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 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).
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.
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.
The Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI) is hosting a virtual workshop entitled “Intermediate Omics Data-Enabled Genomic Prediction and Mediation Analysis” on July 26 from 1:00 - 3:00 PM EST. The workshop will focus on the principles of applying omics data to predict gene loci of phenotypic traits. The presenters are Jinliang Yang, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Hao Cheng, from the University of California, Davis.
The International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) is hosting the XIII International ISHS Conference on Grapevine Breeding, Genetics and Management from August 21st to August 23rd 2023 in Cappadocia, Turkey. This symposium is part of the ISHS series of International Conferences on Grapevine Breeding and Genetics.
Abstracts for the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America, and the Soil Science Society of America international meeting are due July 12. The conference will be held from November 6th to November 9th in-person in Baltimore, Maryland and with limited virtual access.
Abstracts are due next week, on July 12, for the Genome Informatics conference. The hybrid conference, with both in-person and virtual attendees, will take place from September 21st to the 23rd at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton, UK. Registration is due by August 23 for in person attendees and September 13 for those attending virtually.
The Frontiers and Techniques in Plant Science workshop will be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory from July 1st to July 21st. José Dinneny, from Stanford University, Niko Geldner, from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and Julie Law, from the The Salk institute, will be the lead instructors.
The International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) is hosting the XIII International Rubus and Ribes Symposium from July 15th to July 21st of 2023 in Portland, Oregon.
