18th International Colloquium on Animal Cytogenetics and Gene Mapping
(ICACGM)
(endorsed by the International Chromosome and Genome Society)
Bucharest, June 8-10, 2008
University of Agricultural Sciences
Hall Room
Bdul Marasti 59, sector 1, Bucharest
Saturday, June 7, 2008
15.00-20.00
Arrival at the meeting venue, registration and poster set-up
20.00
Welcome reception (Campus Restaurant )
Sunday, June 8, 2008
9.00-9.30
Opening meeting (I. Nicolae, L. Iannuzzi)
Greetings from Dr. Dacian Ciolos (Minister of Agriculture), Acad. Cristian Hera
(President of Agricultural and Forestry Academy Sciences- ASAS) , Prof. Stefan
Diaconescu (Rector of the Agricultural Science University) and Prof.Anton Anton
(President of National Authority for Scientific Research)
9.30-11.00:
Session I – Chromosome Architecture
H. Hayes, D. Griffin, chairpersons
9.30-10.05:
Lecture – S. Muller - Chromosomal and nuclear genome architecture – an
evolutionary perspective
10.05-10.40: Lecture - R. Chaves - Satellite DNA: Hallmarks of Chromosome Evolution and
Genome Remodelling
10.40-10.55: I. Szczerbal, H.A. Foster, J.M. Bridger - Changes in gene position in interphase during
porcine adipogenesis are correlated with changes in gene expression
10.55-11.05: E. Słota, M. Wnuk, M. Bugno, A. Pieńkowska-Schelling - Application of in situ
fluorescent nick-translation to detection DNA methylation in B chromosomes of red
fox (Vulpes vulpes) and Chinese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides
procyonoides).
11.05-11.40: coffee break, poster vision and commercial exhibitions (Group photo)
11.40-12.45: Session II - Clinical Cytogenetics
M. Switonsky, D.A.F. Villagomez, chairpersons
11.40-12.15: Lecture – A. Pinton, K. Massip, N. Bonnet, A. Calgaro, B. Billoux., V. Bacquié, N. Mary,
A.M. Dudez, A. Bonnet-Garnier, M. Yerle and A. Ducos - Clinical and molecular
cytogenetics in domestic animals
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12.15-12.30: C. Schelling, H.W. Steinmetz, R.M. Brunner, T. Goldammer, A. Pieńkowska-Schelling Identification of a marker chromosome in a female Sumatran orang utan (Pongo
pygmaeus abeli)
12.30-12.45: W.A. King, L. Iannuzzi, D.A.F. Villagomez – Presentation of the special issue on
“Veterinary cytogenetics”, Cytogenet Genome Res 120 (1-2), 2008.
12.45-13.20: Session III - New Technologies and Microarray
S. Ciccarese, chairperson
12.45-13.20: Lecture – D. Griffin and M. E Völker - Microarray analysis – a new era in
cytogenetics?
13.20-15.00: Lunch, poster vision and commercial exhibitions
15.00-19.00: Bucharest City Tour (Bus at the congress venue)
Monday, June 9, 2008
9.00-12.00:
Session IV – Karyotype Evolution and Comparative Genomics
J. Rubes, D. Di Berardino, chairpersons
Lecture – T.J. Robinson, A. Ruiz-Herrera - Phylogenomics, ancestral karyotypes and
the effects of lineage sorting in constructing chromosomal phylogenies: contributions
from chromosome painting and genome sequence assemblies.
9.35-10.10: Lecture – L. Iannuzzi - Karyotype evolution in bovids as revealed by comparative
banding and FISH-mapping techniques
10.10-10.25: D. Nicodemo, A. Pauciullo, A. Castello, G. Cosenza, V. Peretti, A. Perucatti, G. P. Di
Meo, G. Ficco, L. Ramunno, L. Iannuzzi, J. Rubes, D. Di Berardino - A cytogenetic
investigation on the yak (Bos grunniens) reared in central Italy
10.25-10.40: K. E. Fowler, B. M. Skinner, L. B. W. Robertson, H. G. Tempest, M. Völker, D. K. Griffin
- Molecular cytogenetic maps of turkey, duck and zebra finch and their implications
for genome evolution
10.40-10.55: P. Musilova, S. Kubickova, P. Horin, R. Vodicka, J. Rubes - Karyotypic relationships
among Asiatic asses (kulan and kiang) and domestic horse defined using horse
chromosome arm-specific probes
9.00-9.35:
10.55-11.30:
Coffee break, poster vision and commercial exhibitions
11.30-11.45: S Massari , G Vaccarelli, MC Miccoli, MP Lefranc, R Antonacci, S Ciccarese
Multispecies comparative immunogenomics: TRG loci as markers in reconstructing
the evolutionary pathway from ancestral to modern mammal genomes
11.45-12.00: J. Rubes, E. Pagacova, S. Kubickova, H. Cernohorska, J. Vahala. Centric fusion/fission
polymorphisms in non-domestic bovidae
12.00-12.15 F. Adega, S. Louzada, A. Vieira-da-Silva, H. Guedes-Pinto, A. Kofler, J. Wienberg, R.
