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Highlights from Plant Biology 2025

SorghumBase Team
07 August 2025

This annual gathering brought together plant scientists from around the globe for an inspiring week of scientific sessions, interactive workshops, poster presentations, and networking opportunities. The meeting served as a hub for professional growth and scientific exchange, equipping attendees with the knowledge, skills, and connections needed to advance both their research and careers. This year’s conference welcomed over 984 scientists and researchers, featured 36 exhibitors, and offered 20 workshops across diverse areas of plant biology. Attendees engaged with 533 poster presentations and explored 727 completed abstracts.

SorghumBase Team
21 July 2025

The Genome Informatics Conference will take place at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory from November 5-8, 2025. Virtual participation is available to those not giving poster or oral presentations. The Keynote Speakers will be Yana Safonova, from Penn State, and Marinka Zitnik, from Harvard University.

SorghumBase Team
17 July 2025

The Center for Sorghum Improvement (CSI) is hosting a virtual seminar given by Sandeep Marla, from the Department of Agronomy at Kansas State University, on Tuesday, July 22 at 11 AM CT. The title of the talk is, “Accelerating sorghum trait delivery with established public-private sector partnerships.”

SorghumBase Team
09 May 2025

The Center for Sorghum Improvement (CSI) is hosting a virtual seminar given by Seminar Sakiko. from the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Texas A&M AgriLife Research, on Tuesday, May 13 at 11 AM CT. The title of the talk is “Enhancing Biological Nitrification Inhibition activities in sorghum.”

SorghumBase Team
05 May 2025

The 18th annual International Biocuration Conference was held in Kansas City, Missouri, April 5-9. This event brought together biocurators, software developers and users of life sciences and clinical data to share their work, encourage collaboration, and highlight the essential curatorial efforts that support research and innovation across academia, government, and industry.

SorghumBase Team
15 April 2025

On March 29–30, 2025, the AG2PI Single Cell Workshop Organizing Committee and AgBioData Single Cell Biocuration Working Group co-hosted an in-person workshop dedicated to advancing agricultural single-cell genomics. The event brought together a dynamic group of researchers, bioinformaticians, and data curators at the forefront of plant and animal single-cell biology.

SorghumBase Team
15 April 2025

The Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) Agricultural Meeting 2025 took place from March 31 to April 2 in Orlando, Florida. This annual event convened leading genome researchers, data scientists, breeders, policy influencers, funders, and technology innovators from around the world to discuss the integration of genomics in agriculture.

SorghumBase Team
03 April 2025

The Center for Sorghum Improvement (CSI) is hosting a virtual seminar given by Aaron Kusmec, an Assistant Professor in Crop Quantitative Genetics at Kansas State University’s Department of Agronomy, on Tuesday, April 8 at 11 AM CT. The title of the talk is, “The past is not the future: Lessons from 80 years of maize breeding for adaptation to future climates.”

SorghumBase Team
24 March 2025

The Center for Sorghum Improvement (CSI) is hosting a virtual seminar given by Haley Butler, from the Peanut and Small Grains Research Unit at the USDA-ARS, on Tuesday, March 25 at 11 AM CT.

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Highlights from Plant Biology 2025

2025 CSHL Genome Informatics Conference, Nov. 5-8, Abstracts Due Aug. 22

CSI Seminar Sandeep Marla, July 22 at 11 AM CT

CSI Seminar Sakiko Okumoto, May 13 at 11 AM CT

Advancing Biocuration in the Age of AI: Highlights from the 18th International Biocuration Conference

Building a Transdisciplinary Agricultural Single-Cell Genomics Community: Highlights from the AG2PI-AgBioData Workshop

AGBT Agricultural Meeting 2025: Elevating Genomic Innovation in Agriculture

CSI Seminar Aaron Kusmec, Apr 8 at 11 AM CT

CSI Seminar Haley Butler, Mar 25 at 11 AM CT