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On March 29–30, 2025, the AG2PI Single Cell Workshop Organizing Committee and AgBioData Single Cell Biocuration Working Group co-hosted an in-person workshop dedicated to advancing agricultural single-cell genomics. The event brought together a dynamic group of researchers, bioinformaticians, and data curators at the forefront of plant and animal single-cell biology.

The Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) Agricultural Meeting 2025 took place from March 31 to April 2 in Orlando, Florida. This annual event convened leading genome researchers, data scientists, breeders, policy influencers, funders, and technology innovators from around the world to discuss the integration of genomics in agriculture.

The 67th Annual Maize Genetics Coorperation Meeting was held from March 6–9, 2025, in St. Louis, Missouri, bringing together over 300 leading scientists and researchers to share the latest advances in maize genetics. The conference featured cutting-edge presentations, interactive workshops, and a showcase of industry exhibits, fostering collaboration across academic and commercial sectors.

The Center for Sorghum Improvement (CSI) is hosting a virtual seminar given by Aaron Kusmec, an Assistant Professor in Crop Quantitative Genetics at Kansas State University’s Department of Agronomy

Dr. Ted DeJong, Vice-President of the International Society for Horticultural Science, has initiated the launch of “Hort Forum,” a series of webinars followed by panel discussions and open questions that open up the opportunity for open discussion and debate. The seventh installment, organized by Dr. DeJong and Dr.

The 24th North American Barley Researchers Workshop, organized by Dr. Bob Brueggeman, is taking place July 15-17 at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington..

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is holding the “Chromatin, Epigenetics & Gene Expression” advanced course from July 22 - August 10, 2025.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is offering their Frontiers and Techniques in Plant Science course from June 26 to July 17, 2025.

AG2PI is hosting an Ag Single cell workshop March 29-31, immediately prior to the AGBT-Ag meeting in Orlando, Florida.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is hosting the course, “Statistical Analysis of Genome Scale Data,” from June 6-20, 2025. Harmen Bussemaker, from Columbia University, Sean Davis, from the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, Hans Tomas Rube, from the University of California Merced and Min Zhang, from the University of California, Irvine will serve as the course instructors.