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19 December 2025
Cologne, Germany

The Maize Genetics Meeting is being held in Cologne, Germany.

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19 December 2025
Cologne, Germany

The Maize Genetics Meeting is being held in Cologne, Germany.

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8 December 2025
San Diego, California

PAG33 is being held in in SanDiego, California.

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8 December 2025
virtual
  • Sarah Sexton-Bowser

Speaker: Daran Rudnick, Professor and Director of Sustainable Irrigation, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering Kansas State University

Time: 11:00 CT

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3 December 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

The Plant Genomes, Systems Biology & Engineering meeting will take place at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

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27 November 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Registrations submitted after 5:00 p.m. ET on Nov 27 incur a late fee.

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17 November 2025
San Diego, California

PAG33 is being held in in SanDiego, California.

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11 November 2025
virtual
  • Sarah Sexton-Bowser

Speaker: Vincent Valdez, Principal Scientist, Crop Physiology, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development

Time: 9:00 CT

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9 November 2025
Salt Lake City, Utah
  • American Society of Agronomy/ Crop Science Society of America/ Soil Science Society of America

The CANVAS International Annual Meeting (Tri-Society) is being held in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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5 November 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is hosting the conference, “Genome Informatics.” which will focus on large-scale approaches for understanding the structure and biology of genomes.

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31 October 2025
San Diego, California

PAG33 is being held in in SanDiego, California.

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31 October 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Registrations submitted after 5:00 p.m. ET on Oct 31 incur a late fee.

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14 October 2025
virtual
  • The United Sorghum Checkoff, Feed Strategy, Feed & Grain

Speakers: Steve D. Martin, MS, PAS, Macey Brown of DNMC Milk, Dr. Brent Bean from the Sorghum Checkoff
Time: 10:00–11:00 AM ET

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14 October 2025
virtual
  • Sarah Sexton-Bowser

Speaker: SorghumBase

Time: 11:00 CT

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1 October 2025
Salt Lake City, Utah
  • American Society of Agronomy/ Crop Science Society of America/ Soil Science Society of America

The CANVAS International Annual Meeting (Tri-Society) is being held in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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25 September 2025
virtual
  • Sarah Sexton-Bowser

Speaker: Shengmin Sang, Distinguished Professor of Functional Foods and Human Health, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Time: 11:30 CT

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12 September 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

The Plant Genomes, Systems Biology & Engineering meeting will be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

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9 September 2025
virtual
  • Sarah Sexton-Bowser

Speaker: Joe Louis, Professor of Agricultural Entomology, Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Time: 11:00 CT

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22 August 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is hosting the conference, “Genome Informatics.” which will focus on large-scale approaches for understanding the structure and biology of genomes.

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12 August 2025
virtual
  • Sarah Sexton-Bowser

Speaker: United Sorghum Checkoff Program Marketing Team

  • Brent Crafton, Director of Feed Ingredient Utilization
  • Lanier Dabruzzi, Director of Nutrition and Food Innovation
  • Shelee Padgett, Director of Emerging Markets
  • Zach Simon, Director of Ingredient Utilization and Pet Food

Time: 11:00 CT

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10 August 2025
Portland, Maine
  • Gordon Research Conference

The Gordon Research Conference on Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology will take place in Portland, Maine.

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26 July 2025
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • American Society of Plant Biologists

ASPB Plant Biology 2025 is being held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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22 July 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory will host the, “Chromatin, Epigenetics & Gene Expression” course.

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8 July 2025
Salt Lake City, Utah
  • American Society of Agronomy/ Crop Science Society of America/ Soil Science Society of America

The CANVAS International Annual Meeting (Tri-Society) is being held in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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26 June 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory will host the, “Frontiers & Techniques in Plant Science” course.

