Dear members of Rosaceae community,
USRosEXEC will be meeting next week at the ASHS Annual Conference on Tuesday July 31, 2012 from 8:00-10:00 am in the Windsor Room of the InterContinental Hotel, Miami, Florida. If you will be attending ASHS, we hope to see you there. The meeting agenda is attached.
During the meeting, Amy Iezzoni and Cameron Peace will discuss plans for the renewal of the USDA-NIFA-SCRI RosBREED project. You will also find attached a questionnaire they developed to solicit information from those in the Rosaceae community interested in participating in a 2nd RosBREED project.
If you will not be attending the ASHS Annual Conference and would like to participate in the meeting via Skype, please contact JD Swanson (mailto:jd.swanson@salve.edu).
Hope to see you next Tuesday,
Jay Norelli
2012 Chair RosEXEC
John (Jay) Norelli, Ph.D.
Research Plant Pathologist
USDA-ARS
Appalachian Fruit Research Station
2217 Wiltshire Road
Kearneysville, WV 25430
mailto:jay.norelli@ars.usda.gov
(304) 725-3451 x264
FAX: (304) 728-2340
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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL ROSACEOUS GENOMICS CONFERENCE
Registration for RGC6, the biennial focal point for the Rosaceae community, to be held in San Michele all’Adige, Italy between 30th September and 4th October 2012 is now open along with the submission of abstracts portal for both oral and poster presentations.
Please see the conference website www.rgc6.org<http://www.rgc6.org> for information relating to the conference, accommodation, travel and social activities.
If you require any additional information, please email info(a)rgc6.org<mailto:info@rgc6.org>
We look forward to seeing you in Italy in the Fall!
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*First Announcement - Sixth Rosaceous Genomics Conference*
The Sixth Rosaceous Genomics Conference will be hosted by the Edmund Mach
Foundation and will be held in San Michele all’Adige in the province of
Trento, Italy between the 30th September 2012 and the 4th October 2012. The
conference will be held at the PalaRotary wine cantina and conference
centre and will bring together the entire Rosaceous Genomics community, as
well as incorporating the Fall meetings of the RosExec and RosIGI.
The first announcement has been posted on the official website for the
conference: www.rgc6.org and information will be available soon regarding
the the programme, registration, accommodation and travelling to/from the
conference, as well as details about the social programme and planned
events.
If you require an invitation letter for your visa application for the
conference, please visit the official website and use one of the methods of
contacting us, so that we can assist in your application as soon as
possible.
Looking forward to seeing you in San Michele all'Adige!
The RGC6 organising committee
Approximately 6,000 peach SNPs were selected at UC Davis for two breeding populations: Pop DF ('Dr. Davis' × 'F8, 1-42') and Pop DG ('Dr. Davis' × 'Georgia Belle'). These SNPs are now available for viewing in GBrowse as well as an Excel spreadsheet available on the peach genome project page<http://www.rosaceae.org/node/355>.
Dorrie Main, PhD
Associate Professor of Bioinformatics
Dept. of Horticulture and landscape Architecture
Washington State University
45 Johnson Hall
Pullman, WA 99164-6414
Tel: 509-335-2774 (office)
Email: dorrie(a)wsu.edu<mailto:dorrie@wsu.edu><mailto:dorrie@wsu.edu>
URL: www.bioinfo.wsu.edu<http://www.bioinfo.wsu.edu/>
The Malus x domestica genome v1.0 pseudo haplotype assemblies are a set of four different assemblies (primary and alternates 1, 2 and 3) derived from the contigs of the original v1.0 assembly. These pseudo haplotypes are intended to divde overlapping contigs in the original assembly into four different consensus sequences representing the four different haplotypes present in the apple genome. However, these assemblies are not true haplotypes, hence the name "pseudo haplotypes". Currently, only the primary pseudo haplotype assembly is available on GDR. Gaps of 200,000 N's were used to space scaffolds in the assembly. These pseudo haplotype assembles were constructed at the Instituo<http://www.iasma.it/> <http://www.iasma.it/> Agrario Di San Michelle <http://www.iasma.it/> All'Adige in collaboration with the NCBI<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.go/>.
