Cornell Genomics Initiative

A plan to assure leadership in the new era of biology

March 6, 1998

Executive Summary

Strategic plans:

Conclusion: Tying together the thrusts

 

Prepared by the Cornell Genomics Initiative Task Force:
Chair, Steven Tanksley (Plant Breeding)
Gustavo Aguirre (Baker Institute)
Naomi Altman (Biometrics)
Douglas Antczak (Baker Institute)
Charles Aquadro (Genetics and Development)
Carl Batt (Food Science)
Tadhg Begley (Chemistry and Chemical Biology)
Andre Bensadoun (Nutritional Sciences)
Robert Bland (Operations Research)
Thomas Brenna (Nutritional Sciences)
Anthony Bretscher (Biochemistry)
Joseph Calvo (Biochemistry)
Samuel Cartinhour (USDA Plant Genome Database)
Thomas Coleman (Computer Science)
Alan Collmer (Plant Pathology)
Harold Craighead (Applied Engineering & Physics)
Bryan Danforth ( Entomology)
Terrence Delaney (Plant Pathology)
Jeffrey Doyle (Bailey Hortorium)
Steven Ealick (Chemistry & Chemical Biology)
Thomas Fox (Genetics and Development)
Marvin Gershengorn (Weill Med College, CU)
Maureen Hanson (Genetics and Development)
Richard Harrison (Ecology & Systematics)
Stephen Howell (Plant Biology, BTI)
Geza Hrazdina (Food Science & Techn., Geneva)
Douglas Knipple (Entomology, Geneva)
Leon Kochian (USDA/ARS P,S&N Lab)
Dexter Kozen (Computer Science)
Stephen Kresovich (Plant Breeding/Inst for Genomic Diversity)
Warren Lamboy (USDA-ARS PGRU, Geneva)
Kelvin Lee (Chemical Engineering)
Gregory Martin (Plant Pathology, BTI)
David Matthews (USDA Plant Genome Database)
Susan McCouch (Plant Breeding)
June Nasrallah (Plant Biology)
Carl Nathan (Weill Med College, CU)
Colin Parrish (Baker Institute)
Richard Quaas (Animal Science)
Kern Reeve (Neurobiology and Behavioral Sciences)
David Ruppert (Operations Research)
David Schneider (Theory Center)
David Shalloway (Biochemistry)
Michael Shuler (Chemical Engineering)
Lisa Staiano-Coico (Weill Med College, CU)
Patrick Stover (Nutritional Sciences)
Ted Thannhauser (Protein/DNA Facility, Biotech)
Rory Todhunter (Veterinary Clinical Science)
David Usher (Chemistry & Chemical Biology)
Stephen Zinder (Microbiology)