INVITED AND SPECIAL SESSIONS
Wednesday, October 26
10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Concurrent Education Sessions II (6-8)
SESSION 7 - Comparative Genomics: Genomics Meets Phylogenetics
Hall 2
Moderator: Paula Gregory, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
High throughput sequencing and genomic analysis have made it possible to apply genomics methods to evolutionary biology, allowing researchers to better understand how and why similarities and differences in genomes came to be. Sequence data has begun to show that coding regions are organized hierarchically into gene families and superfamilies. Taking a phylogenomic approach makes it possible to detect lateral gene transfer, to reconstruct evolutionary diversification within gene families and to trace evolutionary changes in protein function. Integrating genome analysis with phylogenetic systematics and comparative proteomics promises unprecedented insights into biological organization and the evolutionary pressures that created it. This session is designed to provide an update on this rapidly evolving area of research as well as showing how genomics, proteomics and data analysis come to bear on studies designed to compare genomic information.
10:00 AM Comparative genomics for disease gene analysis. Anna DiRienzo, University of Chicago, IL.
10:25 AM Gene expression profiling in comparative genomics. Joseph G. Hacia, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
10:55 AM Integrating genomics and bioinformatics to study genome evolution and function. Ross C. Hardison, Pennsylvania State University, University Park.
