What’s coming in Vitis PanGenome Release 3?

Vitis PanGenome R3 is due to be released in May 2022.

New Genomes (Assemblies and/or Annotation)

• Vitis vinifera cv. Black Corinth Seedless (seedless Black Corinth or Zante Currant)

Gene expression (RNA-Seq) data generated for 26 maize NAM founder genomes recently assembled by the NAM Consortium (see Hufford et al, 2021) is now available in the Maize PanGenome browser.

Plants were either field- or greenhouse-grown, and tissue was collected as follows:

Gramene's Oryza Pan-Genome (https://oryza.gramene.org) is a web portal for comparative plant genomics focused on rice varieties. In its release 3.1, the gene family trees were rebuilt using the same species included in release 3.0 with superior quality.

A total of 37,423 GeneTree families were constructed comprising 1,134,514 individual genes (1,187,461 input proteins). See updated stats here.

Frontiers and Techniques in Plant Science
July 1 - 21, 2022
Applications & Materials Due: March 15

Instructors

José Dinneny, Stanford University
Niko Geldner, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Julie Law, The Salk institute

Call for Workshop Proposals for PAG Asia 2022

In response to the expanding global population, worldwide climate changes, and dramatic plant and animal genome research occurring in Asia Pacific, the organizers of the Plant and Animal Genome Conference are planning a short version of PAG.

Due to the current circumstances and COVID-19 concerns, the 2022 conference will be entirely virtual, and held online during business hours (Bejing time zone) June 22-24, 2022.

NCGR 2022 Virtual Bioinformatics Workshop on Pangenomics

WHEN
Feb 28 - Mar 4, 2022 (5 days)

TOPIC OVERVIEW
The proliferation of reference quality genome assemblies within any single species has necessitated the need for pangenome analyses. Such analyses remove reference-bias and elucidate biological signals at a more comprehensive population scale. In this workshop, students will learn what exactly a pangenome is, how to build a pangenome, and how to perform fundamental bioinformatic analyses on pangenomic data.

The early registration, abstract and hotel support deadlines have been extended by 1-week to next Friday February 18th!

Get vaccinated and boosted to join us in-person!

WORKSHOP: Accurate and Actionable Genomic Data for Agriculture, Conservation, and Ecology
DATE: Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
TIME: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM EST

Register today to reconnect with members of the plant and animal scientific community, learn about the latest research, and collect exclusive plant and animal themed gifts!