Presentations

Invited Talks

May 7, 2025. Phenotypic plasticity as a framework to connect…. Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO.
Apr. 15, 2025. Understanding the interplay of genes, organism, and environment for complex traits. Elmer G. Heyne Distinguished Crop Science Lecture, Manhattan, KS.
Mar. 4, 2025. Plant breeding innovations: Technology, Analytics, and Design. Nebraska Plant Science Symposium, Driving Innovation: New Frontiers in Plant Science, Lincoln, NB.
Feb. 20, 2025. Understanding the interplay of genes and environment for complex traits. Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, China.
Jan. 24, 2025, Genome-wide association studies, genomic selection, and plant breeding. Pan African Bean Research Alliance (PABRA), Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Tanzania. (Virtual)
Jan. 14, 2025. A Myb gene underlying plant height sheds light on ontogeny, plasticity, and heterosis in sorghum and maize. Systems Biology of the Crop QTLome Workshop. Plant and Animal Genome 32 Conference, Jan. 10-15, 2025, San Diego, CA.
Nov. 7, 2024. Understanding the connections of genes, organism, and environment. Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
Aug. 12, 2024. Phenotypic plasticity to integrate research in genetics, genomics, and environment. Northwestern Agricultural and Forestry University, Yangling, China.
Aug. 7, 2024. Complex trait dissection and selection. Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuan, China.
Apr. 24, 2024. Learning and leveraging artificial intelligence for crop improvement. AI in Plant Breeding Symposium, Genetics and Genomics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
Mar. 29, 2024. The path to discovery: technology, analytics, and design. Plant Sciences Symposium, Harvesting Synergies: Elevating Plant Sciences through Interdisciplinarity. University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.
October 31, 2023. Realizing the potential of germplasm through turbocharging genebank. Symposium – Open Science Inspires Utilization of Genebank Collections through Genomics and Phenotyping. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
Sept. 1, 2023. Technology, Analytics, and Design in Research and Training. Department of Animal Science. Ames, IA.
Jul. 14, 2023. Phenotypic plasticity to guide the exploration of gene-environment-development-phenotype process. China Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jul. 13, 2023. Phenotypic plasticity to guide the exploration of gene-environment-development-phenotype process. Sinong Academic Forum, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Jul. 11, 2023. Plant breeding innovations and artificial intelligence. Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
May 10, 2023. Phenotypic plasticity: A framework to understand the gene-environment-development interplay. Interdepartmental Seminar Series (Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology; Genetic, Genomics & Bioinformatics; and Microbiology), University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA.
Jan. 15, 2023. Dissection of phenotypic plasticity in flowering time and plant height in sorghum under natural field conditions. Sorghum and Millet Workshop, Plant and Animal Genome 30 Conference, Jan. 13-18, 2023, San Diego, CA.
Jan. 14, 2023. Advancing translational genomics through design thinking and systems thinking of phenotypic plasticity. CSSA Translation Genomics Workshop, Plant and Animal Genome 30 Conference, Jan. 13-18, 2023, San Diego, CA.
Nov. 3, 2022. Phenotypic plasticity connects gene, organism, environment, and development. GxExM Symposium, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane and online, Australia (Virtual).
Sept. 13, 2022. Sorghum: Uncovering the relationships among gene, environment, crop, and human. Center for Sorghum Improvement Seminar Series, Kansas State University (Virtual).
Jun. 27, 2022. Vision for the future germplasm use. NC-7 Hatch Multistate Project Regional Technical Advisory Committee. North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station, Ames, IA.
Jun. 14, 2022. Phenotypic plasticity: Integrating genomics, phenomics, and enviromics for precision agriculture and sustainable agriculture. CROPS Conference, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL.
May 26, 2022. Quantitative genetics, plant breeding innovations, and omnigenic model. Quantitative Genetics Lecture Series, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China (Virtual).
May 2, 2022. Plant breeding innovations: Technologies, analytics, and design. Sustainable Protein Production Supercluster Support Program Seminar Series, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada (Virtual).
Oct. 13, 2021. Coevolution among humans, plants, and environments linked by allelochemicals. Agriculture and Health Summit, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Oct. 11-13, 2021 (Virtual).
Sept. 13, 2021. Continuing the journey of excellence and innovation in plant breeding. Advanced Plant Breeding Symposium, Seed Science Foundation and National Association of Plant Breeders (Virtual).
Aug. 5, 2021. An integrated framework reinstating the environmental dimension for GWAS and genomic selection. The 2021 International Conference on Molecular Plant Sciences: From Fundamental Research to Agricultural Applications, China (Virtual).
May 13, 2021. Quantitative genetics: current status and history. Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China (Virtual).
