Meetings

The CFGI holds regular steering commitee meetings as well as the Canadian Flax Genomics Workshop. Browse minutes from past meetings to learn more about the CFGI's role and impact on flax genomics research in Canada.

2010 Meeting Minutes:

February 23, 2010 - The Canadian Flax Genomics Workshop

Presentation Topic	Presenter
The Triffid Story	Barry Hall - Flax Council of Canada
Liability in the Canadian Marketplace	Stuart Smyth - College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan
Movement and Persistence of Transgenes in Flax	Linda Hall - Faculty of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta
Development of CDC Triffid DNA Specific Test	Faouzi Bekkaoui - National Research Council, Plant Biotechnology Institute
Emerging Issues in GM Flax	Leigh Marquess - Quantum Biosciences
Flax Diversity - From the Past for the Future	Axel Diederichsen - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Plant Gene Resources
Gene Expression in Flax	Raju Datla - National Research Council, Plant Biotechnology Institute
Solving the Flax Puzzle One Piece at a Time	Sylvie Cloutier - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Using the Flax Genome Sequence to Identify Rapidly Evolving Regions	Christopher Cullis - Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University

2009 Meeting Minutes:

August 28, 2009 - Steering Committee Meeting

May 20, 2009 - Steering Committee Meeting

2008 Meeting Minutes:

December 8, 2008 - The Canadian Flax Genomics Workshop

Presentation Topic	Presenter
Introductions and Overview of Flax Day Agenda	Pete Desai - Desai & Desai Inc.
An Update on TUFGEN (Total Utilization Flax Genomics)	Gordon Rowland - College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan
Overview of the Health Benefits of Flaxseed	Kelly Fitzpatrick - Flax Canada 2015
Breeding Flax for the 21st Century - The Canadian Strategic Plan	Scott Duguid - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Update on Flax Quality - Harvest 2008	Veronique Barthet - Canadian Grain Commission
Comprehensive EST Based Analysis of Genes Expressed in Flax Seeds	Raju Datla - National Research Council PBI
Flax Microsatellites	Sylvie Cloutier - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Towards a Whole Genome Sequence of Flax	Mike Deyholos - University of Alberta
A Glimpse of the Flax Genome Through 454 Sequencing	Christopher Cullis - Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University
Using the Canola Molecular Toolbox as a Template for the Development of Flax Genomics	Jason Danielson - Dow AgroSciences Inc.
Can GM Flax Co-Exist with Conventional Flax in Western Canada?	Linda Hall - Bioindustrial Crops Branch, Agricultural and Food/Agriculture and Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta
Next Steps: Concluding Remarks	Pete Desai - Desai & Desai Inc.

October 10, 2008 - Steering Committee Meeting

June 4, 2008 - Steering Committee Meeting

April 10, 2008 - Steering Committee Meeting

February 26, 2008 - Steering Committee Meeting

January 22, 2008 - Steering Committee Meeting

2007 Meeting Minutes:

November 7, 2007 - Steering Committee Meeting

July 3, 2007 - Steering Committee Meeting