Chaves - The freewill of evolution in the structuring of Rodentia genomes
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12.15-13.35: Session V - Nuclear organization, Gene expression and Gene Mapping
T. Goldammer, G.P. Di Meo, chairpersons
12.15-12.50: Lecture - B. Chowdhary – Animal genome organization
12.50-13.05: A. Krasikova, E. Vasilevskaya, A. Maslova, A. Yurgenis, A. Radaev, E. Gaginskaya
Nuclear architecture in growing avian oocytes: three-dimensional genome
organization and functional compartmentalization
13.05-13.20: R.Antonacci, M. Mineccia, M.C. Miccoli, B. Piccinni, H. El Ashmaoui, M. S. Hassanane,
S. Massari, S. Ciccarese - Genomic organization of Camelus dromedarius TRD locus as
drawn from the T-cell receptor delta chain repertoire.
13.20-13.35: G.P. Di Meo, A. Perucatti, S. Floriot, H. Hayes, L. Schibler, D. Incarnato, D. Di Berardino,
J. Williams, E. Cribiu, A. Eggen, L. Iannuzzi - An extended river buffalo (Bubalus
bubalis, 2n=50) cytogenetic map: assignment of 68 new autosomal loci by FISHmapping and R-banding, and comparative mapping with human chromosomes
13.35-15.00: Lunch, poster vision and commercial exhibitions
15.00-15.50: Session VI – Avian Cytogenetics
A. Krasikova, chairperson
15.00-15.35: Lecture – M. Völker, B. M. Skinner, H. G. Tempest, D. K. Griffin - Evolution of the
avian genome as revealed by molecular cytogenetics
15.35-15.50: B. M. Skinner, M. Völker, G. L. Fonseka, M. Ellis, D. K. Griffin - Nuclear (genome)
organisation and comparative genomics in birds
15.50-16.20: Coffee break, poster vision and commercial exhibitions
16.20-18.00: Session VII – Cytogenetics of the Reproduction
A. Pinton, E. Slota, chairpersons
16.20-17.00: Lecture - W.A. King – Sex chromosomes and male and female embryo development.
17.00-17.35: Lecture – D. Di Berardino - Cytogenetics of reproduction
17.35-17.50: A. Pinton, N. Bonnet, A. Calgaro, S. Ferchaud, B. Billoux, V. Bacquié, N. Mary, A.
Bonnet-Garnier, M. Yerle and A. Ducos - Familial meiotic segregation analysis of a
t(13 ;17) Robertsonian translocation in pigs
17.50-18.05: K. Massip, H. Berland, N. Bonnet, A. Calgaro, S. Billoux, V. Baquié, N. Mary, A. BonnetGarnier, A. Ducos, M. Yerle, A. Pinton - Study of inter- and intra-individual variation
of meiotic segregation patterns in t(3;15)(q27;q13) boars.
18.05-18.20: J. Sosnowski, L. Migalska, A. Lukaszewicz, M. Wojnowska, A.Pienkowska-Schelling,
Z. Polanski - MLH1 foci as an evidence of recombination events between B
chromosomes in Chinese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides procyonoides)
and red fox (Vulpes vulpes)*
20.00:
Social dinner (Best Western Parc Hotel – Casa Doina)
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
9.00-10.35:
Session VIII - Fish Cytogenetics
S. Salvadori, E. Olmo, chairpersons
9.00-9.35:
Lecture - E. Pisano, C. Ozouf-Costaz, F. Foresti, B.G. Kapoor (eds) - An overview of the
ongoing research in fish cytogenetics
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9.35-9.50:
M. Völker, P. Ráb, H. Kullmann - A comprehensive compendium of chaotic killifish
karyotypes
9.50-10.05: C. Ozouf-Costaz, O. Coriton, H. D’Cotta, A. Cnaani, J. P. Coutanceau, C. Bonillo, E.
Pepey, T. Kocher, J. F. Baroiller - Chromosomal localisation of sex-specific BACs and
of selected cDNAs identified by microdissection in two tilapia species, oreochromis
niloticus and oreochromis aureus
10.05-10.20: A. K. Hett, L. Sola, M. Nirchio, A. R. Rossi - Mugilidae: towards a cytogenomic
approach
10.20-10.35: E.Coluccia, A.M. Deiana, R. Cannas, G. Pichiri, S. Salvadori Karyotype
characterization and comparison in moray eels (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae)
10.35-11.05: coffee break, poster vision and commercial exhibitions
11.05-11.40: Session IX – Cytogenetics and Ecotoxicology
L. Iannuzzi, chairperson
11.05-11.40: Lecture – L. Migliore - Cytogenetic endpoints for the detection of genotoxic effects in
animal cells
11.40-13.00: - Poster session 1 (from P1 to P25)
R. Brunner, A. Rodriguez, chairpersons
13.00-14.30:
Lunch and commercial exhibitions
14.30-16.00: Poster session 2 (from P26 to P55)
M.J. Collares-Pereira, C. Shelling, chairpersons
16.00-16.30: Awards for the best four oral communications and six posters
16.30-16.45: Conclusions and closing remarks
16.45-17.15: Coffee break and “la revedere” to the 19th ICACGM in Krakow, Poland, 2010
(E. Slota, chairman)
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
8.00-20.00:
Trip to Sinaia and Bran (visit to Peles and Dracula castles with guide and lunch).
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