Feb. 27, 2021. Genome-wide association studies, genomic selection, and genome editing, but what about environment? Corn Breeding Research Meeting (Virtual).
Nov. 10, 2020. Design thinking to enhance the synergy between genomic selection and genome editing. Genome Editing and Genomic Selection for Crop Improvement Session, 2020 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting (Virtual).
Apr. 1, 2020. Pattern finding for a better understanding of genes, organisms, and environments. Bayer Crop Science Zoom Seminar Series (Virtual).
Nov. 29, 2019. Genome-wide association studies and discovery of tannins’ role in agroecosystems. Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Center, Shanghai, China.
Nov. 29, 2019. An integrated understanding of genes, organisms, and environments. Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Nov. 23, 2019. Design thinking for better agriculture: Genomic selection and genome editing. Nature Conference, Agricultural Genomics 2019 - Big Data for Better Agriculture, November 21-23, 2019, Shenzhen Marriott Hotel Golden Bay, Shenzhen, China.
Sept. 13, 2019. (YouTube) Integrating design, analytics, and genomics in crop improvement. University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
Aug. 29, 2019. Design thinking, data mining, and the complex genotype-environment-phenotype relationship. Corteva, Johnston, IA.
Jun. 20, 2019. Genomic selection, plant breeding design, and optimization. Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
May 31, 2019. (YouTube) Towards a better understanding of genes, organisms, and environments. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Apr. 3, 2019. Pattern discovery in genes, genomes, environments, and phenotypes. PIRS Mini-Symposium: Novel candidate gene discovery by computing on phenotypes. Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
Feb. 25, 2019. A unified synthesis framework of genes, organisms, and environments for gene discovery and performance forecasting. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Jan. 12, 2019. Establishing a unified synthesis framework for genomic selection, genome-wide association studies, and genotype by environment interaction. Genomic Selection and Genome-Wide Association Studies workshop, Plant and Animal Genome XXVII Conference, Jan. 12-16, 2019, San Diego, CA.
Dec. 13, 2018. Establishing a unified framework for genomic prediction of untested genotypes in untested environments. BASF, Morrisville, NC.
Nov. 28, 2018. Uncovering patterns behind phenotypic plasticity for gene discovery and trait prediction. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
Oct. 24, 2018. Probing the mechanisms of heterosis in defined genetic contexts in sorghum and maize. 5th International Symposium on Genomics and Crop Genetic Improvement-Heterosis, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Sept. 5, 2018. Design and diversity for complex trait dissection and crop improvement. The 17th meeting of the EUCARPIA Section Biometrics in Plant Breeding, Ghent, Belgium.
Jul. 22, 2018. Designing molecular breeding and green agriculture as space exploration. International Symposium on Molecular Breeding and Green Agriculture in 21 Century, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Jul. 20, 2018. Genomic and environmental determinants and their interplay underlying phenotypic plasticity. Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
Apr. 20, 2018. (YouTube) Pattern discovery, predictive modeling, and design in plant breeding and genetics. Clemson Integrated Plant Sciences Symposium, Clemson, SC.
Apr. 6, 2018. Genomic and environmental determinants underlying phenotypic plasticity. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
Dec. 6, 2017. Exploring the genotype-phenotype landscape for germplasm enhancement. Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Cooperator's Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Nov. 15, 2017. Quantitative Genetics and Maize Breeding. ISU Plant Breeding Mini Retreat. Ames, IA.
Sept. 4, 2017. Design thinking and data mining in finding the optimal genetic combinations. The 4th International Symposium on Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources, Giessen, Germany. (Opening Keynote).
Jul. 3, 2017. Design thinking and data mining in genetics and breeding. China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Jun. 29, 2017. Design and application in genome-wide association studies and genomic selection. Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, China.
Jun. 6, 2017. Design and optimize genomic selection in the context of gene banks and practical breeding programs. CROPS 2017, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL.
Jan. 18, 2017. Thoughts and examples of turbocharging the gene banks with genomic prediction. DivSeek - Addressing the challenges and opportunities for information and data sharing associated with plant germplasm, Plant and Animal Genome XXIV Conference, San Diego, CA.
Nov. 29, 2016. Optimal design in complex trait dissection and genomic prediction. Designing Optimal Genetic Improvement and Agronomic Systems. Ames, IA.
Nov. 18, 2016. Breeding strategies with genomic selection. Hi Fidelity Genetics, Durham, NC.
Nov. 17, 2016. Genomic selection: Continuing the journey of excellence of plant breeding. Bayer CropScience, Morrisville, NC.
Nov. 9, 2016. Turbo-charging the genebanks through Genomic prediction. The Prominent Role of Plant Genetic Resources and Genebanks in the Post-Genomic Era, C8-Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, ASA-CSSA-SSSA meeting.
