We are seeking US and international scientist nominations for the 2015-2017 term of RosEXEC members.
The RosEXEC mission is as follows:
· Serve as a communication and coordination focal point for the US Rosaceae genomics, genetics and breeding community.
· Define research priorities based on input from the industry and research community.
· Facilitate scientific interaction and foster dynamic research teams.
· Promote research priorities.
· Coordinate educational efforts from the research community to the industry and the public.
· Serve as an official steering committee for the Genome Database for Rosaceae
The committee seeks to have a diverse representation of scientists from industry, university, and government as well as pome, stone, and rosoid crop groups. Self-nominations are welcome, as are nominations of colleagues in the Rosaceae community. The committee meets annually at the Plant and Animal Genome Conference, and several conference calls are held throughout the year.
The current membership of RosEXEC can be viewed at: http://www.rosaceae.org/rosexec_2014
And the RosEXEC page is: http://www.rosaceae.org/community/us_rosexec
Five members (Chris Dardick, David Byrne, Thomas Chao, Bob Curtis, and Sook Jung) will be rotating off the committee in January 2015, so five US slots will be filled. International representatives Dan Sargent and Felicidad Fernandez are rotating off the committee, so two international slots will be filled. Scientists rotating off the RosEXEC committee are not eligible for re-nomination for one year.
To submit a nomination, please submit
1) a short biography
2) picture
3) e-mail address
4) mailing address
to RosEXEC Vice-Chair Gayle Volk (Gayle.Volk(a)ars.usda.gov<mailto:Gayle.Volk@ars.usda.gov>) by November 21, 2014.
Elections will be held in December 2014 and new members will begin their assignments at the RosExec meeting to be held at the Plant and Animal Genome Meeting (PAG) in January, 2015.
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you for your participation.
Gayle Volk
National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation
USDA-ARS
1111 S. Mason Street
Fort Collins, CO 80521
970-495-3205
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Hi Folks,
Just wanted to let you know that GDR has been funded for the next 5 to 10 years by the USDA NIFA Specialty Crop Research Program. We are also receiving funds for the next 5 to 10 years to further develop the Tripal database platform that GDR uses and this will further help us deliver a sustainable database that we hope meets the communities short and long term needs. To help ensure this the US Rosaceae Genomics, Genetics and Breeding Executive Committee, known as RosEXEC (which contains non US international liaisons) has kindly agreed to serve as the GDR steering committee. We will present quarterly progress reports to them, together with planned activities for the next quarter and receive feedback from them. Our plans for the next 5 years will be posted on GDR in the next couple of weeks and we will start issuing quarterly newsletters to the GDR mailing list.
Thank you for your tremendous support over the last 12 years of GDR, clearly we could not do this without you. Here is to the next ten years of GDR development.
Cheers
Dorrie, Sook, and the rest of the GDR development team
Dorrie Main, PhD
Associate Professor of Bioinformatics
Department of Horticulture
Washington State University
45 Johnson Hall
Pullman, WA 99164-6414
Tel: 509-335-2774 (office)
Email: dorrie(a)wsu.edu<mailto:dorrie@wsu.edu>
URL: www.bioinfo.wsu.edu<http://www.bioinfo.wsu.edu/>
