USCCN Workshop - Genome Sequencing and Microbial Resources

This workshop is organized by the U.S. Culture Collection Network

The increasing power of DNA sequencing technologies presents new opportunities to utilize microbial specimens and associated data in exciting ways to broaden scientific discovery.

This workshop will explore the challenges and opportunities related to microbial genome sequencing, with focus on living microbes, whether sourced from a researcher’s freezer or a large formal repository.

Discussions will explore opportunities to integrate phenotypic and genotypic information, specimen and data storage, preservation procedures, licensing of both intellectual and tangible property and emerging requirements of Nagoya Protocol.

More information about the workshop, draft agenda, location, practical information, etc. is available on the USCCN website

Need more than one ticket? Please contact Rolanda Young at young@eversoleassociates.com

Draft Agenda

Monday, June 10 | 8:00am - 7:00pm

8:00 am – Registration and badge pick-up

8:30 am – Welcome and Introductions – Dusti Gallagher, USCCN Project Manager

U.S. Culture Collections Network Overview

Session 1: Challenges and Opportunities with Microbial Collections

8:45 am – Panel Discussion – Moderator: Dusti Gallagher

• Kyria Boundy-Mills, Phaff Yeast Culture Collection
• Catalina Salgado-Salazar, ARS – Invited
• Sayeh Homayounpour, Ginkgo Bioworks
• Michael Lomas, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

09:45 am – Michael Lomas, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Specimen Management Plan discussion

10:15 am – Networking Break

Session 2: The Power of Data – Leveraging Collections to Answer Scientific Questions

10:30 am – Tiffany Lowe-Power, UC-Davis
KBase & Genome course

11:00 am – Ed Dudley, Penn State University
EDGE CMT Project: Predicting bacteriophage susceptibility from Escherichia coli genotype

11:30 am – Caitilyn Allen, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Cool Virulence: Drawing on a Legacy Culture Collection to Uncover New Biology

12:00 pm – Titus Brown, UC Davis
Bioinformatics approaches for making use of microbial genome sequences for taxonomy, function, and pangenomics

12:30 pm – Adam Newman, Gingko Bioworks

1:00 pm – Networking Lunch

Session 3: Unique Opportunities and/or Projects Within the Collections and Scientific Communities

2:15 pm – Rekha Seshadri & Tanja Woyke, JGI

JGI services and sequencing success stories

2:45 pm – Lutz Froenicke, The Genome Center, UC Davis - Invited

3:15 pm – Marco Riojas, ATCC

Biodefense & Emerging Infections Resources

3:45 pm – Open Discussion – Day 1 Q&A

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Networking Reception with Heavy Hors D’oeuvres

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Tuesday, June 11 | 8:00am - 3:30pm

7:55 am – Welcome and Announcements

Session 4: The Nagoya Protocol: Potential Impacts on Data, Information, Licensing & Agreements

8:00 am – Amber Hartman-Scholz, DSMZ

International legal frameworks governing the use and transfer of biological materials, Nagoya Protocol

8:30 am – Matthew Ryan, CABI

CABI collection – strain & data preservation

9:00 am – Q&A

9:30 am – Maher Al Rwahnih, UC-Davis – Invited

10:00 am – Dianna Francis, UC-Davis

Intellectual, Tangible Property & Commercial Licensing of Specimens

10:30 am – Open Discussion, Q&A

10:55 am – Wrap-up and Tour Announcements

11:00 am – Networking Break

11:15 am – Departure for Morning Tours

• 11:30-12:00 | Tour #1: UC-Davis Teaching Brewery
• 12:00-12:30 | Tour #2: UC-Davis Teaching Winery

12:45 pm – Box lunch, UC-Davis Alumni Center

1:30 pm – Departure for Afternoon Tours

• 1:45-3:00pm | UC-Davis Bohart Musearum of Entomology
• Wildlife Collection
• Insect Collection

3:30pm – End of Workshop