Welcome to the 31st IUBS General Assembly and Conference on ...

Section 3 Chair: Dan Hartl
1330-1400 Rod Wing: The International - Oryza Map Alignment Project: Development <strong>and</strong> analysis of a
genus-wide comparative genomics platform <strong>to</strong> help solve <strong>the</strong> 9-billion people question
1400-1430 Giorgio Bernardi: Natural Selection in Genome Evolution
1430-1500 Dacheng Tian: Genome-wide analysis revealed abundant gene conversion in <strong>the</strong> recombination
profile of Arabidopsis
1500-1530 Angelo Azzi: The genetics of Ageing
1530-1550 Break
Section 4 Chair: Song Ge
1550-1620 Guang Yang: Genome-wide SNP polymorphism <strong>and</strong> signature of natural selection in finless
porpoises: adaptive population divergence, taxonomic implications, <strong>and</strong> conservation
recommendations.
1620-1650 Jian-Dong Li: Regulation of Inflammation <strong>and</strong> Host Defense-from Genomics <strong>to</strong> Therapeutics
1650-1720 Youming Zhang: Direct Cloning of large size gene or gene clusters from genomic DNA without library
construction <strong>and</strong> screening
1720-1750 Huanming Yang: Genomics <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Century of Biology
1750-1800 Wrap-up
830-1800 S-13. Protected Areas (PA) <strong>and</strong> Conservation
Meeting Room Rose
1&2, Suzhou
Xiangshan
International Hotel
Organizers <strong>and</strong> Chairs
1) Yan Xie, Research Associate Professor, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences;
Email: xieyan@ioz.ac.cn
2) John MacKinnon, Head, Visibility <strong>and</strong> Awareness, EU-China Biodiversity Program (ECBP); Email:
arcbc_jrm@hotmail.com
3) Sung Wang, Research Professor, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Email:
wangs@ioz.ac.cn
830-840 Yan Xie: Introduction of PA <strong>and</strong> relevant legislations in China
840-920 Defining conservation objectives, outcome moni<strong>to</strong>ring <strong>and</strong> evaluation at site level, regional <strong>and</strong>
national levels - Jeff McNeely, John McKinnon, Zhi Fang, Yan Xie
910-950 PA management supervision by government agencies <strong>and</strong> multiple stakeholders - Ernes<strong>to</strong> C.
Enkerlin Hoeflich, Wang Yamin, Su Liu
950-1010 Break
1010-1140 Group Discussion (two groups)
1140-1200 Group Report <strong>and</strong> Conclusion
1200-1400 Lunch
1400-1440 PA categories <strong>and</strong> functional zones, <strong>and</strong> corridors - Ben Boer, Yan Xie, Nigel Dudley, Charles
Besancon, Siobhan Kenney, Scott Perkin
1440-1520 Ensure PA funding for management operation - Ernes<strong>to</strong> C. Enkerlin Hoeflich, Aster Zhang
1520-1600 Public involvement <strong>and</strong> benefit sharing mechanisms - Phillip Tabas, Megan Kram, Shengzhi Li
1600-1620 Break
1620-1740 Group Discussion (three groups)
1740-1800 Group Reports <strong>and</strong> Conclusions
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