE IN MONOTREMES
Chair: Peter Temple-Smith (Monash University)
SYM-7-1
4:00-4:30 PM Platypus Mucormycosis disease: a review and the current
Situation
Nick Gust (Department of Primary Industries and Water, Australia)
SYM-7-2
4:30- 5:00 PM Reproductive strategies of the short-beaked echidna
Stewart Nicol (University of Tasmania, Australia)
SYM-7-3
5:00-5:30 PM Behaviour of lactating echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus multiaculeatus) from hatching to weaning
Peggy Rismiller (University of Adelaide, Australia)
SYM-7-4
5:30-6:00 PM Management Techniques for Reproduction of the Shortbeaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) at the Philadelphia Zoo: Is there Potential for Long-term Reproductive Studies of the Echidna in Captivity?
Todd Sinander (Philadelphia Zoo, USA)
SYM-7-5
6:00-6:15 PM Breeding echidnas for research
Steve Johnston (University of Queensland, Australia)
SYM-7-6
6:15-6:30 PM Successful captive breeding of short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus acanthion) at Perth Zoo
Arthur Ferguson (Perth Zoo)
8:00-9:00 PM Comparative mammalian genomics: lessons from the Felidae
Stephen O’Brien (National Cancer Institute, USA)
Day 4 (26 November)
BEYOND THE PLATYPUS GENOME
8:00 AM-10:00 PM Round table discussion
Chair: Frank Grützner (Adelaide University)
12:00-1:00 PM Introduction to Monarto Zoo by Dr Greg Johnston (Zoos SA/Flinders University)
13:00-15:00PM Tour of Monarto and echidna tracking
Peggy Rismiller, Gail Westlake and Ben Feo
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