For more information, downloads and GBrowse visualization see the apple genome project page<http://www.rosaceae.org/projects/apple_genome>.
Dorrie Main, PhD
Associate Professor of Bioinformatics
Dept. of Horticulture and landscape Architecture
Washington State University
45 Johnson Hall
Pullman, WA 99164-6414
Tel: 509-335-2774 (office)
Email: dorrie(a)wsu.edu<mailto:dorrie@wsu.edu><mailto:dorrie@wsu.edu>
URL: www.bioinfo.wsu.edu<http://www.bioinfo.wsu.edu/>
The U.S. Rosaceae Genomics, Genetics and Breeding Executive Committee (RosEXEC) will be meeting at the PAG XX conference on Sunday, 15Jan in the Dover Meeting Room (not our usual location) from 8:00-10:00 am PST. It will be followed by a meeting of the Rosaceae International Genomics Initiative (RosIGI) from 10-noon. Both meetings are open to all who are interested in attending.
An agenda for the RosEXEC meeting is attached.
If you are interested in participating via skype, please email Chris Dardick (mailto:chris.dardick@ars.usda.gov) in case contact information changes.
Hope to see you at PAG,
Jay Norelli
2012 RosEXEC Chair
John (Jay) Norelli
Research Plant Pathologist
USDA-ARS, Appalachian Fruit Research Station
telephone: (304) 725-3451 x264
email: jay.norelli(a)ars.usda.gov<mailto:jay.norelli@ars.usda.gov>
fax: (304) 728-2340
address: 2217 Wiltshire Road
Kearneysville, WV 25430
Dear Rosaceae Community,
I would like to invite you to a community discussion in San Diego sponsored
by RosBREED. The goal of this discussion is to present an update on the
informativeness of the 8K apple, 9K peach, and 6K cherry Illumina Infiinium
SNP arrays and progress toward the development of a strawberry SNP array.
The meeting is at 3:30 PST, Friday, January 13th, 2012 in the Courtyard
Marriott San Diego Mission Valley (595 Hotel Circle South, San Diego)
Inspire Ballroom. (Also see attached announcement.)
We look forward to your joining us. Best wishes for a wonderful holiday
season.
Sincerely, Amy
--
Amy Iezzoni
Professor
Michigan State University
Department of Horticulture
A342-B PSSB
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517) 355 -5191 x 1391
LAST chance to VOTE in RosEXEC 2012 Membership Election
To cast your ballot go to: http://www.rosaceae.org/bio/content/?title=&url=/cgi-bin/gdr/gdr_rosexec_me…
ALL US Rosaceae community members are eligible to vote.
International members are eligible to vote for international liaisons.
Polls will close Sunday, October 16, 2011 at midnight, Pacific ST. Detailed information below.
VOTE Now<http://www.rosaceae.org/bio/content/?title=&url=/cgi-bin/gdr/gdr_rosexec_me…>
RosEXEC Membership 2012 Ballot Announcement
Five US RosEXEC committee members are rotating off the Committee this year:
Angela Baldo, Nahla Bassil, Jim Hancock, Bryon Sosinski and Phil Stewart
Two international liaisons are rotating off: David Chagne and Herman Silva
To replace these members, you are voting to elect five new U.S.-based members to serve 3 year terms and two international liaisons to serve 2 year terms on the RosEXEC committee. All US community members are eligible to vote. International members are eligible to vote for international liaisons.
A brief bio and vision statement has been prepared by all candidates and is available at Candidate Bios<http://www.rosaceae.org/node/472>.
Because the 2 continuing international liaisons are from Europe, to preserve a balance between European and non-European representation, the non-European candidate receiving the most votes and the remaining candidate with the most votes will be elected as international liaisons.
