International Rice Functional Genomics Consortium

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The 5th International Symposium of Rice Functional Genomics

The 5th International Symposium of Rice Functional Genomics will be held in Tsukuba, Japan on October 15-17, 2007 Click here for details.

4th International Rice Functional Genomics Symposium

The 4th International Rice Functional Genomics Symposium was held in Le Corum, Montpellier, France last October 9-11, 2006. Click here for the symposium outcome.

The OryzaSNP Consortium

OryzaSnp is a project of the IRFGC that aims to undertake and publish a survey of SNPs in a diverse range of representative rice germplasm.

More information at the OryzaSNP consortium wesbite.
Full paper on this project can be viewed here.

Paper cited in the top 5 most viewed article

A paper entitled Rice Mutant Resources for Gene Discovery was published in Plant Molecular Biology. The paper represents a collective effort of 12 laboratories and institutions around the world involved in production and characterization of rice mutants.

Hirochika et al.Rice Mutant Resources for Gene Discovery.Plant Molecular Biology 54 (3): 325-334.

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View full paper at PMB website.

20K Rice Chip from the US NSF project

The National Science Foundation Rice Oligonucleotide Array Project is a joint effort by University of California at Davis (UCD), The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and Iowa State University (ISU) and is funded by the National Science Foundation.

Orders are now being accepted for the 20K array. The cost per 20K array is $110.00 ($75.00 + $35.00 Non-University Differential for non-UC customers). To place your order, please use the Array Order Page on our web site.

Adding Strength to IRFGC

To accelerate gene discovery, IRRI has invested USAID Linkage Program funds into seven collaborative projects with eight US research laboratories. These projects bring together a range of expertise to advance IRFGC goal of characterizing the function of all agronmically important rice genes. Pending on signing of research agreements, these projects will be implemented in the second half of 2004. To view abstracts of projects, click here.

New funding opportunity under USDA NRI

Three recently funded USDA NRI projects will advance IRFGC objectives.

Systematic determination of the rice gene set (WR McCombie, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Use of oligo arrays to dissect rice defense response pathways (GL Wang, Ohio State University)

TILLING resources for japonica and indica rice (L Comai, University of Washington)

For a complete list of projects, click here to see the USDA NRI website.

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