Agency Overview - Texas A&M AgriLife · 2015. 8. 27. · Improving Life Through Science and Technology 1 . Mission ... Communication Agricultural Economics Biological & Agricultural

Agency Overview

Christine Alvarado

Zhuping “Ping” Sheng

Improving Life Through Science and Technology 1

Mission

To develop new knowledge and tools through basic and translational research to

benefit consumers and expand agricultural sustainability, profitability, and

environmental stewardship.

Vision

We will be foremost among peer research organization-both nationally and

internationally – as leaders in the discovery and application of agricultural and

life sciences. Our discoveries, development, and transfer of innovative

technologies will produce economic, environmental, and health benefits that are

key to Texas success and vital in the lives of its citizens.

Strategic Plan, 2010-2015

Texas A&M AgriLife Research ranked No. 1 in agricultural

sciences expenditures. By the National Science Foundation

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Imperatives Sustain healthy ecosystems and conserve our

natural resources

Utilize fundamental genomic information to optimize plant and animal production,

and human health

Enhance urban and rural

agricultural industries

Mitigate negative effects of global climate change

Improve public health and well-being

The state’s premiere research agency in agriculture, natural resources and the life sciences 3

Director, Dr. Craig Nessler

13 Research and Extension Centers

6 Institutes & Support Services

14 COALS Departments, 3 Non-COALS Departments

607 Contract and Grant Awards (09/2014-07/2015)

$77 million in Contracts and Grants (09/2014-07/2015)

1700 employees with over 500 Ph. D. scientists statewide

Collaboration with over 30 nations

Texas A&M AgriLife Research

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Texas A&M AgriLife Research

http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/ 5

Information Technology Director

Office of the State Chemist

Administrative Services

Assistant Director Associate Director

Dean of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical

Sciences

Veterinary Pathobiology

Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology

Veterinary Integrated Biosciences

Institute of Renewable Natural Resources

Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases

Institute for Plant Genomics &

Biotechnology

Norman E. Boriaug Institute for International Agriculture

Texas Water Resources Institute

Institute for Obesity Research & Program

Evaluation

Animal Science

Agricultural Leadership,

Education, & Communication

Agricultural Economics

Biological & Agricultural Engineering

Ecosystem Science Management

Entomology

Biochemistry & Biophysics

Plant Pathology & Microbiology

Nutrition & Food Science

Horticultural Sciences

Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences

Soil & Crop Sciences

Recreation, Park, & Tourism Sciences

Poultry Science

Genomics and Bioinformatics Services

Corporate Relations

Foundation Seed Service

Executive Associate Director

Director, Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Lubbock

El Paso

Dallas

Corpus Christi

Beaumont

Amarillo

Overton

Weslaco

Temple

Stephenville

San Angelo

Uvalde

Vernon

http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/files/2015/05/research-org-chart-2015-may.pdf

Off Campus Unit On Campus Unit

Institutes

Service

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Sciences







Poultry Science








Biotechnology




Evaluation

Animal Science






Entomology



Corporate Relations




Lubbock

El Paso

Dallas

Corpus Christi

Beaumont

Amarillo

Overton

Weslaco

Temple

Stephenville

San Angelo

Uvalde

Vernon

Off Campus Units http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/units/centers/

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Research & Extension

Centers (13) ◉ Amarillo

◉ Lubbock

◉ Vernon

◉ El Paso

◉ San Angelo

◉ Uvalde

◉ Stephenville

◉ Dallas

◉ Overton

◉ Beaumont

◉ Temple

◉ Corpus Christi

◉ Weslaco

Stations, Farms & Facilities ◉ Fort Stockton

◉ Port Aransas

◉ Alice

◉ Etter

◉ Chillicothe

◉ Beeville

◉ Barnhart

◉ Sonora

◉ Eagle Lake

◉ McGregor

◉ Pecos

◉ A&M Research Farm

◉ Stile Farm

◉ AG-CARES

◉ Halfway (Helms)

◉ Proctor

Off Campus units

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Faculty report to Resident Directors of Research

◉ Assigned to Academic Departments

Each center has regional agricultural/urban focus

◉ Amarillo – air quality, cattle feeding, wheat

◉ Beaumont – rice;

◉ Dallas – urban agriculture,& environments

◉ El Paso – water resources, economic policies

◉ Corpus Christi – cropping systems, livestock, wildlife, marine

production, economics

◉ Lubbock – cotton, wheat, irrigation, energy crops

Research and Extension Centers

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>70 years of ag research and service to Far West Texas

Water Resources and Salinity Management

Landscape Water Conservation

Agricultural and Water Resources Engineering

Waterborne Pathogens Research

El Paso Research Center http://elpaso.tamu.edu/Research/

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Overton – livestock, forage legume and hay, horticulture

