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Newswise: Wheat Sequencing Consortium Awarded NSF Grant to Mine Wheat Diversity for Food Security
Released: 13-Dec-2023 9:00 AM EST
Wheat Sequencing Consortium Awarded NSF Grant to Mine Wheat Diversity for Food Security
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) is starting a two-year project, with funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), to mine an untapped genetic resource for wheat improvement by sequencing the genomes of ancient varieties representing the worldwide diversity of bread wheat.

Newswise: Curio Genomics Joins the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium
Released: 7-Dec-2021 9:00 AM EST
Curio Genomics Joins the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

Curio Genomics has joined the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) as a sponsoring partner, both organizations announced today

Newswise: CIMMYT Joins the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium
Released: 21-Oct-2021 9:00 AM EDT
CIMMYT Joins the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) has joined the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium IWGSC) as a sponsoring partner, both organizations announced today.

Released: 7-Apr-2021 9:00 AM EDT
illumina joins the international wheat genome sequencing consortium
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

Illumina, a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies is joining the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) as a sponsoring partner.

Released: 16-Jun-2020 2:00 PM EDT
Arbor Biosciences Joins the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

Arbor Biosciences has joined the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium as a sponsoring partner, both organizations announced today

Released: 22-Jul-2019 9:00 AM EDT
BASF Joins the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

BASF has joined the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium as a sponsoring partner, both organizations announced today

Released: 16-Jul-2019 9:35 AM EDT
Arbor Biosciences Partners with Curio Genomics for Analysis of IWGSC Wheat Exome
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

Arbor Biosciences announces today its partnership with Curio Genomics for analysis of the IWGSC wheat exome

Released: 14-Jan-2019 9:00 AM EST
Arbor Biosciences and the IWGSC Partner on Wheat Exome
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

Arbor Biosciences and the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) announce today a strategic partnership to produce a standardized exome panel for research and development.

13-Aug-2018 11:00 AM EDT
The Wheat Code Is Finally Cracked
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

The reference sequence of the genome of bread wheat, the world’s most widely cultivated crop, is published, announced the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium.

Released: 26-Jun-2018 9:00 AM EDT
Wheat - A Key Crop for Food Security
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

This infographic highlights the importance of wheat for food security

Released: 14-Jun-2018 9:00 AM EDT
Wheat Sequencing Consortium Announces New Appointments to Board of Directors
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) annouced today the appointment of Ute Baumann, Hikmet Budak, and Etienne Paux as new Board members of the organization.

Released: 18-Jul-2017 3:00 AM EDT
Wheat Sequencing Consortium Announces New Appointment to Board of Directors
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

Sébastien Praud, Biogemma Genetics and Genomics in Cereals team leader, has been appointed to the Board of the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium.

Released: 2-Mar-2017 3:35 PM EST
Wheat in the EU28
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

This infographic presents the latest numbers of wheat production, yield, cultivated area, value and consumption in the European Union.

Released: 22-Feb-2017 9:00 AM EST
Forrest Chumley Receives International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium Award
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

In January 2017, at the Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG) in San Diego, the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) presented Forrest Chumley with a Certificate of Appreciation for his vision and 10 years of dedication to and support of the IWGSC.

Released: 16-Feb-2017 1:00 PM EST
A Few Facts About Wheat
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

This infographic presents key facts about wheat: production, cultivation, consumption, export value.

Released: 13-Jun-2016 9:00 AM EDT
Wheat Sequencing Consortium Releases Key Resource to the Scientific Community
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

Following the January 2016 announcement of the production of a whole genome assembly for bread wheat, the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC), having completed quality control, is now making this breakthrough resource available for researchers via the IWGSC wheat sequence repository at URGI-INRA-Versailles, France.

Released: 26-Apr-2016 10:00 AM EDT
The Origin of Wheat
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

This latest IWGSC infographic illustrates the origin of today's wheat used to make bread and pasta (and other delicious wheat-based foods).

Released: 30-Mar-2016 9:00 AM EDT
How to Separate Chromosomes
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

Chromosomes are the basic materials used by the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) to sequence the bread wheat genome, which has 21 pairs of chromosomes. How can they be separated?

5-Jan-2016 3:00 AM EST
Wheat Genome Sequencing Gets Major Boost
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) announced today the production of a whole genome assembly of bread wheat, the most widely grown cereal in the world, significantly accelerating global research into crop improvement. The new data will help speed up the delivery of a high quality reference sequence of the bread wheat genome.

Released: 2-Dec-2015 5:00 AM EST
Germany Steps Up Its Wheat Sequencing Effort
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

The German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture announced today that it would award 1.5 million Euros to a project aimed at providing a reference sequence for two wheat chromosomes, part of the international effort to decipher the bread wheat genome, led by the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC).



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