Introduction to OMGN

Because of their economic impact as plant pathogens, molecular,
genetic and genomics studies are well advanced in many oomycete
species. These organisms have served as lead species for the entire
Stramenopiles lineage, a major radiation of crown eukaryotes,
distinct from plants, animals and fungi. The oomycete molecular
genetics community has a strong culture of collaboration and
communication, and sharing of techniques and resources. With the
recent blossoming of genetic and genomic tools for oomycetes, many
new investigators, from a variety of backgrounds, have become
interested in oomycete molecular genetics and genomics. The goals of
the Oomycete Molecular Genetics Research Collaboration Network is to
facilitate the integration of these investigators into the community
and to further strengthen the cooperative culture of this community.
A particular emphasis is placed on training and integrating junior
faculty and faculty from institutions under-represented in the U.S.
research infrastructure. The network's activities have been supported
by two grants from the NSF Research Collaboration Networks in Biology
program.

The proposed network is open to all researchers with an interest in
oomycete molecular genetics and genomics, either at an experimental
or a computational level. Investigators new to the field are always
welcome, especially those interested in saprophytes and animal
pathogens. Please email Brett Tyler with a brief description of your
research interests if you wish to become a member of the network.

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We are pleased to invite you to participate to the next meeting of the Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network (OMGN), that will be held at the Médiathèque of Toulouse (France) from June 6 to 8, 2010. You will find the website for registration, programme, travel grant application, and other useful information at http://www.polebio.scsv.ups-tlse.fr/OMGN2010/.

Information about travel grants can be found at http://www.polebio.scsv.ups-tlse.fr/OMGN2010/travels_grants.htm.

- Foreign participants will have to pay online with a credit card, after connection to a link that is provided at the congress website. To reduce spamming, payment will need a pre-registration step manually validated by us, followed by a registration step. Sorry for this !

- French participants will send by post their "chèque" or "bon de commande" for payment.

The deadline for early registration payment at a reduced rate has been moved to January 31, 2010. We are aware that some people have had problems to register and/or pay, whereas other people, using either Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer as internet browsers, succeeded (see Meetings page for more details). Pay attention to the regulations concerning the travel grants, either from the FEMS or from the OMGN.