San Angelo – prescribed burning, sheep & goat performance testing, animal

fiber laboratory, animal nutrition

Stephenville – environmental & watershed quality, plant breeding,

bioenergy, dairy science, horticulture, entomology

Temple – agro-ecosystems modeling, crop physiology, hydrological

modeling, water quality, GIS- IT

Uvalde – horticulture, wildlife, cropping systems

Vernon – environmental system, biofuel, resources economics

Weslaco – plant breeding, genomics, cropping systems, horticulture

Research and Extension Centers

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Corpus Christi Research and Extension Center

40 years of ag research and service to Coastal Region

Include Beeville Station and Flour Bluff Lab.

Animal and plant production systems

Competiveness in global economy

Environmental and natural resources

Biological, Physical, Social, and Economic Processes

http://ccag.tamu.edu/

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Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense (ICAB)


Sciences










Poultry Science







Biotechnology




Evaluation

Animal Science






Entomology



Corporate Relations




Lubbock

El Paso

Dallas

Corpus Christi

Beaumont

Amarillo

Overton

Weslaco

Temple

Stephenville

San Angelo

Uvalde

Vernon

Institutes http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/units/institutes/

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Multi-disciplinary centers with statewide, national, and often

international programs:

◉ Institute of Infectious Animal Diseases

◉ Institute for Renewable Natural Resources

◉ Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology

◉ Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture

◉ Texas Water Resources Institute

◉ Institute for Obesity Research and Program Evaluation

AgriLife Research— On-Campus Institutes

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“The first essential component of social justice is

adequate food for all mankind.”

– Dr. Norman Borlaug | Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech

Founded in 1984 (Int. Ag. Program) & 2006 (Inst.)

Mission: To employ agricultural science to feed the

hungry and to support equity, economic growth,

quality of life and mutual respect among people

Vision: a world without hunger or poverty

Promote food security, resources conservation,

and international development

Funding: USAID (52%), USDA & USDD (30%) …

Africa(39%), Asia(29%), Middle East(23%), Latin

America (7%)

Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture

http://borlaug.tamu.edu/

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Christine Alvarado

On Campus Units

Support Service

Summary

Agency Overview (cont.)

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Lubbock

El Paso

Dallas

Corpus Christi

Beaumont

Amarillo

Overton

Weslaco

Temple

Stephenville

San Angelo

Uvalde

Vernon



Corporate Relations



Sciences







Poultry Science







Biotechnology




Evaluation

Animal Science






Entomology



On Campus Units (COALS)

http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/units/campus/ 17

Unique characteristic: Structure

◉ Academic Department + AgriLife Research Unit

14 individual on-campus units

◉ Research, extension (except BICH), and teaching missions

All units have uniqueness—not from same mold

◉ Degree to which involved in Research

◉ Exclusively on-campus vs. presence in off campus centers

◉ Considerable variation in size of units

◉ Research focus: production agriculture, health or animal health, animal or

plant breeding/genetics, educational development, ecology,

environmental sustainability, etc

COALS Units within Texas A&M AgriLife Research

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It is common for on-campus faculty to have responsibilities to

research, teaching, and extension missions

Historically most common appointment:

◉ Research+Teaching (67% AgriLife Research+33% COALS)

◉ 100% Research appointments rare on-campus

◉ 34% Research+33%Teaching+33% Extension (suicide split!)

Not as clear cut as it used to be—funding changes

◉ Funding line does not define effort as in past

Common On-Campus Faculty Appointments

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Some units (6) do not have Research personnel off-campus:

◉ Poultry Science

◉ Biochemistry

◉ Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Sciences

◉ Nutrition and Food Sciences

◉ Agricultural Economics

◉ Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications

Several of these units do have Extension personnel at off-

campus centers or sites

Exclusively “On-Campus” Units

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The majority of COALS units (8) have Research personnel

housed at off-campus centers or locations:

◉ Animal Science

◉ Ecosystem Science and Management

◉ Plant Pathology and Microbiology

◉ Horticulture

◉ Biological and Agricultural Engineering

◉ Soil and Crop Sciences

◉ Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences

◉ Entomology

Placement of faculty off-campus is strategically aligned with

discipline of center or statewide need of faculty expertise

Units with Off-Campus Faculty

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Important metrics or measurable outcomes:

◉ Research Program Development:

◉ Publications and Presentations

◉ External funding

◉ Training of Graduate Students

◉ Teaching: (Research + Teaching appointment)

◉ Most on-campus appointments include teaching

◉ Effective teaching based upon percentage appointment

◉ Training of Graduate Students

◉ Extension: (Research + Extension appointment)

◉ Would include effective extension programming

◉ Service:

