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Pig Genome Newsletter #047
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> *
* March 1, 2001 *
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1.Successful Plant and Animal Genome IX Meeting
2.The 5th NSRP-8 Swine Workshop Held in San Diego
3.The Winner of The Neal A. Jorgensen Genome Travel Award for Swine
4.The 2001 Gordon Research Conference On Quantitative Genetics and Genomics
5.Where Are We Headed ?
6.Welcome New Ideas for Pig Genome Projects
7.Upcoming Meetings
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Another successful Plant and Animal Genome (PAG IX) meeting was held
in San Diego this last January. The meeting was attended by over
1,700 individuals and featured invited papers on technology, advances
in our understanding of different genomes and a large number of
animal, plant, microbe and technology workshops. Plans are already
underway for the PAG X meeting. The meeting will run from Saturday
to Wednesday (January 12-16, 2002). At this point organizers may
consider scheduling a few workshops on Friday night (11 January).
The microbe sessions (lectures and workshops) will be fitted into the
current time slots from Sunday to Wednesday. Plans for speakers are
now being made. If you have suggestions, please pass them along to
the organizers.
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The fifth annual Swine Workshop for the NRSP-8 Swine Genome Committee
and other attendees was held in conjunction with the Plant and Animal
Genome IX conference in San Diego on January 14, 2001 and was
organized by Cathy Ernst. Invited presentations were given by Max
Rothschild from Iowa State University ("A complete genome scan for
growth and meat quality traits in the pig"), Jon Beever from the
University of Illinois ("Monitoring gene expression throughout
skeletal muscle development in swine"), Chris Tuggle from Iowa State
University ("Update on development of resources for functional
genomics in the pig") and Scott Fahrenkrug from USDA-MARC ("Pig
genetic comparative mapping with EST-associated SNPs"). Nearly 100
attendees were present for the speaker portion of the workshop.
During the remainder of the workshop, station reports were presented
by the NRSP-8 Swine Genome Committee members. Significant progress
was reported in the areas of comparative mapping, EST development and
QTL identification. The new officers for the NRSP-8 Swine Genome
Committee are Jon Beever (chair) and Max Rothschild (secretary).
Ideas for speakers for next year's meeting should be sent to them
(kindly provided by Cathy Ernst).
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Congratulations. This year's winner of the Neal A. Jorgensen Genome
Travel Award for swine was Charles Farber, previously from Michigan
State University and now a new student at the University of
California at Davis. He received a $300 travel award and
complementary registration from US Pig Genome Coordination Program.
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The 2001 Gordon Research Conference On Quantitative Genetics and
Genomics was recently held in Ventura, California. The meeting was
attended by nearly 150 people and featured speakers with
bioinformatics, plant, human and animal research interests. A number
of cutting edge projects were presented. The conference does not
allow participants to publish about meeting but speakers are
encourage to add materials to the web site. For details on the
program and speakers please see the Gordon Conference www site at:
WWW.GRC.URI.EDU . This site should have several items that will
likely be posted in the next few weeks from the speakers.
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Where are we headed ?? This continues to be one of the questions
asked often by scientists and administrators in the field of
genomics. Certainly a lot has happened in the past year, including
dramatic gene discoveries, advances in human genomics and
bioinformatics. This newsletter has tried to keep up with cutting
edge developments. If you have interesting ideas to add in the field
of animal genetics and want some "press" please let me know. There
is usually room to add your topics.
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New projects or ideas for projects that can be supported by the Pig
Genome Coordinator funds are always being considered. If you have an
idea that will benefit the pig genome community, then drop me an
email (mfrothsc@iastate.edu) to discuss your proposed ideas. These
can include support of conferences, preparation of mapping or
genomics materials or funds to support worthwhile travel.
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Upcoming meetings (for more details see:
http://www.genome.iastate.edu/community/meetings.html)
Midwestern American Society of Animal Science Annual Meeting, March
19-21, 2001 at the Polk County Convention Center, Des Moines, Iowa.
For information please contact Dr. Alan L. Grant, Purdue University
at agrant@purdue.edu
GM2001: Human Genome Meeting April 19-22, 2001 at Edinburgh,
Scotland. For information please contact HGM2001 at
hgm2001@hgu.mrc.ac.uk
The Sixth International Conference on Pig Reproduction, June 3-6,
2001 at the University of Missouri-Columbia. For information please
contact Dr. Randall S. Prather at PratherR@Missouri.Edu
The Sixth International Veterinary Immunology Symposium, July 15-20,
2001 at Uppsala, Sweden. For information please contact: ivis@slu.se
12th North American Colloquium on Animal Cytogenetics and Gene
Mapping, July 15-19, 2001 at the University of California, Davis CA.
For information please contact: animalcyto@vgl.ucdavis.edu or
http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/research/cytoconf/
International Animal Agriculture and Food Science Conference July
24-28, 2001, Indianapolis, Indiana. This is the Joint Annual Meeting
of the American Dairy Science Association, American Society of Animal
Science, Poultry Science Association, Reciprocal Meat Conference of
the American Meat Science. For information please contact Federation
of Animal Science Societies at fass01@assochq.org
The 14th Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal
Breeding and Genetics, July 30 - August 2, 2001, Queenstown, New
Zealand. For information please contact Dr.Ken Dodds at
doddsk@agresearch.cri.nz
Plant and Animal Genome X Januay 12-16, 2002 at the Town and Country
Convention Center, San Diego, CA. For information please contact D.
Sherago, Sherago International at darrins@scherago.com
Additional items can be found at:
http://www.agbiotechnet.com/calendar/index.asp
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Contributions to Pig Genome Update 48 including short meeting announcements
are always welcome. Please send by April 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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