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20-22.10.2020
Program Overview
Day 1: Tuesday - October 20, 2020
Time in Cairo
1:45 - 2:00 pm //Opening
2:00 - 4:00 pm //Session I - Moderator: Dr. Ahmed Sallam
(Advances in Plant Genetics)
2:00 - 2:40 pm //Germplasm collections – a prerequisite for plant genetics and breeding,
2:40 – 3:20 pm //Identification of genes in a collection of historic barley mutants, Prof. Dr. Mats Hansson 3:20 – 4:00 pm //Development and application of new genomics platforms for wheat breeding and pre-
breeding, Dr. Awais Rasheed.
4:00 - 5:00 pm //Break
5:00 - 7:00 pm //Session II - Moderator: Dr. Ahmed Sallam
(Genomic Selection and Hybrid Breeding)
5:00 - 5:40 pm //Hybrid Wheat: Looking Ahead, Prof. Dr. Peter Stephen Baenziger.
5:40 - 6:20 pm //Prospects of using genomic selection in plant breeding, Dr. Ahmad H. Sallam.
6:20 - 7:00 pm // Genomic selection and genomics-assisted breeding delivers superior
wheat cultivars, Dr. Vikas Belamkar.
End of day
Day 2: Wednesday - October 21, 2020
Time in Cairo
2:00 - 2:40 pm //Session I - Moderator: Dr. Amir Effat
(Genetics of Disease Resistance )
2:00 - 2:40 pm //Harnessing genetic diversity in wheat and its wild relatives for disease resistance,
Dr. Brande Wulff.
2:40 – 3:20 pm //Minimizing Egyptian wheat yield loss to disease through resistance gene
enrichment breeding, Dr. Ahmed Elkot.
3:20 – 4:00 pm //Genomic regions associated with stripe rust resistance against the Egyptian race
revealed by genome-wide association study, Dr. Amira Mourad
4:00 - 5:00 pm //Break
5:00 - 7:00 pm //Session II - Moderator: Dr. Amir Effat
(Gene Editing and its Application in Plant Genetics )
5:00 - 5:40 pm //CRISPR-Cas toolbox for basic and applied genetics,
Dr. Kutubuddin Ali Molla.
5:40 - 6:20 pm //Genome editing and metabolic engineering of sugarcane to fuel the emerging
bioeconomy, Prof. Dr. Altpeter Fredy.
6:20 - 7:00 pm //Expanding plant gene editing scope with highly multiplexable Cas12a systems,
Prof. Dr. Yiping Qi.
End of day
Day 3: Thursday - October 22, 2020
Time in Cairo
2:00 - 4:00 pm //Session I - Moderator: Dr. Elsayed Abdelmonsef
(Genetics & Breeding of Abiotic Stress Tolerance I )
2:00 - 2:40 pm //Insight into the genetic contribution of spikelet development in barley under
abiotic stress conditions, Dr. Ahmad Alqudah.
2:40 – 3:20 pm //Genome-Wide Analysis of mineral concentrations in Wheat Grains, Dr. Dalia Almori.
3:20 – 4:00 pm //Isolation and characterization of some new genes in Rye (S cereale L.)
under Aluminum toxicity conditions, Dr. Diaa Abd El Moneim
4:00 - 5:00 pm //Break
5:00 - 7:00 pm //Session II - Moderator: Dr. Elsayed Abdelmonsef
(Genetics & Breeding of Abiotic Stress Tolerance II )
5:00 - 5:40 pm //Harnessing translational research for climate resilience of wheat,
Dr. Matthew Reynolds.
5:40 - 6:20 pm //Drought tolerance at wheat seedling stage: tolerance and survival traits are controlled
by two different genetic mechanisms, Dr. Ahmed Sallam.
End of day