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Check our Gramene Oryza poster at the 19th International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics (ISRFG 2022)

Twenty years ago, Oryza sativa became the first rice genome to be sequenced (Goff et al, 2002; Yu et al, 2002), and like so, the foundation of the Gramene database (https://www.gramene.org), a comparative genome mapping database for grasses and a community resource for rice (Ware et al, 2002).

Gramene build 66 - Declaration of intentions

What’s coming in Gramene build 66?

Gramene is due to be released in December 2022. Check out what we are up to. We expect to bring seven new genomes including two new kind of grasses (rye grass and barnyard grass), rye, pea, brown mustard, white fonio, and lemon-scented gum.

 

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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Oryza PanGenome R5 - Declaration of intentions

What’s coming in Oryza PanGenome Release 5? 

Oryza PanGenome is due to be released in October 2022.

 

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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