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24 June 2025
virtual
  • Sarah Sexton-Bowser

Title:

Sorghum Double Haploid System for Accelerated Crop Improvement

A Partnership of the United Sorghum Checkoff Program and Pioneer

Speakers:

  • Dr. Sreekala Chellamma, Assay Development and Characterization Leader
  • Dr. Laura Mayor, Global Sorghum Breeding Lead, Corteva AgriScience

Time: 9:30 A.M. CT

 

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10 June 2025
virtual
  • Sarah Sexton-Bowser

Speaker: Sarah Sexton-Bowser, Managing Director, Center for Sorghum Improvement, Kansas State University

Time: 11:00 CT

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6 June 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory will host the, “Statistical Analysis of Genome Scale Data” course.

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19 May 2025
Kona, Big Island, Hawaii
  • Mainlab Bioinformatics

The National Association for Plant Breeders is taking place in Kona, Hawaii.

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13 May 2025
virtual
  • Sarah Sexton-Bowser

Speaker: Sakiko Okumoto, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, Soil and Crop Sciences

Time: 11:00 CT

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6 May 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory will host the, “Biology of Genomes” meeting.

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1 May 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Registrations submitted after 5:00 p.m. ET on May 1 incur a late fee.

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14 April 2025
Kona, Big Island, Hawaii
  • Mainlab Bioinformatics

The National Association for Plant Breeders is taking place in Kona, Hawaii.

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8 April 2025
virtual
  • Sarah Sexton-Bowser

Speaker: Aaron Kusmec, Assistant Professor, Crop Quantitative Genetics, Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University

Time: 11:00 CT

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5 April 2025
Kansas City, Missouri
  • Stowers Institute

The International Biocuration Conference will take place in Kansas City, Missouri.

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31 March 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory will host the, “Chromatin, Epigenetics & Gene Expression” course.

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31 March 2025
Orlando, Florida

The AgAGBT is being held in Orlando, Florida.

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25 March 2025
virtual
  • Sarah Sexton-Bowser

Speaker: Haley Butler, Research Entomologist, USDA ARS, Peanut and Small Grains Research Unit, Stillwater, OK

Time: 11:00 CT

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18 March 2025
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • American Society of Plant Biologists

ASPB Plant Biology 2025 is being held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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15 March 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory will host the, “Frontiers & Techniques in Plant Science” course.

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11 March 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory will host the, “Network Biology” meeting.

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6 March 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Registrations submitted after 5:00 p.m. ET on Mar 6 incur a late fee.

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6 March 2025
St Louis, Missouri
  • Maize Genetics Cooperation

The Maize Genetics Meeting will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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5 March 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is hosting the conference, “Probabilistic Modeling in Genomics.”

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1 March 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory will host the, “Statistical Analysis of Genome Scale Data” course.

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27 February 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Registrations submitted after 5:00 p.m. ET on Feb 27 incur a late fee.

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18 February 2025
virtual
  • Sarah Sexton-Bowser

Speaker: Jackie Atrim, Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension Specialist, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Kearney Center

Time: 11:00 CT

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18 February 2025
Orlando, Florida

The AgAGBT is being held in Orlando, Florida.

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14 February 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

The Biology of Genomes meeting is being held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

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10 January 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory will host the, “Network Biology” meeting.

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10 January 2025
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is hosting the conference, “Probabilistic Modeling in Genomics.”

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10 January 2025
San Diego, California
  • Scherago International

The Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG32) will be held in San Diego, California.

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9 January 2025
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • American Society of Plant Biologists

ASPB Plant Biology 2025 is being held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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8 January 2025
Orlando, Florida

The AgAGBT is being held in Orlando, Florida.

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8 January 2025
St Louis, Missouri
  • Maize Genetics Cooperation

The Maize Genetics Meeting will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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8 January 2025
St Louis, Missouri
  • Maize Genetics Cooperation

The Maize Genetics Meeting will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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5 January 2025
San Diego, California
  • Scherago International

The Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG32) will be held in San Diego, California.

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3 December 2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

The Computational Genomics course will take place at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and will present a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of computational methods for the characterization of functional elements in DNA and RNA sequence data.

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18 November 2024
virtual
  • Sarah Dyer

European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) will be hosting this course. Applications open May 7, 2024.

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13 November 2024
Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton, UK
  • Wellcome Connecting Science

The Genome Informatics conference will focus on large-scale approaches for understanding the structure and biology of genomes.

