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Genomics Genomics Scroll down to content About the Genomics Community of Practice This resource, created by the plant breeding and genomics community of practice, is for students and professionals involved with plant breeding, and for agricultural producers who utilize the new varieties resulting from traditional and emerging plant breeding methods. This growing collection of educational information is collaboratively authored and reviewed by our community of researchers, educators, and eXtension personnel who have experience and expertise in plant breeding and genomics topics and crop production topics. Community Mission and Goals Our mission is to facilitate knowledge transfer of cutting edge plant breeding and genomics research to address the challenges facing today’s plant breeding programs and to inform those who utilize the new agricultural products resulting from this research. We hope to accomplish this by: Presenting unbiased science-based information in a variety of media formats Sharing the most current, relevant, and accurate information available on techniques, procedures, bioinformatics, and analytical tools Being a reliable resource that is responsive to the changing needs of the plant breeding industry and agricultural producers Fostering collaboration among members of the plant breeding and genomics community Delivering clear and understandable information on the results of plant breeding efforts to end-users, including agricultural producers and their markets Genomics Tools You Can Use Learning Lessons: Learning lessons are groupings of tutorials in the form of webinars, interactive animations, and self-paced lessons that walk you through the details of how to make use of plant breeding and genomics research and resources in your breeding program. Webinar Series: Register to participate in live webinar events and view the archive of how-to” demonstration-style webinars. Our webinars are designed to keep plant breeding professionals engaged and proficient in rapidly changing and emerging technologies. Feature Articles: Feature articles keep you up to date in this rapidly emerging field and cover everything from the basics of population development and molecular markers to the latest plant breeding and genomics research and technologies and crop production information. Aggregation: Partnering with other educational efforts, our experts have organized links to other excellent genomics, plant breeding and agricultural production resources that you can follow at Genomics News . Ask an Expert: eXtension’s Ask an Expert tool allows you to submit specific questions to the community’s plant breeding and genomics experts. Who We Are Researchers and educators from US land-grant universities, government agencies and industry involved in a variety of plant breeding and crop production programs have joined together to share knowledge and form collaborations within this community. Materials posted to this site are thoroughly reviewed to ensure they are accurate and easily understood. How Did the Genomics Community Begin? The United States Department of Agriculture – National Institute of Food and Agriculture Plant Breeding, Genetics, & Genomics Program focuses on use of approaches, tools, and resources to improve, protect, and sustain plants for agriculture and the environment. Several Coordinated Agricultural Projects (CAPs) have been funded which target plant breeding and genomics research, education and extension efforts for specific crops, including barley, wheat, rice, conifers, tomato, potato, rose, and bean. The Solanaceae CAP (tomato/potato) project led the formation of the Genomics eXtension Community of Practice with the intention that eXtension outreach efforts could be targeted towards professionals in the plant breeding industry, and, with Barley CAP, the crop production sector. These efforts will provide a location for any crop’s plant breeding and genomics research/education knowledge to be shared in a central portal. Why Sponsor Genomics Through Charitable Giving? Connecting to our audience of plant breeding professionals and students is a fantastic way to support plant breeders as they work towards the goal of sustainable agricultural intensification. Your sponsorship funds the development of demonstration-style tutorials translating widely applicable breeding advances into practice. Recognition of your support during our webinars is a positive way to engage your organization with active members of the plant breeding community ( sponsorship agreement ). The vast majority of our webinar participants (93%) view our materials as helpful and most (75%) plan to use the knowledge gained from webinars in their work. Our webinars support a worldwide pool of current and future plant breeding professionals, and provide a resource for self-paced learning through incorporation into eXtension tutorials that include information like, data sets, software, and analysis scripts. Why Include Genomics (PBG) in a proposal? Increasingly, funding organizations are asking for proposals with 1) a significant outreach component including stakeholder engagement, 2) integration of research and outreach, and/or 3) a partnership with an eXtension Community of Practice. A PBG partnership can help your project/proposal deliver all three. The PBG Community offers tools to facilitate your project’s delivery of high quality, peer-reviewed resources to an international audience of plant breeding and genomics professionals, educators, and researchers. These tools include: Publishing of text and video tutorials, case studies, and articles to http://www.extension.org/plant_breeding_genomics Webinars delivered from your desk or from a live event to an online audience Evaluation of content and activities Launched in January 2011, our eXtension content was viewed more than 120,000 times in the first year. Webinars and video tutorials posted on our YouTube channel ( http://www.youtube.com/plantbreedgenomics ) received 42,000 views in the past year. Currently, PBGworks (http://pbgworks.org) has a membership of over 200 from more than 60 institutions in 10 countries working in 23 groups. The PBG workspace offers project and group management tools, the opportunity to manage a public project website with interactive tools, easy publication of resources to eXtension, and a connection to a dynamic and committed community of experts focused on Genomics outreach. PBG facilitates integration of research and outreach, as well as collaborator and stakeholder engagement. How can I include PBG in my proposal? As with any collaborative effort, an effective PBG plan of work takes time to develop. Please contact us early in the proposal development process so we can work with you to develop your proposal’s PBG plan of work and budget. What are the steps to PBG collaboration? Letter of intent: If the funding program requires a letter of intent, contact PBG a minimum of three weeks before the letter is due so we can work with you on the PBG language. Proposal: To include PBG in your project, a PBG plan of work and budget with PBG written in as a subaward must be submitted. Contact PBG a minimum of 4 weeks before your proposal is due to allow time to develop a project-specific PBG plan of work, budget, and the subaward paperwork. Sample budgets are available on request. Sample Plan of Work This document is intended to provide information about the scale and scope of work that collaboration with PBG can offer. Plans of work will be project-specific and budget-dependent. We encourage discussion throughout the proposal development phase so that we can tailor a plan of work for your project accordingly. The Genomics (PBG) Community of Practice with eXtension (pronounced e-Extension) ( www.eXtension.org/plant_breeding_genomics ) will work with this project to provide a secure community management workspace, as well as outreach and publication services that will enhance and support...