Submitted by aolson on Thu, 10/20/2022 - 19:27
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.
Submitted by aolson on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 13:53
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.
Submitted by aolson on Wed, 09/21/2022 - 19:54
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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Submitted by aolson on Thu, 09/15/2022 - 17:45
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.
Submitted by aolson on Mon, 09/12/2022 - 13:13
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.
Submitted by aolson on Tue, 09/06/2022 - 19:05
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).
Submitted by aolson on Mon, 08/29/2022 - 12:43
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.
Submitted by aolson on Thu, 08/11/2022 - 10:58
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.
Submitted by aolson on Fri, 07/15/2022 - 20:03
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.
Submitted by aolson on Wed, 07/13/2022 - 13:45
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.
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