From medicago from net.bio.net Fri Apr 11 04:08:43 2008 From: medicago from net.bio.net (medicago@net.bio.net) Date: Fri Apr 11 04:08:52 2008 Subject: [Medicago] medicago handbook Message-ID:   =

Dear All,

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Last year the Medicago community started to create a Medicago truncatula= handbook containing a wide collection of chapters on the biology of <= I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Medicago truncatula, as well as many protocol chapters. This handbook is available a= t the Noble website at http://www.noble.org/MedicagoHandbook/.<= /SPAN>

This email is about two suggestions: 1) updating the curr= ent web handbook and 2) a new proposal from Springer to publish this boo= k in some form.

Our aim is to keep updating this handbook regularly. I wo= uld therefore like to ask anybody to has already contributed or would li= ke to contribute to think about updating content or suggesting new chapt= ers.

We have previously thought about publishing a hard copy of = the book with Springer. At that time the majority of authors decided t= hat the main aim of this book is to provide free information for the Med icago community  <= /SPAN>and because Springer’s publishing agreement did not allow for = the same free web version to be posted as they would have published in p= rint, we did not go ahead.

At the Plant and Animal Genome Conference in January, a d= ifferent editor from Springer approached Doug Cook and Michael Udvardi t= o enquire about the possibility of publishing a Medicago book in Springe= r’s “Plant Genetics and Genomics” series. This series is focusse= d on genetics and genomics of major crops and model plants. Doug and M= ichael contacted Lloyd Sumner and me because we had been involved in put= ting together the Medicago handbook. Subsequently,  Lloyd and I have been talk= ing to the Springer editor to explore the potential mutual interests of Springer and the Medicago community.

 

Lloyd and I argued that it would be best for the Medicago c= ommunity to a) retain free access to the website as a first priority and= b) that a book focussed on genetics and genomics of M. truncatula would not be as = useful as publishing the full content of the Medicago handbook. The ed= itor told us that the Maize community recently created a handbook that i= s split into two volumes, the first one focuses on the biology and use= of maize, the second contains the genetics and genomics content that = Springer is counting as part of their Plant Genetics and Genomics Series= . Lloyd and I thought that this might be a possible option for a Medic= ago handbook, i.e. essentially publish the content of the current = web handbook in two volumes, with the option of expanding to future ad= ditional volumes. This would assume that a) there is interest in a boo= k like that (by the authors and people who would buy the book), b) suc= h a publication would not stop us from keeping the handbook up on the we= bsite for free access. I would hope that we can differentiate our curr= ent web handbook sufficiently from the proposed hard copy book(s) with m inimal omissions and effort by maybe rearranging the order of chapters,= having slightly different figures, and maybe some introductory and ov= erview chapters, but any suggestions about that would also be wecome.=

 

Therefore, I would like to ask all of you for your opinio= n on

= 1) & nbsp;   = If you are a current author would you like to contribute to a hard copy = (this might involve some updating of chapters or writing additional chap= ters)?

= 2) &= nbsp;   = If you are not a current author would you like to contribute new chapter s?

= 3) &= nbsp;   = Would you buy such a book (for your lab) at a price of possibly $US75- 100?

= 4) &= nbsp;   = Would the format of having two volumes with possible future expansion to= other volumes be useful?&= nbsp; Or would you rather support just a publication focuss= ing on genetics and genomics of Medicago (so far there is one on soybean , Rosaceae, cotton, tropical plants, and the one on maize in pre= paratioon, see http://www.springer.com/series/7397?detailsPage=titles, and htt p://www.springer.com/series/7397)

Any suggestions would be appreciated. If you have any upd= ated chapters for the website you can email them to me any time (ulrike.= mathesius@anu.edu.au).

 

Best wishes,

Urike Mathesius= From medicago from net.bio.net Fri Apr 11 04:23:58 2008 From: medicago from net.bio.net (medicago@net.bio.net) Date: Fri Apr 11 04:24:05 2008 Subject: [Medicago] Medicago handbook Message-ID:

Sorry for the multiple messages, hopefully this version i= s easier to read

Dear All,

 <= /SPAN>

Last year the Medicago community started to create a Medicago truncatula= handbook containing a wide collection of chapters on the biology of <= I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Medicago truncatula, as well as many protocol chapters. This handbook is available a= t the Noble website at http://www.noble.org/MedicagoHandbook/.<= /SPAN>

This email is about two suggestions: 1) updating the curr= ent web handbook and 2) a new proposal from Springer to publish this boo= k in some form.

