Gramene Oryza PanGenome at the 2022 ISRFG Conference

The 19th International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics (ISRFG 2022) was held in Phuket, THAILAND on 4-7 NOVEMBER 2022. The ISRFG 2022 covered the most recent developments in rice functional genomics research. This conference brought together over 70 leading rice scientists and researchers, 9 workshops, 85 posters and over 140 abstracts.

Gramene co-PI scientist Pankaj Jaiswal gave a talk titled “Using Oryza genomes, transcriptomes and Plant Reactome Knowledgebase to discover candidate genes for stress tolerance” at the “Functional Genomic Databases and Browsers” workshop to showcase how Gamene Plant Reactome can help discover functional genes. Gramene and the rice-specific Gramene PanOryza were also featured in  the poster: “Gramene Oryza: a dedicated pan-genome resource to map rice diversity” to demonstrate the usage of this online database and browser.

Plenary speakers included Rod A. Wing from University of Arizona, Blake C. Meyers from Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Kenneth McNally from IRRI and many scientists across the globe (Asia, Europe, America and Brazil).

Highlights of this symposium included updates on the International Oryza Map Alignment Project (I-OMAP), a plan to create Asian rice pan-gene sets, studies on genetic variation in Oryza rufipogon, structure variations in Oryza alta accessions, InDel marker sets and construction of genome-indexed wild rice libraries for rice improvement, Oryza ridleyi Hook genome (a HHJJ polyploid wild relative of rice), progress on broad-spectrum resistance in rice and precision breeding, supernutrient rice (Rainbow Rice: Golden Rice), and training on high-performance computing.