Exploring Horizons for Domestic Animal Genomics: Workshop Summary (2002)
Chapter: Front Matter
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PLANNING GROUP FOR THE WORKSHOP ON EXPLORING HORIZONS FOR DOMESTIC ANIMAL GENOMICS
CLAIRE M. FRASER, Chair,
The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland
RONALD L. PHILLIPS,
University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota
ELAINE A. OSTRANDER,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
LAWRENCE B. SCHOOK,
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
JAMES E. WOMACK,
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
STAFF
KIM WADDELL, Senior Program Officer
JOAN ESNAYRA, Program Officer
MICHAEL R. KISIELEWSKI, Research Assistant
CINDY LOCHHEAD, Project Assistant
ROBERT POOL, Science Writer
BOARD ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
HARLEY W. MOON, Chair,
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
SANDRA BARTHOLMEY,
Quaker Oats Company, Barrington, Illinois
DEBORAH BLUM,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
ROBERT B. FRIDLEY,
University of California, Davis, California
BARBARA P. GLENN,
Federation of Animal Science Societies, Bethesda, Maryland
LINDA F. GOLODNER,
National Consumers League, Washington, DC
W. R. (REG) GOMES,
University of California, Oakland, California
PERRY R. HAGENSTEIN,
Institute for Forest Analysis, Planning, and Policy, Wayland, Massachusetts
CALESTOUS JUMA,
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
JANET C. KING,
University of California, Davis, California
WHITNEY MACMILLAN,
Cargill, Inc., Minneapolis, Michigan
PAMELA A. MATSON,
Stanford University, California
TERRY L. MEDLEY,
DuPont BioSolutions Enterprise, Wilmington, Delaware
JAMES A. MERCHANT,
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
ALICE N. PELL,
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
SHARRON S. QUISENBERRY,
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
NANCY J. RACHMAN,
Exponent, Inc., Washington, DC
SONYA B. SALAMON,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
G. EDWARD SCHUH,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
BRIAN J. STASKAWICZ,
University of California, Berkeley, California
JACK WARD THOMAS,
University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
JAMES H. TUMLINSON,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, ARS, Gainseville, Florida
B. L. TURNER,
Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
STAFF
CHARLOTTE KIRK BAER, Director
JOE ESPARZA, Project Assistant
BOARD ON LIFE SCIENCES
COREY S. GOODMAN, Chair
University of California, Berkeley, California
R. ALTA CHARO,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
JOANNE CHORY,
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California
DAVID J. GALAS,
Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Science, Claremont, California
BARBARA GASTEL,
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
JAMES M. GENTILE,
Hope College, Holland, Michigan
LINDA E. GREER,
Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC
ED HARLOW,
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
ELLIOT M. MEYEROWITZ,
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
ROBERT T. PAINE,
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
GREGORYA. PETSKO,
Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
STUART L. PIMM,
Columbia University, New York, New York
JOAN B. ROSE,
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida
GERALD M. RUBIN,
Howard Hughes Biomedical Research, Chevy Chase, Maryland
BARBARA A. SCHAAL,
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
RAYMOND L. WHITE,
DNA Sciences, Inc., Fremont, California
STAFF
FRANCES SHARPLES, Director
BRIDGET AVILA, Administrative Assistant
Acknowledgments
This workshop summary was enhanced by the contributions of many individuals who graciously offered their time, expertise, and knowledge. The committee thanks all who attended and/or participated in the public workshop (Appendixes B and C).
This summary has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We thank the following individuals for their review of this summary: Pieter de Jong of the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA; Vivek Kapur of the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN; and Bruce A. Roe of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.
