Announcing the 2008 Rice Blast and Fungal Genomics Workshops at the Plant
and Animal Genome Conference

On January 13th, 2008 at 1:15 pm, the 6th Rice Blast Workshop will be held
in San Diego, CA prior to the 2008 Plant and Animal Genome Conference. This
year will feature an international panel of scientists including Drs. Hei
Leung, Jin-Rong Xu, Yunliang Peng, Ryohei Terauchi, Cari Soderlund, and
Kshirod Jena. The workshop will be followed by a Rice Blast Business
Meeting open to all interested attendees and a casual dinner at a local
restaurant. Workshop details can be accessed at
http://www.intl-pag.org/16/16-riceblast.html.



2nd Fungal Genomics Workshop

The 2008 PAG Conference also will offer the 2nd Fungal Genomics Workshop to
be held on January 16th at 4:40 pm. The emphasis for this year's workshop
will be on comparative genomics. Speakers include Drs. Daniel Ebbole (Texas
A&M University), Brian Haas (Broad Institute), James Hane (Australian Centre
for Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens), Bruce McDonald (Institute of Integrative
Biology Zurich), Dan Cullen (USDA Forest Products Laboratory), and Diego
Martinez (Los Alamos National Laboratory/Joint Genome Institute). Attend
the workshop to learn about the latest discoveries in fungal genomes.
Complete workshop information can be found at
http://www.intl-pag.org/16/16-fungal.html .



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