◉ Committees or professional societies

Responsibilities of On-Campus Faculty

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Research Centers also exist on main campus or in the

College Station area:

◉ National Center for Electron Beam Research (POSC)

◉ Poultry Science Teaching, Research, and Extension Center

◉ Animal Science Teaching, Research, and Extension Center

◉ Rosenthal Meat Science and Technology Center (ANSC)

◉ Spatial Sciences Laboratory (ESSM)

◉ Agriculture and Food Policy Center (AGEC)

◉ Center for Phage Technology (BICH)

◉ Aquaculture Research and Teaching Center (WFSC)

◉ Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center (HORT)

AgriLife Research— On-Campus Centers

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14 POSC faculty

All 14 faculty are part COALS (teaching) and AgriLife

Extension or Research

◉ 3 Extension Faculty (non-tenure)

◉ 1 Extension Faculty AgriLife Research, AgriLife Extension and

COALS

◉ 2 Extension Faculty AgriLife Extension and COALS

◉ 11 Faculty AgriLife Research and COALS

2 Faculty have 20% appointments outside of POSC (FSTC

and Vet Path)

1 Faculty holds 6% appointment in POSC

Additional - 3 Adjunct Professors (Industry and USDA ARS)

Example of POSC Department

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Weslaco

Temple

Stephenville

San Angelo

Uvalde

Vernon




Dean of Veterinary Medicine &

Biomedical Sciences







Poultry Science





Institute of Renewable Natural

Resources

Institute for Infectious Animal

Diseases


Biotechnology



Evaluation

Animal Science






Entomology



Corporate Relations




Lubbock

El Paso

Dallas

Corpus Christi

Beaumont

Amarillo

Overton

Veterinary Units

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Established in 1916

One of the original 10 Veterinary Schools

Only veterinary college in state of Texas

Only 28 CVMs in U.S.

Consistently ranked among top CVMs nationally

College of Veterinary Medicine

Professional DVM program

Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital

Residency and Intern Programs

Biomedical Sciences: Large (>1760

students) Pre-professional,

Undergraduate Program

Graduate Program (M.S., Ph.D.)

Post-doctoral Program

Home College: Whole Systems

Genomics Initiative

Educational Programs

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Annual 24,000 Client visits

Annual over 90,000 animal cases

3,100 Veterinary Referrals

$15 million from clinical services

Veterinary Teaching Hospital

Research Programs

Signature Programs

Biomedical Genomics

Cardiovascular Sciences

Infectious Diseases (bacteria,

viruses, parasites) and Biodefense

Neuroscience

Reproductive Biology

Toxicology, Oncology, and

Environmental Health Sciences

Veterinary Clinical Research

Research Signature Programs

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Large Animal Clinical

Small Animal Clinical Sciences

Veterinary Integrative Biosciences



College Departments

Centers and Institutes Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases

Michael DeBakey Cardiovascular Institute

The National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN)

Schubot Institute for Exotic Birds

Winnie Cater Wildlife Center 28







Poultry Science

Animal Science






Entomology






Sciences Information

Technology Director







Biotechnology




Evaluation



Corporate Relations



Lubbock

El Paso

Dallas

Corpus Christi

Beaumont

Amarillo

Overton

Weslaco

Temple

Stephenville

San Angelo

Uvalde

Vernon

Support Service

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◉ Technology transfer for plant improvement discovery

Corporate Relations

◉ Facilitates major sponsored research/commercialization


◉ Supports wide range of genetic research

Report directly to Executive Associate Director of Texas A&M

AgriLife Research, Dr. Bill McCutchen

Research Support Services

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Non-profit, stand-alone unit located near Vernon

Liaison between plant improvement programs and companies

interested in licensing/marketing products

Operations are intended to be self-supporting by generating

revenue through sales and services

Texas Foundation Seed Services

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Maximize public benefit

Assure technology transfer to private sector

Recover research costs and generate revenue

Plant Management and Release Goals

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Contact for major (>10MM) sponsored research

Coordinates major multi-unit, multi-institute corporate

research proposals

Facilitates intellectual property and commercialization

with corporate partners and the OTC

Corporate Relations

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Central service facility for system scientists and others

◉ Next generation sequencing, genotyping and transcription analyses

◉ Genomics, bioinformatics, molecular and computational scientists

Supported researchers in 34 departments/TAMUS

Collaborated with 72 other universities and industrial groups in 29

countries

Sequenced >100 species


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Improving Life Through Science and Technology

National No. 1 in research expenditures - internationally renowned

Enhance Competitiveness and Prosperity of Urban and Rural

Agricultural Industries

Concentrating Resources to Better Serve Texas

Serve beyond Texas: National and International …

Summary

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