IWGSC Workshop at PAG 2026

The IWGSC has led the effort to develop a high quality, reference sequence of the large, complex (hexaploid), bread wheat genome: IWGSC RefSeq v1.0 and annotation v1.1 as well as IWGSC RefSeq v2.1 and accompanying annotation. The IWGSC began a new wheat diversity project to bring to platinum quality the reference sequence and 12 landraces that reflect the breadth of wheat diversity. In the IWGSC workshop this year, there will be presentations on latest frontiers in genome biology, fundamental and applied, leading to significant advances in wheat science. As usual, the workshop will also includes the presentation of the IWGSC-Feuillet Early Career Award. This award is given to a young scientist nominated by anyone in the wheat community and selected by the IWGSC leadership in recognition of outstanding achievement.

Date: Saturday 10 January

Organizers: Joshua Stein and Kellye Eversole

Room: Town and Country A

Program

8:00 am: Anthony Hall, Earlham Institute. De Novo Annotation Reveals Transcriptomic Complexity across the Wheat 10+ Genomes – Abstract

8:20 am: Vijay Tiwari, University of Maryland. Genomics-Led Approach to Identify Wuschel-D1 That Enhances Grain Number per Spike in Mov Wheat – Abstract

8:40 am: Forrest Conner Wold-McGimsey, Colorado State University. Multi-Target Genome Editing Reduces Polyphenol Oxidase Activity in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Grains – Abstract

9:00 am: Bipin Neupane, Washington State University. Genomic Insights into PNW Wheat Diversity from Madsen and Pritchett – Abstract

9:20 am: Anna Elisabeth Backhaus, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK). Genebank Subset Selection at the Haplotype Level Is Possible Via Advances in Kmer Genomics – Abstract

9:40 am: Joshua Stein, IWGSC. Preliminary Results from the IWGSC Wheat Diversity Project – Abstract

10:00 am: Presentation of IWGSC–Feuillet Early Career Award

Modification date: 05 December 2025 | Publication date: 05 November 2025 | By: ic

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