International Workshop on Copepod Genomics

2008年将在泰国举行一次桡足类基因组学国际讲习班，同时举行世界桡足类学家协会会议。 该奖项的资金将部分或全部支持至少12名来自不同背景和机构的科学家在其职业生涯的不同阶段（从学生到高级研究人员）。本次研讨会的目标是让研究人员参与制定策略，从而开发桡足类的基因组学资源，桡足类是一组浮游生物，构成海洋中最丰富的多细胞生物。 作为初级和次级消费者，它们构成了食物网的主要环节，为许多具有商业和生态重要性的鱼类提供了食物。 桡足类是野生和养殖的无脊椎动物和鱼类的重要经济寄生虫。 有些是霍乱等疾病的传播媒介，有些则能有效减少蚊子传播的疾病。 由于人类活动，包括全球气候的大规模变化，水环境受到越来越大的威胁。 通过应用基因组学、蛋白质组学和其他先进技术，可以提高准确评估和/或预测这种变化对水环境的复杂影响的能力。 提高桡足类的序列信息的可用性是必要的第一步，朝着开发新的工具和应用先进的技术，以解决这个生态和经济上重要的群体的基本和应用问题。

An International Workshop on Copepod Genomics will be held in Thailand in 2008 in conjunction with the meeting of the World Association of Copepodologists. Funds from this award will partially or fully support at least 12 scientists at various stages in their careers (from students to senior investigators) from a diverse set of backgrounds and institutions. The goal of this workshop is to engage researchers in the development of strategies that will lead to the development of genomics resources for copepods, a group of plankton which comprise the most abundant multicellular organisms in the oceans. As primary and secondary consumers, they form major links in the food web which support many commercially and ecologically important fish. Copepods are economically important parasites of wild and cultured invertebrates and fish. Some are vectors for diseases such as cholera and others are effective in reducing mosquito borne diseases. Aquatic environments are under increasing threat due to human activities, including large-scale changes in the global climate. The ability to accurately assess and/or predict the complex effects of such changes on the aquatic environment can be improved by the application of genomics, proteomics and other advanced technologies. Improving the availability of sequence information for copepods is a required first step towards the development of new tools and the application of advanced technologies to address basic and applied questions about this ecologically and economically important group.