"Workshop: Cereal Genomics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, September 12-19, 2005

冷泉港实验室的谷物基因组学研讨会将为植物生物学家提供必要的技能，以应对日益复杂的基因组学信息环境，并通过让他们接触该领域的实践和实践者，识别和鼓励可能选择植物基因组学作为职业的年轻研究人员。因此，一个主要目标将是使学生和博士后能够利用谷物中新兴的基因组数据。谷物基因组学存在着一些特殊的问题和独特的挑战。许多基因组（例如，玉米、小麦、大麦）庞大而复杂，在可预见的未来，我们不太可能为这些物种绘制完整的基因组图谱和测序。谷物还为世界上的人类和家畜提供了主要的营养来源。在美国，玉米一直是植物生物学的主要模式系统之一，并得到了来自公共和私营部门的大量研究支持。直到最近，玉米基因组的大尺寸和复杂性才使基因组测序工作受阻。然而，美国国家科学基金会支持的一个项目现在已经产生了广泛的基因组调查序列，并且存在一个接近完整的水稻基因组序列。这两种谷物之间的同源性守恒使得水稻基因组成为玉米和其他禾本科植物的一个极好的模型，只要科学家接受过开发这种资源的培训，并且能够获得必要的数据。这次研讨会的更广泛影响将是让年轻学生接触到谷物基因组学的兴奋，并使更多的高级研究人员能够开展前沿研究和课程活动。它还将促进参与者之间的协作与合作。

The Cereal Genomics Workshop at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory will give plant biologists the skills necessary to navigate the increasingly complex genomics information landscape, and to identify and encourage young researchers who might choose plant genomics as a career by exposing them to the field's practice and practitioners. A major aim will therefore be to enable students and post docs to take advantage of emerging genomics data in the cereals. Specific problems and unique challenges exist in cereal genomics. Many of the genomes (for example, maize, wheat, barley) are large and complex, and it is unlikely that we will have completely mapped and sequenced genomes for these species in the foreseeable future. The cereals also provide the primary source of nourishment to the world's human and domesticated animal populations. In the USA, maize has been one of the leading model systems in plant biology, and has received considerable research support from both the public and private sectors. The large size and complexity of the maize genome precluded genome sequencing efforts until relatively recently. However an NSF supported program has now generated extensive genome survey sequence, and there exists a near complete sequence for the rice genome. The conservation of synteny between the cereals makes the rice genome an excellent model for maize and other grasses, as long as scientists are trained to exploit this resource and can access the necessary data.The broader impacts of this workshop will be in exposing young students to the excitement of cereal genomics, as well as enabling more senior researchers to develop cutting edge research and curricular activities. It will also foster development of collaborations and cooperation among the participants.