Our aim is to keep updating this handbook regularly. I wo= uld therefore like to ask anybody to has already contributed or would li= ke to contribute to think about updating content or suggesting new chapt= ers.

We have previously thought about publishing a hard copy of = the book with Springer. At that time the majority of authors decided t= hat the main aim of this book is to provide free information for the Med icago community  <= /SPAN>and because Springer’s publishing agreement did not allow for = the same free web version to be posted as they would have published in p= rint, we did not go ahead.

At the Plant and Animal Genome Conference in January, a d= ifferent editor from Springer approached Doug Cook and Michael Udvardi t= o enquire about the possibility of publishing a Medicago book in Springe= r’s “Plant Genetics and Genomics” series. This series is focusse= d on genetics and genomics of major crops and model plants. Doug and M= ichael contacted Lloyd Sumner and me because we had been involved in put= ting together the Medicago handbook. Subsequently,  Lloyd and I have been talk= ing to the Springer editor to explore the potential mutual interests of Springer and the Medicago community.

 

Lloyd and I argued that it would be best for the Medicago c= ommunity to a) retain free access to the website as a first priority and= b) that a book focussed on genetics and genomics of M. truncatula would not be as = useful as publishing the full content of the Medicago handbook. The ed= itor told us that the Maize community recently created a handbook that i= s split into two volumes, the first one focuses on the biology and use= of maize, the second contains the genetics and genomics content that = Springer is counting as part of their Plant Genetics and Genomics Series= . Lloyd and I thought that this might be a possible option for a Medic ago handbook, i.e. essentially publish the content of the current = web handbook in two volumes, with the option of expanding to future ad= ditional volumes. This would assume that a) there is interest in a boo= k like that (by the authors and people who would buy the book), b) suc= h a publication would not stop us from keeping the handbook up on the we= bsite for free access. I would hope that we can differentiate our curr= ent web handbook sufficiently from the proposed hard copy book(s) with m= inimal omissions and effort by maybe rearranging the order of chapters,= having slightly different figures, and maybe some introductory and ov= erview chapters, but any suggestions about that would also be wecome.

 

Therefore, I would like to ask all of you for your opinio= n on

= 1) & nbsp;   = If you are a current author would you like to contribute to a hard copy = (this might involve some updating of chapters or writing additional chap= ters)?

= 2) &= nbsp;   = If you are not a current author would you like to contribute new chapter s?

= 3) &= nbsp;   = Would you buy such a book (for your lab) at a price of possibly $US75- 100?

= 4) &= nbsp;   = Would the format of having two volumes with possible future expansion to= other volumes be useful?&= nbsp; Or would you rather support just a publication focuss= ing on genetics and genomics of Medicago (so far there is one on soybean , Rosaceae, cotton, tropical plants, and the one on maize in pre= paratioon, see http://www.springer.com/series/ 73= 97?detailsPage=titles, and http://www.springer.com/series/7397< = /U>)<= /P>

Any suggestions would be appreciated. If you have any upd= ated chapters for the website you can email them to me any time (ulrike.= mathesius@anu.edu.au).

 

