1000 Fungal Genomes project
J. SPATAFORA (1), J. Stajich (2), I. Grigoriev (3). (1) Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.; (2) Univeristy of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA, U.S.A.; (3) Joint Genome Instiute, DOE, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.
The 1000 Fungal Genomes (1000F) is a large collaborative research project between the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and an international research consortium of mycologists and fungal biologists. The goal of 1000F is to facilitate the sequencing of fungal genomes across the Kingdom Fungi. Although the sequencing of fungal genomes has progressed at a rapid pace over the past several years, representative genomes for the majority of lineages of Kingdom Fungi have not been sequenced. To insure the broadest coverage of phylogenetic diversity, the sampling strategy/guideline of 1000F is to sequence two species of fungi for every family-level clade of fungi. The end product will be an encyclopedia of reference genome data that will inform all fields of mycology/fungal biology by providing a more accurate assessment of the pan-fungal genome and the metabolic potential of the kingdom. 1000F is open to participation by the global research community, and researchers, including students and postdocs, can nominate species for sequencing from undersampled family-level clades through the JGI Fungi Portal (http://genome.jgi.doe.gov/programs/fungi/index.jsf). A part of this presentation, a current update of 1000F, including sampling progress and phylogenomic analyses will be presented.
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