Genetic Tools for Optimizing the Use of Rhesus Macaques for Translational Research - April 19-20, 2006

Agenda

April 19, 2006
7:30–8 a.m. Registration and Refreshments  
8:00–8:10 a.m. Welcome  
  Dr. Louise Ramm, Ph.D., Deputy Director, National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)  
  Dr. Franziska Grieder, D.V.M., Ph.D., Director of the Division of Comparative Medicine, NCRR  
8:10–8:20 a.m. Welcome and Charge to the Group  
  Jack Harding, Ph.D., Director of Primate Resources, NCRR, Division of Comparative Medicine  
8:20–8:25 a.m. Questions  
SESSION 1 FIRST GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES: MAPPING AND SEQUENCING  
  Chair: Robert Norgren, M.D., Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Anatomy  
8:25–8:55 a.m. Overview of rhesus-based genetic technologies and genetic mapping  
  Jeffrey Rogers, Ph.D., Scientist, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, Southwest National Primate Research Center  
8:55–9 a.m. Questions  
9–9:15 a.m. Physical Mapping, Colony Management  
  David Glenn Smith, Ph.D., Professor, University of California, Davis, California National Primate Research Center  
9:15–9:20 a.m. Questions  
9:20–9:35 a.m. SNP Mapping  
  Betsy Ferguson, Ph.D.,Research Professor, Oregon National Primate Research Center  
9:35–9:40 a.m. Questions  
9:40–9:55 a.m. BREAK  
9:55–10:25 a.m. Sequence of the Rhesus Genome  
  George Weinstock, M.D., Professor & Co-Director, Baylor College of Medicine, Human Genome Sequencing Center  
10:25–10:45 a.m. Questions and Comments on Mapping and Sequencing  
10:45–11 a.m. Specific sequences: the MHC  
  Daniel Geraghty, Ph.D., Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Clinical Research Division  
11–11:05 a.m. Questions  
11:05–11:20 a.m. Specific sequences: KIR locus  
  Mary Carrington, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI-Frederick  
11:20–11:25 a.m. Questions  
SESSION 2 FIRST GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES 2:
MICROARRAYS AND DATABASES
 
  Chair: Michael Katze, Ph.D., Professor, University of Washington, Department of Microbiology  
11:25–11:40 a.m. Microarrays 1  
  Robert Norgren  
11:40–11:45 a.m. Questions  
11:45–Noon Microarrays 2  
  Michael Katze  
Noon–12:15 p.m. Questions and Comments on Microarrays  
12:15–1 p.m. LUNCH  
1:00 – 1:15 p.m. Databases and Comparative Genomics 1  
  Elaine Mardis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Washington University, Genome Sequencing Center  
1:15–1:20 p.m. Questions  
1:20–1:35 p.m. Databases and Comparative Genomics 2  
  Aleksandar Milosavljevic, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Human Genome Sequencing Center  
1:35–1:40 p.m. Questions  
SESSION 3 METHODS FOR DATASHARING  
  Chair: Daniel Geraghty  
1:40–2:40 p.m. Panel Discussion  
  Daniel Geraghty  
  Jeff Grethe, M.D., Scientific Coordinator, University of California, San Diego, BIRN Coordinating Center  
  Robert Robbins, Ph.D., Vice President, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center  
  David Wheeler, Ph.D., National Center for Biotechnology Information  
2:40–3 p.m. Comments and Questions on Databases and Data Sharing  
3–3:15 p.m. BREAK  
SESSION 4 PROTEOMICS  
3:15–3:45 p.m. Overview of Proteomics Technologies  
  Richard Smith, Ph.D., Battelle Fellow and Chief Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Biological Sciences Division  
3:45–3:55 p.m. Questions  
SESSION 5 AIDS PANEL  
  Chair: Andrew Lackner, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor and Director, Tulane National Primate Research Center  
3:55–5 p.m. Panel Discussion  
  Andrew Lackner  
  Ronald Desrosiers, Ph.D., Professor and Director, New England Primate Research Center, Micro and Molecular Genetics, HMS  
  Howard Fox, M.D. Ph.D., Associate Professor, The Scripps Research Institute, Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences  
  Chris Miller, DVM, Ph.D., Professor, University of California, Davis, California National Primate Research Center  
  David O’Connor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison  
  David Watkins, Ph.D., Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin National Primate Research Center  
5–5:10 p.m. Questions  
SESSION 6 TRANSPLANTATION PANEL  
  Chair: Chris Larsen, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Emory Transplant Center, Emory University  
5:10–5:55 p.m. Panel Discussion  
  Chris Larsen  
  Amelia Bartholomew, M.D., Associate Professor, University of Illinois  
  Allan Kirk, M.D., Ph.D., Chief, Transplantation Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases  
  Richard (Robin) Pierson, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Maryland and Baltimore VAMC  
5:55–6:05 p.m. Questions  
6:05–6:20 p.m. Final Questions and Comments  
  Jack Harding  

April 20, 2006
7:30–8 a.m. Refreshments  
8–8:05 a.m. Welcome to Day 2  
  Jack Harding  
SESSION 7 EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, AVIAN INFLUENZA  
8:05–8:20 a.m. Michael Katze  
8:20–8:35 a.m. Steven Jones, Ph.D., Head of Immunopathology, and Head of Emerging Bacterial Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada, National Laboratory for Zoonotic Diseases and Special Pathogens, Special Pathogensy Program
 
8:35–8:45 a.m. Questions  
SESSION 8 AGING PANEL  
  Chair: Joseph Kemnitz, Ph.D., Professor and Director,Wisconsin National Primate Research Center  
8:45–9:30 a.m. Panel Discussion  
  Joseph Kemnitz  
  Julie Mattison, Ph.D., National Institute on Aging, Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology  
  Janko Nikolich-Zugich, M.D., Professor and Senior Scientist, Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute  
  Mary Lou Voytko, Ph.D., Professor, Wake Forest University School of Medicine  
9:30–9:40 a.m. Questions  
9:40–9:55 a.m. BREAK  
SESSION 9 NEUROBIOLOGY PANEL  
  Co-Chair: Stuart Zola, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University  
  Co-Chair: Judy Cameron, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and Professor, Oregon Health Sciences University, Oregon National Primate Research Center  
9:55–11:05 a.m. Panel Discussion  
  Stuart Zola  
  Judy Cameron  
  Willard Freeman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Penn State College of Medicine  
  Gregory Miller, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center  
  Cynthia Shannon-Weickert, Ph.D., Unit Chief, National Institute of Mental Health  
  Wei-Dong Yao, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, New England Primate Research Center  
11:05–11:15 a.m. Questions  
SESSION 10 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, METABOLIC SYNDROME AND RESPIRATORY DISEASE PANEL  
  Chair: Anthony Comuzzie, Ph.D., Scientist, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research  
11:15–12:10 p.m. Panel Discussion  
  Anthony Comuzzie  
  James Cheverud, Ph.D, Professor, Washington University School of Medicine  
  Dallas Hyde, Ph.D., Professor and Director, University of California, Davis, California National Primate Research Center  
  Jay Kaplan, Ph.D., Professor and Head of Comparative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine  
  Alice Tarantal, Ph.D., Professor, University of California, California National Primate Research Center  
12:10–12:20 p.m. Questions  
SESSION 11 SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS  
12:20–1:15 p.m. Jeffrey Rogers  
1:15 p.m. Adjourn