Hot new paper: Gb3 encodes a unique kinase fusion protein conferring greenbug resistance in wheat
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Open position: Postdoctoral Fellowship on Barley Genetics and Genomics at USDA-ARS in Aberdeen, Idaho (restricted to US citizens)
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@AMBA_Barley
New Curated Resources section in GrainGenes graingenes.org/GG3/content/s…
The Curated resources currently have three sections:
1) Barley Genetics Newsletter Submissions
2) Known Informative Markers (KIMs)
3) Oat QTL/gene inventory
@WheatInitiative @AMBA_Barley @OatNewsletter
Open position: Postdoctoral Researcher (Bioinformatics) at Louisiana State University Agricultural Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana graingenes.org/GG3/content/p…
Open position: Biological Technician in Barley and Oat Pre-breeding at USDA-ARS in Aberdeen, Idaho (US citizenship required) graingenes.org/GG3/content/b… @amba @OatNewsletter
GrainGenes update: A searchable version of Wheat Gene Catalogue - 2024 was created. Go ahead and give it a try: graingenes.org/ggpages/wgc20…
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GrainGenes update: we released Panviewer, a new web-based application developed in-house to view wheat, barley, and oat pangenomes
@WheatInitiative @AMBA_Barley @OatNewsletter
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Two positions at Montana State University:
- Research Associate in the Malt Quality Laboratory at Montana State University graingenes.org/GG3/content/r…
- Seed and Field Technician graingenes.org/GG3/content/s…
@AMBA_Barley @IntBarleyHub
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If you didn't get the chance to read the posters at the Wheat Initiative stand during the #IWC2026Bologna find the one on Expert Working Group on Wheat Information System (WheatIS) here: wheatinitiative.org/ewg-whea…
GrainGenes update: Released a new GGBLAST service, version 3, based on SequenceServer 3.1.3 and NCBI BLAST 2.17.0. Fixed bugs, improved security, enhanced interface. @WheatInitiative @AMBA_Barley @OatNewsletter
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Open position: Wheat breeder position at Canyon/Bushland with Texas A&M AgriLife Research/TAMU @WheatInitiative @uswheatassoc graingenes.org/GG3/content/w…
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We are getting all excited about the upcoming #IWC2026Bologna!!!
Have you booked your workshop yet?
Find the agendas to the WI workshops here:
wheatinitiative.org/new-even…
Make sure to register through the IWC2026.com website 😊 🌾
PLEASE SHARE!
25+ open positions: Research Plant Geneticist positions at USDA-ARS (You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.) @WheatInitiative @AMBA_Barley @IntBarleyHub @wheatsd @WheatInnovation @OatNewsletter graingenes.org/GG3/content/r…
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The latest agenda is live!!!
The Annual meeting of the WI WheatIS Expert Working Group at 4th International Wheat Congress, Bologna, Italy #IWC2026Bologna
Have a look!
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This will be an intersting read for some of you!
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@Val_Klymiuk
GrainGenes update: GGBlastPlugin, a JBrowse plugin, released. graingenes.org/GG3/content/a… @SoyBaseDatabase @LegumeFed @MaizeGDB @functionizer @pauldshaw @michaelalaux
GrainGenes 2026 Tutorials: 2/ 2:
SNPversity 2.0 Tutorial - populated with variation data from the study "Whole-genome resequencing of the wild barley diversity collection" Spanner et al. G3, 2025.
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@AMBA_Barley
Enjoy!
GrainGenes 2026 Tutorials: 1 / 2:
GrainGenes 2026 Home Page Tutorial youtube.com/watch?v=9R4je7gv…
Enjoy!
GrainGenes update: Triticum turgidum Durum Svevo 2.0 manuscript was accepted and all dataset and tools are released @luigicattivelli @WheatInitiative graingenes.org/GG3/content/a…
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The #Oat Newsletter has been updated! oatnews.org/node/1374 This is the first full update in a while, so there's lots of different kinds of information for you. #oats