There are a total of 16 elected U.S. members on RosEXEC, and we try to represent the diverse interests of the Rosaceae genomics, genetics, and breeding community. To preserve a balance between US members representing industry, academia and government representation, the industry candidate receiving the most votes and the four remaining candidates with the most votes will be elected as US members. The 11 continuing U.S. RosEXEC committee members are working in the following areas (under represented areas [<20%] are asterisked):
Affiliation
No. of members
Supertribe
Kerriodae (Prunus)
3.60
Pyrodae (Malus, Pyrus)
2.75
Rosodae
4.65
Institution
Academia
8
Government
2*
Industry
1***
U.S. Geographic Region
East
3
South
6
West
2*
Members who will continue to serve in 2012 :John Clark, Chris Dardick, Kate Evans, Kevin Folta, Ksenija Gasic, Amy Iezzoni, Jim McFerson, Jay Norelli, Mercy Olmstead, Janet Slovin, J.D. Swanson and Vance Whitaker
John (Jay) Norelli
Research Plant Pathologist
USDA-ARS, Appalachian Fruit Research Station
telephone: (304) 725-3451 x264
email: jay.norelli(a)ars.usda.gov<mailto:jay.norelli@ars.usda.gov>
fax: (304) 728-2340
address: 2217 Wiltshire Road
Kearneysville, WV 25430
VOTE NOW in RosEXEC 2012 Membership Election
To cast your ballot go to: http://www.rosaceae.org/bio/content/?title=&url=/cgi-bin/gdr/gdr_rosexec_me…
ALL US Rosaceae community members are eligible to vote.
International members are eligible to vote for international liaisons.
Polls will be open until October 7, 2011, detailed information below.
VOTE Now<http://www.rosaceae.org/bio/content/?title=&url=/cgi-bin/gdr/gdr_rosexec_me…>
RosEXEC Membership 2012 Ballot Announcement
Five US RosEXEC committee members are rotating off the Committee this year:
Angela Baldo, Nahla Bassil, Jim Hancock, Bryon Sosinski and Phil Stewart
Two international liaisons are rotating off: David Chagne and Herman Silva
To replace these members, you are voting to elect five new U.S.-based members to serve 3 year terms and two international liaisons to serve 2 year terms on the RosEXEC committee. All US community members are eligible to vote. International members are eligible to vote for international liaisons.
A brief bio and vision statement has been prepared by all candidates and is available at Candidate Bios<http://www.rosaceae.org/node/472>.
Because the 2 continuing international liaisons are from Europe, to preserve a balance between European and non-European representation, the non-European candidate receiving the most votes and the remaining candidate with the most votes will be elected as international liaisons.
There are a total of 16 elected U.S. members on RosEXEC, and we try to represent the diverse interests of the Rosaceae genomics, genetics, and breeding community. To preserve a balance between US members representing industry, academia and government representation, the industry candidate receiving the most votes and the four remaining candidates with the most votes will be elected as US members. The 11 continuing U.S. RosEXEC committee members are working in the following areas (under represented areas [<20%] are asterisked):
Affiliation
No. of members
Supertribe
Kerriodae (Prunus)
3.60
Pyrodae (Malus, Pyrus)
2.75
Rosodae
4.65
Institution
Academia
8
Government
2*
Industry
1***
U.S. Geographic Region
East
3
South
6
West
2*
Members who will continue to serve in 2012 :John Clark, Chris Dardick, Kate Evans, Kevin Folta, Ksenija Gasic, Amy Iezzoni, Jim McFerson, Jay Norelli, Mercy Olmstead, Janet Slovin, J.D. Swanson and Vance Whitaker
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Hi,everyone, I am so sorry. My email adrress has been hacked and sent some bad website links to my contacts. Please donn't open them.
顺祝安好！
苑兆和，博士，研究员
山东省果树研究所/山东省农业科学院
山东省泰安市龙潭路64号，271000
Best regards,
Zhaohe Yuan, PhD, Professor
Shandong Institute of Pomology,
64 Longtan Rd., Tai'an, Shandong Province,
China, 271000
手机（Cell）： 86-13953817188 (in China)
办公（Office）： 86-538-8334070 (in China)
传真(Fax)： 86-538-8266350（in China）
Email: zhyuan88@hotmail.com，zhyuan88@gmail.com
The call for nominations to RosEXEC has been extended until August 26, 2011. If you are interested in serving on the RosEXEC you can nominate yourself. See instructions below.