Best wishes,

Ulrike Mathesius

From medicago from net.bio.net Mon Apr 14 08:01:29 2008 From: medicago from net.bio.net (medicago@net.bio.net) Date: Mon Apr 14 08:03:44 2008 Subject: [Medicago] Medicago handbook (resend) Message-ID: Dear All, Last year the Medicago community started to create a Medicago truncatula handbook containing a wide collection of chapters on the biology of Medicago truncatula, as well as many protocol chapters. This handbook is available at the Noble website at http://www.noble.org/MedicagoHandbook/. This email is about two suggestions: 1) updating the current web handbook and 2) a new proposal from Springer to publish this book in some form. Our aim is to keep updating this handbook regularly. I would therefore like to ask anybody to has already contributed or would like to contribute to think about updating content or suggesting new chapters. We have previously thought about publishing a hard copy of the book with Springer. At that time the majority of authors decided that the main aim of this book is to provide free information for the Medicago community and because Springer?s publishing agreement did not allow for the same free web version to be posted as they would have published in print, we did not go ahead. At the Plant and Animal Genome Conference in January, a different editor from Springer approached Doug Cook and Michael Udvardi to enquire about the possibility of publishing a Medicago book in Springer?s ?Plant Genetics and Genomics? series. This series is focussed on genetics and genomics of major crops and model plants. Doug and Michael contacted Lloyd Sumner and me because we had been involved in putting together the Medicago handbook. Subsequently, Lloyd and I have been talking to the Springer editor to explore the potential mutual interests of Springer and the Medicago community. Lloyd and I argued that it would be best for the Medicago community to a) retain free access to the website as a first priority and b) that a book focussed on genetics and genomics of M. truncatula would not be as useful as publishing the full content of the Medicago handbook. The editor told us that the Maize community recently created a handbook that is split into two volumes, the first one focuses on the biology and use of maize, the second contains the genetics and genomics content that Springer is counting as part of their Plant Genetics and Genomics Series. Lloyd and I thought that this might be a possible option for a Medicago handbook, i.e. essentially publish the content of the current web handbook in two volumes, with the option of expanding to future additional volumes. This would assume that a) there is interest in a book like that (by the authors and people who would buy the book), b) such a publication would not stop us from keeping the handbook up on the website for free access. I would hope that we can differentiate our current web handbook sufficiently from the proposed hard copy book(s) with minimal omissions and effort by maybe rearranging the order of chapters, having slightly different figures, and maybe some introductory and overview chapters, but any suggestions about that would also be wecome. Therefore, I would like to ask all of you for your opinion on 1) If you are a current author would you like to contribute to a hard copy (this might involve some updating of chapters or writing additional chapters)? 2) If you are not a current author would you like to contribute new chapters? 3) Would you buy such a book (for your lab) at a price of possibly $US75-100? 4) Would the format of having two volumes with possible future expansion to other volumes be useful? Or would you rather support just a publication focussing on genetics and genomics of Medicago (so far there is one on soybean, Rosaceae, cotton, tropical plants, and the one on maize in preparatioon, see http://www.springer.com/series/7397?detailsPage=titles, and http://www.springer.com/series/7397) Any suggestions would be appreciated. If you have any updated chapters for the website you can email them to me any time (ulrike.mathesius@anu.edu.au). Best wishes, Ulrike Mathesius From medicago from net.bio.net Tue Apr 15 08:29:53 2008 From: medicago from net.bio.net (medicago@net.bio.net) Date: Tue Apr 15 08:35:39 2008 Subject: [Medicago] RevGenUK; launch of a new reverse genetics technology programme Message-ID: Dear All RevGenUK is a new BBSRC-sponsored platform for reverse genetics of model legumes and brassicas based on TILLING and de-TILLING technologies developed at the John Innes Centre. To celebrate its launch we are holding a one-day mini-symposium on May 15 2008 and we would be delighted if you would join us. The programme of speakers can be found at http://revgenuk.jic.ac.uk. If you would like to attend, please register by emailing our departmental administrator, Helen Ghirardello (helen.ghirardello@bbsrc.ac.uk). Trevor Wang On behalf of the Steering Group From medicago from net.bio.net Mon Apr 14 21:44:32 2008 From: medicago from net.bio.net (medicago@net.bio.net) Date: Tue Apr 15 12:24:17 2008 Subject: [Medicago] Plant Ontology Database #0408 Release Message-ID: <3E2246A6-7F31-4360-9D0C-A080001935D7@cornell.edu> Plant Ontology (PO) Consortium is happy to announce the release #0408 of the PO database! http://www.plantontology.org. For detailed release notes, please visit http://www.plantontology.org/docs/release_notes/index.html * Ontology - 1128 PO terms [19 NEW] - 58117 annotations [18572 NEW] * Ontology and annotation browser (http://www.plantontology.org/amigo/ go.cgi) - NEW: Added ~16000 annotations on genes and mutant phenotype germplasm from tomato, tobacco, potato, eggplant, pepper and Hyoscyamus. These annotations are contributed by Solanaceae Genomics Network (SGN; http://sgn.cornell.edu/) - Updated and added new annotations contributed by TAIR (for Arabidopsis) and Gramene (for rice) databases. * Publication - The Plant Ontology Database: a community resource for plant structure and developmental stages controlled vocabulary and annotations. Avraham et al. Nucleic Acids Research 2008 36:D449-D454; http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/36/suppl_1/D449 * Ontology requests - We encourage researchers to submit ontology requests at: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=76834&atid=835555 * Collaborators - We welcome our new collaborators: Dennis Stevenson: NY Botanical Graden Maria A. Gandolfo: Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University Bioversity International: http://www.bioversityinternational.org Generation Challenge Programme (GCP): http://www.generationcp.org The Plant Ontology Consortium web: http:www.plantontology.org e-mail: po-dev at plantontology.org The project is funded by National Science Foundation, USA, (Grant No. DBI-0703908)