Finally, we have the Aphidgenomics Workshop Scientific Programme:

• 17:00-19:00: Early registration. (Reception Desktop PRBB Building).

• 09:00-09:45h Registration. (Reception Desktop PRBB Building).

• 09:30-10:00h Introductions. (Room Aula 473. 4th Floor)

• 10:00-11:30h First session “Genome annotation”. Chair: Owain Edwards. (Room Aula 473. 4th Floor)
  • 10:00-10:30 James Carolan. “Assisting Functional Annotation with Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry”
  • 10:30-11:00 Fabrice Legeai. “AphidBase: feedback on the genome annotation, new tools and perspectives.”
  • 11:00-11:30 Toni Gabaldón. “Towards the use of largescale phylogenetics to assist in the annotation of newly sequenced genomes: the Acyrthosiphon pisum genome sets a precedent”

• 11:30-12:00h Coffee break. (Terrace. 5th Floor)

• 12:00-13:00h Second session “Metabolism”. Chair: Toni Gabaldón. (Room Aula 473. 4th Floor)
  • 12:00-12:30 Sandy MacDonald “The power of combining genome annotation and systems level modeling”
  • 12:30-13:00 Stefano Colella. “The Acyrthosiphon pisum Cyc database (AcypiCyc) created using a novel BioCyc Annotation Database System (CycADS): a useful tool to explore and study the pea aphid metabolism.”

• 13:00-15:00h Lunch. (Terrace. 5th Floor)

• 15:30-17:00h Collaborative groups sessions:
  • GROUP A: Proteomics group. Chair: James Carolan. (Room 470 Sem 1. 4th floor)
  • GROUP B: Transcriptomics. Chair: Alex Wilson. (Room 468 Sem 2. 4th floor)
  • GROUP C: Training troubleshooting session I on aphid genomics related resources: Apolo, AphidBase, AcypiCyc, PhylomeDB, etc. (Room 635.02 Alt Sud. Entry by the 5th floor)

• 17:00-19:00h Coffee break and Poster Session. (Room 468-470 Sem 1/2. 4th floor)

• 21:00h Dinner at the Arenal Restaurant (http://www.arenalrestaurant.com/)

• 09:30-11:00h Third session “Biological processes in the pea aphid I”. Chair: Yvan Rahbé. (Room 468-470 Sem 1/2. 4th floor)
  • 09:30-10:00 Filipe Vieira. “Comparative genomic analyses of the odorantbinding proteins in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum”
  • 10:00-10:30 Chun-che Chang. “Cloning and developmental analysis of germline toolkit genes in the parthenogenetic pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum”
  • 10:30-11:00 Daniel Price. “The functional role of A.pisum sugar transporter 1 (ApST1) from the aphid gut.”

• 11:00-11:30h Coffee break. (Terrace. 5th Floor)

• 11:30-14:00h IAGC organization, general discussion and concluding remarks. Chair: Alex Wilson. (Room 468-470 Sem 1/2. 4th floor)

• 14:00-15:30h Lunch. (Terrace. 5th Floor)

• 15:30-16:30h Fourth session “Biological processes in the pea aphid II”. Chair: James Carolan. (Room 468-470 Sem 1/2. 4th floor).
  • 15:30-16:00 Tom Walsh. “DNA methylation in the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum.”
  • 16:00-16:30 Owain Edwards “Identifying and characterizing the aphid salivary secretome”

• 16:30-17:00h Coffee break. (Terrace. 5th Floor)

• 17:00-18:00h Virtual session: Videoconferences. Chair: Toni Gabaldón. (Room 468-470 Sem 1/2. 4th floor).
  • 17:00-17:20 Denis Tagu “Using chemical mutagenesis for forward genetics on the pea aphid: utopia or reality?”
  • 17:20-17:40 Stephen Richards “Update on the pea aphid genome sequencing”
  • 17:40-18:00 Justin Pachebat “Happy mapping”

• 18:00-19:30h Workshops of collaborative groups and training troubleshooting session
  • Group D: Salivary secretome and proteases group. Chairs: O. Edwards and J. Carolan.(Room 635.02 Alt Sud. Entry by the 5th floor)
  • Group E: Training troubleshooting session II on aphid genomics related resources: Apolo, AphidBase, AcypiCyc, PhylomeDB, etc. (Room 470 Sem 1. 4th floor)