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Pig Genome Newsletter #116
<pre>From: "Rothschild, Max F [AN S]" <mfrothsc@iastate.edu>
To: angenmap@animalgenome.org
Subject: US Pig Genome Newsletter #116
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:47:13 -0500
Pig Genome Update # 116:
- PDF version is available at
http://www.animalgenome.org/pig/newsletter/pdf/No.116.pdf
- Web version is available at
http://www.animalgenome.org/pig/newsletter/No.116.html
- Plain text version is appended below:
P I G G E N O M E U P D A T E
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A Periodic Newsletter of the U.S. Pig Genome Coordination Program
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* April 1, 2013 *
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1. The PAG XXI and NRSP-8 Swine Genome meetings were held in San Diego
2. Presentations on OMIA were given at several PAG XXI workshops by OMIA's
creator Frank Nicholas
3. PAG ASIA had its first meeting in Singapore March 17-20
4. The Swine Genome Workshop of PAG Asia linked swine researchers from all
over Asia
5. The Animal Systems Biology Analysis and Modeling Center is offering
computational analysis
6. Sequestration Impacts
7. The swine genome coordinator is always glad to hear from NRSP-8 members
8. A new Swine Genome Coordinator is needed starting October 1
9. Upcoming meetings
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The PAG XXI and NRSP-8 Swine Genome meetings were held in San Diego January
12-16, 2013, in San Diego. Speakers included Eric Perakslis (US FDA),
Michael Eisen (UC Berkeley), Daniel Chourrout (Sars Centre, Norway), Greger
Larson (Durham U.), Steve Jacobsen (UCLA), Gonçalo Abecasis (U. of
Michigan), Michele Morgante (U. of Udine, Italy) and Gary Muehlbauer (U. of
Minnesota). The Swine Genome Workshop was all day Saturday January 12 with
the morning being a joint session with the Cattle and Sheep Workshop. There
were some great talks and thanks go to the session chairs Drs. Jiang and
Lunney. Dr. Joan Lunney (USDA/ARS/BARC) will serve as chair in 2014 and Dr.
Gary Rohrer (USDA/ARS/MARC) was elected as vice-chair. Please send
suggestions to them for next year's meeting.
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Presentations on the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) were
given at several workshops by OMIA's creator Frank Nicholas at PAG XXI in
San Diego in January. The aim was to increase awareness of the potential for
OMIA to be curated by anyone from anywhere at any time, and hence for a team
of OMIA curators to be developed over time, to ensure OMIA's future. A talk
on OMIA was presented to each of the swine/cattle, poultry and horse
workshops, and many fruitful discussions were held. As a consequence, new
curators have been registered, and an OMIA Support Group has been
established in the form of a discussion group that can be joined and
accessed at http://www.animalgenome.org/community/omia-support/. As this
report is being written, already one new curator is hard at work, and more
will follow. Anyone interested in joining the OMIA team is welcome to
contact frank.nicholas@sydney.edu.au. Frank acknowledges the support of the
many users and supporters of OMIA, especially Max Rothschild and Ernie
Bailey. He is also very grateful to Zhiliang Hu for setting up the
discussion-group website for the OMIA Support Group.
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PAG ASIA had its first meeting in Singapore March 17-20. Over 360 people
attended the two and one half day meeting and there were some great plenary
talks. The venue was outstanding and all the participants seemed to enjoy
the meetings. This year there were three animal based workshops including
swine, shrimp and aquaculture. Plans for next year are moving along and
more animal workshops are encouraged and suggestions for plenary speakers
should be sent to mfrothsc@iastate.edu immediately.
