Wednesday, August 2, 2006
7-9:00 p.m.
Vet Med Instructional Facility, UCD Campus
Reception and Speaker/Poster Presenter Preparations
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Thursday, August 3, 2006
7-8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
SESSION I:
8:10 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
9:25 a.m.
9:50 a.m.
10:15 a.m.
SESSION II:
10:35 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:25 a.m.
11:45 a.m.
12:05 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
SESSION III:
2:00 p.m.
2:25 p.m.
2:50 p.m.
3:15 p.m.
3:40 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
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Schalm Hall, UCD Campus
Continental Breakfast & Registration (speakers finish loading talks)
Official Welcome: Niels Pedersen, UC Davis and
Steve Hannah, Nestle Purina PetCare
THE FELINE GENOME
Chair: Marilyn Menotti-Raymond
Keynote: The Domestic Cat Genome Sequence –
Annotation and Comparative Inference
Steve O’Brien
Assembly and building the physical map of the cat genome sequence
Jim Mullikin
A Third Generation Linkage Map of the Domestic Cat; Application of Domestic
Cat Linkage and RH Maps to the Positional Cloning and Character
Marilyn Menotti-Raymond
Positional mapping of the feline spinal muscular atrophy locus implicates
a novel disease gene in motor neuron maintenance
John Fyfe
BREAK
THE CANINE GENOME
Chair: Francis Galibert
Trait mapping using a canine SNP array
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
A comprehensive linkage map of the dog genome
Mark Neff
Identification of new canine genes: the value of comparative genomics
Christophe Hitte
Genomic imprinting in the canine, a new model organism for studying genomic imprinting
Fiona O’Sullivan
LUNCH
POSTER SESSION in new VMIF, all authors of odd numbered posters present
GENETIC ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX TRAITS
Chair: Lorna Kennedy
Genetics of sweet taste in the carnivores
Xia Li
Polymorphism and functional studies of olfactory receptor canine genes
Francis Galibert
Genetic analysis of hip dysplasia at two loci in the domestic dog
Pascale Quignon
Canine MHC associations with immune mediated diseases including
diabetes, polyarthritis and hypothyroidism
Lorna Kennedy
Adjourn
Board shuttles directly to Railroad Museum for Wine Reception in Old Sacramento
(Dinner on your own). Shuttles return to Davis approx. 10:00pm
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM continued
Friday, August 4, 2006
Schalm Hall, UCD Campus
7-8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
SESSION IV: ORIGINS AND PHYLOGENY
Chair: Elaine Ostrander
8:00 a.m.
Keynote: Understanding the Genetics of Complex Traits in the Domestic Dog
Elaine Ostrander
8:50 a.m.
Recent Advances in Understanding the Evolutionary History of the Felidae
Warren Johnson
9:15 a.m.
Evolutionary Genomics of the Dog and Dog-Like Carnivores
Robert K. Wayne
9:40 a.m.
Comparison of 120 dog breeds from the US and UK by SNP genotyping
identifies breed and geographic gene pool differences
Paul Jones
10:05 a.m.
BREAK
SESSION V:
COMPARATIVE GENOMICS BETWEEN BREEDS AND SPECIES
Chair: Bill Murphy
10:25 a.m.
Understanding breed relationships facilitates genetic studies of complex traits
Heidi Parker
10:50 a.m.
DLA Class II Diversity and Relationships among Indigenous Dogs of the
Island Nations of Indonesia (Bali), Australia and New Guinea
Niels Pedersen
11:15 a.m.
A 1.5 Mb resolution feline RH comparative map and the evolution of novel
Y chromosome genes in the cat and dog genomes
Bill Murphy
11:40 a.m.
MHC SNPs in the Domestic Cat
Naoya Yuhki
12:05 p.m.
LUNCH
1:00 p.m.
POSTER SESSION in new VMIF, all authors of even numbered posters present
SESSION VI: GENETICS OF SINGLE GENE TRAITS (1)
Chair: Urs Giger
2:00 p.m.
