From medicago from net.bio.net Wed Dec 3 16:36:22 2008 From: medicago from net.bio.net (medicago@net.bio.net) Date: Thu Dec 4 08:46:03 2008 Subject: [Medicago] Plant Ontology Database #1108 Release Message-ID: <8A48A7E1-0355-4301-B754-EA4BE5BA37CA@cornell.edu> Dear all, Plant Ontology Consortium (POC, http://www.plantontology.org) is excited to announce the release #1108 (November 2008) of the Plant Ontology Database. The release notes are available at: http:// www.plantontology.org/docs/release_notes/index.html In this release, we bring you 13068 gene annotations from TAIR (www.arabidopsis.org), Gramene (www.gramene.org), SGN (www.sgn.cornell.edu) and MaizeGDB (www.maizegdb.org), 8558 QTL annotations from Gramene, 5904 germplasm associations from SGN and NASC (www.arabidopsis.info). For genes curated by TAIR and SGN, you may also find links to their Gene Ontology (GO, http:// www.geneontology.org/) pages through PO browser at http:// www.plantontology.org/amigo/go.cgi The new ontology files and the database dump are available for download. Please follow the instructions provided at http:// www.plantontology.org/download/download.html To submit plant ontology term requests, we encourage researchers to use SourceForge PO tracker (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/? func=add&group_id=76834&atid=835555) 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) From medicago from net.bio.net Sat Dec 13 13:39:56 2008 From: medicago from net.bio.net (medicago@net.bio.net) Date: Sat Dec 13 14:10:17 2008 Subject: [Medicago] International Science and Engineering Fair-Call for Judges Message-ID: Hi, I am the Plant Sciences Grand Awards Co-Chair for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair to be held May 10-15, 2009 in Reno, Nevada. I am actively seeking individuals to serve as Grand Awards Judges for the upcoming event. The ISEF is the premier world-wide showcase for student researchers from grades 9-12. This year students from 45 different countries compete for over $4 million dollars in cash awards, scholarships and special awards. In order to assure the quality of our winners, we need your help. As professionals in the biological sciences, you provide the knowledge and expertise necessary to choose the absolute best student finalists from among the many excellent research projects at this year's Fair. If you or your collegues are interested in becoming a Grand Awards judge this year, please visit the official ISEF website: http://www.sciserv.org/isef/judges/index.asp or feel to contact me via e-mail at kroberts@pgcc.edu or by phone at (301) 386-7544. Thanks for your consideration, and I hope to hear from you. Karl J. Roberts, Ph.D. Plant Sciences Grand Awards Co-Chair Intel ISEF Karl J. Roberts, Ph.D. Professor of Biology Department of Biological Sciences Prince George's Community College 301 Largo Road Largo, MD 20774-2199 Office: Chesapeake Hall 310M Fax: 301-386-7529 email: KRoberts@pgcc.edu From medicago from net.bio.net Tue Dec 23 23:32:23 2008 From: medicago from net.bio.net (medicago@net.bio.net) Date: Wed Dec 24 09:58:23 2008 Subject: [Medicago] "The National Plant Genome Initiative at Ten Years: A Community Workshop" Message-ID: <14B61C4D-4DFA-4CA8-886D-372E578418BD@salk.edu> Dear Colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to a Wiki site http://npgi-workshop.wetpaint.com/?mail=1128 that describes a summary of a recent workshop entitled: "The National Plant Genome Initiative at Ten Years: A Community Workshop" This site contains information (agenda, Rapporteur's summaries, session/Q&A notes, list of meeting participants and a meeting summary) related to the recent National Plant Genome Initiative Workshop held at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Conference Center of the National Academies in Irvine California on August 26-28, 2008. The purpose of the meeting was to bring a broad group of stakeholders together to discuss the outcomes of the first ten years of the US National Plant Genome Initiative (NPGI) as well as the challenges and opportunities ahead for the next five to ten years. The NPGI started in 1998 and is managed by the Interagency Working Group on Plant Genomes (IWG-PG). The IWG-PG is currently in the process of developing a new five-year plan using a variety of inputs, including the outcomes of this workshop. I hope that you find the information provided useful. Happy Holidays Joe Ecker Joseph R. Ecker Professor, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies Plant Biology/Genomic Analysis Laboratories 10010 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 Phone (858) 453-4100 x1752 FAX (858) 558-6379 Web addresses: http://www.salk.edu http://signal.salk.edu http://pbio.salk.edu/pbioe/finaleckerhomepage.html http://www.salk.edu/faculty/ecker.html Administrative Assistant: Nancy Benson Phone (858) 453-4100 x1106 Fax (858) 558-6379 email: nbenson@salk.edu