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2020
● PAG XXVIII Conference, San Diego, CA, January 11-15, 2020.
Genomic Selection and Genome-Wide Association Studies
Hybridization, heterosis and balancing selection
Hosting of these speakers at ISU Department of Agronomy is partially supported by the funds from Pioneer Distinguished Chair in Maize Breeding, Raymond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding, and ISU Plant Sciences Institute Faculty Scholar Program. Thanks!
● Jianbing Yan, Professor of Genetics, Huazhong Agricultural University, presented a seminar, Genomic study for enhancing maize genetic improvement, Agronomy Hall 3022, 4:00 - 5:00, Friday, August 11, 2017.
2019
● Agricultural Genomics 2019 - Big Data for Better Agriculture, Shenzhen Marriott Hotel Golden Bay, Shenzhen, China, November 21-23, 2019.
● 6th International Symposium on Genomics and Crop Genetic Improvement - Molecular Breeding, Wuhan, China, October 20-23, 2019.
● CROPS 2019, Improving Agriculture through Genomics, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, Jun 3-6, 2019.
● 2019 PIRS Mini-Symposium: Novel candidate gene discovery by computing on phenotypes, ISU Alumni Center, Ames, IA, Apr 3-4, 2019
● PAG XXVII Conference, San Diego, CA, January 12-16, 2019.
● Jiankang Wang, Professor of Quantitative Genetics, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, presented a seminar, Linkage analysis and QTL mapping of clonal F1 and double cross F1, Agronomy Hall 3140, 11:00 - 12:00, Sunday, April 23, 2017. In addition, he also hosted a workshop on genetic mapping and quantitative genetics at Agronomy Hall 3140, 12:30 - 2:30, Sunday, April 23, 2017.
2018
● 5th International Symposium on Genomics and Crop Genetic Improvement - Heterosis, Wuhan, China, October 23-25, 2018.
● The 17th meeting of the EUCARPIA Section Biometrics in Plant Breeding, Ghent, Belgium, September 3-5, 2018.
● Clemson Integrated Plant Sciences Symposium, Clemson, SC, April 20, 2018.
● Maize Genetics Conference, at the Palais du Grand Large of Saint-Malo, France, March 22-25, 2018.
● RF Baker Plant Breeding Symposium, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, March 2, 2018.
● PAG XXVI Conference, San Diego, CA, January 13-17, 2018.
● Hans-Peter Piepho, Professor of Bioinformatics, Hohenheim University, Germany, presented a seminar: Design and analysis of multi-environment trials in plant breeding and variety testing, 4:10 - 5:00 Tuesday, Mar. 28, 2017, at 3140 Agronomy Hall. In addition, he also hosted a workshop, Linear mixed models in the design and analysis of breeding trials and genomic mapping, 2:00 - 4:30 Wednesday, Mar. 29, 2017, at 3022 Agronomy Hall.
(Note: We appreciate the Presidential Initiative for Interdisciplinary Research in Data Driven Science led by Dr. Danny Singh and his Monsanto Chair in Soybean Breeding for kind contributions.)
2017
● The 4th International Symposium on Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources, Giessen, Germany, Sept 3-7, 2017.
● CROPS 2017, Improving Agriculture through Genomics, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, Jun 5-8, 2017.
● RF Baker Plant Breeding Symposium, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, March 3, 2017.
● PAG XXV Conference, San Diego, CA, January 14-18, 2017.
Genomic Selection and Genome-Wide Association Studies
Hybridization, Heterosis and balancing selection
Genomic features and chromosome functionality
● James Bircher, Curators' Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, presented a seminar: Construction and potential applications of engineered minichromosomes in plants, 4:10 - 5:00 Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, at 3140 Agronomy Hall. In addition, he also presented a lecture, Barbara McClintock and Lewis Stadler at the University of Missouri in the early days of maize genetics: One to become a Nobel laureate and one that should have been! 4:10 - 5:00 Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, at 1414 Mol Biol Building.
(Note: His seminar is part of the ISU President's Distinguished Seminar Series. We appreciate the ISU Crop Bioengineering Consortium led by Dr. Kan Wang and Jeff Wolt for kind contributions.)
