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Highlights from the 2022 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting

A group of around 1800 people attended the 2022 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting from November 6th to 9th in Baltimore, Maryland.

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AG2PI Grant, Proposals due January 6th

The Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI), funded by USDA NIFA, is accepting proposals for their larger $250K, “coconut” grants. Any proposal on a topic relevant to the agricultural G2P community is welcome, though this grant is focused on supporting research projects that have applications to both crops and livestock. Proposals in the following areas, identified by the USDA as of special interest, are encouraged:

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Grapedia: the Kickoff Meeting, November 23rd 1-8:30 EST

GRAPEDIA, the Grapevine Genomics Encyclopedia, was officially launched on the 1st of November, 2022.

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AG2PI Workshop, “Sharing UAS based high throughput plant phenotyping data via public clouds,” November 18th

The Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI) is hosting a virtual workshop entitled “Sharing UAS based high throughput plant phenotyping data via public clouds'' on November 18th from 1:00 - 3:00 EST.

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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.

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AG2PI Field Day “Stakeholder Panel on Challenges in Ag G2P,” November 16th

The Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI) is hosting a virtual field day entitled “Stakeholder Panel on Challenges in Ag G2P” on November 16th from 11:30 - 1:00 EST. The panel will focus on listening to the perspectives of industry stakeholders on the genetics, breeding, and phenotyping concerns and needs specific to their crop or livestock.

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Sorghum & Millet Workshop at PAG30, January 15, 2023

The Sorghum & Millet Workshop will take place on Sunday, January 15, 2023 in San Diego, CA during the 2023 Plant & Animal Genome Conference (PAG 30 ( January 13-18, 2023). The workshop will highlight the growing role of genomics in sorghum and millet research and provide an opportunity for sorghum and millet researchers to share their latest research findings.

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Invitation to Host the 3rd Global Sorghum Conference between 2025-2028, Proposals due Dec. 1, 2022

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.

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Gramene Oryza PanGenome 5.0 is released with 30 new synteny maps

Oryza PanGenome Release 5.0

Released: October 2022

 

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Synteny between Nipponbare chr 1 and Maize B73 v5

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).

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