AQUA-FAANG Final Conference
Day 1 Program
Wednesday 11th October
9:00-9:10 Welcome and introduction: A short history of AQUA-FAANG - Sigbjørn Lien/Dan Macqueen
Session 1: Improving the functional annotation of farmed fish genomes
9:10-9:30 Development of functional annotation assays - Matthew Peter Kent, NMBU
9:30-9:50 Ensembl’s regulatory annotation pipeline - Gabriela Merino, EMBL-EBI
9:50-10:10 Using Ensembl's regulatory annotation - Garth Ilsley, EMBL-EBI
Coffee break 10:10-10:40
10:40-11:00 Functional miRNA annotation in teleost fish - Julien Bobe, INRAe
11:00-11:10 Preliminary analyses of lncRNAs and muscle related ohnologues between AQUA- FAANG species - Daniel Garcia de la serrana, University of Barcelona
11:10-11:30 An Atlas of regulatory elements and structural variants in Turbot: potential implications for improving farming - Paulino Martinez, USC
11:30-12:20 Celebrating 10 years of FAANG - From FAANG to Fork: Highly annotated genomes as resources to improve farmed animal production - Guest speaker: Emily Clark, University of Edinburgh - the EuroFAANG RI Project
Lunch 12:20-13:20
Session 2: The dynamic functional regulation of farmed fish genomes
13:20-13:40 Evolution of duplicated genome regulation in salmonids - Marie-Odile Baudement, NMBU
13:40-14:00 Gene expression and regulation across salmonid ontogeny - Diego Perojil Morata, Uni Edinburgh
14:00-14:20 Comparative regulomics gives insights into the conservation and evolution of regulatory elements following whole genome duplication in salmonids - Manu Kumar Gundappa, Uni Edinburgh
14:20-14:40 Linking divergence of salmonid gene expression to regulation - Gareth Gillard, NMBU
14:40-15:00 Differences in transcription initiation in early embryogenesis between Cyprinid species - Damir Baranasic, Imperial College London
Coffee break 15:00-15:30
15:30-16:00 Exploring the mechanisms behind allotetraploid genome regulation using carp as a model - Ada Jimenez-Gonzalez, Uni Birmingham
16:00-16:20 Genomic and cellular insights into antiviral responses and viral disease resistance in salmonid fishes - Thomas Clark, INRAe/Uni Aberdeen
16:20-16:40 Comparative regulomics in flatfish: from turbot to the main farmed Pleuronectiformes - Juan Rubiolo, USC
16:40-17:00 Dynamic gene expression and regulation during gilthead sea bream development - Elena Sarropoulou, HCMR
9:00-9:10 Welcome and introduction: A short history of AQUA-FAANG - Sigbjørn Lien/Dan Macqueen
Session 1: Improving the functional annotation of farmed fish genomes
9:10-9:30 Development of functional annotation assays - Matthew Peter Kent, NMBU
9:30-9:50 Ensembl’s regulatory annotation pipeline - Gabriela Merino, EMBL-EBI
9:50-10:10 Using Ensembl's regulatory annotation - Garth Ilsley, EMBL-EBI
Coffee break 10:10-10:40
10:40-11:00 Functional miRNA annotation in teleost fish - Julien Bobe, INRAe
11:00-11:10 Preliminary analyses of lncRNAs and muscle related ohnologues between AQUA- FAANG species - Daniel Garcia de la serrana, University of Barcelona
11:10-11:30 An Atlas of regulatory elements and structural variants in Turbot: potential implications for improving farming - Paulino Martinez, USC
11:30-12:20 Celebrating 10 years of FAANG - From FAANG to Fork: Highly annotated genomes as resources to improve farmed animal production - Guest speaker: Emily Clark, University of Edinburgh - the EuroFAANG RI Project
Lunch 12:20-13:20
Session 2: The dynamic functional regulation of farmed fish genomes
13:20-13:40 Evolution of duplicated genome regulation in salmonids - Marie-Odile Baudement, NMBU
13:40-14:00 Gene expression and regulation across salmonid ontogeny - Diego Perojil Morata, Uni Edinburgh
14:00-14:20 Comparative regulomics gives insights into the conservation and evolution of regulatory elements following whole genome duplication in salmonids - Manu Kumar Gundappa, Uni Edinburgh
14:20-14:40 Linking divergence of salmonid gene expression to regulation - Gareth Gillard, NMBU
14:40-15:00 Differences in transcription initiation in early embryogenesis between Cyprinid species - Damir Baranasic, Imperial College London
Coffee break 15:00-15:30
15:30-16:00 Exploring the mechanisms behind allotetraploid genome regulation using carp as a model - Ada Jimenez-Gonzalez, Uni Birmingham
16:00-16:20 Genomic and cellular insights into antiviral responses and viral disease resistance in salmonid fishes - Thomas Clark, INRAe/Uni Aberdeen
16:20-16:40 Comparative regulomics in flatfish: from turbot to the main farmed Pleuronectiformes - Juan Rubiolo, USC
16:40-17:00 Dynamic gene expression and regulation during gilthead sea bream development - Elena Sarropoulou, HCMR
