Appendix B
Workshop Agenda
Next Steps for Functional Genomics: A Workshop
February 10–12, 2020
National Academy of Sciences, Room 120
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20418
DAY 1: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10
8:45 | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
Steven Moss, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
Donal Manahan, National Science Foundation | |
Gene Robinson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chair of the Steering Committee | |
9:00 | Keynote Speaker |
Introduced by Gene Robinson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
Design for Inference in Biology | |
Aviv Regev, Broad Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
10:00–10:15 | Coffee Break |
10:15 | Talks and Facilitated Panel Discussion: Case Studies on Building Functional Genomics Tools in Diverse Systems |
15-minute talks from each person followed by panel guided questions and discussion | |
Moderator: Lauren O’Connell, Stanford University | |
Andrea Sweigart, University of Georgia | |
Rachel Dutton, University of California, San Diego | |
Zoe Donaldson, University of Colorado Boulder | |
Dominique Bergmann, Stanford University | |
Steven Henikoff, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | |
12:00–1:00 | Lunch |
1:00 | Facilitated Panel Discussion: Determining and Defining “Model” Systems for Diverse Functional Genomics Applications |
10-minute introduction to topic from Paul Katz followed by a facilitated discussion | |
Moderator: Andrea Sweigart, University of Georgia | |
Paul Katz, University of Massachusetts Amherst | |
Lauren O’Connell, Stanford University | |
Zoe Donaldson, University of Colorado Boulder | |
Dominique Bergmann, Stanford University | |
2:15 | Talks and Facilitated Panel Discussion: Understanding the Contributions of the Non-Protein-Coding DNA to Phenotype |
15-minute talks from each person followed by panel-guided questions and discussion | |
Moderator: Terry Magnuson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
Felicity Jones, Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society | |
Scott Edwards, Harvard University | |
Francois Spitz, The University of Chicago | |
3:45–4:00 | Coffee/Snack Break |
4:00 | Facilitated Panel Discussion: Societal and Ethical Implications of Functional Genomics Research |
5 minutes of opening comments by each panelist, followed by a facilitated discussion | |
Moderator: Zoe Donaldson, University of Colorado Boulder | |
Rebecca Walker, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
Scott Jackson, Bayer Crop Science | |
Ronald Sandler, Northeastern University | |
5:00 | Closing Remarks |
Philip Benfey, Duke University | |
5:00 | Adjourn |
DAY 2: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11
9:00 | Keynote Speaker |
Introduced by Trudy Mackay, Clemson University | |
Predicting Current and Future Sources of Variation in Quantitative Traits | |
Patricia Wittkopp, University of Michigan | |
10:00–10:15 | Coffee Break |
10:15 | Talks and Facilitated Panel Discussion: Advancement of Research on Environmental Regulation of Gene Function |
15-minute talks from each person followed by panel-guided questions and discussion | |
Moderator: Philip Benfey, Duke University | |
Sarah Kocher, Princeton University | |
Joanna Kelley, Washington State University | |
Nathan Springer, University of Minnesota | |
Trudy Mackay, Clemson University | |
12:00–1:00 | Lunch |
1:00 | Talks and Facilitated Panel Discussion: Challenges and Successes of Integrating Large Datasets |
15-minute talks from each person followed by panel-guided questions and discussion | |
Moderator: Norbert Tavares, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative | |
Alexis Battle, Johns Hopkins University | |
Saurabh Sinha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
Rahul Satija, New York Genome Center | |
Charles Danko, Cornell University | |
Genevieve Haliburton, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative |
2:20 | Facilitated Panel Discussion: Pros and Cons of Consortia and Large Databases |
2–3 minutes of opening comments by each panelist, followed by a facilitated discussion | |
Moderator: Charles Danko, Cornell University | |
Felicity Jones, Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society | |
Alexis Battle, Johns Hopkins University | |
Saurabh Sinha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
Rahul Satija, New York Genome Center | |
Sean Hanlon, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health | |
3:15–3:30 | Coffee/Snack Break |
3:30 | Interactive Session and Panel Discussion: Addressing Challenges in Education and Training |
Groups of 6–8 will discuss prompt questions from 3:15–3:45. Each group will have 3–5 minutes to summarize its main points. We will then move into a panel discussion. | |
Moderator: Patricia Wittkopp, University of Michigan | |
Terry Magnuson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
Arnaud Martin, The George Washington University | |
Lauren O’Connell, Stanford University | |
Grace Anderson, Octant | |
Rebecca Walker, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
5:00 | Closing Remarks |
Emma Farley, University of California, San Diego | |
5:05 | Adjourn |
DAY 3: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12
9:00 | Talks and Facilitated Panel Discussion: Interpreting and Validating Results from High-Throughput Screening Approaches |
15-minute talks from each person followed by panel-guided questions and discussion |
Moderator: Trudy Mackay, Clemson University | |
David C. Page, Whitehead Institute | |
Emma Farley, University of California, San Diego | |
Philip Benfey, Duke University | |
Grace Anderson, Octant | |
Gary Churchill, The Jackson Laboratory | |
10:45 | Interactive Session on the Future of Functional Genomics Research Goals |
Participants will get into groups of 6–8 to think about the prompt questions related to short- and medium-term research goals of functional genomics. These groups will discuss from 10:40–11:20, followed by 5 minutes of reporting from each group on the main points it came up with. This will end with a larger discussion by all attendees. | |
Moderator: Emma Farley, University of California, San Diego | |
11:45 | Future of Functional Genomics Town Hall |
This is a final opportunity for any attendee to emphasize a point they heard during the meeting or bring up something that has not been addressed. Possible prompt questions will be provided. | |
Moderator: Gene Robinson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chair of the Steering Committee | |
12:25 | Closing Remarks |
Gene Robinson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chair of the Steering Committee | |
12:30 | Meeting Adjourn |
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