URGENT FOR LEISHMANIA TOO!

[Douglas Barker]

DEAR AL
I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO PROVIDE SUCH A LETTER HOWEVER I HAVE TO RETIRE
FINALLY (AND NOT BEFORE TIME ACCORDING TO SOME PEOPLE) THIS SEPTEMBER SO IT
WOULD BE POINTLESS FOR ME TO SEND SUCH A LETTER.
SORRY NOT MY FAULT
DOUGLAS
 >Dear Colleagues,
>
>re:  Leishmania Genome Project
>
>You may be aware that the Wellcome Trust has announced a functional
>genomics initiative (http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/1/biosfggen.html).
>This is a golden opportunity to make an application to upgrade the
>Leishmania major genome project bioinformatics resources available to
>all via the web and/or ftp. In this context, I am keeping in close
>contact with our fellow T. brucei and T. cruzi genome projects, with a
>view to integrating the three at some date in the near future.
>
>If successful, funding would be for 5 years in the first instance, with
>review in year 4.
>
>The preliminary application has to be in by **** this Friday: 11th
>February ****. At this stage, I would like to ask whether you would be
>willing to provide a letter of support for the application, mentioning
>the usefulness/accessibility of current data and how an integrated
>database would influence your future research and the need to upgrade
>analysis procedures.  It might also be useful to draw attention to the
>comparative genomics/proteomics potential of such a database.
>
>Your letter would have to reach me by **** Thursday 10th February ****.
>I can accept most forms of email attachment but nice headed paper is
>appreciated (and preferably signed as well!). It was clear from a
>Wellcome Trust databases meeting last week that our getting the funding
>will depend heavily on the level of research community support.  A large
>number of such letters are ESSENTIAL to the application (i.e. it won't
>be funded without them).
>
>I would also appreciate any views you have on resources that you would
>like to be available. I will try to amalgamate as many of these as
>possible in the final proposal.
>
>If you could send your letter to me either as an email attachment on
>headed paper, or by fax to +44-1223-49 49 19, that would be very much
>appreciated!  They MUST arrive here by Thursday...!
>
>With many thanks in advance,
>
>Cheers,
>al
>
>
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>
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>Al Ivens
>Sanger Centre
>Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
>Hinxton
>Cambs. CB10 1SA
>UK
>
>Tel -44-1223- 49 49 55 (Office: E2-04), 49 49 54 (Lab: E2-08)
>Fax -44-1223- 49 49 19
>Email: alicat at sanger.ac.uk
>User Web page: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Users/alicat
>
>Research pages:
>http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Projects/L_major/
>http://www.ebi.ac.uk/parasites/leish.html