NRSP-8: NAGRP Aquaculture Genome Program

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From: John Liu [mailto:zliu@acesag.auburn.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 2:42 AM
To: aquaculturegenomics
Cc: John Liu
Subject: [aquaculturegenomics] Aquaculture genomics Newsletter 2

Dear Aquaculture Genomics Colleagues:

This is the second Newsletter from Aquaculture Genomics.  We do hope to
keep the Newsletter out twice a year.  If you need to share any
information among Aquaculture Genomics/Genetics community, please send
your items to Dr. John Liu (zliu@acesag.auburn.edu) and they will be
included in the next Newsletter.

Dr. Alan Mileham (Alan.Mileham@SygenInternational.com) of Sygen
International and Dr. John Benzie (j.benzie@unsw.edu.au) of Moana
Technologies has come on board, joining Roger Yant and Jim Carlberg/
Mark Westerman, as our Industry representatives.  They will serve as
strong liaison persons between aquaculture genome researchers and
industries. 

Two oyster BAC libraries are now available for the research
community.  The BAC libraries were constructed from Crassostrea
virginica and C. gigas.  The BAC filters are also available for use in
hybridizations.  For more information, please visit
https://www.genome.clemson.edu/orders/.

Aquaculture Species Group: Graduate Student and Postdoctoral
Fellowship Bursaries for PAG XIII: The Aquaculture Species Group is
pleased to announce the availability of a limited number of Travel
Bursaries, of up to $1,000, to support the attendance of graduate
students and postdoctoral fellows at PAG XIII. Every graduate student
and postdoctoral fellow who registers for the PAG XIII meeting and
submits an Abstract to the Aquaculture Workshop is eligible for
consideration. Applications should be submitted by E-mail to either
John Liu (zliu@acesag.auburn.edu) or Greg Warr (warrgw@musc.edu) and
include the following items. A) the Title and Authors of the submitted
Abstract, B) a statement of the anticipated costs for the applicant to
attend the PAG XIII meeting, and a statement of additional resources
(if any) that will be available to support their attendance. Applicants
MUST also arrange for their supervisor to send an E-mail to John Liu or
Greg Warr confirming their status as a graduate student or postdoctoral
fellow.

The deadline for the submission of abstracts to PAG XIII is October
1, 2004.  Please submit your abstracts through the web site of PAG XIII
(http://www.intl-pag.org), following the procedures as set by Scherago
International.

The Aquaculture Genomics web site has been initiated at
http://www.aquagenomics.org, for any ideas or suggestions, please
contact Dr. Caird Rexroad (CRexroad@ncccwa.ars.usda.gov).