| SATURDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Session |
| Discussion Leader: Jack Dekkers (Iowa State University) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Trudy MacKay (North Carolina State University)
"Charting the Genotype-Phenotype Map: Lessons from Drosophila" |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Application of population genetics based methods to investigate the impact of selection and domestication |
| Discussion Leaders: Jeremy Sabourin (University of North Carolina) and Dorian Garrick (Iowa State University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Jared Decker (University of Missouri)
"Worldwide patterns of migration and admixture in domesticated cattle" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Rohan Shah (CSIRO, Australia)
"High-density map construction in wheat using multiparent advanced generation inter-cross populations" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Nicolas Heslot (Cornell University)
"Integration of environmental covariates in trial analysis using a crop model and genomic selection" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Tim Beissinger (University of Wisconsin)
"Genomic impact of artificial selection for number of ears per plant in maize" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Innovative methods to dissect the genetic basis of complex traits |
| Discussion Leaders: Bryn Gaertner (North Carolina State University) and Naomi Wray (The University of Queensland) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Anna Jasinska (UCLA)
"A sequence-based genetic mapping approach in a non-human primate model system" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Julia Steinberg (University of Oxford)
"Refining the role of FMRP targets in autism" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Debarshi Mustafi (Case Western Reserve University)
"The genetic signatures of the retina in health and disease" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Frank Albert (Princeton University)
"Identifying genetic variants influencing protein expression using millions of segregating yeast cells" |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Development of novel methods in GWAS and statistical genomics |
| Discussion Leaders: Mario Calus (Wageningen Agricultural University) and Ben Hayes (Department of Primary Industries and LaTrobe University) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Mahdi Saatchi (Iowa State University)
"Mapping quantitative trait loci underlying complex traits in beef cattle using genealogy-based haplotype clustering and Bayesian inference" |
| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Ching-Hua Shih (Rice University)
"Gene interactions as a predictor of non-random association among protein-coding genes" |
| 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
