SorghumBase Release 10
We are pleased to announce the 10th major release of SorghumBase. Highlights of this release include the addition of 31 new genomes from the JGI SorghumPan project
The 39th annual Biology of Genomes meeting will take place at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory May 5-9, 2026. The conference will explore how DNA sequence variation shapes molecular evolution, population genetics, complex disease biology, and comparative genomics, as well as findings from large-scale gene and protein expression studies and genomic analyses of ecological systems.
The Center for Sorghum Improvement (CSI) will host a virtual Global Conference Announcement and SorghumBase seminar on Tuesday, February 10 at 10:45 AM CT. The meeting will begin with announcements and the seminar will start at 11:00 AM CT. Nick Gladman, Andrew Olson and Doreen Ware will speak on behalf of SorghumBase with their talk, “SorghumBase: a central KnowledgeBase for Sorghum Stakeholders.”
The International Plant and Animal Genome conference (PAG33) took place on January 9-14, 2026 in San Diego, California. The meeting focused on fostering an opportunity to exchange ideas and share recent developments and future plans for plant & animal genome projects through technical presentations, poster sessions, exhibits and workshops. This conference brought together over 3000 leading plant and animal scientists and researchers, and over 100 exhibits, 200 workshops, 700 posters.
The Data Management and Infrastructure and Single-Cell Sequencing committees of the Plant Cell Atlas are organizing a workshop series that aims to equip participants with essential skills and knowledge to achieve the critical goal of ensuring data reproducibility in single-cell research,
The Center for Sorghum Improvement (CSI) will host a virtual seminar given by Brent Crafton, Lanier Dabruzzi, Shelee Padgett and Zach Simon, members of the Sorghum Checkoff Marketing Team, on Tuesday, January 13 at 11:00 AM CT. Their talk, “Moving
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is hosting the Systems Biology: Global Regulation of Gene Expression meeting March 11-14, 2026. The focus of the meeting will be on encouraging collaboration between experimental and computational biologists exploring the structure and regulation of complex transcriptional networks in eukaryotic systems.
The Department of Plant Sciences at North Dakota State University welcomes applications for a skilled and motivated chemist/technician to support our barley and malt quality analysis service and research efforts in the Department of Plant Sciences at North Dakota State University (NDSU).