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Putting Research Into Practice: The Plant Breeding and Genomics Community of Practice on eXtension<br />Heather Merk (presenter), John McQueen (presenter), Ed Zaborski, Michael Coe, David Douches, Alex Stone, Allen Van Deynze, Deana Namuth-Covert, Roger Leigh, Walter De Jong, and David Francis<br />

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Plant Breeding & Genomics CoP<br />Outreach and education initiative of the Solanaceae Coordinated Agricultural Project (SolCAP)<br />NIFA funded project under the Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics Program<br />Community ofinterest: public and private plant breeders and their staff (including researchers and educators)<br />Includes leaders from eOrganicCoP<br />Target audience - professional plant breeders and allied professionals <br />Launched January, 2011<br />

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Initial Community Survey<br />Prior to CoP formation<br />Conducted by external evaluator<br />IRB approved online survey<br />Sent to SolCAP target audience<br />108 tomato breeders and allied professionals responded<br />66 potato breeders and allied professionals responded<br />Baseline survey<br />Assess what audience is thinking about molecular markers<br />Do they use?<br />Intention to use?<br />How confident are they in using them?<br />Allows for future assessment of reported changes in behavior<br />

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Additional Training & Tools Recommended<br />Self-reported comments<br />Training<br />Format: In-person workshops, online<br />Focus: new technologies, applied learning<br />Tools<br />Databases that include marker information, marker-trait associations, mapping information, sequence information<br />i.e. tools to allow application of basic research<br />

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Goal of PBG CoP<br />Put genomics research and tools into practice through plant breeding by:<br /><ul><li>Presenting unbiased, science-based, and peer-reviewed content

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Sharing the most current, relevant, and accurate information available on techniques, procedures, and software</li></ul>Show the community how<br /><ul><li>Fostering collaboration among members of the plant breeding and genomics community</li></li></ul><li>Collaboration<br />Currently collaborating with 3 other CAP projects<br />Gives potential to reach wider professional audience, engage multiple communities of interest<br />

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www.eXtension.org/plant_breeding_genomics<br />

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Trait Reviews<br /><ul><li>Demonstrate the use of genomics research for crop improvement

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Value added information for practicing breeders (summary tables, markers)

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Focused on traits relevant to breeding</li></li></ul><li>Software & Data Analysis Tutorials<br />GGT2 (Graphical Genotyping)<br /><ul><li>Software capabilities

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Downloading & installing software

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Formatting data

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Importing data

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Performing appropriate analyses

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Evaluating hypotheses</li></ul>Tomato Analyzer <br />

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Case Studies<br />IBC Population Development<br /><ul><li>Integrate theory, public resources, sample data, data analyses

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Examples include:

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Developing populations

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Accessing germplasm

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Analyzing sample genotypic and phenotypic data</li></ul>NPGS Tutorial<br />

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Videos<br />DNA Extraction and Marker-Assisted Selection Video<br /><ul><li>Developed for general science audience

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Demonstrate making crosses in tomato, DNA extraction & marker-assisted selection

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~ 12 000 views</li></li></ul><li>Workshops Delivered as Webinars<br /><ul><li>In 2010, delivered workshops at 2 research conferences in front of live audience, also streamed as webinars

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Recorded webinars– published to eXtension

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For webinars from 1 workshop – divided into small segments also hosted on YouTube

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In 2011, will stream, record, and publish webinars from 2 research conferences</li></li></ul><li>YouTube Channelhttp://www.youtube.com/user/plantbreedgenomics<br /><ul><li>Hosts webinar videos

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Videos also embedded at eXtension

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~ 7,400 views since December 2010</li></li></ul><li>Webinar Content<br />Bioinformatics 101 Webinar<br /><ul><li>Describe relevant techniques, software, and publicly available resources

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Provide supplementary data, codes and scripts for analysis (allows practice)

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Current topics include:

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Genome browsers

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Genome sequencing

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Sequence resources

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High-throughput genotyping

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Genotype analysis software

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Bioinformatics</li></li></ul><li>Content Views(as of June 20, 2011)<br />Launched January 15, 2011<br />~ 10,300 visits<br />~ 38,000 page views<br />65% content viewed >1 time/week, includes all articles but 1<br />Popular search terms<br />Highly technical<br />Relevant to plant breeding and genomics<br />Related to theory, experiment design, data analysis, software<br />

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PBG Works – http://pbgworks.org<br /><ul><li>Workspace for group collaboration

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Publication vehicle to eXtension

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Password protected

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200 members

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55 organizations</li></li></ul><li>PBG Works – http://pbgworks.org<br /><ul><li>Workspace for group collaboration

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Wiki

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Forum

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Images

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Member list</li></li></ul><li>PBG Works – http://pbgworks.org<br /><ul><li>Publication vehicle to eXtension</li></li></ul><li>Workflow Tool<br />Organization tool<br />Facilitates multiple author contributions<br />Tracks content progress<br />

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Review Process<br />Ensure content quality, accuracy, suitability<br />Three-tier process<br />By experts within the community (blind review)<br />By reviewers for indexed publications<br />By copy editor based on a style guide developed by the CoP<br />

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Peer-Reviewed Publication<br />Authors encouraged to submit content to journals such as Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education (JNRLSE) and Journal of Visualized Experiments (JOVE)<br />

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“How To” Webinar Series<br />Coming summer 2011<br />Hope to engage a wider audience<br />Webinars will be recorded, hosted on YouTube, published to eXtension<br />Topics<br />“How to” perform an analysis, use software, etc.<br />Evaluation<br />External evaluator<br />IRB-approved feedback surveys will be used to gather data from participants after each webinar<br />Active coaching & preparation of speakers – to meet learning objectives<br />

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Acknowledgements<br />SolCAP Executive Committee<br />Dave Douches, Michigan State<br />C. Robin Buell, Michigan State<br />Walter de Jong, Cornell<br />David Francis, Ohio State<br />Lukas Mueller, Cornell<br />Alex Stone, Oregon State<br />Allen Van Deynze, UC Davis<br />PBG Content Committee<br />Barbara Alonso, UC Berkeley<br />Karen Hertsgaard, North Dakota<br />Peggy Lemaux, UC Berkeley<br />Deborah Lewis, Ohio State<br />Barbara Liedl, West Virginia State<br />John McQueen, Oregon State<br />Deana Namuth-Covert, University of Nebraska-Lincoln<br />Audrey Sebolt, Michigan State<br />Kelly Zarka, Michigan State<br />Others<br />Michael Coe, Cedar Lake Research Group<br />Roger Leigh, Oregon State<br />Ed Zaborski, University of Illinois<br />All content contributors & reviewers<br />

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Get Involved!<br />http://pbgworks.org<br />Heather Merk – merk.9@osu.edu<br />David Francis – francis.77@osu.edu<br />Alex Stone – stonea@hort.oregonstate.edu<br />