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Symposium Schedule

TimeSpeakerTitle
7:30 AM – 8:30 AMRegistration and Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:15 AMOpening Remarks
8:20 AM – 9:05 AMDr. Kan Wang Progress and Challenges in Crop Bioengineering and Genome Editing
9:10 AM – 9:55 AMDr. James SchnableMaking the Invisible Visible Across Genomes and Fields
10:00 AM – 10:45 AMPoster Session 1 – even numbered posters
10:50 AM – 11:05 AMAshlyn Rairdin Identification of Genomic Regions Associated with Protein Content in the Iowa Mung Bean Diversity Panel
11:10 AM – 11:55 AMDr. Luca ComaiHaploid induction through centromere destabilization
12:00 PM – 1:00 PMLunch
12:30 PM – 12:50 PMSpecial Awards Ceremony  
1:05 PM – 1:50 PMDr. Rita Mumm Building the global workforce to push genetic frontiers in crop improvement
1:55 PM – 2:40 PMDr. Gaganpreet Sidhu Targeting meiotic recombination for crop improvement
2:45 PM – 3:30 PMPoster Session 2 – odd numbered posters
3:35 PM – 4:20 PMDr. Jon Reinders A novel in vivo genome editing doubled haploid system for Zea mays
4:25 PM – 4:40 PMYizhou Mao A Comparative Analysis of the Metabolic Profiles of Cranberry Cultivars at Different Developmental Stages Using Widely Targeted Metabolomics
4:45 PM – 5:00 PMPoster Awards and Closing Remarks
6:00 PM – onwardPost Symposium Social at Torrent Brewing – 504 Burnett Ave, Ames, IA 50010