Participants at the annual symposium sponsored by the Arthropod Genomics Center at Kansas State University formed the Arthropod Genomics Consortium to increase collaboration and information exchange among the community of scientists performing genomic studies on arthropods. We are developing a wiki, at http://arthropodgenomes.org <http://arthropodgenomes.org/> , to help the community self-assemble. Our goal is to provide a central location for information about arthropod genomics projects, bioinformatics tools, and people interested in arthropod genomics. We think this is a great way to "identify the community"; information from the wiki can be used to support white papers and grant proposals. It will also serve as a central location for links to arthropod genomics resources, news releases and meeting announcements.
We have constructed the initial wiki pages, which include templates for entering your information. Please take a moment to visit the wiki, http://arthropodgenomes.org <http://arthropodgenomes.org/> , register and enter information about yourself and the organism or problems you study. Even if you don't work directly on a genome project, we would like to know how you would benefit from genome level knowledge. If you do work on a genome project, please list the genomic resources that currently exist for your organism(s) and what resources are needed or planned. Please encourage your colleagues to participate. To organize such a large area, we have set up four main working groups based on research interest: 1) plant pests and beneficials, 2) vectors of disease, 3) Evo/Devo, and 4) EcoGen/PopGen. Your interests or research organism may fall into multiple categories. If so, you can list more than one. Thanks for your participation! Sue Brown, Director K-State Arthropod Genomics Center for the Arthropod Genomics Consortium by Doris R. Merrill, [email protected] Program Coordinator Arthropod Genomics Center, www.k-state.edu/agc Kansas State University, Division of Biology, 318 Ackert Manhattan, KS 66506-4901 Phone: (785) 532-3482, Fax: (785) 532-6653 Plan to attend the 4th Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium June 10 to 13, 2010, in Kansas City! Details are available at <http://www.ksu.edu/agc> www.ksu.edu/agc