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13 November 2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

The sixth meeting on Biological Data Science is taking place at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The conference will focus on the infrastructure, software, and algorithms needed to analyze large data sets in biological research.

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10 November 2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is hosting a course titled, “Advanced Sequencing Technologies & Bioinformatics Analysis,” which explores the use and applications of massively parallel sequencing technologies, with a focus on data analysis and bioinformatics.

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10 November 2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is hosting a course titled “Tutorials in Genomics & Bioinformatics: Genome Variation,” an intensive two-day introductory course to genomics and bioinformatics.

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29 October 2024
virtual
  • Sarah Sexton-Bowser

Speaker: Nicholas Gladman, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and USDA-ARS

SorghumBase

Time: 11:00 CT

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13 October 2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is offering a course, “Programming for Biology.” The class is designed for lab biologists with little or no programming experience.

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27 June 2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is offering their Frontiers and Techniques in Plant Science course. Emmanuelle Bayer from the University of Bordeaux in France, Siobhan Brady from the University of California, Davis and Niko Geldner from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland will be teaching the course. The application deadline is March 15, 2024.

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22 June 2024
Honolulu, HI
  • The American Society of Plant Biologists

The American Society of Plant Biologists is hosting the Plant Biology 2024 conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, which focuses on bringing together members of the plant science community to help advance plant science and scientific careers.

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7 June 2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is hosting the course, “Statistical Analysis of Genome Scale Data,” which focuses on building competence in statistical methods for analyzing high-throughput data in genomics and molecular biology in both experimental and computational biologists.

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3 June 2024
Huntsville, Alabama
  • HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is hosting the CROPS conference in Huntsville, Alabama.

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17 May 2024
virtual
  • AG2PI

The Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI) is hosting a virtual workshop titled, “Combined GWAS and TWAS using SVEN,” from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (US Central Time).

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7 May 2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is hosting the 37th annual Biology of Genomes meeting which will focus on DNA sequence variation and its role in molecular evolution, population genetics, complex diseases, comparative genomics, large-scale studies of gene and protein expression, and genomic approaches to ecological systems.

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28 April 2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • CSHL

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is hosting a course, “Tutorials in Genomics & Bioinformatics: RNA-Seq Analysis,” an intensive two-day introductory course to genomics and  bioinformatics.

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2 April 2024
Oklahoma City, OK
  • National Sorghum Producers

The SorghumBase workshop will be held from 3:45-5:00 p.m. SorghumBase, a USDA-ARS funded resource, is dedicated to supporting the sorghum research community by providing curated genomic and genetic data sets, research updates, and more.

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31 March 2024
Huntsville, Alabama
  • HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

The CROPS conference is taking place in Huntsville, Alabama, June 3 – 6, 2024.

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26 March 2024
Oklahoma City, OK
  • National Sorghum Producers

The Sorghum Improvement Conference of North America (SICNA) will be held April 2-4, 2024 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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22 March 2024
Huntsville, Alabama
  • HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

The CROPS conference is taking place in Huntsville, Alabama, June 3 – 6, 2024.

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20 March 2024
virtual
  • AG2PI

The Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI) is hosting a virtual field day, “Phenomic Prediction & Bioinformatic Workflows – AG2PI “Coconut” Grant Outcomes,” from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT. The meeting will highlight two “cocunut” (large seed) grant projects.

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7 March 2024
Oklahoma City, OK
  • National Sorghum Producers

The Sorghum Improvement Conference of North America (SICNA) will be held April 2-4, 2024 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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29 February 2024
Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Maize Genetics Cooperation

The Maize Genetics Meeting will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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7 February 2024
Vienna, Austria
  • The Vienna International Science Conferences & Events Association (VISCEA)

The Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance VII Conference will take place in Vienna, Austria.

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5 February 2024
Vienna, Austria
  • The Vienna International Science Conferences & Events Association (VISCEA)

The Plant Biotic Stresses & Resistance Mechanisms V Conference will take place in Vienna, Austria.

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14 January 2024
San Diego, California

The Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG31) will be held in San Diego, California.

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory USDA
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