U.S.- New Zealand Workshop in Rosaceae Genomics

0554740库尔班该奖项支持美国博士后和研究生参与美国-新西兰蔷薇科基因组科学家联合研讨会将在新西兰纳皮耶举行。 共同组织者是伊利诺伊大学的斯凯勒科班教授和新西兰北帕默斯特森的霍特研究中心植物基因图谱办公室的苏珊加德纳博士。 蔷薇科植物是一组重要的果树和观赏植物，为多年生木本植物的开花和结果的基础生物学研究提供了一个模式系统。 这个科包括几个重要的属，占我们最重要的落叶水果作物，包括苹果，梨和核果，如桃，樱桃，李，杏和杏仁，以及其他有价值的观赏植物，包括玫瑰和山楂。 目前，蔷薇科植物基因组资源的开发进展迅速，包括向公共数据库发布了20多万个表达序列标签（EST）。 这些EST中有一半以上是由美国研究人员产生的，另一半是由新西兰研究人员产生的。 美国和新西兰的研究团队已经认识到结合他们的资源和努力的重要性，以便最大限度地提高基因组资源开发和功能基因组学研究的进展。 研究研讨会的目标是：1）确定明确的双边美国-新西兰蔷薇科基因组学研究的努力，是互利的; 2）建立战略进行研究合作; 3）协调未来的美国-新西兰科学家的联系;以及4）协调未来的美国-新西兰青年科学家（博士后和学生）交流。 此外，获得该奖项支持的博士后和学生将在新西兰再停留一周。 这将使他们能够参加一个动手实习计划，该计划将涉及在参与蔷薇科基因组学的HortResearch几个实验室的实验室经验和互动。 共同组织者在该领域具有互补的科学专门知识。 这使他们能够评估和吸引最好的研究人员参加蔷薇科基因组学会议。 目前，美国和新西兰的蔷薇科基因组学计划处于独特的地位，在推动这一重要的高等植物家族的基因组学研究前沿方面处于领先地位。 与新西兰科学家的协调和合作将对我们美国对这一重要家族的了解产生重大影响。 这种合作关系将加强在美国的培训、教育、国际经验和交流。这种合作的结果将进一步推动外展工作，向高中教师、青年和公众传授基因组学及其对人类生活的影响。

0554740KorbanThis award supports the participation of American postdocs and graduate students in a U.S.- New Zealand joint workshop for scientists on rosaceae genomics to be held in Napier, New Zealand. The co-organizers are Professor Schuyler Korban at the University of Illinois and Dr. Susan Gardiner in the Plant Gene Mapping Office at HortResearch in Palmerstson North, New Zealand. The Rosaceae family includes a group of important fruit and ornamental crops, and offers a model system for research in fundamental biology of flowering and fruiting woody perennial plants. This family includes several important genera that account for most of our important deciduous fruit crops including apple, pear and stone fruits such as peach, cherry, plum, apricot, and almond, as well as other valuable ornamental plants including roses and hawthorn. Rapid progress is now being made in developing genomic resources for Rosaceae, including the release of over 200,000 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) into the public database. Over half of these ESTs have been generated by U.S. researchers and the other half by the New Zealand researchers. The U.S. and New Zealand research teams have recognized the importance of combining their resources and efforts in order to maximize the progress made in both genomic resources development and functional genomics research. The goals of the research workshop are to: 1) identify well-defined bilateral U.S.- New Zealand Rosaceae genomics research efforts that are of mutual benefit; 2) establish strategies for carrying out research collaborations; 3) coordinate future U.S.-New Zealand scientists linkages; and 4) coordinate future U.S.-New Zealand young scientists (postsdocs and students) exchanges. In addition, the postdocs and students supported by this award will remain in New Zealand for an additional week. This will enable them to participate in a hands-on internship program that will involve bench experience and interaction in several laboratories at HortResearch that are involved in Rosaceae genomics. The co-organizers have complementary scientific expertise in the field. This enables them to evaluate and attract the best researchers to participate in the Rosaceae genomics meetings. Current Rosaceae genomics programs in the US and New Zealand are in unique positions to lead the way in pushing the frontiers of genomics research in this important family of higher plants. Coordinating and collaborating with NZ scientists will have a major impact on our US knowledge of this important family. This partnership will enhance the training, educational, international experiences and exchanges in the U.S. Results of this collaboration will further lead to outreach efforts to teach high school teachers, youth, and the general public about genomics and its impact on human lives.