From: Tianzhen Zhang [cotton@njau.edu.cn] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 2:50 PM Subject: reminding letter for ICGI nominations for ICGI C0-chairs

Dear ICGI members,

Per our bylaws, nominations for ICGI co-chairs are now open, closing 1 February. I remind you to nominate soon.

We will elect co-chairs of each workgroup (Structural Genomics, Functional Genomics, Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics, Germplasm and genetic stocks, and Breeding and applied Genomics) and the co-chair of ICGI overall, with the current co-chairs ascending to the Chair positions (see attached lists).

Please send your nominations to me (cotton@njau.edu.cnmailto:cotton@njau.edu.cn/tzzhangnj@163.com), including the email address of the person(s) you wish to nominate and the office(s) that you wish to nominate them for. It would be appreciated if you would check with the prospective nominee first to make sure that s/he is willing to serve, although I will check with them as well.

Pending any unexpected delays, nominations will CLOSE on 1 Feb, the election will open shortly thereafter (I will provide a link to it then), and the election will CLOSE on 1 March unless an extension is appropriate per our bylaws.

Workgroup

Chair

Co-Chair

ICGI Overall

Tianzhen Zhanghttp://www.cottongen.org/icgi/member/59/profile

David Stellyhttp://www.cottongen.org/icgi/member/77/profile

Bioinformatics

Richard Percyhttp://www.cottongen.org/icgi/member/50/profile

Dorrie Mainhttp://www.cottongen.org/icgi/member/4/profile

Evolutionary & Comparative Genomics

Robert Wrighthttp://www.cottongen.org/icgi/member/126/profile

Andy Patersonhttp://www.cottongen.org/icgi/member/131/profile

Functional Genomics

Joshua Udallhttp://www.cottongen.org/icgi/member/152/profile

Daniel Petersonhttp://www.cottongen.org/icgi/member/614/profile

Germplasm & Genetic Stocks

Todd Campbellhttp://www.cottongen.org/icgi/member/118/profile

Sukumar Saha Xianlong Zhanghttp://www.cottongen.org/icgi/member/67/profile

Structural Genomics

Peng Cheehttp://www.cottongen.org/icgi/member/178/profile

David Fanghttp://www.cottongen.org/icgi/member/121/profile

becomes

Workgroup

Chair

Co-Chair

ICGI Overall

David Stellyhttp://www.cottongen.org/icgi/member/77/profile

Comparative Genomics & Bioinformatics

Dorrie Mainhttp://www.cottongen.org/icgi/member/4/profile

Breeding and Applied Genomics

Andy Paterson

Functional Genomics

Daniel Petersonhttp://www.cottongen.org/icgi/member/614/profile

Germplasm & Genetic Stocks

Sukumar Sahahttp://www.cottongen.org/icgi/member/184/profile, Xianlong Zhanghttp://www.cottongen.org/icgi/member/67/profile

Structural Genomics

David Fanghttp://www.cottongen.org/icgi/member/121/profile

Thank you in advance.

Tianzhen Zhang, Chair, ICGI

Tianzhen Zhang

Professor and Head,

Hybrid Cotton R&D Center, MOE

College of Agriculture

Nanjing Agricultural University

Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu province, China

Phone/Fax: +86 25 84395307

Email: cotton@njau.edu.cnmailto:cotton@njau.edu.cn or tzzhangnj@163.com