Programme
Friday 7 July 2017
Saturday 8 July 2017
| 08:30 |
Registration |
| 09:00 |
Welcome and introduction
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SESSION 1 - CRISPR-CAS9 success stories: gene-editing made easy? |
| 09:10 |
Attila Molnar (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Arabidopsis viral resistance |
| 09:35 |
Jean-Denis Faure (INRA-Paris, France)
Altered gene dosage on hexaploid Camelina sativa |
| 10:00 |
Mariette Andersson (SLU, Sweden)
Efficient targeted multiallelic mutagenesis in tetraploid potato |
| 10:30 |
Refreshment break |
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SESSION 2 - POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE IMPLICATIONS FOR USE OF GENE EDITING TECHNOLOGIES
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| 11:00
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Craig Cormick (Author and Science Communicator, Australia)
Thinking outside the box - public acceptance considerations |
| 11:30
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Piet Van der Meer (Ghent University, Free University of Brussels, Belgium)
Historical evolution of biosafety legislation and key definitions
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| 11:50 |
Joachim Schiemann (Julius Kühn-Institut, Germany)
Future perspective on biotechnology legislation from the academic perspective |
| 12:10 |
Petra Jorasch (European Seed Association)
Industrial perspective on GM legislation |
| 12:30
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Discussion |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
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SESSION 3: INTERNATIONAL VIEWPOINTS ON THE USE OF GENE EDITING TECHNOLOGIES
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| 14:00 |
Staffan Eklöf (Swedish Board of Agriculture, Sweden)
Why we decided that some CRISPR-Cas9 gene-edited plants are not regulated by the GMO-directive
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| 14:25 |
Wayne Parrott (University of Georgia, United States)
The prospects for gene edited plants in the USA |
| 14:50 |
Barry Pogson (Australian National University, Australia)
Australian viewpoint on gene editing and future crops
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| 15:15 |
Discussion |
| 16:00 |
Refreshment break |
| 16:30 |
PLENARY LECTURE
Stefan Jansson (Umeå University, Sweden)
The first gene edited meal |
17:00
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End of Day 1 |
| 19:00 |
Conference dinner: CRISPR, Sustainability and Urban Farming |
| 08:30 |
Registration |
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SESSION 4: PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR CRISPR-CAS9
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| 09:00 |
Laurence Tomlinson (The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK)
09:00-09:20 Designing guideRNAs
09:20-09:40 Choosing the correct promotor
09:40-10:00 Selecting transformants
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| 10:00 |
Chris McClellan (University of Dundee, UK)
Cautionary tales from the Greenhouse: Confirmation of stably edited plants |
| 10:20 |
Open discussion of practical considerations
- Dealing with chimeric and off-target effects
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| 11:00 |
Refreshment break |
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SESSION V: CRISPR-CAS9 TOOLS AND RESOURCES
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| 11:30 |
Wendy Harwood (John Innes Centre, UK)
A Brassica/Barley editing resource
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| 11:50 |
Markus Schmid (Umeå University, Sweden)
Tools for study of flowering time using gene-editing
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| 12:10 |
Johannes Stuttmann (Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
Chromosomal deletions using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing toolkit |
| 12:30 |
Lunch and final discussions |
| 14:00 |
Close of meeting |
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SESSION V: CRISPR-CAS9 TOOLS AND RESOURCES
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SESSION V: CRISPR-CAS9 TOOLS AND RESOURCES
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