Guanajuato, Mexico. June 21-23, 2012 First announcement At the
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Guanajuato, Mexico. June 21-23, 2012 First announcement At the
Phaseomics -The Genome (Special Edition) Guanajuato, Mexico. June 21-23, 2012 First announcement At the beginning of this millennium a small group of people working on Phaseolus vulgaris decided to promote collaborative research to develop genomic resources of this important legume. An initiative towards promoting research in different aspects of common bean biology was the organization of Phaseomics. In view of the way Molecular techniques were radically altering the way plant breeding was being performed, taking into account that methods that derive from biochemistry, physiology, genetics, structural biology, and informatics were hardly new but that there was a major change in the scale at which genes could be sequenced, and their expression analysed, it was recognized the genome sequence of Phaseolus vulgaris as a fundamental piece of information necessary to address both fundamental, and applied questions in the agricultural and biological sciences. Thus, a major goal of this group was to determine the genome sequence of the common bean. Recently, two independent research groups have finalized the complete DNA sequences of different bean ecotypes, and a third one is on the way. Reports describing the organization of the eleven chromosomes should be published in the coming months. To foster collaboration and the exploitation of this information for the study of symbiosis, responses to the environment, bean breeding and evolution, the PhasIbeAm team will organise a Special Edition of the Phaseomics Meeting in Guanajuato (Mexico). The Scientific Program will be available soon, as well as information about accommodation and other aspects of the meeting. Please, forward this note to anyone you think might be interested. ORGANIZATION The Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav) and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) organize this Meeting in the colonial city of Guanajuato, Mexico. COORDINATORS Dr. Alfredo Herrera-Estrella (Cinvestav) Dr. Georgina Hernández (UNAM) PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD Dr. Federico Sánchez CHAIR Instituto de Biotecnología. UNAM. Cuernavaca, Mexico Prof. Paul Gepts Plant Science. UC Davis. Davis, USA Dr. Scott Jackson Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics. The University of Georgia, USA Dr. Marta Santalla Misión Biológica de Galicia. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain Dr. Mario Aguilar Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular – UNLP/CONICET, Argentina Dr. Rosana Brondani Embrapa Arroz e Feijão, CNPq, Brazil Dr. Roseli Wassem Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Dr Carmen Quinto. CHAIR Dr June Simpson Dr Raúl Alvarez Dr Martin Heil Dr Jorge Acosta Dr Alejandra Covarrubias Dr. Octavio Martínez Dr. Saúl Fraire SPONSORS • Ibero-American Programme for Science, Technology and Development (CYTED): http://www.cyted.org • Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav): www.cinvestav.mx • Proyecto Genoma CYTED (PhasIbeAm): http://www.genoma-cyted.org • Consejo de Ciencia y Tecnología del Estado de Guanajuato (CONCYTEG): www.concyteg.gob.mx/