RCN: Training, Communication and Resources for the Oomycete Genomics Community

Oömycetes，或水霉菌，包括一组不同的异养生物体，形态和生理学上类似于真菌。 许多卵菌是腐殖的，特别是在水生栖息地。 但更常见的是，卵菌是植物和动物的破坏性病原体。在过去的五年里，卵菌基因组学的资源迅速扩大，对卵菌感兴趣的研究人员数量迅速增长。该项目将加强该社区内强大的协作和交流文化，并促进技术和资源的共享。 该计划的中心主旨是确保将卵菌分子遗传学社区转变为基因组学，生物信息学和分子遗传学社区，并将所有社区研究小组与之结合，包括资金不足的小组，这些小组不成比例地位于小型少数民族服务或主要面向本科生的机构，或在研究资金基础设施欠发达的国家的机构。此外，将促进新研究人员进入、参与和培训Oömycete基因组学领域，特别是初级教师和来自美国研究基础设施中代表性不足的机构的教师。促进这些目标的机制包括年度研讨会、培训研讨会、以生物信息学为重点的简短培训实习、网站和资源中心，以维护和分发全球Oömycete基因组学社区的材料。

Oömycetes, or water molds, comprise a diverse group of heterotrophic organisms that morphologically and physiologically resemble fungi. Many oömycetes are saprophytic, especially in aquatic habitats. More commonly though, oömycetes are destructive pathogens of plants and animals. The last five years have seen a rapid expansion in resources for oömycete genomics and a rapid growth in the number of researchers interested in oomycetes. This project will strengthen the strong culture of collaboration and communication within that community and facilitate the sharing of techniques and resources. The central thrust of the program is to ensure that the transformation of the oömycete molecular genetics community into a genomics, bioinformatics, and molecular genetics community carries all the community research groups with it, including less well-funded groups that are disproportionately located at small minority-serving or primarily undergraduate-oriented institutions, or at institutions in nations with poorly developed research-funding infrastructures. Furthermore, the entry, participation and training of new investigators into the field of oömycete genomics, particularly junior faculty and faculty from institutions under-represented in the U.S. research infrastructure, will be promoted. The mechanisms to promote these goals include an annual workshop, training workshops, brief training internships focused on bioinformatics, a web site, and a resource center to maintain and distribute materials for the worldwide oömycete genomics community.