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Pig Genome Newsletter #034
P I G G E N O M E U P D A T E
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A Bimonthly Newsletter of the U.S. Pig Genome Coordination Program
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* <angenmap@db.genome.iastate.edu> *
* January 1, 1999 *
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1. A New Set (Set VII) of 51 Primer Pairs Is Made
2. The National Swine Improvement Meeting met in East Lansing Michigan
3. The Pig Genome Workshop and the Plant and Animal Genome Meeting
4. The Swine Species Committee Will Meet in Two Sessions at PAGVII
5. Limited Assistance May Be Available for PAGVII Attendencee
6. Database and Web Site Changes are Continuing
7. Revision of the Genome Mapping Discussion Group is Taking Place
8. New U.S. Node for PIGBASE
9. A Special Conference: From Jay Lush to Genomics
10. The 50th Annual Meeting of the European Asso. for Animal Production
11. Upcoming meetings (6 items)
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12. Lauren Christian's Contributions to Pig Genetics Are Remembered
13. A Special Year-end Thanks to All
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Happy Holidays to all of you, your families and colleagues!
Just in time for the holidays. A new set (set VII) of 51 primer pairs is
now being made and will be ready for shipment January 5, 1999. This
makes the total of fluorescent primers now to be 304 pairs. Please
continue to make use of them and also be sure to acknowledge their
source as it helps to improve cooperation and coordination activities.
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The National Swine Improvement Meeting met in East Lansing Michigan on
December 4-5. The meeting was reasonably well attended by pig breeders,
students and scientists, given the low pork prices. The presentations
included several talks dealing with issues related to quantitative and
molecular genetics and their use in pig breeding programs. The
proceedings are available from Dr. Chuck Christians, University of
Minnesota.
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The Pig Genome Workshop and the Plant and Animal genome meetings are
approaching! This is a reminder about registration for the
International Plant & Animal Genome VII Conference (PAGVII), taking
place January 17-21, 1999 at the Town & Country Convention Center in San
Diego, California. Registration is available via the internet using a
secure on-line registration form:
https://www.chemint.org/https/pagreg.html. The meeting draft for the
PAG-VII conference and abstracts from previous PG-I through PAG-VI
meetings are now available. All information about the conference may be
obtained from the conference web site located at: http://www.intl-
pag.org/. The hotel will be the Town & Country Convention Center. The
meeting is organized by Scherago International, Inc.: pag@scherago.com.
The planned workshops and conference events promise to be informative
and exciting.
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The swine species committee will meet in two sessions at PAGVII. The
first session on January 17 (Sunday evening) will include several
invited speakers and the second session (Monday afternoon) will include
station reports (don't forget to bring yours), the coordinator and
advisor reports, and a short business meeting. Please remember to
participate. Please contact Sara Sunden, Chair of the species
committee, for details.
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Need some help to travel this year to PAGVII? As in the past some
limited assistance may be available for active U.S. pig genome members
to travel to the PAG/species workshop in San Diego. If you hope to go
and need some assistance, please contact the U.S. Pig Genome Coordinator
soon.
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Database and web site changes are continuing. This is the second
announcement that the U.S. Pig Genome web site has migrated from the old
site: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~pigmap to the new site:
http://www.genome.iastate.edu. If any problems appear or you have
suggestions concerning the new site, please send emails to:
<webmaster@db.genome.iastate.edu>. The old URL will still function for
a few months. During this transition period, however, we urge you to
update your bookmarks. For more details please see Pig Genome Update 33.
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Revision of the ANGENMAP - Genome Mapping Discussion Group
(angenmap@iastate.edu) is taking place. The new address will be:
angenmap@db.genome.iastate.edu. With the new list service software, we
are able to configure the list to automatically filter out unwanted spam
mails, mass commercial mailings, list sub/unsub requests, and restrict
the postings to those from the list subscribers. Additional details can
be found in Pig Genome Update 33.