Aug. 30, 2016. Parallel evolution of alleles, genes, chromosomes, and taxa. Bioinformatics Seminar, Department of Statistics, Purdue University. West Lafayette, IN.
Jul. 14, 2016. Genetics of heterosis and plant breeding methods. Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
Jul. 9, 2016. Genotype and phenotype relationship for different biological questions. Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, China.
May 25, 2016. Defining a complex phenomenon and quantitative dissecting of heterosis. Heterosis: Working toward a genetic, molecular, developmental and physiological basis. Interdepartmental Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
Apr. 28, 2016. Genomic prediction contributes to a promising global strategy to evaluate plant germplasm in genebanks. Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK.
Apr 29, 2016. Genotype and phenotype relationship under different biological contexts for gene finding and trait selection, Plant Genotype-Phenotype (G2P) Association Discovery via Integrative Genome-scale Biological Network & Genome-wide Association Analysis, Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK.
Jan. 9, 2016. Evolutionary patterns of chromosomes and genomes. Evolution of Genome Size workshop, Plant and Animal Genome XXIV Conference, San Diego, CA.
Sept. 2, 2015. Genetic dissection and genomic prediction of quantitative traits. Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
Feb. 19, 2015. (YouTube) Genomic selection: Historical context, technical details, empirical findings, and perspectives. Texas A&M Plant Breeding Symposium, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
Jan. 13, 2015. Novel strategies in integrating genomic selection into the broad genomics-assisted breeding, Genomics-Assisted Breeding Workshop, Plant and Animal Genome XXIII Conference, San Diego, CA.
Nov. 10, 2014. Leveraging genomics and phenomics for a better understanding of genotype-phenotype relationship. Center for Sorghum Improvement, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
Nov. 4, 2014. Challenges of G x E and how to overcome them. Integrating Genotypes and Phenotypes to Improve Crops for Challenging Environments, C1-Symposium, Long Beach, CA, ASA-CSSA-SSSA meeting.
Oct. 14, 2014. Emerging and long-standing questions in plant genetics and breeding. Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.
Sept. 8, 2014. Quantitative perspectives in gene cloning, genotype by environment interaction, and germplasm enhancement. Interdepartmental Plant Group seminar series, Columbia, MO.
Jun. 30, 2014. Genomic selection and model prediction as an integrated breeding strategy. Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
Apr. 28, 2014. Can we make a dent in genotype by environment interaction in this high throughput era? International Workshop on Engineered Crops, Iowa State University, Des Moines, IA.
Apr. 1, 2014. Significance of quantitative genetics in the era of high throughput genotyping and phenotyping, Plant Breeding and Genetics Symposium, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
Mar. 18, 2014. The significance of quantitative genetics in the high throughput era. Workshop at Center of Maize Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Oct. 16, 2013. Parallel evolution of alleles, genes, chromosomes, and genomes. Genetic, Genomics, and Bioinformatics Program, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA.
Sept. 24, 2013. Genic and nongenic contributions to natural variation of maize quantitative traits in maize, Plant Genomics Congress USA, St. Louis, MO.
Aug. 9, 2013. The frequency issue in current genetics and genomics analysis. Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
Jul. 31, 2013. Understanding the role of frequency in “complex” trait dissection in plants and humans. Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
May 1, 2013. The critical role of frequency in genetics, genomics, and breeding. T-CAP spring 2013 webinar series, Ahead of the curve: Technologies for next-generation plant breeding.
Jan. 29, 2013. Interdisciplinary genetics analysis across plants, animals, and human. Department of Animal Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
Jan. 12, 2013. Genome-wide landscape of genetic polymorphisms underlying quantitative trait variation. January 12, 2013. Maize Workshop, Plant and Animal Genome XXI Conference, San Diego, CA.
Jan. 13, 2013. Parallel domestication of the shattering1 genes in cereals. Sorghum and Millet Workshop, Plant and Animal Genome XXI Conference, Jan. 12-16, 2013, San Diego, CA.
Dec. 5, 2012. Genomic selection and application to grain, forage and bio-energy sorghum. Session of Genomic Selection in Corn, Sorghum and Wheat, 2012 American Seed Trait Association Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Sept. 20, 2012. Association mapping of genetic resources: achievement and future perspectives. Symposium "Genomics of Quantitative Traits: from QTL to genes", the 56th Annual Congress of Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics, Perugia, Italy.
Jun. 23, 2012. Opportunities and challenges of statistical genetics in genome-wide association studies. Session: Interactions Between Omics and Statistics: Analyzing High Dimensional Data, the 8th International Purdue Symposium on Statistics, West Lafayette, IN.
