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MOIAI Short Course

MOIAI Short Course

Detailed Agenda

  • Monday, July 15, 2024
    Straughn Center - 2142 Shealy Dr, Gainesville, FL 32608    
    7:30am–8:10am Registration    
    8:10am–8:40am Welcome and Introduction from Dr. John Davis, Interim Dean for Research & Director Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, Dr. Diego Jarquin, and Dr. Henry Nguyen, Professor of Soybeans and Genetics and current editor of "The Plant Genome" Journal.     
    8:40am–9:50am Intro to R and HiPerGator - ChlDO
    Dr. Diego Jarquin and  Julian Garcia-Abadillo, Ph.D. Candidate    		    
    9:50am–10:10am AM Break    
    10:10am–11:30am Field Plot Designs 
    Dr. Esteban Rios     		    
    11:30am–12:30pm Group Lunch    
    12:30pm–1:50pm Intro to Genomic Selection (GS)- and Genomic Prediction (GP) Models (Bayesian Alphabet) & Application in Maize
    Dr. Marcio Resende    		    
    1:50pm–2:10pm PM Break    
    2:10pm–3:30pm Phenomics
    Dr. Xu "Kevin" Wang    		    
    6:00pm-9:00pm Social Event    
  • Tuesday, July 16, 2024
    Straughn Center - 2142 Shealy Dr., Gainesville, FL 32608
    8:30am–9:50am Bayesian Factor Analytic and Other Covariance Structures, multi-trait multi-environment strategies
    Dr. Diego Jarquin and Julian Garcia-Abadillo Velazco, Ph.D. Candidate
    9:50am–10:10am AM Break
    10:10am–11:30am GxE Prediction Models Using Weather Data
    Dr. Diego Jarquin and Julian Garcia-Abadillo Velazco, Ph.D. Candidate
    11:30am–12:30pm Group Lunch
    12:30pm–1:50pm

    AI Methods for Genomic Prediction I                                                                                                    Julian Garcia-Abadillo Velazco, Ph.D. Candidate
    1:50pm–2:10pm PM Break
    2:10pm–3:30pm GS I in a Clonally Propagated Fruit Crop (Strawberry)
    Dr. Vance Whitaker
    6:00pm-9:00pm Social Event
  • Wednesday, July 17, 2024
    Straughn Center - 2142 Shealy Dr., Gainesville, FL 32608
    8:30am–9:50am AI Methods for Genomic Predicition II
    Julian Garcia-Abadillo Velazco, Ph.D. Candidate
    9:50am–10:10am AM Break
    10:10am–11:30am AI Methods for Genomic Predicition III
    Dr. Cathy Westhues
    11:30am–12:30pm Group Lunch
    12:30pm–1:50pm Developments in ssGBLUP and ssGWAS I
    Dr. Jorge Hidalgo
    1:50pm–2:10pm PM Break
    2:10pm–3:30pm Developments in ssGBLUP and ssGWAS II
    Dr. Daniela Lourenco
    6:00pm-9:00pm Social Event
  • Thursday, July 18, 2024
    Straughn Center - 2142 Shealy Dr., Gainesville, FL 32608
    8:30am–9:50am Multi-Omic Integration for Continuous and Categorical Data
    Dr. Diego Jarquin and Julian Garcia-Abadillo Velazco, Ph.D. Candidate
    9:50am–10:10am AM Break
    10:10am–11:30am Genomic Prediction Models for Predicting Hybrid Performance Using Genomic Information from Inbreds
    Dr. Diego Jarquin and Julian Garcia-Abadillo Velazco, Ph.D. Candidate
    11:30am–12:30pm Group Lunch
    12:30pm–1:50pm Tree Breeding
    Dr. Juan Jose Acosta
    1:50pm–2:10pm PM Break
    2:10pm–3:30pm Modeling Host/ Pathogen Interactions Using a Dual Genome Approach
    Dr. Jeremy Brawner
    6:00pm-9:00pm Social Event 
  • Friday, July 19, 2024
    Straughn Center - 2142 Shealy Dr., Gainesville, FL 32608
    8:30am–9:50am Sparse Testing Designs & Predicition of Time Related Traits
    Dr. Diego Jarquin and Julian Garcia-Abadillo Velazco, Ph.D. Candidate
    9:50am–10:10am AM Break
    10:10am–11:30am GS III in Major Crops 2 (Soybean)
    Dr. Caio Canella Vieria
    11:30am–12:30pm Group Lunch
    12:30pm–1:50pm Applications of AI in Private Industry 
    Dr. Timothy Bessinger
    1:50pm–2:10pm PM Break
    2:10pm-3:30pm DSSAT/ Crop Growth Models and AI
    Dr. Charlie Messina
    6:00pm-9:00pm Social Event