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AG2PI Field Day “Stakeholder Panel on Challenges in Ag G2P,” November 16th

The Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI) is hosting a virtual field day entitled “Stakeholder Panel on Challenges in Ag G2P” on November 16th from 11:30 - 1:00 EST. The panel will focus on listening to the perspectives of industry stakeholders on the genetics, breeding, and phenotyping concerns and needs specific to their crop or livestock.

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Sorghum & Millet Workshop at PAG30, January 15, 2023

The Sorghum & Millet Workshop will take place on Sunday, January 15, 2023 in San Diego, CA during the 2023 Plant & Animal Genome Conference (PAG 30 ( January 13-18, 2023). The workshop will highlight the growing role of genomics in sorghum and millet research and provide an opportunity for sorghum and millet researchers to share their latest research findings.

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Invitation to Host the 3rd Global Sorghum Conference between 2025-2028, Proposals due Dec. 1, 2022

The International Sorghum Task Force (ISTF) is looking for institutions interested in hosting the 3rd Sorghum in the 21st Century Global Sorghum Conference, which is set to take place 2025-2028. The institution would need to provide host leadership.

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XIII International Conference on Grapevine Breeding, Genetics and Management, Aug. 21-23, Cappadocia, Turkey

The International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) is hosting the XIII International Conference on Grapevine Breeding, Genetics and Management (GBG 2023) from August 21st to August 23rd in Cappadocia,Turkey.

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Save the Date! ICAR 2023: June 5-9 in Chiba, Japan

The 33rd International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR2023) will be held in Chiba, Japan from June 5-9, 2023. The conference will include both virtual and in-person participation. The meeting encompasses all aspects of Arabidopsis research as well as research into other plant species.

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Job Opening - USDA-ARS National Program Leader, Grain Crops - Beltsville, Maryland

The USDA-ARS Office of National Programs in Beltsville, Maryland is seeking a National Program Leader to provide leadership and direction for national and regional research programs related to grain crop improvement, production and protection.

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COST Innovator Grant Was Awarded to Grapedia Team

GRAPEDIA, the Grapevine Genomics Encyclopedia, a platform for centralizing resources for research into grape cultivars, was recently funded through a grant from COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).

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Camille Rustenholz and Tomas Matus, Grapedia chairs. Photo credit Tomas Matus.

 

The Gramene Gene Tree Tool Introduced During the Kickoff of the 2022 INTEGRAPE Annot’Training School

The COST Action CA17111 INTEGRAPE Annot’Training School, a hybrid training school on Gene Annotation & Manual Curation of the Vitis vinifera clone PN40024 Grape Reference Genome, was

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Figure. Searching for a grapevine gene in the search panel of the Vitis PanGenome (vitis.gramene.org).

Joint Genome Institute (JGI) Genomics of Energy & Environment Conference, August 29-31, 2022

The DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is hosting the Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting, which will take place both in-person at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and virtually.

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Gramene Present at the 2022 ASPB Conference with Workshops, Posters and Talks

The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) and the Canadian Society of Plant Biologists (CSPB) hosted their 2022 Conference, PB 2022, in Portland, Oregon from July 9-13.

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Dr Lifang Zhang presenting the Gramene poster. Photo credit Janeen Braynen.

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