A paper in this week’s issue of Nature announces the completion of the sequencing of the genome of Sorghum bicolor. This is only the second cereal species (after rice) to have been completely sequenced. Most notably, sorghum uses the C4 photosynthetic pathway in contrast to rice, which uses the C3 pathway. The [...]

The International Rice Genome Sequencing Project (IRGSP) has released an updated genome sequence for Oryza sativa cv. Nipponbare. More information can be found at the release announcement for IRGSP Build5.

The International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines is currently recruiting internationally for nine important positions. For more information, see their jobs page.

Gramene is pleased to be at the Plant and Animal Genome Conference in San Diego, January 10-14, 2009. Visit us at the following events:

Tutorial Workshop: Using Gramene: A Genomics and Genetics Resource for Rice and other Grasses, Tuesday, Jan 13, 3:50 – 6:00 pm
Poster P791: Plant Comparative Genomics at Gramene
Poster P793: Gramene: A [...]

Gramene would like to highlight a new to a Wiki site that describes a summary of a recent workshop entitled:
“The National Plant Genome Initiative at Ten Years: A Community Workshop”
This site contains information (agenda, Rapporteur’s summaries, session/Q&A notes, list of meeting participants and a meeting summary) related to the recent National Plant Genome Initiative Workshop [...]

The 51st Annual Maize Genetics Conference will be held March 12-15, 2009 in Pheasant Run, St. Charles, Illinois. Abstracts are due January 30. For more information, please consult their website.