Dear IUFRO division 2 member,

Please share the below message among interested subdivisions and colleagues - thank you.

I am writing to let you know that we are organizing a topical collection in the journal Tree Genetics and Genomes. The topic is broadly oak genomics and genetics.

The reason for the collection is that a group of us (led by Dr. John Carlson, Penn State) is currently preparing a manuscript for a high-quality draft of the assembled and annotated genome of northern red oak (Q. rubra), which we hope to submit before the end of the year. Incidentally some members of the same group are also working on the manuscript draft of the white oak (Q. alba) genome.

Scope: Genetics or genomics of oak (Lobatae or other), particularly when utilizing a genome reference or when doing comparative genomics within oaks at the population or species level. Contributions should be in keeping with the broad aims of TGG.

Time for submission: Submissions will open in the next month or two and submission deadline will be around May 2022 to allow everyone sufficient time to prepare and submit their contributions.

What to do: Please email me if you are interested in submitting one or more manuscripts to this topical collection with a tentative title / short title / topic and author names. The latter is important so that TGG can select a guest editor who does not have a conflict of interest.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me, Meg or John should you have any questions.

Kind regards,

Carsten Kuelheim, Meg Staton, John Carlson

Contact:

Carsten Kuelheim: ckulheim@mtu.edu

Meg Staton: mestato@gmail.com

John Carlson: jec16@psu.edu