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Interworkings of Current Project
Functional Genomics
Functional genomics
Expression profiling
Signaling/pathways
Structural Genomics
R gene identification &
analysis/ Evolution
Baker, Brown, May, Bradeen, Jahn
Training/
Outreach
Jiang, Buell, Baker
Resource generation
R genes
Transgenic lines
Expression profiles
Arrays
Bioinformatic Resources
Buell, Jiang, May
Utilizing a diverse scientific community to study intensive
and important topics using comparative genomics with the
Solanaceae as it provides a unique set of crop species that
is important to:
-Investigate plant response to abiotic stress, biotic stress
and development (done)
-Integrative team of geneticists, breeders, genomicists,
bioinformaticists, biologists to be poised to tackle important
issues in translational genomics as it pertains to the
Solanaeae (done)
-Ready to move to more applications in the field, breeding,
basic biology, evolution
Present
Past
Resource oriented
R genes
ESTs
First generation arrays
Baker, May, Jiang, Tanksley, Fry, Helgeson
Second generation resources (R
genes from other species, loci)
Expression profiles from diverse
physiological states
Comparative genomics at structural
and functional levels
Linking breeding with genomics
Baker, Jiang, Buell, May, Brown, Jahn,
Bradeen
Future
Allele/gene prospecting of germplasm
Translational genomics to generate R gene banks for
major diseases in Solanaceae
Whole genome comparative genomics
Focus on important potato biology