Call for nominations of new members to US Rosaceae Genomics, Genetics and Breeding Executive Committee (RosEXEC)
The mission of the RosEXEC is to:
· Serve as a communication and coordination focal point for the US Rosaceae genomics, genetics and breeding community.
· Define and promote research priorities based on input from the industry and research community.
· Coordinate educational efforts from the research community to the industry and the public.
After 3 years of excellent service the following US members (Angela Baldo, Nahla Bassil, Jim Hancock, Bryon Sosinski and Phil Stewart) will be rotating off the RosEXEC in January of 2012.
In 2011, five new RosEXEC members will be elected to a 3 year term to replace them in January. All members of the Rosaceae community are invited to nominate candidates for election. Nomination of candidates who have not previously served on the RosEXEC and representatives of industry are encouraged. Members rotating off RosEXEC in January 2012 are not eligible for nomination (see list above). Members who will continue to serve in 2012 include, John Clark, Chris Dardick, Kate Evans, Kevin Folta, Ksenija Gasic, Amy Iezzoni, Jim McFerson, Jay Norelli, Mercy Olmstead, Janet Slovin, J.D. Swanson and Vance Whitaker , so no need to nominate them as they will already be serving. Other former members of RosEXEC are eligible for nomination.
International liaison members, Herman Silva (South America) and David Chagné (Australia/New Zealand) will be rotating off in January after 2 years of excellent service and we are also seeking nomination of international liaisons to a 2 year term on RosEXEC. Liaison members remaining through 2013 are Thomas Debener (Europe) and Michela Troggio (Europe).
Prior to nomination, the nominator is required to contact the nominee and confirm their willingness to serve on RosEXEC. Committee members are expected to participate in quarterly telephone conference meetings and provide several hours of work in support of the RosEXEC mission. Nominations should be sent to Jay Norelli (jay.norelli(a)ars.usda.gov <file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\jnorelli\My%20Documents\Administration\Rosaceae%20Community\RosEXEC%20officer\Election2011\jay.norelli@ars.usda.gov> ), Chair of the RosEXEC membership committee by August 15, 2011. Nominees will then be contacted by the membership committee and asked to provide a CV or bio, and a brief vision statement. The community wide election will be held in September.
Former RosEXEC members: Herb Aldwinckle, Bert Abbott, Abhaya Dandekar, Tom Davis, Amit Dhingra, Gennaro Fazio, Chad Finn, Stan Hokanson, Schuyler Korban, Kim Lewers, Jim Luby, Cameron Peace, Vladimir Shulaev, Dariusz Swietlik, Gary van Sickle, and Gayle Volk.
Former international liaisons: Pere Arús, Sue Gardiner, Jasper Rees, Dan Sargent, and Eric van de Weg.
Jay Norelli
Chair of RosEXEC membership committee
John (Jay) Norelli
Research Plant Pathologist
USDA-ARS, Appalachian Fruit Research Station
telephone: (304) 725-3451 x264
email: jay.norelli(a)ars.usda.gov <mailto:jay.norelli@ars.usda.gov>
fax: (304) 728-2340
address: 2217 Wiltshire Road
Kearneysville, WV 25430
Call for nominations of new members to US Rosaceae Genomics, Genetics and Breeding Executive Committee (RosEXEC)
The mission of the RosEXEC is to:
· Serve as a communication and coordination focal point for the US Rosaceae genomics, genetics and breeding community.
· Define and promote research priorities based on input from the industry and research community.
· Coordinate educational efforts from the research community to the industry and the public.
After 3 years of excellent service the following US members (Angela Baldo, Nahla Bassil, Jim Hancock, Bryon Sosinski and Phil Stewart) will be rotating off the RosEXEC in January of 2012.