Localization of the genetic defect in the Landseer dogs with a bleeding disorder
by a genome wide screen of 1500 SNPs
Peter Leegwater
2:25 p.m.
Genetic analysis and mapping of primary hyperparathyroidism in Keeshonden
Richard Goldstein
2:50 p.m.
A Common Missense Mutation Causing Factor VII Deficiency in the Beagle,
Alaska Klee Kai and Scottish Deerhound
Urs Giger
3:15 p.m.
A cardiac myosin binding protein C mutation in the Maine Coon cat with
familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Kathryn Meurs
3:40 p.m.
BREAK.
4:00 p.m.
From 24 to 2 candidate genes: Pinpointing the Dalmatian hyperuricosuria locus
using linkage disequilibrium
Noa Safra
4:20 p.m.
A missense mutation in the canine ortholog of the human ATF2 in
Standard Poodles with a fetal Neonatal Encephalopathy
Gary Johnson
4:40 p.m.
Type IV collagen gene expression in canine hereditary nephropathy (HN) and
identification of mutation causative for HN in the English Cocker spaniel
Rebecca Bell
5:00 p.m.
Adjourn. Shuttle back to hotels before picnic (starts at 6:15 p.m. at Buehler Alumni Center)
BBQ Picnic & Live Entertainment. Shuttles return guests periodically to host hotels.
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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM continued
Saturday, August 5, 2006
Schalm Hall, UCD Campus
SESSION VII:
GENETICS OF CANINE AND FELINE MORPHOLOGY
Chair: John Fondon
7:30-8:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Keynote: QTLs and Genome Architecture
Gordon Lark
Divergent contributions of slippage mutation to dog and cat genetic variation and evolution
John W. Fondon, III
Canine polydactyl mutations with heterogeneous origin are found in the conserved intronic
sequence of C7orf2 gene
Chankyu Park
BREAK
9:20 a.m.
9:45 a.m.
10:10 a.m.
SESSION VIII: GENETICS OF SINGLE GENE TRAITS (2):
Chair: Barbara Zangerl
10:30 a.m.
Chromosomal localization of an inherited craniofacial defect in the cat
Carolyn Erdman
10:55 a.m.
Different mutations within HSF4 are associated with recessive and dominant forms of hereditary
cataract in different breeds of dog
Cathryn Mellersh
11:20 a.m.
Novel Retinal Gene (PRCD) Causes Progressive Rod-Cone
Degeneration in Canines and Humans
Barbara Zangerl
11:45 a.m.
Identification of a mutation in the CHAT gene associated with Canine Congenital Myasthenic
Syndrome (cCMS) in Old Danish Pointing dogs
Helle Proschowsky
12:10 p.m.
LUNCH
1:15 p.m.
Browsing the Cat Genome Using Generic Genome Browser
Joan Pontius
SESSION IX: GENETICS OF COAT COLOR
Chair: Keith Murphy
1:30 p.m.
Two-Stage Association mapping in dogs identifies coat color locus
Elinor Karlsson
1:55 p.m.
The long and short of it: Evidence that FGF5 is a major determinant of canine hair-itability
Donna Housley
2:20 p.m.
The Genetics of Merle Patterning in the Domestic Dog
Keith Murphy
2:45 p.m.
BREAK
SESSION X:
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF GENOMICS - ADVANCES
Chair: Leslie Lyons
3:05 p.m.
Gene Therapy in Cats with lysosomal storage diseases
Mark Haskins
3:30 p.m.
Canine molecular cytogenetic resources: Development and application to studies of canine
cancers
Matthew Breen
3:55 p.m.
Genetic resources in cats and dogs for common mammalian diseases
Leslie Lyons
4:20 p.m.
Molecular cytogenetic evaluation of canine tumors
Rachel Thomas
4:45 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Niels Pedersen
5:00 p.m.
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Meeting Adjourns