about the MBGP

Objectives

The Multinational Brassica Genome Project was established in 2002, following discussions amongst members of the international research community who were at that time involved in developing a number of genomic resources. The initial outine of the effort is available link, together with the subsequent Concept note link for Brassica Genome Sequencing. A White Paper has also been produced and is periodically updated

Achievements

The MBGP has been successful in ensuring that a range of valuable experimental resources are now freely available, in the public domain. These now include:

Future challenges

Organisation

The MBGP arose through the recognition of the benefits of internaational collaboration and co-ordination, especially with respect to development and dissemination of experimental resources and information. The MBGP Steering Committee word has an agreed defined remit, with clear set of responsibilities. Several sub-committees exist to manage specific tasks. These include the Multinational Brassica rapa Sequencing Project (MBrSP) Management Committee word, the MBGP TILLING consortium, and others focused on development of a common bioinformatics framework.

Meetings

The MBGP Steering Committee aims to meet at least once a year. This usually includes a main meeting at the annual Plant Animal Genome conference in San Diego, held in January. Minutes of meetings are available here.
Date Meeting
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Jan 2008 MBGP SC, PAGXVI
minutes
Jan 2008 MBrSP MC, PAGXVI
minutes
Jul 2007 MBGP SC, and MBrSP MC, Vancouver
minutes
Jan 2007 MBGP SC, and MBrSP MC, PAGXV
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Oct 2006 MBGP SC, and MBrSP MC, Wageningen
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Jan 2006 MBGP SC, PAGXIV
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Jan 2006 MBrSP MC, PAGXIV
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Oct 2005 MBGP SC, and MBrSP MC, Wuhan
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Jan 2005 MBGP SC, and MBrSP MC, PAGXIII
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Oct 2004 MBGP SC, Daejon
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Oct 2004 B. rapa Sequencing, Daejon
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Jan 2004 2nd Steering Group Meeting MBGP, at PAGXII
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Jan 2003 1st Steering Group Meeting for the Multinational Brassica Genome Project, at PAGXI
Mar 2002 Held at Crucifer Genetics Workshop, Davis
Jan 2002 Initial discussion at PAGX


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