In 2011, five new RosEXEC members will be elected to a 3 year term to replace them in January. All members of the Rosaceae community are invited to nominate candidates for election. Nomination of candidates who have not previously served on the RosEXEC and representatives of industry are encouraged. Members rotating off RosEXEC in January 2012 are not eligible for nomination (see list above). Members who will continue to serve in 2012 include, John Clark, Chris Dardick, Kate Evans, Kevin Folta, Ksenija Gasic, Amy Iezzoni, Jim McFerson, Jay Norelli, Mercy Olmstead, Janet Slovin, J.D. Swanson and Vance Whitaker, so no need to nominate them as they will already be serving. Other former members of RosEXEC are eligible for nomination.
International liaison members, Herman Silva (South America) and David Chagné (Australia/New Zealand) will be rotating off in January after 2 years of excellent service and we are also seeking nomination of international liaisons to a 2 year term on RosEXEC. Liaison members remaining through 2013 are Thomas Debener (Europe) and Michela Troggio (Europe).
Prior to nomination, the nominator is required to contact the nominee and confirm their willingness to serve on RosEXEC. Committee members are expected to participate in quarterly telephone conference meetings and provide several hours of work in support of the RosEXEC mission. Nominations should be sent to Jay Norelli (jay.norelli(a)ars.usda.gov), Chair of the RosEXEC membership committee by August 15, 2011. Nominees will then be contacted by the membership committee and asked to provide a CV or bio, and a brief vision statement. The community wide election will be held in September.
Former RosEXEC members: Herb Aldwinckle, Bert Abbott, Abhaya Dandekar, Tom Davis, Amit Dhingra, Gennaro Fazio, Chad Finn, Stan Hokanson, Schuyler Korban, Kim Lewers, Jim Luby, Cameron Peace, Vladimir Shulaev, Dariusz Swietlik, Gary van Sickle, and Gayle Volk.
Former international liaisons: Pere Arús, Sue Gardiner, Jasper Rees, Dan Sargent, and Eric van de Weg.
John (Jay) Norelli
Research Plant Pathologist
USDA-ARS, Appalachian Fruit Research Station
telephone: (304) 725-3451 x264
email: jay.norelli(a)ars.usda.gov <mailto:jay.norelli@ars.usda.gov>
fax: (304) 728-2340
address: 2217 Wiltshire Road
Kearneysville, WV 25430
Hi Folks,
We are planning to generate new unigene data sets for Rosaceae genera and would like to be able to include next generation transcript data in the unigene data sets. Some of you have already provided your assembled data and we will include those in the next builds (unigene v5) with acknowledgement of who generated the data sets and what tissues/development stage etc were included.
Please let me know if you have any datasets you would like included by the end of March as we will begin the process at the beginning of April.
In terms of the annotation we will provide the following for the unigene sequences.
GO Terms, InterPro Scan domains, KEGG, Swissprot, TrEMBL annotation, relevant plant protein homologs which will be searchable, browsable and downloadable (with all summary statistics)
Mapping of the unigenes to the peach, apple and strawberry genomes (excel file linked to GBrowse and a GBrowse track)
Identification of microsatellites and COS markers (also available as downloadable file and linked to GBrowse).
Thanks
Dorrie
Dorrie Main, PhD
Associate Professor of Bioinformatics
Dept of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Washington State University
45 Johnson Hall, Pullman, WA 99164-6414
Email: dorrie(a)wsu.edu
Tel: (509) 335 2774
Fax: (509) 335 8690
URL: www.bioinfo.wsu.edu <http://www.bioinfo.wsu.edu/>
Our annual meeting is set for the same time and place as customary, in conjunction with the PAG Conference, San Diego:
Sun 8-10am
Towne Room, Town & Country Center
I will be sending out an agenda shortly.
All Community members are welcome. Jim
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James R. McFerson, PhD
WA Tree Fruit Research Commission
1719 Springwater Ave
Wenatchee, WA 98801
off: 509-665-8271
mob: 509-669-3900
Dear Colleague,
If you are attending PAG XIX, San Diego this year, I invite you to attend
the PAG Plant Phenotypes Workshop Sunday Jan 16 8-10:10 am Pacific Salon 1,
and also to visit Exhibit Booth #427 PAG XIX Outreach Consortium for Plant
Genome Data Resources.