2016
● The Prominent Role of Plant Genetic Resources and Genebanks in Post-genomic Era, C8-Symposium, 2016 ASA-CSSA-SSSA meeting, Phoenix, AZ.
● The 5th International Conference in Quantitative Genetics, Madison, WI, Jun 12-17, 2016.
● Heterosis: Working Toward a Genetic, Molecular, Developmental, and Physiological Basis, University of Missouri, Columbia MO, May 25-27, 2016.
● RF Baker Plant Breeding Symposium, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, March 3, 2016.
● Genomic Selection and Genome-Wide Association Studies Workshop, San Diego, CA, PAG XXIV Conference, January 9-13, 2016.
2015
● Plant Genome Congress USA, St. Louis, MO, September 14-15, 2015
● 2015 CROPS Conference, Genomics Enabled Crop Breeding & Improvement, Hudsonalpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, May 18-21, 2015.
● RF Baker Plant Breeding Symposium, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, March 4, 2015.
● Plant Breeding and Genetics Symposium at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, February 19, 2015.
● Genomic Selection and Genome-Wide Association Studies Workshop, San Diego, CA, PAG XXIII Conference, January 10-14, 2015.
2014
● Integrating Genotypes and Phenotypes to Improve Crops for Challenging Environments, C1-Symposium, Long Beach, CA, Nov. 2-5, 2014 ASA-CSSA-SSSA meeting.
● Annual Meeting of the National Association of Plant Breeders, Minneapolis, MN, Aug. 5-8, 2014.
● International Workshop on Engineered Crops, Des Moines, Iowa, April 28–29, 2014.
● Zhiwu Zhang, Assistant Professor and Washington Wheat Distinguished Professor for Statistical Genomics, presented a seminar: Saving the babies from the bathwater in Genome-Wide Association Studies, 12:00 - 1:00, Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2016, at 3140 Agronomy Hall. In addition, he also held a workshop, Assessment of statistical power, false positive rate and type I error of Genome-Wide Association Study, 12:00 - 2:30, Monday, Mar. 28, 2016, at 3022 Agronomy Hall.
● UNL Plant Breeding and Genetics Sympoium, Nebraska, NE, April 1, 2014.
● The 2014 R. F. Baker Plant Breeding Symposium, Moore’s Law: Does phenotyping get a turn? High throughput phenotyping advances, Ames, IA, Thursday, March 6, 2014.
● Genomic Selection and Genome-Wide Association Studies Workshop, San Diego, CA, January 11-15, 2014, PAG XXII Conference
● Ed Buckler, USDA-ARS and Cornell Univesity, presented a very existing seminar: Where is the good, the bad, and the boring variation in maize?, 4:10 - 5:00, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, at 2050 Agronomy Hall.
(Note: His seminar is part of the ISU President's Distinguished Seminar Series.)
2013
● Plant Genome Congress USA, St. Louis, MO, September 23-24, 2013
● Spring 2013 TCAP Webinar Series, Ahead of the Curve Technologies for next-gen plant breeding, May 1, 2013
● 2013 Annual National Association of Plant Breeders Meeting, Tampa FL, June 2-5, 2013
● KSU Plant Breeding and Genetics Symposium, "Next Generation Plant Breeding", Manhattan, KS, April 2, 2013
● Genomic Selection and Genome-Wide Association Studies Workshop , Sorghum/Millet Workshop, Maize Workshop January 12-16, 2013, PAG XXI Conference
● Genomic Selection in Corn, Sorghum, and Wheat, 2012 American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) meeting, December 5, 2012, Chicago, IL
● Using Genotypic Data to Strategically Develop Core Collections, Mini-Cores, and Trait-Specific Subsets, October 24, 2012, ASA-CSSA-SSSA meeting
● Ronald Phillips, Regents Professor Emeritus and former McKnight Presidential Chair in Genomics, University of Minnesota, presented an inspiring seminar: The Path to Discovery, 4:10 - 5:00, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, at 1001 Troxel Hall.
(Note: His seminar is part of the ISU President's Distinguished Seminar Series.)
