2018 Recap
Sunday, June 3
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 4:00 – 6:30 p.m. | Registration |
| 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. | Welcome Reception w/ Bar |
Monday, June 4
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 6:30 – 8:00 a.m. | Registration |
| 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Welcome Reception w/ Bar |
Session 1: Technology Development and Bioethics
Session Chair: Kenneth White
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:00 – 8:15 a.m. | Kenneth White, Utah State University Welcome and opening remarks |
| 8:15 – 8:45 a.m. | Yinan Kan, eGenisis Unleashing Technology: “The Future without Limit” |
| 8:45 – 9:15 a.m. | Shengdar Tsai, Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Strategies for Defining and Improving Specificity of CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing |
| 9:15 - 9:45 a.m. | Margaret Riley, University of Virginia School of Law CRISPR Quandries: Ethics in Large Animal Genetic Engineering |
| 9:45 – 10:15 a.m. | Refreshment Break |
Session 2: Livestock Industry Perspective
Session Chair: Diane Wray-Cahen, USDA
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10:15 - 10:35 a.m. | Mark Cigan, Genus Gene Editing to Tackle Livestock Diseases |
| 10:35 - 10:55 a.m. | Michael Lohuis, Semex (dairy & beef) New Breeding Techniques? Perspectives from the Cattle Industry |
| 10:55 – 11:15 a.m. | Johan van Arendonk, Hendrix Genetics (Poultry & Swine) Gene Editing and Animal Breeding: An Industry Perspective |
| 11:15 – 11:35 a.m. | Larisa Rudenko, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for International Studies Governance of Emerging Technologies: An Integrative Approach |
| 11:35 – 12:00 p.m. | Panel discussion |
| 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
Tuesday, June 5
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:00 – 8:30 a.m. | Full Breakfast |
| 7:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Registration |
Session 3: Biomedical 1 (human disease models)
Session Chair: Pascale Chavatte-Palmer, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 1:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Chris Davies, Utah State University Production of an Ovine Interferon Type 1 Receptor Knockout Model |
| 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. | Angelika Schnieke, Technical University of Munich Modeling Human Cancers in Pigs |
| 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. | Chris Rogers, Exemplar Genetics Porcine Models of Rare Human Diseases |
| 3:00 – 3:40 p.m. | Poster Flash Talks (5 min per presentation) Zhiqiang Fan, Joseph Hawkes, Jeffrey Mason, Maci Mueller, Ki-Wun Park, Evan Peterson, Misha Regouski |
| 3:40 – 5:20 p.m. | Poster Presentations with wine and cheese |
Session 4: Farm Animal Breeding
Session Chair: Jeffrey Mason, Utah State University
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Jon Oatley, Washington State University Generation of Germline Ablated Male Pigs by CRISPR/Cas9 Editing of the NANOS2 Gene |
| 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. | Pablo Ross, University of California-Davis Efficient derivation of bovine ESC: prospective for In Vitro Breeding |
| 9:30 – 9:45 a.m. | Amy Desaulniers, University of Nebraska-Lincoln A Transgenic Swine Model to Elucidate Ovarian Steroidogenesis in Gilts |
| 9:45 – 10:00 a.m. | Xiaolong Wang, Northwest A&F University Trio-based Deep Sequencing Reveals Low Incidence of Off-target Mutations in Genetically Edited Small Ruminants |
| 10:00 – 10:20 a.m. | Refreshment break with Famous Aggie Ice Cream |
Session 5: Biotechnology
Session Chair: Simon Lillico, Roslin Institute
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10:20 – 10:50 a.m. | Hua Wu, SAB Biotherapeutics Using Fully Human Antibodies from Tc Bovine to Fight Infectious Diseases |
| 11:20 – 11:50 p.m. | Bhanu Telugu, University of Maryland Unleashing the Translational Potential of Pig Models Using CRISPR/Cas9 System |
| 11:50 – 12:05 p.m. | Mark Fife, The Pirbright Institute chIFITM Gene Knockout Technology for Increased Vaccine Yields in Embryonated Eggs |
| 12:05 – 12:20 p.m. | Genevieve Jolivet, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) The Rabbit as Experimental Model for Studying the Function of Genes Using the New Genome Editing Technologies: The Example of AROMATASE -/- Rabbits |
| 12:20 p.m. | Free Time |
Wednesday, June 6
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:00 – 8:30 a.m. | Full Breakfast |
| 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. | Registration |
Session 6: Biomedical 2 (human disease models)
Session Chair: Kristin Whitworth, University of Missouri
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Irina Polejaeva, Utah State University Ann Harris, Case Western Reserve A New Member of the Cystic Fibrosis Menagerie: The CF Sheep |
| 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. | Tom Wishart, Roslin Institute Modelling Lysosomal Storage Disorders in Sheep |
| 9:30 – 9:45 a.m. | Yunsheng Li, Iowa State University Generation of IL2RG⁻/Y ART⁻/⁻ Double Mutant Piglets Using CRISPR/Cas9 |
| 9:45 – 10:00 a.m. | Timothy Sheets, University of Maryland-College Park and USDA-ARS Animal Biosciences and Biotechnology Laboratory Targeted Mutation of NGN3 Gene Disrupts Pancreatic Endocrine Cell Development in Pigs |
| 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. | Refreshment break |
Session 7: Animal Model Development and Regulation of GE Animals
Session Chair: S. Clay Isom, Utah State University
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. | Yonglun Luo, BGI Pig Models for Regenerative Medicine |
| 11:00 – 11:20 a.m. | Heather Lombardi, emerging technology team leader, CVM, FDA FDA's Regulation of Intentionally Genetically Altered Animals |
| 11:20 – 11:40 p.m. | Laura Epstein, senior policy advisor FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine Clearing up the Confusion: FDA Addresses Common Misconceptions |
| 11:40 – 12:00 p.m. | Regulatory Q&A |
| 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch - Sundial Pavilion |
Session 8: Feeding The World
Session Chair: Benjamin Beaton, Genus plc
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 1:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Jianguo Zhao, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Production of Leaner Pigs with Better Thermoregulation |
| 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. | Tad Sonstegard, Recombinetics Inc. A SLICK Way to Improve Dairy and Beef Production in the Tropics |
| 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. | Nick Manson, CGIAR Laying the Way: Preparing for the Introduction of Transgenic Trypanosome Resistant Animals into Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Bruce Whitelaw, Roslin Institute Genome Editing: The Hype is Justified |