At the WORKSHOP, there will be a panel discussion about phenotype data
resources. Towards that end, we would greatly appreciate if you would spend
10-15 minutes to take a survey of your data needs.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PlantPhenotypeWorkshop2011
Workshop program:
8:00 Welcome
>>>
>>> Featured talks (in order)
>>>
>>> 8:10 Sean May "If you build it.....(NASC phenomics)"
>>>
>>> 8:30 Matt Vaughn "iPlant's cyberinfrastructure for high-throughput image
>>> analysis"
>>>
>>> 8:50 Richard Poire "Next generation plant biofuel research and the High
>>> Resolution Plant Phenomics Centre"
>>>
>>> 9:10 Geoff Fincher "Evaluation of next generation phenotyping: the
>>> Australian Plant Phenomics Facility"
>>>
>>> UPDATES, Wrap-up and discussion
>>>
>>> 9:30 Laurel Cooper "Plant Ontology"
>>>
>>> 9:35 Elizabeth Arnoud "Crop Ontology update"
>>>
>>> 9:40 Eva Huala "RCN Phenotype Ontology Plants, animals, etc."
>>>
>>> 9:45 Chi-Ren Shyu "Next generation phenotype data mining update" and
>>> wrap-up/survey discussion.
>>>
9:50-10:10 Panel Discussion and community input
We are looking forward to meeting you.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> Mary Schaeffer and Chi-Ren Shyu, Co-Organizers of Plant Phenotype
>>> Workshop at PAG 2011
>>>
Go to the GDR and follow the link to elect your U.S. RosEXEC!!!
http://www.rosaceae.org
Voting ends TODAY 19 Nov 2010
You are voting for individuals to serve for a three-year term on the U.S. Genomics, Genetics, and Breeding Executive Committee (RosEXEC). There are five open seats on the 15 member Committee and 2 open seats for international liaisons.
Check out the candidate bios and RosEXEC vision statements. Vote for candidates to represent the diversity of our fabulous family. Any individual working in Rosaceae is eligible to vote, including students. Non-U.S. community members are urged to vote for their international liaisons.
Questions? Contact Jim McFerson (mcferson(a)treefruitresearch.com), Chair of the RosEXEC membership committee.
My email address is - sujeet.verma(a)email.wsu.edu
Sujeet Verma
Ph.D Candidate
Tree Fruit Genetics and Genomics
Department of Horticulture and LA
Lab: 509-335-5298,
Office: FSHN 322 (509-335-0543)
Washington State University,
Pullman, USA
My email:
Oron.gar(a)mail.huji.ac.il
Oron Gar PhD. student
The Hebrew university of Jerusalem
The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment
The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture
Professor Dani Zamir Laboratory
P.O Box 12, Rehovot 76100
Israel
Tel: 972-52-5676460, 972-8-9489250
Fax: 972-8-948-9943
E-MAIL: ORON.GAR(a)MAIL.HUJI.AC.IL
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attachments
Community Members:
Many of you have already voted for new members to RosEXEC. Be aware that
voting will terminate on 19 Nov, two weeks from now.
Please visit the GDR web site to cast your ballot electronically.
http://www.rosaceae.org/bio/content?title=&url=/cgi-bin/gdr/gdr_rosexec_memb
ership_2011_vote_form.cgi&style=height:1600px;width:950px
All community members are eligible to vote. Thanks! Jim
#####
James R. McFerson, PhD
WA Tree Fruit Research Commission & Vice-Chair, RosEXEC
1719 Springwater St
Wenatchee, WA 98801
work: 509.665.8271 x1
mob: 509.669.3900
Rosaceae Community Member:
We are ready to vote on the 2011 candidates for RosEXEC.
Voting begins 26 Oct and ends 19 Nov.
