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Dear Forum Members,

We wish to announce that Conference 19 of the FAO Biotechnology Forum begins on Monday 4 March and runs for three weeks, finishing on Sunday 24 March 2013. The title of the conference is "Impacts of genomics and other 'omics' for the crop, forestry, livestock, fishery and agro-industry sectors in developing countries". 

Advances in genomics, the study of all the genetic material (i.e. the genome) of an organism, have been remarkable in recent years. Publication of the first draft of the human genome in 2001 was a milestone, quickly followed by that of the first crop (rice) in 2002 and the first farm animal (chicken) in 2004. Huge technological advancements have meant that sequencing has become dramatically quicker and cheaper over time, so the genomes of many of the important crops, livestock, forest trees, aquatic animals and agricultural pests are now already sequenced or soon will be. 

The conference will look at two main questions:

1. What have been the impacts (positive and/or negative) so far of genomics and the other 'omics' for the crop, forestry, livestock, fishery and agro-industry sectors in developing countries?

2. What are the impacts (positive and/or negative) of genomics and other 'omics' likely to be in the near future (e.g. the next five years) for the crop, forestry, livestock, fishery and agro-industry sectors in developing countries?

The e-mail conference, as usual, is open to everyone, is free and will be moderated. The purpose of this message is to inform you that the Background Document has now been finalised and to invite you to join the conference. Instructions for joining are provided in the conference announcement below.

The Background Document aims to provide easy to read information that participants will find useful for the e-mail conference. After the introduction, Section 2 of the document provides an overview of the current status regarding genomics in food and agriculture. Section 3 briefly discusses some of the main ways in which the knowledge from genomics can be used. Section 4 presents some specific guidance about the topics that are to be discussed in the conference. Section 5 provides references of articles mentioned in the document, abbreviations and acknowledgements.

The 10-page Background Document is available at http://www.fao.org/docrep/017/aq145e/aq145e.pdf (90 KB).

Please pass this information on to other colleagues who might be interested in joining the conference. As the Background Document sets the scene for the conference and highlights the elements to be discussed, it should be read carefully (particularly Section 4) by people wishing to participate in the conference. 

Note that you, as a Forum member, are NOT automatically subscribed to this conference. Instead, if you wish to join, you should subscribe yourself (instructions below). 

Best regards

John

John Ruane, PhD
FAO Biotechnology Forum Administrator
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Genomics in Food and Agriculture - FAO e-mail conference

From 4 to 24 March 2013 the FAO Biotechnology Forum is hosting its next e-mail conference on "Impacts of genomics and other 'omics' for the crop, forestry, livestock, fishery and agro-industry sectors in developing countries". Advances in genomics, the study of all the genetic material (i.e. the genome) of an organism, have been remarkable in recent years. Publication of the first draft of the human genome in 2001 was a milestone, quickly followed by that of the first crop (rice) in 2002 and the first farm animal (chicken) in 2004. Huge technological advancements have meant that sequencing has become dramatically quicker and cheaper over time, so the genomes of many of the important crops, livestock, forest trees, aquatic animals and agricultural pests are now already sequenced or soon will be. This e-mail conference will look at the impacts that genomics, and the other related 'omics', have had so far on food and agriculture in developing countries as well as their potential impacts in the near future.

To join, send an e-mail to [log in to unmask] with the following one line in the body of the message (leave the subject line blank): 
subscribe biotech-room3-L firstname lastname

The background document to the conference is available from the Forum website, at http://www.fao.org/biotech/biotech-forum/en/. For more information, contact [log in to unmask]

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