Sorghum/ Millet Workshop at PAG32 in San Diego, California, January 10-15, 2025

A Sorghum/ Millet Workshop will be held at the Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG32) on Sunday, January 12 at 8 AM, in Pacific H-I (2nd Floor) at The Town & Country Resort and Conference Center, in San Diego, California. 

Talks and presentations include:

  • Empowering Sorghum Research: SorghumBase as a Hub for Genomic Data and Community Collaboration – Doreen Ware, USDA-ARS & Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • High-Efficiency Transformation Tools Used to Expand Editing Capabilities in Sorghum – Jianqiang Shen, University of California Berkeley
  • Metabolome-Scale Genome-Wide Association Studies Illuminate Chemical Diversity and Genetic Regulation of Metabolism in Sorghum Grains – Deepti Nigam, Texas Tech University
  • Using Functional Genomic Approaches to Understand the Gene Regulatory Network Controlling Flowering Time in Sorghum – Meng Xie, Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • New Pangenome Resources for Sorghum: A Platform for Accelerated Trait Discovery and Delivery – Clara Maria Cruet-Burgos, Colorado State University
  • Perennial Sorghum (S. bicolor (L.) Moench): A Dependable and Cost-Effective Agro-Ecological Solution to Vulnerable Ecosystems in the Drylands – Ephrem Habyarimana, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

For more information visit the PAG32 website or the workshop website.