Blue Corn, Sweet Corn, and Tapioca: Mutants We Know and Love

Summer 2004

Workshop Outline:

DAY 1: June 28

• Genetics Review: Davis Lecture1
• Mutant Zoo: Tour of Bradford and Genetics Farms
• What causes mutations? : Coe Lecture1
• DNA sequence analysis Lab

DAY 2: June 29

• Useful mutants: Coe Lecture2
• What you see is what you get Lab
• Mutation and disease: Davis Lecture2
• Find that gene Lab

Fall 2004

Workshop Outline:

DAY 1: November 20

• 9:00am Useful mutants: Coe Lecture
• 10:00am Break
• 10:30am Tour of Sears Greenhouse Facility
• 12:00pm Lunch
• 1:00pm Mutation and Disease: Davis Lecture
• 2:00pm Break
• 2:30pm Mutant Zoo Lab
• 4:30pm Wrap-up