Songbird Neurogenomics Initiative
  1. Complete EST database for genes expressed in zebra finch brain.
      • at least 5000 unigenes added per year
      • publically accessible via internet
  2. Publically released, economical microarrays of the unigene set.
      • first release targeted for end of 2003
  3. Benchmarks and protocols for applications to songbird studies.

Goals:

Support:

NIH 1RO1 NS045264 ($1.1 million, Jan. 2003-Dec. 2005)

  1. University of Illinois (David Clayton, Project P.I.)
  2. Keck Center for Comparative & Functional Genomics (Harris Lewin, Director)
  3. UCLA (Art Arnold)
  4. Oregon Health Science University (Claudio Mello)
  5. Michigan State University (Juli Wade)
  6. Johns Hopkins University (Gregory Ball)
  7. University of Washington (Eliot Brenowitz)

Participants:

  • A community resource!
  • Access to NIH-subsidized microarrays
  • Postdoctoral work in bioinformatics
attentive finch

Opportunities:

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