US-Mexico workshop on evolutionary genomics of non-model species: next-gen sequencing, data management and hypothesis testing, Irapuato, Mexico, July 19-21, 2011

这项美国-墨西哥奖为美国参加将于2011年7月在墨西哥伊拉普托举行的非模式物种进化基因组学研讨会提供资金。研讨会将与一个更大的活动——美国遗传协会年会同时举行。该奖项将使20名美国研究生和4名教员参加研讨会，大约20名墨西哥研究生将参加研讨会。研讨会的目的是向学生介绍新一代种群基因组学和系统基因组学测序的最新方案，并促进美国和墨西哥研究生和早期教师之间的未来合作。重点将放在系统地理学和系统基因组学方法在非模式生物上的应用，也就是说，超越实验室模式物种。研讨会还将考虑下一代测序不同方法的优缺点，这取决于它们应用于的问题和项目的类型。考虑到目前世界范围内生物多样性的丧失，本次研讨会对非模式生物的关注至关重要。本次研讨会还将帮助培训当前的研究生使用下一代测序方法，这是一个很大的需求。学生参与者将从不同的申请者群体中招募，并将帮助培养新一代基因组学研究人员。这种经历还将使学生接触到在国际环境中进行的研究，这是国际科学与工程办公室的主要目标。该奖项由生物科学理事会的分子和细胞生物学部门、环境生物学部门以及国际科学与工程办公室的美洲项目资助。

This U.S.-Mexico award provides funding for U.S. participation in a workshop on evolutionary genomics of non-model species, to take place in Irapuato, Mexico in July 2011. The workshop will be held in conjunction with a larger event, the annual meeting of the American Genetic Association. This award will enable 20 US graduate students and four faculty to attend the workshop, and approximately 20 Mexican graduate students will join them at this workshop. The goal of the workshop is to inform students of recent protocols in next-generation sequencing in population genomics and phylogenomics, and to promote future collaborations between US and Mexican graduate students and early-stage faculty. The focus will be on the application of phylogeographic and phylogenomic methods to non-model organisms, that is, moving beyond lab-model species. The workshop will also consider the pros and cons of the different methods of next-generation sequencing, depending on the type of question and project that they are applied to.The focus of this workshop on non-model organisms is critical, considering the current world-wide loss of biodiversity. This workshop will also help train current graduate students in the use of next-generation sequencing methods, for which there is a great need. Student participants will be recruited from a diverse group of applicants and should help develop a new generation of genomics researchers. This experience will also expose the students to research conducted in international settings, which is a major goal of the Office of International Science and Engineering.This award is funded by the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology and the Division of Environmental Biology in the Directorate for Biological Sciences and the Americas Program in the Office of International Science and Engineering.