croc genomes

The ICGWG consortium is a collaboration involving more than 20 researchers and educators from 15 universities and research institutions in the United States, Australia. and Japan. The combined expertise of the ICGWG is ideally suited to the overall project. Several members have experience working on crocodilian genetics, evolution, and genomics that span decades. For example, D. Ray, T. Glenn, L. Densmore, and C. Brochu alone have published more 30 manuscripts on crocodilian genetics and genomics since 1983. C. Moran and J. Gongora contribute expertise in crocodilian genetic mapping, MHC evolution, and transposable element biology.

Others members of the group have less experience with crocodilian biology but bring additional expertise to the table. R. E. Green is an expert in genome assembly (evidenced by his recent work on the Neanderthal genome) and he is guiding the sequencing and assembly of the crocodialian genomes. E. Braun brings expertise in genomic and molecular evolution with a special focus on archosaurs (evidenced by his contributions to the avian Tree of Life). C. Schmidt and F. McCarthy are experts at gene annotation and genome database construction. Additional expertise comes from: D. Pollock (nucleotide and protein evolution), S. Edwards (avian evolution and genomics), R. Sawyer (β-keratin and feather/scale evolution), and E. Jarvis (neurobiology and bioinformatics).

Primary contacts for the project are:

• David A. Ray, Project Coordinator [weblink] [e-mail]
  
• Richard E. Green, Genome Assembly Leader [weblink] [e-mail]
• Edward L. Braun, Outreach and Education [weblink] [e-mail]

Principle investigators in the ICGWG are:

• Arkhat Abzhanov, Harvard University
  
• Christopher A. Brochu, University of Iowa
• Todd Castoe, University of Colorado, Denver
• Llewellyn Densmore, Texas Tech University
• Scott V. Edwards, Harvard University
• John Gatesy, University of California Riverside
• Travis Glenn, University of Georgia
• Jaime Gongora, University of Sydney
• Lou Guillette, Medical University of South Carolina
• Federico Hoffmann, Mississippi State University
• Sally Isberg, University of Sydney
• Erich Jarvis, Duke University
• Satomi Kohno, Medical University of South Carolina
• Fiona McCarthy, Mississippi State University
• Lee Miles, University of Sydney
• Christopher Moran, University of Sydney
• Daniel G. Peterson, Mississippi State University
• David Pollock, University of Colorado, Denver
• Roger Sawyer, University of South Carolina
• Carl Schmidt, University of Delaware
• Eric W. Triplett, University of Florida

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Post-doctoral scientists and graduate students working on the project are:

• Todd Castoe, University of Colorado, Denver
• Amanda Y. Chong, University of Sydney
• Jason de Koning, University of Colorado, Denver
• John A. St. John, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Meganathan Ramakodi, Mississippi State University
• Robert Meredith, University of California, Riverside
• Jessica Sabo, University of Florida

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Education and outreach represent important components of this project, and we are involving undergraduates both in authentic classroom research and individual research projects. The undergraduates involved in the project include:

• Jessica Cunio, University of Florida
• Rebecca Drucker, University of Florida
• Tim Foster, University of Florida
  

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