A multi-institutional collaboration recently published the paper, “Genomewide SNP variation reveals relationships among landraces and modern varieties of rice” in PNAS. The study characterized 160,000 nonredundant SNPs, which were used to evaluate the genotypic and evolutionary relationships among 20 varieties and landraces of rice. SNP markers and allele calls produced by this work will be [...]

Two Fellowship opportunities will be available for 2010 to carry out research on conservation and use of Plant Genetic Resources. One of the Fellowships is supported by the Grains Research and Development Corporation, Australia.
Applications are invited from nationals of developing countries, aged 35 or under, holding a masters degree (or equivalent) and/or doctorate in a [...]

Position Title:    Research Associate (Post Doc)
The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology has an immediate opening for a Research Associate (Post Doc) to work on a cereal plant genome wide gene expression analysis.  This is a full-time, (1.0 FTE), 12-month, fixed-term position working in Jaiswal lab.
How to Apply: To review the position [...]

TAIR Workshop II: TAIR, PMN, Gramene and SGN workshop: focus on comparative genomics and new tools
Time: Monday July 20, 7:00-8:30 pm
Speakers: Philippe Lamesch, A.S. Karthikeyan, Lukas Mueller, Pankaj Jaiswal
In this workshop, four plant genome databases, TAIR, PMN, Gramene and SGN will give an overview of new tools available on their websites, including those focusing on [...]