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Pig Genome Newsletter #046
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, 2001 *
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1.National Swine Improvement Federation's 25th Anniversary
2.Opportunities for the 2001 USDA NRI Competitive Grants
3.Sad News -- Dr. Ann Bowling Passed Away
4.The Plant & Animal Genome IX and the NRSP-8 Meetings
5.Upcoming Meetings
6.End of Year Thanks from the Coordinator
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Happy Holidays to all of you, your families and colleagues!!
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The National Swine Improvement Federation celebrated its Silver
(25th) anniversary in Nashville, Tennessee. A large crowd of swine
breeders, producers, scientists and company personnel met and
discussed both the history, the progress and the future of swine
breeding. The first session included talks from industry leaders,
Dale Miller (National Hog Farmer), Glenn Connaster (University of
Tennessee) and Wayne Robison (NC State University) about how far NSIF
has come in helping to produce leaner pigs and develop genetic
improvement programs. A future glimpse of technology and market
trends was provided by John Webb (Cotswold) and Roger Campbell (BMI).
The second day featured talks on bioinformatics (Jeff Veenhuizen,
Monsanto), genetic programs (Roger Campbell), litter size selection
progress (Rodger Johnson, University of Nebraska; Christian Lecour,
Multigene; Tom Long, NPD), selection for AI studs (Todd See, NC
State) and biotechnology and the consumer (Guy Prall, PIC).
Finally, a talk on candidate genes and gene mapping was provided by
the graduate student award winner, Rebbeca Emnett from Ohio State
University. An additional feature this year was a poster session for
research abstracts. A special thanks goes to the organizers of this
year's meeting from the University of Tennessee for the excellent
program, great venue and an excellent evening of entertainment on a
local river boat. It is likely that this year's papers will be on
the web at the NSIF web page.
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New opportunities exist for competitive grants for 2001. The
announcement of the 2001 USDA NRI Competitive Grants Program has been
posted at www.reeusda.gov/nri and the deadline for the Animal Genome
and Genetic Mechanisms program is Feb. 15, 2001. Swine geneticists
are strongly encouraged to apply! Please note that standard grants
of usually no more than $300,000 total costs are available again this
year. The bad news, however, is that the section for Basic Reagents
and Tools has been withdrawn.
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Sad news hits the gene mapping community. Dr. Ann Bowling passed
away December 8, 2000 after suffering a massive stroke the previous
day and from which she never regained consciousness. Ann was a
faculty member at the University of California Davis and a leader in
the area of equine genetics research. During her career she taught
undergraduate, graduate and professional students, advised horse
breeders in the area of genetics and published scientific papers in
the areas of blood groups, biochemical genetics, parentage testing,
coat color genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics and genomics.
Ann recently published a reference book entitled Horse Genetics and
served as co-editor on a comprehensive review entitled Genetics of
the Horse. She was an active leader in the scientific community,
frequently chairing committees for the International Society of
Animal Genetics and organizing meetings. Ann's joy at discovering
new facets of horse genetics was exceeded only by the joy her family
brought to her. A public memorial service is being planned for
sometime in January. In lieu of flowers the family has asked that
people contribute to the Ann T. Bowling Scholarship Fund for Equine
Genetics. This scholarship in memory of Ann will be awarded to a DVM
student or post-graduate student who is interested in pursuing a
career in equine genetics. Contributions may be sent to: Dr. Ann T.
Bowling Scholarship Fund for Equine Genetics, Office of Development,
School of Veterinary Medicine, One Shields Avenue, University of
California, Davis, CA 95616 (kindly provided by E. Bailey).
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The Plant & Animal Genome IX (PAG-IX) and the NRSP-8 meetings are
this month!!!!! PAG-IX will be at the Town & Country Convention
Center in San Diego, CA (www.towncountry.com) on Jan. 14-17, 2001.
The meeting program is really shaping up to be an exciting one.
Sunday will be the swine genome workshop and Dr. Cathy Ernst has
planed an interesting program
(http://www.intl-pag.org/pag/swine.html). Registration information
can be found at http://www.intl-pag.org. Some funds may exist to
support travel of qualified US pig genome participants. Please
contact me at mfrothsc@iastate.edu if you are in need of some
support. All questions on the conference can be directed towards
Scherago International at pag@schherago.com.
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Need a roommate for PAGIX? We have helped to set up a room sharing
board on the web. For information please go to
http://www.genome.iastate.edu/community/service/roomshare.html.
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Upcoming meetings (for more details see:
http://www.genome.iastate.edu/community/meetings.html)
Plant and Animal Genome IX, joint with the NAGRP annual meetings,
January 14-17, 2001, Town & Country Convention Center, San Diego, CA.
See: http://www.intl-pag.org/.
Gordon Research Conference on Quantitative Genetics and Genomics,
February 18-23, Ventura, California. Contact for general information
on attending a Gordon Conference: http://www.grc.uri.edu/attend.htm
or for online conference application:
http://www.grc.uri.edu/apply1.htm.
Additional items can be found at:
http://www.agbiotechnet.com/calendar/index.asp.
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Let me extend a special year-end thanks to all of you who have helped
in the last year with the pig 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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Items for Pig Genome Update 47 can be sent to me by no later than
February 10 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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