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Phyto-pathogens training at EBI, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK

EMBL-EBI is organizing a hands on phytopathology training course for PhD and post-doc researchers who are working on all aspects of fungal and oomycete-induced disease in plants at Hinxton, Cambridge, UK on 19-20 September, 2012.  This course will provide an overview with the toolset and data available for analysis of host and pathogen genomes, and infectious phenotypes.

New and Easier Way to Update TASSEL Standalone Software

Many users download the TASSEL standalone zip distributions instead of using the web site launch links.  This is primarily, so that the maximum heap size available to the application can be increased (by editing either start_tassel.pl or run_pipeline.pl).

2012 International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR)

The 23rd ICAR will be taking place at the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, Austria on July 3-7, 2012.  This annual conference is the largest gathering of scientists working on Arabidopsis.  It is expected that over 800 participants from around the world will attend.

Gramene database build 35 released

The Gramene Team is happy to announce its 35th release.

Rice WRKY gene nomenclature

Recently, the Committee on Gene Symbolization, Nomenclature and Linkage of the Rice Genetics Cooperative and the authors of publications on rice WRKY gene family members identified gene nomenclature conflicts.  This finding lead to the creation of the rice WRKY working group to resolve rice WRKY gene family nomenclature.  The full report and findings of the group is published in the journal Rice.

Four post-doc positions at the University of Missouri

Four post-doctoral positions are available at the Soybean Genomics Laboratory at the University of Missouri. Please direct all correspondence to the following:

Dr. Henry Nguyen
National Center for Soybean Biotechnology
Division of Plant Sciences
1-31 Agriculture Building
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
Tel: (573) 882-5494

Post Doctoral Research Associate Position in Soybean Oil Engineering

Gramene at Maize Genetics Conference

Gramene project manger Marcela Monaco is at this weekend's Maize Genetics Conference in Portland, Oregon. She will be present at our poster (P261, Gramene: a resource for comparative plant genomic. Monaco, MK; et al. 2012. Maize Genetics Conference Abstracts. 54:P261) from 1:30-3 today and tomorrow. Project member Joshua Stein is also presenting poster P276 (The Maize Genome Project, an Update. Stein, JC; et al. 2012. Maize Genetics Conference Abstracts. 54:P276) on the maize sequencing project.

Funding opportunities for US scientists to attend ICAR 2012

Two funding opportunities for US scientists to attend the 23rd International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR) at the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, Austria on July 3-7 of 2012. The North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC) applied for funding from the US National Science Foundation for:

  1. Under-represented minorities, or faculty at minority-serving institutions/HBCUs (full funding)
  2. early-career scientist travel grants ($1,000)

Application deadline: March 31, 2012.

Summer research opportunities for undergraduates

Amit Dhingra has recently been awarded an NSF REU Site in Plant Genomics and Biotechnology to be hosted in the College of Agriculture, Human and Natural
Resource Sciences
at Washington State University. Details about the research experience and online application are

Plant Biology 2012

Registration is now open for the Plant Biology 2012 meeting to be held July 22-24 in Austin, Texas.

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