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The Swine Genome Workshop of PAG Asia linked swine researchers from all over
Asia. It was successfully held with five excellent talks and many
attendees. The workshop speakers were Heebal Kim, Seoul National University,
Korea; Zhiliang Hu, Iowa State University, USA; Mei Yu, Huazhong (Central
China) Agricultural University, China; Chankyu Park, Konkuk University,
Korea and Tomoko Eguchi-Ogawa, National Institute of Agrobiological
Sciences, Japan. Their presentations delivered a wide variety of topics on
the swine genome including domestication related genes and biological
mechanisms, new development of the swine genome database, extensive
characterizations of swine reproduction, MHC and immune genes etc. The
workshop was also a great opportunity to connect animal genome scientists
and future collaborations in Asia. A workshop for next year is already
being planned. (kindly provided by Kwan Suk Kim)
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The Animal Systems Biology Analysis and Modeling Center (ASBAMC, USDA NIFA
sponsored grant) at Dr. Huaijun Zhou's laboratory, in the Department of
Animal Science, University of California, Davis, is now offering
computational analysis and bioinformatics support to selected projects
within the farm animal research community. Selected projects will receive
free comprehensive support for a set of cutting-edge computational tools
used to generate sophisticated comparative analyses and dynamic
pathway/systems-level modeling. Complex multi-perturbation experiments,
generating large 'omic' datasets (i.e. microarray, Next-Gen RNA-Seq, and/or
proteomic quantification data) across multiple time points are ideally
suited for processing through the ASBAMC. For additional information, to
submit an application, or to contact the ASBAMC, please visit:
http://www.asbamc.org Applications are due May 31, 2013.
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Sequestration Impacts.
Congress extended the Farm bill without funding the mandatory programs,
resulting in about 10 percent reduction in National Institute of Food and
Agriculture (NIFA) funding. In addition due to the failure of Congress to
reach a deal on balanced deficit reduction to avoid sequestration, the
President was required by law to issue a sequestration order canceling
approximately $85 billion in budgetary resources across the Federal
government for the remainder of the fiscal year (FY) 2013. From the
sequestration bill USDA received 5 percent reduction across the board for
all programs including NIFA. Subsequently the senate modified the FY 2013
continuing resolution (CR) and made changes to the sequestration cuts. It is
the intent at the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the
Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide clear information about how
these budget cuts impact researchers, and in turn what it means for funds
provided to the land-grant universities and other partners who benefit from
programs administered by NIFA. At this time, USDA is taking every step to
mitigate the effects of these cuts, it is possible that your organization's
workforce, revenue, and planning processes may be affected. Internal memos
indicated that senate bill may have additional 2.5 percent cuts across the
board to USDA. Also recent press reports indicate that the Senate bill has
modest increases to the NIFA budget especially to its Agriculture and Food
Research Initiative (AFRI) program (http://www.ktts.com/news/199346681.html).
The NIFA budget office is still interpreting the CR. For latest information
on budget please visit NIFA home page (http://nifa.usda.gov). NIFA plans
to release Formula Grant Opportunities announcements soon. Thank you for
your continued partnership with the USDA and NIFA, and for your cooperation
as we work together to manage these challenging circumstances. (kindly
provided by Lakshmi Matukumalli).
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The swine genome coordinator is always glad to hear from NRSP-8 members and
other readers about ways that the coordination effort can be improved or
provide resources that are needed. If you have items of general interest to
the swine genetics and genomics communities that can be included in this
newsletter please share.
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A new Swine Genome Coordinator is needed starting October 1. Max Rothschild
has announced he plans to step down on September 30, 2013 after serving as
the Swine Genome Coordinator for 20 years. If you have interest and
questions about the position please contact him at mfrothsc@iastate.edu.
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Upcoming meetings (see:
http://www.animalgenome.org/pigs/community/meetings.html)
Human Genome Meeting/International Congress of Genetics: Genetics and
Genomics of Global Health and Sustainability, April 13-18, 2013, Suntec,
Singapore. Details at http://www.hgm2013-icg.org/
British Pig Breeders Round Table (PBRT) which will take place on the 17-19
April 2013 at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. To find out more and
register: http://pigbreedersroundtable.eventbrite.co.uk
European Symposium of Porcine Health Management, 22nd - 24th May 2013,
Edinburgh, UK: http://www.esphm2013.org Early Bird Registration available
until 31st March 2013.
American Society of Animal Science (ASAS), Dairy Science (ADSA), and
Canadian Society of Animal Sci. (CSA) Joint Annual Meeting will be in
Indianapolis, IN from July 8 - 12, 2013. For details see
http://www.jtmtg.org/2013/
64th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science will be
held August 26 - 30, 2013 in Nantes, France. For details see
http://www.eaap2013.org/
PAG XII will again be in San Diego California January 11-15 beginning with
the workshops. For details see http://www.intlpag.org.
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.animalgenome.org/pig/
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Supported by Multi-State Research Funds to the National Research Service
Program (NRSP-8). National Animal Genome Research Program (NAGRP),
Lakshmi Matukumalli, NAGRP Director, NIFA, USDA
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