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Participate in the NGI Venture Challenge Fall 2010
Apply for the NGI Venture Challenge by filling in the enclosed Venture Proposal Form - before 8 September 2010, 12:00 hrs - and send it to: info@venturechallenge.nl
Tomato genome release: Assembly version 1.5
The International Tomato Genome Consortium has released a new assembly, version 1.50. This version includes polishing with Solexa and SOLID sequences, and improved scaffolds based on BAC end linkage data. Please refer to the Data Agreement.
Solanum pimpinellifolium genome sequence
The whole genome shotgun assembly for the close wild relative of tomato, Solanum pimpinellifolium, has been pre-released on SGN by the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory scientists Doreen Ware, Richard McCombie and Zach Lippman. The dataset can be downloaded and used for BLAST. Please read the accompanying Data Agreement carefully.
SOL 2010 conference
Welcome to SOL 2010, 7th Solanaceae conference Dundee, Scotland, 5-9 September 2010
SolCAP news March 2010
The March 2010 newsletter from the Solanaceae Coordinated Agricultural Project (Volume 2, issue 2) is available, see attachment.
Kazusa genetic map and markers
The new tomato genetic map of Kazusa has been made public, see http://www.kazusa.or.jp/tomato/.
Initial release of Mimulus guttatus genome
The following announcement is being sent as requested by Todd Vision: We are please to announce the initial release of the Mimulus guttatus genome from the DOE Joint Genome Institute. Mimulus is one of the first completely sequenced plants in the large asterid clade of eudicots, and is a long-standing model organism for ecological and evolutionary genetics. (read more...)
Success story: The tomato genome decoded
A success story describing the draft release of the tomato genome was published by EU-SOL in EU Agrinet, please follow the link.
Master of Biochemistry and Biotechnology at Ghent University
Since last academic year, a Master of Biochemistry and Biotechnology is offered at Ghent University. This training is open to students with a Bachelor or Masters degree. Our department contributes largely to the curriculum and major in Plant Biotechnology. All courses will be taught in English. This training is an excellent preparation for a PhD in plant biotechnology and an exquisite steppingstone to a promising career in agro-industry.
Symposium: Biologically-Active Compounds in Foods and Drinks
Thursday 1 May 2008 at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, London
Manager Position for a European Integrated Project
AGRON-OMICS (Arabidopsis Growth Network Integrating -OMICS technologies) is an Integrated Project funded by the European Commission within the Framework Program 6 involving the top European plant research institutes (www.agron-omics.eu). The AGRON-OMICS research program focuses on the integration of a wide range of molecular profiling and phenotyping technologies to unravel leaf and plant growth gene regulatory networks.
South African participation
South African participation in the European Union's Sixth Framework Programme for Research
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