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Meet Element Biosciences at AGBT Agriculture Meeting 2023

Meet Element Biosciences at AGBT Agriculture Meeting 2023

Booth #302

Still using microarrays? Turn over a new leaf with AVITI™ - stop by Booth #302 for a demo and an out-of-this-world T-Shirt! Your science can't wait!

  • Superior accuracy with 90% of data >Q30
  • Flexible batching with two independent 300 Gb flow cells
  • Rapid, decentralized sequencing for $2-5/Gb or $0.60-1 / million reads

Be sure to catch Carlos Congrains, Ph.D.'s talk "Genomics applied to species identification of fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) pests."

Schedule of Element Programs at AGBT Agriculture Meeting 2023

Monday, March 27th

Attend our Gold Sponsor Workshop

Time: 3:25 - 3:45 PM

Location: Independence Ballroom 1-5

Title: Genomics applied to species identification of fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) pests

Speaker: Carlos Congrains, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Collaborator at Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Pacific Agricultural Research Center

Abstract

Tephritidae is a highly speciated and globally distributed family of fruit flies that includes several species of economic interest due to their capacity to invade new environments and infest a wide variety of crops. Species identification is crucial for applying adequate measures of pest control and minimizing their economic impact. Most of the species catalogued as agricultural pests show similar morphology and have overlapping interspecific polymorphic characters. Furthermore, the popular COI marker has failed to accurately discriminate among most of these species. We have generated high quality genome assemblies that can be used as references for population genetics studies. Here, we present the first genome of Anastrepha fraterculus, which is a major pest in the Americas. We also applied whole genome sequencing technique to evaluate the mango fruit fly complex, which currently comprises four species (Bactrocera frauenfeldi, Bactrocera trilineola, Bactrocera caledoniensis and Bactrocera parafrauenfeldi) distributed in Southeast Asia and Oceania. B. frauenfeldi and B. trilineola are highly polyphagous and catalogued as major pests. We obtained a large set of SNPs, which were used to infer a robust phylogeny and evaluate their genetic differentiation. Based on this data, we have identified a set of markers that may be used for species discrimination, offering a foundation for developing more efficient diagnostic tools.

Tuesday, March 28th

Breakfast Lounge Talks

Date: Tuesday, March 28

Time: 8:15 AM

Location: Fredricksburg C

Talks:

  • “Highly accurate, cost-effective genotyping with ultra-lowpass whole genome sequencing”, Jesse Hoff, Ph.D., Agrigenomics Product Manager, Gencove
  • “AVITI Cloudbreak: High accuracy, fast runtimes, simple workflow”, Meredith Ashby, Ph.D., Sr. Director, Strategic Marketing, Element Biosciences

Speaker: Carlos Congrains, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Collaborator at Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Pacific Agricultural Research Center

Poster #501

Time: 4:00 - 6:00 PM

Title: Imputation accuracy of cattle in ultra-lowpass whole genome sequencing

Presenting author: Jesse Hoff, Ph.D.

Come by the Element Biosciences Lounge for an "Out-of-This-World" party!

Time: 7:35 PM

Location: Fredricksburg C