● Plant and Animal Genome XVIII Conference, Jan 14-18, 2012, QTL Cloning
● Danforth Plant Science Center 2011 Fall Symposium, Oct 28-30, St. Louis, MO
● The 5th Annual Plant Breeding Workshop, College Station, Texas, May 23-25, 2011
● Plant and Animal Genome XVIII Conference, Jan 15-19, 2011, QTL Cloning, Comparative Genomics
● The 4th Annual Plant Breeding Workshop, Johnston, Iowa, Aug 15-17, 2010
● Zhao-Bang Zeng, Quantitative Genetics, Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University, presented a seminar, Epistasis in Plant Populations, Agronomy Hall 3140, 9:00 - 10:00, Friday, Apr. 24, 2015. In addition, he also held a workshop, Modelling Quantitative Trait Loci, Agronomy Hall 3022, 1:15 - 2:45, Friday, Apr. 24, 2015.
● Alex Lipka, Assistant Professor in Biometry, Department of Crop Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, presented a seminar, Development of a Statistical Genetics and Genomics Research Program, Agronomy Hall 3022, 11:00 - 12:00, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. In addition, he also hosted a workshop on GAPIT (Genome Association and Prediction Integrated Tool), Agronomy Hall 3022, 2:00 - 4:00, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014.
● Shizhong Xu, Professor of Genetics and Statistics, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, presented a seminar, Predicting Hybrid Yields of Rice using High Density Molecular Markers, Agronomy Hall 3140, 4:10 - 5:00, Wednesday, Apr. 2, 2014. In addition, he also presented a tutorial, Mendelian Statistics - the Mixture Model, Agronomy Hall G217, 1:30 - 3:30 Thursday, Apr. 3, 2014.
● Jiankang Wang, Senior Scientist in Quantitative Genetics in CIMMYT and Professor in Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, presented a seminar, Genetic Mapping and Breeding Design, Agronomy Hall 3140, 2:00 - 3:00, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. In addition, he also hosted a workshop, Principles of QTL Mapping and IciM Mapping Software, was held at Agronomy Hall 3140, 3:00 - 5:00, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013.
● Dindo Tabanao, rice breeder, Philippine Rice Research Institute, was a visiting scholar supported by Borlaug Fellowship program. Dr. Tabanao gave a seminar, Hybrid Rice Breeding and Genetics, Agronomy Hall 3140, 2:30-3:30, Nov. 1, 2013.
● A group of CIAT breeders and geneticists visited Agronomy Department on July 2, 2013. Dr. Joe Tohme gave a presentation, CIAT, Plant Breeding and Global Food Security, Agronomy Hall 3140, 10:30-10:50, which was followed by a general discussion among CIAT scientists and ISU graduate students and faculty.
Joe Tohme, breeder, director of research, PhD from Michigan State Univ.
Clair Hershey, breeder, leader cassava program, PhD from Cornell
Luis Augusto Beccerra, cassava geneticist, PhD from Australia National Univ.
Steve Beebe, breeder, leader bean program, PhD from U. Wisconsin and Iowa native
Bodo Raatz, bean geneticist, PhD from Max Plank - Cologne
John Miles, forage breeder, PhD from Univ. Illinois
Margaret Worthington, forage breeder to join CIAT in Dec, currently finishing her dissertation. PhD from NCSU
Edgar Torres, Breeder, leader rice program, PhD from São Paulo State Univ.
● Xiaoming Liu, Assistant Professor of Human Genetics, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Whole Genome Sequence Analyses of 962 European Americans: the First Glance at the CHARGE Consortium Sequencing Project, Agronomy Hall 3140, 10:00-11:00, June 11, 2013.
● Scott Jackson, Professor and Director of Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, University of Georgia. Functional- and Epi-Genomics in Soybean, Agronomy Hall 3140, 11:00-12:00, April 6, 2013 (Seminar on Saturday).
● Eyal Fridman, Assistant Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Role of Genetic and Biochemical Interactions in Regulating Complex Phenotypes and Heterosis, Agronomy Hall 3140, 11:00-12:00, April 4, 2013.
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