Program

REGISTRATION

Opening Ceremony

Genomics for food and nutrition security: some examples in legumes

Dr. Rajeev Kumar Varshney (Keynote speakers)

Director, State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Murdoch University, Australia.

Genomics to accelerate the improvement of strategic crops in Mexico

Dr. Alfredo Herrera Estrella

Director, Advanced Genomics Unit- UGA-LANGEBIO-CINVESTAV IPN Irapuato

Coffee Break

Novel tools and approaches to inform on Phytophthora pathogen emergence

Dr. Niklaus J Grünwald (Keynote speakers)

USDA ARS, Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory.

Oral presentations Part 1

Lunch/Poster session Part 1 (Poster Numbers 001 to 050)

Coffea arabica genomic association studies for biotic stresses

Dr. Luiz Filipe Protasio Pereira (Keynote speakers)

Researcher Genetics and Crop Breeding - Embrapa Café / IDR - Brazil.

Proteomics and transcriptomics analysis of abiotic stress responses in amaranth leaves and roots

Dr. Ana Paulina Barba de la Rosa

Molecular Biology Divsion Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica A.C.

Coffee Break

Empowering AgriFood research through genome technologies

Dr. Claudia Rangel Escareño

TecBase, School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Oral Presentations Part 2

Coffee Break

Agrigenomics Discussion Pannel

Genómica Innovando la Agroindustria Mexicana

Networking cocktail

Harnessing the power of genomics in agriculture

Dr. Sunil Kumar Sahu (Keynote speaker)

State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

Coffee Break

Functional genomics as a tool towards deciphering plant-microbe symbioses useful for agriculture

Dr. José López Bucio

IIQB-Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo

Genomic and Meta-genomic "Killer Apps" in Two Agriculturally and Culturally Important Plants:
 Wine Grapes and Forest Trees

Dr. Kristian Stevens (Keynote speakers)

Departments of Computer Science and Evolution and Ecology UC-Davis.

Coffee Break

National sequencing TEC BASE projects

Dr. Alejandra Chávez Santoscoy / Dr. Ashutosh Sharma

Oral presentations Part 3

Lunch/Poster session Part 2 (Poster number 051 to 100)

Harnessing the promising fruits of omics-assisted breeding for yam improvement

Dr. Ranjana Bhattacharjee (Keynote speaker)

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Nigeria.

Has genomic information been important for dairy production?

Dr. Felipe de Jesús Ruiz López

INIFAP and general director of the Mexican Holstein Association

Coffee Break

“Herramientas Omicas y Moleculares en el Estudio de la Fisiología del Estrés en Plantas: Hacia una nueva forma de producción agrícola”

Dr. Ramón Gerardo Guevara González

Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro

Oral presentations Part 4

Award Ceremony

(Young Investigator Award and Poster Award)

Closing ceremony