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Pig Genome Newsletter #033
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@iastate.edu> *
* November 1, 1998 *
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1. The Pig Genome Workshop and the Plant and Animal Genome VII (PAGVII)
2. Need Some Help to Travel this Next Year to PAGVII?
3. A Joint E.C./U.S. Task Force Met Recently in Brussels, Belgium
4. Database and Web Site Changes are Underway
5. New U.S. Node for PIGBASE is Being Set Up
6. Revision of the Genome Mapping Discussion Group (ANGENMAP) Mailing List
7. A New Set of 28 Pairs of Fluorescent Primers (Set VI) Available
8. The Human Genome Meeting Will Be Held March 27-30, 1999
9. A Belated Thanks and Best Wishes to Dr. Roger J. Gerritts
10. A Special Conference: From Jay Lush to Genomics
11. Meeting Updates (6 items)
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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 (PAG-VII), taking
place January 17-21, 1999 at the Town & Country Convention Center in San
Diego, California. The early registration deadline is November 13,
1998. 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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Need some help to travel this next 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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A joint E.C./U.S. task force met recently in Brussels, Belgium to share
updated gene mapping, QTL, database and trangenic research results and
goals. The U.S. group was led by Dr. Caird Rexroad Jr., USDA-ARS, and
included the species genome coordinators, several other scientists and
USDA-CSREES and NSF administrators from the U.S. The task force
examined the big picture of genomics research and offered
recommendations for the appropriate agencies from both the E.C. and U.S.
on directions and needs for genomic and bioinformatic research and
development. A follow-up E.C.-U.S. steering committee is planned for
the PAGVII meetings.
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Database and web site changes are underway. This is to announce 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.
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New U.S. node for PIGBASE. Thanks to go to Dr. David Nicholson, Chris
Mungall, Jian Hu, Andy Law and Dr. Alan Archibald of the Roslin
Institute, U.K. and Dr. Zhiliang Hu, ISU, for their help in setting up
the U.S. node for the PIGBASE database at Iowa State University. 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. On the main manual page, you will see a
"The PIGBASE Managers" clickable link under the "Databases" sub-title
and a "The PIGMAP Gene Map Viewer" link under the "Gene Maps" sub-title.
Click on either of them and you will get to the PIGBASE database manager
manual or the pig gene map options manual and proceed further from
there. 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 currently under
construction. Thanks for your attention and stay tuned for further
announcements.
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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. This will reduce junk
mailing problems. If you need to send email from an email address that
is different from the one you have on the list, you may send a request
to listmaster@db.genome.iastate.edu and you will obtain special
permission for your posting to go through the system. The new
discussion list is managed with a Smartlist software which automatically
manages many list service processes, such as "subscription",
"unsubscription", "digest", "get archive", "get info" and the "get list"
functions. Please note that all list service requests should be mailed
to: angenmap-request@db.genome.iastate.edu, which is an automated email-
interactive service for speeding up your requests. If you are not sure
about how it works, do not hesitate to send a email with the word "help"
in the "Subject:" line, e.g.: angenmap-request@db.genome.iastate.edu,
Subject: help. You will receive an automated reply with detailed
instructions in the next few minutes. We have transferred your email
address from the current list to the new list. If you encounter any
difficulties with the automated list service, have any problems or
suggestions, and you want to reach a person for help, please send your
email to: listmaster@db.genome.iastate.edu. The old list address
<angenmap@iastate.edu> will still function by forwarding all postings to
the new address in the future. However, posting directly to the new
address is encouraged.
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A new set of 28 pairs of fluorescent primers (Set VI; September, 1998)
have been made recently and are available for distribution. This brings
the total number of fluorescent primer pairs distributed by the U.S. Pig
Genome Coordinator to 253 pairs. The complete information about the
primer sets can be found at
http://www.genome.iastate.edu/resources/fprimerintr.html (or browse
down from our main page: http://www.genome.iastate.edu to "Fluorescent
Primers" in the "US Pig Gene Mapping Coordination Program Shared
Resources" section). The fluorescent primers are available to the pig
gene mappers in both the U.S. and in foreign countries. To order the
Set VI fluorescent primers, please send your request directly to the
U.S. Pig Genome Coordinator at mfrothsc@iastate.edu.
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HGM'99 will be held March 27-30, 1999 at the Brisbane Convention Centre.
The Human Genome Meeting is the flagship international conference
covering the human genome project and genome research in general. In
1999 it is being held in Australia in association with the Lorne Genome
Meeting, which for this year only, will not be held at the normal time.
The conference will cover all aspects of genomes from a wide range of
organisms including: genome mapping and sequencing, gene discovery,
bioinformatics, model genetics and genomic systems (bacteria, protozoa,
fungi, plants, invertebrate metazoans, vertebrates and mammals),
comparative genomics, functional genomics, evolutionary biology and
anthropology, developmental biology, gene regulation, gene therapy,
transgenics and new technologies (including chips, microarrays, robotics
and DNA sequencing). Further information is available through the
Secretariat, HGM'99, Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, The
University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072 Tel: +61 7 3365 4562, Fax:
+61 7 3365 4388, Email: hgm99@cmcb.uq.edu.au and URL:
http://www.cmcb.uq.edu.au/hgm99/ (kindly provided by Jay Hetzel).
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A belated thanks and best wishes. Dr. Roger J. Gerritts recently
announced his retirement from the USDA- Agricultural Research Service
(ARS) after 40 years of service. Roger's primary background was in
swine research and as a member of the ARS National Program Staff, he had
an important role in promoting animal genetics. He also had a national
and international leadership role in germplasm preservation efforts.
Those of us in the pig genome area will miss his encouragement and
assistance, and we wish him the best for a happy and healthy retirement.
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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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Meeting Updates:
Methods in Genome Sequencing and Analysis: Heidelberg, Germany will be
held December 2-12, 1998. Contact Dr. W. Ansorge, EMBL at ansorge@embl-
heidelberg.de.
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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 will eventually be 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 WWW
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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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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Contributions to Pig Genome Update 34 including short meeting announcements
are always welcome. Please send by December 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 Jr., ARS
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