NAGRP Aquaculture Genome Projects

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From: "John Liu" [liuzhan@auburn.edu]
To: "aquaculturegenomics" [aquaculturegenomics.auburn.edu]
Cc: "Grant Burgess" [Grant.Burgess.ac.uk]
Subject: [aquaculturegenomics] Aquaculture genomics Newsletter 26
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 07:52:52 -0500

 PAG 2011 Aquaculture Workshop Announcement from the Workshop Organizer
The Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) Aquaculture Workshop will be held in San
Diego January 15-16, 2011. The theme for this year's Aquaculture Workshop is:
"Post-genomics aquaculture research: acquiring and using high-quality reference
genomes for finfish and shellfish species". Invited speakers will include Dr.
William Davidson (Simon Fraser University), Dr. Ben Koop (University of
Victoria), Dr. John Liu (Auburn University), Dr. Geoff Waldbieser (USDA), and Dr.
John Buchanan (AquaBounty Technologies). Additional speakers for the 1.5 day
workshop will be chosen by committee from abstracts submitted directly via email
to the Aquaculture Workshop Chair, Dr. Matt Rise (mrise@mun.ca).
 Travel Award Applications: The Aquaculture Genomics Group of the NRSP-8 is
pleased to announce the availability of a limited number of Travel Bursaries, of
up to $1000, to support the attendance of graduate students and postdoctoral
fellows at PAG to be held January 15-19, 2011. All graduate students and
postdoctoral fellows who will submit an abstract to the Aquaculture workshop are
eligible for consideration. Applicants should submit all the required items as
listed below by September 15, 2010, through e-mail to Matt Rise
(mrise@mun.ca): 1) the abstract to be submitted to PAG, including the title and
authors; 2) a statement of the anticipated costs for the applicant to attend the
PAG meeting, including information on additional resources (if any) that will be
available to support their attendance; and 3) Travel award applicants MUST also
arrange for their supervisor to send an e-mail to Matt Rise confirming their status
as a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. Award selections will be made and
awardees will be notified soon after the September 15 deadline. Awards will be
paid after the meeting as a travel stipend.
 Abstract Submission and Review: Abstracts to be considered for oral
presentations at the PAG Aquaculture Workshop must be submitted by email to
Matt Rise (mrise@mun.ca) by September 15, 2010. Please note that all
abstracts (for both oral and poster presentations) must also be submitted directly
to PAG using the PAG website (deadline: November 1, 2010). Abstracts being
considered for an oral presentation will be reviewed by committee after the
September 15, 2010 internal deadline, and those selected for oral presentations
will be notified in early October 2010. Abstracts will be judged on both the
scientific quality of the abstract, and interest to USDA National Animal Genome
Research Project (National Research Sponsored Project, NRSP-8) aquaculture
species stakeholders.

Again, please note the following deadlines related to the PAG Aquaculture
Workshop:
 September 15, 2010: Deadline for submission of PAG Travel Award
Applications
(email to: mrise@mun.ca)
 September 15, 2010: "Internal deadline" for submission of abstracts for those
wishing to be considered for an oral presentation in the PAG Aquaculture
Workshop (email to: mrise@mun.ca). Please note: We are implementing an
earlier internal abstract submission deadline this year. Please follow the PAG
abstract guidelines on the PAG website.
 November 1, 2010: PAG deadline for submission of abstracts (for all oral and
poster presentations). All presenters in the Aquaculture Workshop (i.e. those
selected to give oral presentations, as well as those who will present poster
presentations) should select "Aquaculture poster session" in the PAG online
abstract submission process. Like last year, the presenting author will likely have
to be registered prior to abstract submission on the PAG website.
I look forward to seeing you at PAG in January 2011.

Best regards,
Matt

Matthew L. Rise, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, and Canada Research Chair in Marine Biotechnology
Ocean Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland
1 Marine Lab Road, St. John's, NL A1C 5S7 Canada
709-737-7478