The goal of the Annual Trends in Agriculture Fall Symposium series, sponsored jointly by BARC and UMD, is to provide a forum for discussions of current and future trends in agriculture, and how trends may impact scientific research, agriculture, the environment, and society. The Symposium will host internationally recognized speakers and bring together regional scientists, students, policy makers, and other interested parties for an exciting look at current and emerging issues in agriculture.
Speakers
Prehuman Origin of Agriculture
Dr. Lynn Margulis - Home Page
Distinguished University Professor
University of Massachusetts - Department of Geoscienses
Abstract
Short Biography
The Next Synthesis: The Marriage of Ecology/Evolutionary Biology and Agriculture
Dr. Wes Jackson, Co-Founder - Home Page
The Land Institute, Salina, KA
Abstract
Short Biography
The emerging ecological paradigm for agriculture: Why is this the time and why has it taken 200 years to get here?
Dr. Robert M. Goodman -
Home Page
Executive Dean, Rutgers University
Dr. Xenia K. Morin
Associate Dean, Rutgers University
Abstract
Short Biography
Assembling Large Mammalian Genomes (and even larger plant genomes) in Next-Generation Sequencing Projects
Dr. Steven Salzberg - Home Page
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Biostatistics
McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine
& Dept. of Biostatistics Johns Hopkins University
Univ. of Maryland - Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Abstract
Short Biography
Videos
- Introduction 7 minutes
- Dr. Amy Rossman, ARS
- Dr. Joseph Spence, Area Director, BARC, ARS
- Dr. Mary Ann Ottinger, UMD
- Dr. Cheng-I Wei, Dean & Director, Agricultural Experiment Station & University of Maryland Extension,
College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, UMD College Park
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- Dr. Wes Jackson 1 hour 22 minutes
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- Dr. Robert M. Goodman 52 minutes
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- Dr. Steven Salzberg 1 hour 2 minutes
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- Round Table Discussion 44 minutes
- Dr. Wes Jackson
- Dr. Lynn Margulis
- Dr. Xenia K. Morin
- Dr. Steven Salzberg
- Hosted by: Dr. Robert E. Davis, ARS
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