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Pig Genome Newsletter #058
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, 2003 *
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1. National Swine Improvement Federation Met in Nashville, TN
2. The Plant and Animal Genome XI will be at San Diego, Jan. 11-15
3. Don't Leave for San Diego Without Your Grant Being Submitted
4. Congratulations go to Dr. Richard Frahm
5. Porcine Genome Sequencing is Being Considered
6. Would You Order Pig Gene Arrays for Your Research?
7. Upcoming Meetings (4 items)
8. A Special Thank You to Each of You for Your Help and Support
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND NEW YEAR TO YOU, YOUR FAMILIES AND COLLEAGUES!!
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Swine improvement was the topic at the National Swine Improvement
Federation (NSIF) that met December 5-6 in Nashville, TN. Despite the ice
and snow, the meeting was well attended by nearly 70 producers, swine
industry personnel, researchers and students. The program featured many
talks on developments related to improved reproduction, sow longevity,
production developments and evaluation systems and meat quality. A special
thanks goes out to the host Dr. Ken Stalder, University of Tennessee, and
program chair, Dr. Jack Dekkers, Iowa State University. Program papers
can be found in the near future at http://www.nsif.com.
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See you in San Diego!!! The Plant and Animal Genome XI will again be at
the Town & Country Convention Center in San Diego, CA, from Saturday,
January 11 through Wednesday, January 15, 2003. The Swine Workshop/NRSP8
meeting will begin at 9:30 am Saturday, Jan. 11 and has an excellent
program that shouldn't be missed (see
http://www.intl-pag.org/11/11-swine.html). Please see www.intl-pag.org/
to view the program and register. As usual, some support will be
available from the Swine Coordinator for NRSP-8 members and student
participation. If interested, please email the Coordinator at
mfrothsc@iastate.edu.
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Don't leave for San Diego without your grant being submitted. The 2003
USDA-CSREES NRI grant program RFA has been posted at
http://www.reeusda.gov/nri/programs/programs.htm. Deadline dates for the
Animal Genome and Genetic Mechanisms (43.0) and the associated Animal
Genome: Basic Reagents and Tools (43.1) programs have been moved forward
to January 15, 2003! (For FY 2004, these deadline dates will move even
earlier, to Dec. 1, 2003). Peter Brayton of NRI has alerted us that
Bioinformatics applications may be submitted to both the Reagents and
Tools program just mentioned and to program 44.0, Animal Health &
Well-Being.
Congratulations go to Dr. Richard Frahm, USDA-CSREES Director of the
National Animal Genome Research Program, who has announced his intention
to retire as of the end of 2002. Dick has supplied leadership to our
program for ten years now. His help has been invaluable to us all and
he'll be greatly missed. Happily, we've persuaded him to attend one more
PAG meeting this January in San Diego, so most of us will get a chance to
thank him in person. Please come and wish him well.
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Porcine genome sequencing is being considered. A "White Paper" was
submitted to NHGRI recently. Thanks to the efforts of Gary Rohrer,
USDA-ARS, US Meat Animal Research Center; Jonathan E. Beever, University
of Illinois; Max F. Rothschild, Iowa State University; Larry Schook
(corresponding author) University of Illinois; and Richard Gibbs and
George Weinstock, Baylor College of Medicine, Human Genome Sequencing
Center the "White Paper" is now being considered and will hopefully obtain
"high priority ranking". In addition to the efforts of the authors, the
White Paper received solid backing from our colleagues abroad in Denmark,
China, Scotland and France and solid support from industry personnel from
many companies and organizations. We thank each of them for their
support.
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Would you order pig gene arrays for your research?? The US Pig Genome
Coordinator is working on making pig gene microarray materials available
to each lab at a reduced cost by helping to pay the "design costs". After
considerable efforts to work out reasonable solutions to many problems, we
are finalizing efforts. We are considering "spotted" arrays/chips with
clones and/or oligos. Of concern is the question of are there enough
customers out there that want to purchase such arrays and at what cost.
If you are interested in such arrays, please contact the US Pig Genome
Coordinator at mfrothsc@iastate.edu. Please note - we will be discussing
at the Saturday Swine Workshop at PAG.
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Upcoming meetings (see:
http://www.genome.iastate.edu/community/meetings.html)
Plant and Animal Genome XI, and NAGRP, Jan. 11-15, 2003, Town&Country
Convention Center, San Diego, CA. For more information see information
on the web at www.intl-pag.org.
Advances in Genome Biology & Technology (joint with Automation in
Mapping and DNA Sequencing), February 5-8, 2003, Marco Island, Florida.
See www.agbt.org.
International Symposium on Animal Functional Genomics, May 9-11, 2003,
Kellogg Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Email
rosag@msu.edu for more info.
The John M. Airy Beef Cattle Symposium 2003: Visions for Genetics and
Breeding May 15-17, 2003 in Des Moines, Iowa will be hosted by Iowa
State University. For more information contact James Reecy at
jreecy@iastate.edu.
Additional items can be found at:
http://www.agbiotechnet.com/calendar/index.asp.
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A special thank you to each of you for your help and support of my role as
coordinator. The success of this effort depends on all of us and this
year I have been blessed with excellent support from many of you. In
particular I want to thank Drs. Yuandan Zhang and Zhiliang Hu for their
help in database activities and members of the ISU team who help send out
primers and process the newsletter. Finally, a special thanks to all who
offer constructive suggestions and help in getting the job done. I wish
all of you a happy holiday season and healthy and productive New Year.
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Items for Pig Genome Update 59 can be sent to me by no later than February
15 please.
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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