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International Women’s Day – SorghumBase Highlights Early Career Scientists

In celebration of this important day, the SorghumBase team asked for self-identified, female early career scientists to tell us about their work.

SorghumBase at Maize Genomics Conference in St. Louis, MO, March 16-19

Members of the SorghumBase Team will be presenting at the 65th Annual Maize Genetics Conference, which is being held from March 16th to the 19th of 2023 in the St. Louis Union Station Hotel, St Louis MO.

Community Sorghum Marker Panel in Development

The SorghumBase team is pleased to share updates on its recent sorghum breeding initiatives in collaboration with researchers and breeders in the community.

Job Opening – Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Oklahoma State University – Department of Plant Biology, Ecology, and Evolution

The Huang Lab in Department of Plant Biology, Ecology, and Evolution at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to use both genomic and molecular approaches to participate in an ongoing research study on the genetic characterization of aphid resistant lines and their underlying resistance mechanisms.

Sorghum highlights of the 2023 Plant and Animal Genome Conference #PAG 30

The Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) Conference took place in San Diego, California from January 13-18 of 2023. The conference covered the most recent developments in Plant and Animal Genomics, with a full program consisting of scientific workshops, plenary speakers, industry workshops, digital tools and resources sessions, posters sessions, and exhibits with community resources and industry related products and services.

Save the Date! AG2PI conference: “Mapping the Future of Agricultural Genome to Phenome Research,” June 15-16, Kansas City, MO

The Agricultural Genome to Phenome initiative (AG2PI) is hosting a conference, “Mapping the Future of Agricultural Genome to Phenome Research,” from June 15th to 16th in Kansas City, MO.

Sorghum in the 21st Century, June 5-9, Montpellier, France

Registration is open for the 2nd Sorghum in the 21st Century Global Sorghum Conference, hosted by the French research institution CIRAD and an international consortium of sorghum research partners, which will be taking place from June 5th to 9th of 2023 in Montpellier, France. 

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).

Job opening – Post-doc Plant Biologist/ Geneticist with Strong Coding Skills at the University of Georgia – Athens, Georgia

The Devos Lab at the University of Georgia, Athens is seeking a Post-doctoral researcher with a background in Plant Biology and strong coding skills to conduct cutting-edge genomics research in economically important grasses.