NSF-Supported Workshop
Sponsored by the EPSCoR Centers Development Initiative (CDI)

EPSCoR Large-Scale Biological Sciences Workshop
Agenda

Relevant NSF Websites
    www.nsf.gov - NSF
    www.nsf.gov/bio - NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences
    www.nsf.gov/ere - NSF's Environmental Research and Education portfolio

Monday, July 21
7:15 AM
Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM
Introduction to Workshop
    - Randall Haley (EPSCoR Centers Development Initiative)
        [PPT: EPSCoR Large-Scale Biological Sciences Workshop]
    - Phil Harriman (EPSCoR Centers Development Initiative)
    - Royce Engstrom (University of South Dakota; EPSCoR CDI)
    - Richard Anderson (National Science Foundation)
Session 1: Assembling the Tree of Life
8:30 AM
Introduction to NSF ATOL Program
    - Diana Lipscomb (National Science Foundation)
        [PPT: Assembling the Tree of Life]
9:00 AM
Developing an ATOL Proposal:
Phylum Nematoda: Integrating Multidisciplinary Expertise and Infrastructure for Resolving Relationships in a Major Branch of the Tree of Life
    - Kelley Thomas (University of New Hampshire)
        [PPT: Nematode tree-of-life project]
9:40 AM
Developing an ATOL Proposal:
Collaborative Research: Deep Green Plant Phylogenetics: Novel Analytical Methods for Scaling Data from Genomics to Morphology
    - Charles O'Kelly (Bigelow Laboratory, Maine)
        [PPT: ATOL Assembly - The Green "Tree of Life"]
10:20 AM
Networking Break
Session 2: Biological Databases and Informatics
11:10 AM
Introduction to NSF BDI Program
    - Sylvia Spengler (National Science Foundation)
        [PPT: Biological Databases and Informatics]
11:40 AM
Developing a BDI Proposal:
KDI: Knowledge Networking of Biodiversity Information
    - James Beach (University of Kansas)
        [PPT: ...]
12:20 PM
Developing a BDI Proposal:
Advanced Approaches for Integration and Analysis of Genomic Data
    - Aidong Zhang (State University of New York at Buffalo)
        [PPT: Advanced Approaches for Integration and Analysis of Genomic Data]
1:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM
NSF Biological Sciences: On the Horizon
    - Machi Dilworth (National Science Foundation)
        [PPT: NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences]
Session 3: Plant Genome Research
2:30 PM
Introduction to NSF PGR Program
    - Anne Sylvester (National Science Foundation)
        [PPT: Plant Genome Research Program]
3:00 PM
Developing a PGR Proposal:
Design & Analysis of Microarray Gene Expression Studies in Plants: Toward Sound Statistical Procedures
    - Grier Page (University of Alabama, Birmingham)
        [PPT: Design & Analysis of Microarray Gene Expression Studies in Plants: Toward Sound Statistical Procedures]
3:40 PM
Developing a PGR Proposal:
Dissecting Phytophthora Resistance In Soybean Using Expression Profiling and Analysis of Quantitative Trait Loci
    - Saghai Maroof (Virginia Polytechnic and State University)
        [PPT: Dissecting Phytophthora Resistance in Soybean Using Expression Profiling and Analysis of Quantitative Trait Loci]
4:20 PM
Networking Break
5:30 PM
Day 1 Concludes


Tuesday, July 22
7:15 AM
Continental Breakfast
Session 4: Frontiers in Integrative Biology
8:00 AM
Introduction to NSF FIBR Program
    - Chris Greer (National Science Foundation)
        [PPT: Frontiers in Integrative Biological Research]
Session 5: Biocomplexity in the Environment
8:30 AM
Introduction to NSF BE Program
    - Bill Zamer (National Science Foundation)
        [PPT: Biocomplexity in the Environment]
9:00 AM
Developing Planning Grant Proposals for Large-Scale NSF BIO Programs - Biocomplexity and FIBR:
BIOCOMPLEXITY: Incubation Activity: Evolutionary and Ecological Functional Genomics: Jumpstarting a Multidisciplinary Field;
FIBR: Planning: Proteomic Analysis of Critical Targets of Environmental Stress
    - Martin Feder (University of Chicago)
        [PPT: Preparing successful proposals]
9:40 AM
Developing a BE Proposal:
Biocomplexity of Introduced Avian Diseases in Hawaii: Threats to Biodiversity of Native Forest Ecosystems
    - David Duffy (University of Hawaii)
        [PPT: Biocomplexity of Introduced Avian Disease in Hawaii: Threats to Biodiversity of Native Forest Ecosystems]
Session 6: Large-Scale Microbial Research
10:20 AM
Introduction to NSF's Microbial Observatory and Microbial Genome Sequencing Programs
    - Matt Kane (National Science Foundation)
        [PPT: Two Programs in the NSF Component of The Microbe Project]
10:50 AM
Developing an MO Proposal:
Collaborative Research: Salt Plains Microbial Observatory
    - William Henley (Oklahoma State University)
        [PPT: Collaborative Research: Salt Plains Microbial Observatory]
11:30 AM
Lunch and Networking
1:30 PM
Workshop Concludes

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