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From: "John Liu" [liuzhan@auburn.edu] To: "aquaculturegenomics" [aquaculturegenomics@acesag.auburn.edu] Cc: "Grant Burgess" [Grant.Burgess@newcastle.ac.uk] Subject: [aquaculturegenomics] Aquaculture genomics Newsletter 37 Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 16:09:03 -0500
Aquaculture Genomics Travel Awardees Selected: The Aquaculture Genomics Workshop will be held on January 10-11, 2015 as a part of the International Plant & Animal Genome XXIII meeting (www.intlpag.org) in San Diego, CA, USA. In order to bring graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to the conference, the NRSP-8 Aquaculture Coordinators have continuously committed funds to support its travel awards. This year, five awardees were selected from the applications. The winners of this year’s travel awards are:
| NAME | Title | Institution |
| Orly Eshel | Detection of genes and microRNA involved in sex determination in Nile tilapia | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Ailu Chen | Allele-specific expression in interspecific catfish hybrids | Auburn University |
| Xin Geng | GWAS analyses in catfish reveal the presence of functional hubs of related genes within major QTLs for columnaris disease resistance | Auburn University |
| Carlos Rodriguez | Can epigenetic regulation of sex-ratios explain natural variation in self-fertilization rates? | The University of Adelaide |
| Agnieszka Stadnik | Yeast two-hybridization analysis of Atlantic salmon sdY interactions | Simon Fraser University |
Annual Report due to Species Coordinators: It is that time of year again, we
need to submit our annual report in advance of the PAG meeting. There are two
reports- one is the Workshop report assembled this coming year by Dr. Moh
Salem; the other is the annual report. Once again for the annual report our strategy
will be to assemble individual species reports that will combine into an
aquaculture report, which is eventually combined into the project report.
Unfortunately space is limited, therefore we can really only fit a short
paragraph (2-3) sentences for each group under each objective (below). Please
send your report to your species coordinators: Catfish: Dr. Sylvie Quiniou
(Sylvie.Quiniou@ars.usda.gov); Salmonids: Dr. Palti, Yniv
(Yniv.Palti@ars.usda.gov); Striped bass: Dr. Craig Sullivan
(aquagyn.nc@gmail.com); Oyster: Dr. Dina Proestou (Dina.Proestou@ars.usda.gov);
For all other species, send your report to Dr. Caird Rexroad
(Caird.RexroadIII@ars.usda.gov). Please send in your report before January 5,
2015, to cover the following objectives:
Objective 1: Advance the status of reference genomes for all species, including
basic annotation of worldwide genetic variation, by broad sequencing among
different lines and breeds of animals.
Objective 2: Develop strategies to identify and exploit genes and
allelic variation that contribute to economically relevant phenotypes and
traits, in part through improving functional annotation of the genomes of our
species.
Objective 3: Facilitate analysis, curation, storage, distribution and
application of the enormous datasets now being generated by next-generation
sequencing and related "omics" technologies with regard to animal species of
agricultural interest. Species coordinators please send in your reports by
January 5th to Dr. Caird Rexroad so he can assemble the full Aquaculture report.
Survey of Current or Potential Users of Rainbow Trout Clonal Lines: As many
of you know that clonal lines of rainbow trout were established in Washington
State University by Dr. Gary Thorgaard. If you have plans to use these clonal
lines for your current and future research, please contact Dr. Gary Thorgaard
(gary.thorgaard@wsu.edu) or Dr. Yniv Palti (Yniv.Palti@ars.usda.gov).
The rainbow trout 57K SNP array is now commercially available from
Affymetrix: The rainbow trout 57K SNP array is now commercially available
from Affymetrix in two formats: for samples in 96-well plates and for samples in
384-well plates (more economical). For the 96 format the minimum order is 192
samples and for the 384 format the minimum order 1,920 samples. More ordering
information on the array and a data sheet with technical information are available
on the Affymetrix web site:
http://www.affymetrix.com/estore/catalog/prod900010/AFFY/Axiom%26%23174%3B+Trout+Genotyping+Array#1_1
For technical information beyond the data sheet information from Affymetrix you
can contact Dr. Yniv Palti (yniv.palti@ars.usda.gov).
ISAG XII Registration now open: The Organizing Committee of the ISGA XII
"The International Symposium on Genetics in Aquaculture XII" informs you that
registration has been opened and you can submit your abstracts related to your
contribution through the web link http://www.isga2015.com/abstractsubmission.php,
As you know, the Symposium will be held from June 21-27 at the University of
Santiago de Compostela, Spain. If you have any questions, please contact the
Organizing Committee Chairman Dr. Paulino Martínez (paulino.martinez@usc.es).
Happy New Year to all the colleagues!