The aim of this book series is to familiarize scientists, students and the general public with exciting new discoveries and developments in rice genomics. Leading scientists in rice genomics and related fields are invited to write articles in a cohesive format that appeals to both researchers and laypersons with an interest in genomics and biotechnology. The first volume provides the background information and highlights the major achievements in rice genomics; ongoing developments in this exciting field are also discussed. This volume promotes genomics as a holistic approach to rice research and genetic engineering. The chief editor of the series is Prof Huanming Yang of the Beijing Genomics Institute. As one of the most distinguished scientists in rice research today, Prof Yang led a team of researchers who successfully sequenced and analyzed the draft sequence of the indica rice subspecies. In Vol 1 of the series, he co-authors an article entitled “An International Campaign for Agricultural and Livestock Genomics”.
Sample Chapter(s)
Chapter 1: From Human Genome to Rice Genome and Beyond BGI - A Success Story of Jumpstarting Genomic Projects (2,280 KB)
Contents:
- From Human Genome to Rice Genome and Beyond BGI — A Success Story of Jumpstarting Genomic Projects (B Liu et al.)
- Rice Genomics and the Future of Publicly Funded Rice Research (R P Cantrell)
- Rice Bioinformatics: From Sequences to Applications (B A Antonio et al.)
- Rice Microarray Project in Japan (S Kikuchi)
- Rice Functional Genomics by T-DNA Insertional Mutagenesis (G An)
- Rice Functional Genomics by Transposon Mutagenesis (C-D Han)
- Rice Gene Machine: A Vehicle for Finding Functions of Cereal Genes (N M Upadhyaya et al.)
- Hybrid Rice: The Futute of Rice Cultivation (S S Virmani)
- Rice Biotech Research at Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute (C-S Wang et al.)
- An International Campaign for Agricultural and Livestock Genomics (CALG) (J Yu et al.)
- Retrospective and Advance in Rice Improvement in China (Z-X Sun et al.)
Readership: Researchers and university students in rice genomics, genetics, biotechnology and agriculture as well as non-specialist readers.
Huanming Yang is a professor of genetics, and Director of the Beijing Genomics Institute/Genomics and Bioinformatics Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. His research interests include mapping and cloning of human genes, sequencing and analysis of the human genome, human genome diversity and evolution. As coordinator-in-China of the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium, Dr Yang is one of the main players in China's efforts in human genome sequencing. He is Secretary-General of the Chinese Human Genome Project (CHGP), Secretary-General of the Human Genome Diversity Committee, and Secretary-General of the Committee of Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI), CHGP. He is a member of the Expert Panel of the National Office for Administration on Genetic Materials, China. He is also a member of the Planning Group on ELSI in Human Genetics, WHO, and the International Bioethics Committee, UNESCO. Dr Yang has a PhD from the University of Copenhagen and did his postdoctoral training in Europe and the USA.
Jun Yu currently serves as Associate Director of the Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a senior research scientist at the Genome Center, University of Washington. He obtained his PhD from New York University in 1990 and his BS in Biochemistry from Jilin University in China in 1983. His current research field is genome sciences and he has published over 30 papers in major scientific journals, including Nature, Science, Nature Genetics, Journal of Cell Biology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Genome Research and PNAS. Dr Yu has won several academic awards, including the Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the Natural Science Foundation of China, American Foundation for Urological Diseases PhD Research Scholar, and the China–US Biology Examination and Application (CUSBEA) Scholarship for PhD Candidates.
Ramachandran Srinivasan is Biotechnology Research Manager of the Laboratory of Rice Functional Genomics at the Temasek Lifesciences Laboratory, Singapore. His research interests include generation of a large population of tagged genes in rice using the maize Ac/Ds transposon system, establishing a database of flanking sequence tags (FSTs) and studying the Ac/Ds behavior in rice. He received his PhD in Biochemistry with Plant Molecular Biology specialization from the University of Idaho in 1993. Dr Ramachandran has published several research articles in Plant Physiology, Plant Journal and The Plant Cell. He has also published reviews in Current Opinions in Genetics and Development and Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.
Shenquan Pan is an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore. His research interests cover molecular genetics, microbial biotechnology, molecular aspects of host-pathogen interactions and plant transformation technology. He has been publishing peer-reviewed articles regularly in some of the premier international journals, like Proc Natl Acad Sci USA and Molecular Microbiology. He has been awarded the National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship (USA), China-Cornell Fellowship (USA), National Outstanding Young Scientist Research Grant (China), and Temasek Young Investigator Award (Singapore). Dr Pan obtained his PhD from the University of Kentucky and conducted postdoctoral work at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
