Genome duplication at the intersection of biodiversity and crop sciences

10 - 11 July 2023

Prof. Christian Parisod, University of Fribourg

Yves van de Peer, Univerity of Ghent, Belgium
Kirsten Bomblies, ETH Zurich, CH
Boulos Chalhoub, French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, France & Agroscope Changins, CH
Christian Parisod, UNIFR, CH
Malika Ainouch, University of Rennes, FR
Andrew Leitch, Queen Mary University, London, UK
Kentaro Shimizu, University of Zurich, CH
Martin Lascoux, Uppsala University, Sweden

Genome duplication, with or without hybridization, is pervasive and such polyploidy has been associated with the diversification of plants under ecological stresses as well as the domestication of most major crops. Polyploids however show complex genetics and genomics, making their investigation difficult and limiting efficient breeding. With recent developments of sequencing and computational technologies, the time is ripe to understand how gene and genome duplications interact with divergence and selection, and to thus promote translational research from fundamental to crop science.

Over two days, this workshop will bring together leading experts in both evolutionary and crop genomics. The main target audience is composed of young scientists in ecology and evolution, molecular plant science and biofinformatics.
Mornings will be devoted to plenary lectures and contributed talks to present methodological challenges and current solutions now enabling to valuably investigate highly redundant genomes. It will show how current -omics approaches can be integrated to shed light on the expression of key traits and their selection in populations of polyploids.

In the afternoon of day 1, participants will be grouped by theme to discuss ca. 90 minutes with a lecturer about main scientific frontiers and technical limitations faced in his/her specific field. Informal discussions will be pursued during a social dinner organized in the evening of day 1.

In the afternoon of day 2, same groups will debate for ca. 60 minutes about a possible roadmap to promote translational research in their theme. Finally, every group will briefly present its outcome, closing the workshop with an overview of current perspectives at the intersection of biodiversity research and crop improvement.

Information: events.unifr.ch/summerschool_polyploidy/en/program/workshop-1.html

There are still spaces for 15 minute talks/presentations.
Please send your abstract and title to Prof. Christian Parisod here.

More Information will follow

University of Fribourg

This course is organized in collaboration with the CUSO Doctoral Program in Ecology & Evolution.

There are still spaces for 15 minute talks/presentations.
Please send your abstract and title to Prof. Christian Parisod here.

Reimbursements for CUSO MPS Students:
- Train ticket, 2°class, half-fare from your institution to the place of the activity 

Reimbursement of your travel tickets can be asked online through your MyCUSO. 
See HERE for the procedure.

For any question concerning reimbursement please contact the CUSO MPS coordinator Debora Zoia

Deadline for registration: 3 July 2023

Please Register through the CUSO Ecology and Evolution webpage: here

4 places available for CUSO MPS students

In case of cancellations, before the 30.06.2023: free
Late cancellations (after 30.06.2023) or no-show: 50 CHF administrative fee

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