There was a unanimous agreement among the participants that the trulyunique genetic and industrial importance of filamentous fungi should fosteran academic and industrial partnership to complete the task. Next, we describes a two part strategy to achieve this end. We arrived atthis strategy after open discussions at the Stillwater meeting and aftercareful consultation with experienced genome researchers. The time to completion is estimated atone year. EST's would provide an immediate gene resource and the sequenceof the smallest chromosome would provide a pilot project for completing theentire sequence.
Industrial support is sought so that sequencing can beginin earnest.
We are requesting the IPs consider supporting the project atthe level of one postdoctoral equivalent. The SteeringCommittee will facilitate negotiations between the IP's and Drs. Research progress will be gauged in 6 months at a second FungalGenome Workshop. This Workshop will also be used to organize Part II ofthe project. Establishing a consortium for completing the A. nidulans genomesequence.