Please go to the following web site to learn about the candidates¹
background and vision for RosEXEC. Then submit your electronic ballot.
http://www.rosaceae.org/bio/content?title=&url=/cgi-bin/gdr/gdr_rosexec_memb
ership_2011_vote_form.cgi&style=height:1600px;width:940px
The community will elect five new U.S. members and two new International
members to a 3-year term. U.S.-based members will vote for both U.S.
candidates and International candidates. International community members
will vote for International candidates only.
This year¹s slate is diverse. We encourage you to consider voting to create
a leadership group that will appropriately represent the amazing diversity
of the Rosaceae community. Current RosEXEC membership can be found at
[http://www.rosaceae.org/node/291]
As a reminder, the mission of RosEXEC is to:
· Serve as a communication and coordination focal point for the U.S.
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.
Thanks again to the following U.S. and International members rotating off:
U.S. International
Chris Dardick David Chagné
Amit Dhingra Jasper Rees
Jim Luby Eric van de Weg
Cameron Peace
Gayle Volk
QUESTIONS?
Please contact Jim McFerson (mcferson(a)treefruitresearch.com), Chair, RosEXEC
membership committee.
VOTE EARLY!
Hi Folks,
The deadline to register is 5 pm PDT Friday October 22.
Thanks
Dorrie
Dorrie Main, PhD
Associate Professor of Bioinformatics
Dept of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Washington State University
45 Johnson Hall, Pullman, WA 99164-6414
Email: dorrie(a)wsu.edu
Tel: (509) 335 2774
Fax: (509) 335 8690
URL: www.bioinfo.wsu.edu <http://www.bioinfo.wsu.edu/>
Hi Folks,
If you are planning on attending the SNP summit in South Africa on November 13 and 14, can you please register using the form on GDR. http://www.rosaceae.org/node/375
Thanks
Dorrie
Dorrie Main, PhD
Associate Professor of Bioinformatics
Dept of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Washington State University
45 Johnson Hall, Pullman, WA 99164-6414
Email: dorrie(a)wsu.edu
Tel: (509) 335 2774
Fax: (509) 335 8690
URL: www.bioinfo.wsu.edu <http://www.bioinfo.wsu.edu/>
LAST DAY TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR ROSEXEC!!!
EXTENDED NOMINATION DEADLINE 15 Oct 2010
We are seeking nominations of individuals to serve for a three-year term on
the U.S. Genomics, Genetics, and Breeding Executive Committee (RosEXEC).
There are five open seats on the 15 member Committee and 2 open seats for
international liaisons. While we do have six individuals nominated already,
we would like to receive at least another six nominations.
Please consider nominating a colleague you believe would contribute to
supporting the mission of RosEXEC:
· Serve as a communication and coordination focal point for the U.S.
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.
Nomination of candidates who have not previously served on the RosEXEC and
representatives of industry are encouraged. Members who will continue to
serve in 2010 include Angela Baldo, Jim Hancock, Jim McFerson, Bryon
Sosinski, Philip Stewart, Nahla Bassil, John Clark, Kevin Folta, Ksenija
Gasic, Amy Iezzoni and Jay Norelli, so no need to nominate them as they will
already be serving.
International liaison members rotating off this year include Jasper Rees
(Africa), Eric van de Weg (Europe). Remaining members through 2012 are
Herman Silva (South America) and David Chagne (Aus/NZ). Two new members are
needed to serve two year terms and we are seeking at least one to be in
Europe.
Prior to nomination, the nominator is required to contact the nominee and
confirm willingness to serve on RosEXEC. Committee members are expected to
participate in quarterly telephone conference meetings and provide several
hours of work in support of the RosEXEC mission.
Send nominations to Jim McFerson (mcferson(a)treefruitresearch.com), Chair of
the RosEXEC membership committee, by 15 Oct 2010.
Nominees will then be contacted by the membership committee and asked to
provide a brief bio and vision statement. The community-wide election will
be managed by the Genome Database for the Rosaceae (GDR) and held via
internet from 25 Oct-19 Nov 2010.
The next meeting of RosEXEC will be on 16 Jan 2011 in conjunction with the
PAG Conference, San Diego CA.
