Conference: U.S. Workshop on DNA Banking - January 2013, St. Louis, Missouri

密苏里州植物园计划于2013年1月在密苏里州圣路易斯举办一个为期两天的DNA库研讨会。 在26名受邀者中，将有来自拥有和缺乏DNA收藏品的机构的人;植物学家，动物学家，真菌学家和生物信息学专家，包括所有职业阶段的人，将参加;将邀请大型和小型机构的代表，包括大学和独立的自然历史博物馆和植物标本馆。 上午发言，下午讨论; 18名受邀者将应邀发言。 主题将集中在两个主题上，最大限度地提高现有DNA收集的效用和效率，并确定和填补这些收集中最关键的空白。 研讨会的目标包括提高对现有DNA资源的认识，确定这些资源中的地理和分类差距，制定填补差距的战略，并讨论哪些法律的、道德和数据标准应适用于所有这些资源。 研讨会的成果将由密苏里州植物园出版社出版（手稿编辑将在研讨会后一年内完成）。

A two-day workshop on DNA banking in the US is planned for January 2013, in St. Louis, Missouri, organized by the Missouri Botanical Garden. Among the 26 invitees will be those from institutions having and lacking DNA collections; botanists, zoologists, mycologists, and specialists in bioinformatics, including people at all career stages, will attend; representatives of large and small institutions, including universities and stand-alone natural history museums and herbaria, will be invited. Presentations will be given in the morning and afternoons will be devoted to discussion; 18 of the invitees will be asked to speak. Topics will focus on two themes, maximizing the utility and efficiency of operation of existing DNA collections, and identifying and filling the most critical gaps in those collections. The objectives of the workshop include improving awareness of existing DNA resources, identifying geographic and taxonomic gaps in those resources and crafting a strategy for filling the gaps, and discussion of what legal, ethical, and data standards should apply to all such resources. The outcomes of the workshop will be published by the Missouri Botanical Garden Press (manuscript editing will be complete within a year of the workshop).