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New U.S. node for PIGBASE. After some preliminary tests, the U.S. node
for PIGBASE is fully functioning and ready to accept queries. Now the
North America users can use this site for faster transmission speed.
You can access the U.S. node for PIGBASE through the U.S. PIG GENE
MAPPING Coordination Program web site: http://www.genome.iastate.edu.
Please email to <webmaster@db.genome.iastate.edu> if you observe any
broken links or encounter any difficulties on this site. The new U.S.
node for the Chicken Genome Database is also now completed and can be
reached at the above address. Thanks for your attention and stay tuned
for further announcements.
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A special conference: From Jay Lush to Genomics: Visions for Animal
Breeding and Genetics will be held May 16-18, 1999 at Iowa State
University Ames, Iowa. This not-to-be-missed conference will bring
together quantitative and molecular geneticists from industry,
government, and academe to discuss the future of animal breeding and
genetics in light of changes in the fields of molecular genetics and
bioinformatics. The program will feature eleven plenary lectures by
renowned international scientists and a poster session of current
research by participants. The schedule is arranged to encourage
participant interaction and discussion. Information on the program and
speakers can be found at
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~ans/graduate/visions.html.
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The 50th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal
Production (EAAP) will be held August 22-26, 1999 in Zurich,
(Switzerland). Sessions of the Commission on Animal Genetics include:
Consequences of new technologies (with special emphasis on pigs and
horses), advances in statistical methods, biological selection limits
and fitness constraints, quality of meat and fat as affected by genetics
and nutrition (in pigs). Additional information is available from:
http://eaap-1999-zurich.ethz.ch
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Upcoming meetings:
Plant and Animal Genome VII: San Diego, CA, January 17-21, 1999;
associated with National Animal Genome Research Program meeting and NC-
168 Regional Research meeting. Information is available at
http://www.scherago.com .
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Gordon Research Conference: Quantitative Genetics and Biotechnology:
Ventura, California, February 14-19, 1999. Contact Margaret Dentine or
app@grcmail.grc.uri.edu .
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Human Genome Meeting (HGM'99): Brisbane, Australia, March 27-30, for
details contact: hgm99@cmcb.uq.edu.au or can be found at
http://www.cmcb.uq.edu.au/hgm99 .
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From Jay Lush to Genomics: Visions for Animal Breeding and Genetics: May
16-18, 1999 at Iowa State University Ames, IA. Information at:
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~ans/graduate/visions.html .
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50th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production
(EAAP): August 22 - 26, 1999 in Zurich (Switzerland). Information at:
http://eaap-1999-zurich.ethz.ch
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International Society of Animal Genetics: Minneapolis, MN, USA will be
held July 24-27, 2000. Contact Brian Kirkpatrick at
bwkirkpat@facstaff.wisc.edu .
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It is with deep sadness that I mention the passing of Dr. Lauren
Christian. Lauren fought a courageous battle against cancer for over 3
years. Lauren's contributions to pig genetics have been many and his
discovery of the Stress gene, now known as HAL, CRC1 or RYR1, was a
major achievement well before such discoveries have become more common
place. His devotion to students, pork producers and his colleagues will
be sorely missed. As one of Lauren's close colleagues and collaborators
for over 18 years his passing has created a deep personal loss. I wish
to thank all those people who sent condolences to me. They have been
forwarded to his family. A fund to support a graduate student
fellowship is being established in his name.
A special year-end thanks to all who have helped in the last year with
the gene mapping project. The suggestions, ideas and information have
really helped to make this activity easier and more useful. It is my
hope that all of you have a happy holiday season and that the New Year
brings with it good health, happiness and blessings for you, your
families and friends.
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Contributions to Pig Genome Update 35 including short meeting announcements
are always welcome. Please send by October 10.
Max Rothschild
U.S. Pig Genome Coordinator
2255 Kildee Hall, Department of Animal Science
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011
Phone: 515-294-6202, Fax: 515-294-2401
mfrothsc@iastate.edu
cc: Dick Frahm, CSREES and Caird Rexroad II, ARS
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