COST Action FA 1101: SAFFRONOMICS OMICS TECHNOLOGIES FOR CROP IMPROVEMENT, TRACEABILITY, DETERMINATION OF AUTHENTICITY,

ADULTERATION AND ORIGIN IN SAFFRON

Draft Agenda for the WG3 workshop “Advances in molecular and phytochemical fingerprinting for traceability and authenticity

of saffron” in conjuction with WG1 expert meeting “Advances in saffron genome sequencing”

Thessaloniki (Greece), Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH)

Thursday, 14th May 2015

9:30 – 9:45 Welcome and opening of meeting by the Local Organizers (Dr. Madesis & Dr. Ordoudi) Presentation of the progress in the DNA and chemical fingerprinting and further improvement. 09:45 – 11:00 Contributed talks (15 min)

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 – 13:00 Contributed talks (15 min)

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

Discusion about the databank of genomic and spectroscopic data

14:30 – 16:00 Presentation of the progress on spectroscopic database

16:00 – 16:15 Coffee break

16:15 – 18:30 Overview on NGS data available and rules for joint usage/access

Friday, 15 May 2015

Saffron genome as a tool for : adulteration control, understanding biochemical pathways and mapping proteomic data 9:30 – 11:00 Contributed talks (15 min)

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00 Discussion and closing remarks

13:00 – 15:00 lunch

WG1 expert meeting

14:30 – 16:00 Overview on NGS data available and rules for joint usage/access

16:00 – 16:15 Coffee break

16:15 – 18:30 Strategies for assembly and annotation