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📍 Phoenix, AZ, USA
📅 13 April 2026, 10:10 AM

Joshua Stein, IWGSC Project Manager will be presenting the #IWGSC Wheat Diversity Project at #AGBTAg26

Happening now at #PAG33. Come talk to Josh Stein at poster #712 to learn more about the #IWGSC wheat diversity project

Josh Stein is now presenting preliminary results from the #IWGSC Wheat Diversity Project: sequence of 12 globally diverse wheat landraces and development of the IWGSC Chinese Spring Reference Sequence v3.0. #IWGSC workshop #PAG33

Questions? Come see Josh at poster #712 on Monday

IWGSC-Feuillet Early Career Awardee Anna Backhaus presenting her work on wheat genebank genomics
#IWGSC workshop #PAG33 @cathfeuillet.bsky.social

Bipin Neupane presenting his latest work on whole-genome sequencing and annotation of the PNW wheat cultivars Madsen and Pritchett, expanding genomic resources for wheat diversity. #IWGSC workshop #PAG33

Forrest Connor Wold-McGimsey presenting his work on multi-target genome editing to reduce polyphenol oxidase activity in wheat grains, improving flour and dough quality. #IWGSC workshop #PAG33

Vijay Tiwari @univofmaryland.bsky.social presenting his latest results on the identification of TaWUSCHEL-D1 – a key regulator of grain number per spike in wheat. #IWGSC workshop #PAG33

@ajwhall.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social presenting the latest results from the 10+ Wheat Genomes Project: a wheat pan-transcriptome revealing genetic diversity and gene expression patterns across cultivars. #IWGSC workshop #PAG33

It’s a start for #PAG33 with #IWGSC workshop chaired by Kellye Eversole and Josh Stein

In 10 min, #IWGSC workshop #PAG33. Looking forward to seeing you all there in Town & Country A

Attending #PAG33 later this week?
Make sure to attend the #IWGSC Workshop on Sat 10 @8:00AM
👉Program: plan.core-apps.com/pag33/event/...

🎉 Congratulations to Anna Backhaus, winner of the 2026 IWGSC–Feuillet Early Career Award!
Anna leads a research group at @leibnizipk.bsky.social
She will present her work on wheat genebank genomics during the #IWGSC workshop at #PAG33.
🎤 Read her interview: tinyurl.com/ytb6x8jd

🌾 Can ancient wheat help future-proof our crops?
Join Vijay Tiwari on 11 Dec 2025 to explore how wild wheat relatives and genomics can unlock resilience genes.
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/2hxrctzx
#IWGSC #WheatGenomics #CropScience

🧬 RNA viruses hijack host proteins, but what if we could block them at the source?
Join Ping Yang to explore how editing host factors in barley and wheat could build durable resistance to bymoviruses.
🌱 Don’t miss this #IWGSC webinar!
🔗 Sign up: tinyurl.com/3jsd2btaJ

🏆 Nominations are now open for the IWGSC-Feuillet Early Career Award! Present your research at the #IWGSC workshop during #PAG33 & receive a travel stipend to attend the conference in San Diego.
🗓Deadline: 26 Sept 2025
Application & eligibility: wheatgenome.org/news/call-fo...

Missed today’s IWGSC webinar presented by Agnes Szabo-Hever? The recording is now available on the #IWGSC YouTube channel!
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/nkHqB2gWfZg
📄 Slides available here: tinyurl.com/2j3uedwt

Missed Simon Griffiths's webinar? The recording is now available on YouTube!
🎥 youtu.be/X0kZZktBChE
#IWGSC #Phytobiomes #Genomics

This past Saturday, the #IWGSC celebrated Earth Day in Natick, MA, as part of its outreach for the IWGSC Wheat Diversity Project: plant biology through microscopes, a “match the seed to the veggie” game, and seeds to take home. A fun community event!
In collaboration with New England Sci-Tech🌱🔬

A round-up of the #IWGSC activities in 2024: Data & Highlights.
👉Check it out: www.wheatgenome.org/news/2024-sn...

Join us for our next webinar with Tanushree Halder on 13 March 2025 at 11 AM EDT.
Discover how proteomic approaches can identify key protein biomarkers to improve root traits in bread wheat, enhancing yield and climate resilience. #IWGSC
📅 Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

For those that were not able to join us for
Dominique Hirsz @leibnizipk.bsky.social webinar, the recording is now available on the #IWGSC Youtube channel
youtu.be/UmeoNGXEvU4?...

Michael Alaux @inrae-france.bsky.social URGI presenting the WheatIS Data Discovery Tool #IWGSC workshop #PAG32

Great presentation by Catalina Johnson describing the genome curation she performed as part of her #IWGSC undergraduate summer internship on the Wheat Diversity project #PAG32

Ashima Relan presenting her work on identifying chromosomal regions and candidate genes controlling wheat grain yield and its component traits under terminal heat stress #IWGSC workshop #PAG32

Anita Arenas Miranda on the transcriptional mechanisms underlying wheat response to heat stress #IWGSC workshop #PAG32

Victor LLaca @cortevaagriscience.bsky.social #IWGSC workshop #PAG32 presenting Corteva's assembly pipelines for characterizing genetic variation, discovering genes, driving gene editing and accelerating the development of improved crops.

#IWGSC #PAG32: Structural & Functional genomics workshop is about to start in Town and Country B

Congratulations @delfidorussen.bsky.social on being awarded the #IWGSC -Feuillet Early Career award to present your work on #wheat homoeolog transcriptional compensation at PAG.🌾 #ProudPI.

Don’t forget to stop by the #IWGSC poster #PAG32 to learn more about the IWGSC wheat diversity project. #484

We had a great time at the #IWGSC 20th anniversary celebration tonight. Thank you all for being there!