Apr. 23, 2012. Genome-wide association studies in crops and comparative genomics for gene cloning. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.
Jan. 17, 2012. Natural genetic variation at Tan1 defines tannin in sorghum grain and offers seedling cold tolerance. Genomics-Assisted Breeding Workshop, Plant and Animal Genome XX Conference, San Diego, CA.
Oct. 28, 2011. Opportunities and challenges of genome-wide association studies for plant breeding. Plant Breeding and Genetics Symposium, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Oct. 18, 2011. Enhancing gene discovery and plant breeding by combining genomic technology and genetic design. Chromatin, Lubbock, TX.
Sept. 29, 2011. Opportunities and challenges of going genome-wide. Donald Danforth Plant Science Center 2011 Fall Symposium: Plant Genomes to Phenomes, St. Louis, MO.
Sept. 8, 2011. Juggling between going genome-wide and nailing down the gene. Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS.
Jul. 4, 2011. Resequencing-based genome-wide association study and meta-genome analysis of chromosome evolution. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jul. 1, 2011. From meta-genome analyses to genome-wide signals to genes underlying complex traits. Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
Jun. 22, 2011.What we can do with all these genome sequences and genomic technologies? China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Jun. 21, 2011. Genomics-assisted complex trait dissection and crop improvement. Institute of Crop Improvement, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Research, Tianjin, China.
Jan. 16, 2011. Comparative analysis of genome and chromosome evolution across 128 species with sequenced genomes. Comparative Genomics Workshop, 2011 International Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA.
Jan. 16, 2011. Composite resequencing-based genome-wide association study (CR-GWAS) in Arabidopsis implicates both common and rare variants underlying flowering time. QTL Cloning Workshop, 2011 International Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA.
Aug. 11, 2010. AFRI National Cereal Germplasm Phenotyping - Future for public sorghum research. Great Plains Sorghum Conference, Mead, NE.
Apr. 5, 2010. Quantitative genetics in next generation genomics and plant breeding. Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Jan. 9, 2010. Statistical methods to control for population structure and relative kinship in association mapping with different sample types. Statistical Genomics Workshop, 2010 International Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA.
Dec. 11, 2009. Quantitative genetics in next generation genetics and plant breeding. Joint Graduate Program Symposium, Graduate Programs in Genetics and Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
Sept. 1, 2009. Dissecting and selecting for complex traits. Monsanto, Ankeny, IA.
Aug. 18, 2009. Genomic mapping, genetic design, and genomewide selection in plants. Mendel Genetics, Lafayette, IN.
Jun. 23, 2009. Genomic mapping and next-generation genetics in plants. China Agriculture University, Beijing, China.
Jun. 25, 2009. Genomic mapping and next-generation genetics in plants. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jun. 25, 2009. Genomic mapping and next-generation genetics in plants. Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jun. 29, 2009. Genomic mapping in plants. Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
Mar. 3, 2009. Realizing the potential of genetic diversity and genomic technology in plant breeding. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.
Feb. 25, 2009. Translational genomics in sorghum. Joint SICNA/NSP, Grapevine, TX.
Jan. 7, 2009. Assembling and scrambling the genomes for gene discovery. Exelixis Plant Sciences, Portland, OR.
Sept. 25, 2008. Methods and strategies for association mapping and genomewide selection. International Symposium on Approaches for Association Mapping and Genome-Wide Genotyping by Means of Chip Hybridization, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
Sept. 3-4, 2008. Sweet sorghum improvement, Great Plains Sorghum Conference, Manhattan, KS.
Feb. 5, 2008. Strategies and methods for genome-wide association and genome-wide selection. Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, IN.
Jan. 16, 2008. Towards genome-wide association mapping and selection. Sorghum and Millet Workshop, Plant and Animal Genome XIV Conference, San Diego, CA.
Jul. 19-20, 2007. Association mapping in sorghum: progress and prospects. Great Plains Sorghum Conference, College Station, TX.
Oct. 25-26, 2006. Complex trait dissection through association mapping. Genomic Mapping Workshop, USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX.
Jun. 2006. Association mapping in plants and animals. Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics, Washington State Univ. Seattle, WA.
Mar. 6, 2006. Association mapping in maize. The 42nd Illinois Corn Breeder’s School, Urbana, IL.
Jan. 15, 2006. Association mapping accounting for multiple levels of relatedness. QTL Cloning Workshop, Plant and Animal Genome XIV Conference, San Diego, CA.
Nov. 9, 2005. Bridging molecular diversity with functional diversity: Complex trait dissection in maize. SNP Markers Symposium – Discovery, Development, Mapping, and Utilization, ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meetings, Salt Lake City, UT.