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A memorable journey of 10 years: Fostering genomics research towards scientific excellence and partnership

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Title A memorable journey of 10 years: Fostering genomics research towards scientific excellence and partnership
 
Creator ICRISAT, -
 
Subject Pearl Millet
Chickpea
Pigeonpea
Groundnut
Sorghum
Genetics and Genomics
 
Description The Center of Excellence in Genomics (CEG) of ICRISAT (ceg.
icrisat.org) will complete its first 10 years in December 2017. The
genesis of CEG goes back to a grant entitled ‘Centre of Excellence
for High-throughput Allele Determination for Molecular
Breeding’ under the Center of Excellence (CoE) scheme of the
Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India given
to ICRISAT mainly to provide genotyping services for SSR and
DArT markers and training to NARS researchers in 2007. The
Center of Excellence (CoE) was subsequently institutionalised
by ICRISAT as a research, service and training centre, with three
major modules : (i) Applied Genomics & Molecular Breeding, (ii)
Sequencing and Genotyping Services, and (ii) Capacity Building.
CEG serves as a cost-effective genomics platforms for scientists
and research staff from different Themes/Research Programmes
of ICRISAT as well as NARS partners. The CEG has 184 collaborators
from 35 countries in six continents.
In 2007, the availability of genomic resources was very limited
in ICRISAT mandate crops. Therefore, CEG scientists, in
collaboration with researchers from ICRISAT and national/international
organisations, initiated efforts to develop large-scale
molecular markers, transcript sequence data, genetic, transcript
and physical maps, cost-effective and high-throughput marker
genotyping platforms, as well as decoding genome sequences
of ICRISAT mandate crops. While analysing the sequence, a
number of computational genomics tools and databases were
developed. Furthermore, in collaboration with scientists/staff
from ICRISAT and partners from Asia and Africa, the genomics
research was translated successfully into developing superior
lines in several ICRISAT mandate crops. In terms of service,
CEG was offering initially SSR and DArT genotyping services and
then subsequently SNP and sequencing services at cost-to-cost
basis. To empower the research and breeding community, CEG
organised several training courses, many national and international
workshops/symposia/conferences, and hosted several research
scholars/post-docs/visiting scientists. The CEG has been
visited by a number of high-profile personalities from science,
politics, and donor and government organisations. CEG scientists,
together with colleagues from ICRISAT and outside, have
been successful in mobilising more than US$96 million and published
353 scientific articles, including nine in Nature journals,
with 12,000 citations. This article highlights some key achievements
from the CEG as a collaborative team effort.
 
Date 2017-12
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10398/1/CEG10_A%20memorable%20journey%20of%2010%20years.pdf
ICRISAT, - (2017) A memorable journey of 10 years: Fostering genomics research towards scientific excellence and partnership. In: VI Next Generation Genomics & Integrated Breeding for Crop Improvement Conference on Crop Genomics: Present and Future, December 06 - 07, 2017, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad, India.