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Pig Genome Newsletter #042
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> *
* May 1, 2000 *
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1. USDA Funding for Genomics is Secured
2. New Assistant to the Coordinator
3. Remarks on Web Page and ANGENMAP Forum
4. Set IX Fluorescent Primers are Available for Distribution
5. Progress in the National Animal Germplasm Program
6. Updates on the 27th ISAG
7. Upcoming Meetings
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USDA funding for genomics is still on!! According to the latest word
received recently, funding for the Initiative for Future Agriculture and
Food Systems (and Fund for Rural America) is secure. CSREES has
released a supplemental RFP for the IFAFS initiative. It is available
at <http://www.reeusda.gov/ifafs/>. The Supplement contains relatively
few changes, one of which is most important and is the extension of the
proposal due date from May 8, 2000 to May 22, 2000. All projects
relevant to this special program could have been submitted to other
programs within the original RFP. This special program area just adds
some more focus. If you have already downloaded the March 6 RFP, you
simply need to download the Supplement to note any changes. If you have
not yet downloaded the original RFP, you may download the revised
version, which contains the changes. It will not be necessary to
download the Supplement. Good luck.
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Dr. Yuandan Zhang joins our team as an assistant to the Coordinator of
the U.S Pig Genome Project. Dr. Zhang recently completed his Ph.D. study
at the University of New England in Australia. Yuandan is assisting the
Coordinator in curating of the pig genome database in cooperation with
Alan Archibald and his team at Roslin. In addition he will be
maintaining and organizing the forum on animal genome research (ANGNEMAP
maillist), developing the pig genome web pages and improving efficient
utilization of resources among pig genome researchers. He replaced Dr.
Zhiliang Hu who went to Curagen. Zhiliang continues to contribute and
is helping to make the transition a smooth one. Please feel free to
contact Yuandan at ydzhang@iastate.edu if you need help or to welcome
him to our pig genome community.
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Updating Web Pages! Like any information we generate, it sometimes
becomes old. If you find information that is out of date on our Pig
Genome Web pages, please send us a note so that we can work to improve
the accuracy and usefulness of the web page.
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You need to be a member. Everyone must please subscribe to ANGENMAP
prior to posting a message to the discussion group. This is because we
want to eliminate junk mail that comes from non-subscribers. To join
please see http://www.genome.iastate.edu/community/angenmap-info.html.
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They are ready for shipment! Set IX fluorescent primers is available
for distribution now. Check our web site at
http://www.genome.iastate.edu/resources/fprimerintr.html for details.
This brings the total number of fluorescent primer pairs distributed by
the U.S. Pig Genome Coordinator to 468 pairs. To order Set IX
fluorescent primers, please send your request, along with your detailed
postal address and your daytime phone number (required), to
mfrothsc@iastate.edu. Please continue to make use of them and also be
sure to acknowledge their source as it helps to improve cooperation and
coordination activities. Please also send requests of new
microsatellite primers for genome scans to M. Rothschild so that the
next set can include further suggestions from the pig genome community.
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The National Animal Germplasm Program (NAGP) is making good progress.
Harvey Blackburn (blackbu@lamar.colostate.edu) has recently sent out a
newsletter of the progress being made in the program. The swine
committee will be meeting at the World Pork Expo in June. More details
can be obtained at www.ars-grin.gov/nag/temp.
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ISAG 2000, the 27th International Conference on Animal Genetics, will be
held July 22-26, 2000 at the Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Schedule and registration information are available at
http://www.cvm.umn.edu/research/isag2000/home.htm. Plans for the swine
genome workshop (Sunday, July 23 from 9 AM - 4 PM) are underway. If you
have comments or questions on this workshop please contact Dr. Gary
Rohrer at rohrer@email.marc.usda.gov. Limited travel funding to help US
participants and US graduate students may be available. Please contact
the US Pig Genome Coordinator at mfrothsc@iastate.edu.
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The Plant & Animal Genome IX (PAG-IX) and the NRSP-8 meetings are only 8
months away. Suggestions for next year's PAG speakers or other comments
on the meeting can be emailed to Sue DeNise sdenise@ag.arizona.edu or me
at mfrothsc@iastate.edu.
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Upcoming meetings (for more details see:
http://www.genome.iastate.edu/community/meetings.html)
The 14th International Congress Animal Reproduction, July 2-6, 2000,
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-750 Uppsala, Sweden,
Contact: Hans Gustafsson, at hans.gustafsson@og.slu.se.
International Society of Animal Genetics: Minneapolis, MN, USA will be
held July 24-27, 2000. Contact Brian Kirkpatrick at
bwkirkpat@facstaff.wisc.edu.
American Society of Animal Science National Meeting, July 24-28,
Baltimore, MD. For details please contact http://www.baltimore2k.org.
Plant and Animal Genome IX, joint with the NAGRP annual meetings, Jan.
14-17, 2001, Town & Country Convention Center, San Diego, CA. See:
http://www.intl-pag.org/
Other events can be found at the following web site:
http://www.agbiotechnet.com/calendar/index.asp/
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Contributions to Pig Genome Update 43 including short meeting
announcements are always welcome. Please send by June 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
http://www.genome.iastate.edu
cc: Dick Frahm, CSREES and Caird Rexroad II, ARS
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