Greetings, (This message is the same as one just distributed to ICGI members via the ICGI listserv, and so if you receive it as well as the CottonGen listserv, I apologize for the duplication.) Please recognize approaching deadlines and upcoming events: Nov. 1, 2013 PAG Discounted Registration rate deadline -- PAG Meeting (Jan.11-15) Nov. 1 2013 PAG Poster Abstract Submission (submit through PAG website; presenters must register) Nov. 8, 2013 PAG Deadline for 2014 PAG Cotton Workshop Abstract Submissions (invited speakers only; submit through PAG website) Nov. 15, 2013 Discounted rate deadline for the "Cotton SNP Chip" (see information, see "News" at http://www.cottongen.org and previous email (copied below)) Dec. 13, 2013 Discounted Registration rate deadline -- Beltwide Cotton Conference ( Jan 6-8)- Jan. 6-8, 2014 Beltwide Cotton Conference (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Jan 6-8)- Jan. 11-15, 2014 Plant and Aniimal Genome (PAG) Meeting (San Diego, California, USA, Jan.11-15) Jan. 12, 4pm Cotton Genome Workshop, at PAG Meeting Sept. 25, 2014 Biennial meeting of ICGI, Wuhan, Hubei, China (more information is forthcoming) Best wishes, David Stelly Co-Chair, ICGI COPY OF PREVIOUS EMAIL: ============================================= A Cotton SNP Consortium is about to produce a Cotton SNP Chip with up to 70,000 public SNPs in the "Fixed Content" (on all Chips), including up to 50k intraspecific and 20k interspecific; up to 65k will involve the primary gene pool. In addition, up to 20,000 additional SNPs can be added to the sector known as "Add-on" content, which can vary from one batch of chips to another. The initial period for purchase is expected to end mid-November. Please note that while most if not all of the multi-national participants in the Consortium are members of ICGI, neither the Consortium or Chip is ICGI-organized or sponsored. If you are interested in obtaining additional information about the Chip, please contact me at the following EMAIL ADDRESS and SUBJECT LINE: David M. Stelly <stelly(a)tamu.edu&gt; SUBJECT LINE: "Cotton SNP Chip Information Request" Some time after sending your email, you should receive an acknowledgment email in return. Thanks, David Stelly Co-Chair