📢 Are you interested in plant genomics? 📢 Will you be in Zimbabwe this November? 🫵Apply to attend the #ARTEMIS Bridging Minds Workshop at the University of Zimbabwe. Our fantastic PhD researcher, @catarinalino.bsky.social, will be leading the workshop. #africanplantgenomics #plantgenomics

This week, we had the privilege of hosting 10th graders for Girls' Day. We had a lot of fun talking to them about plant genetics, and working with African plants and African scientists. They had a lot of fun getting a feel and taste of our horned melon, and asking really insightful questions! 🌱🧬

📢 7 DAYS TO GO❕ 🌱🧬🌍 Have you registered? Entry to the venue and the livestream will be restricted to registered persons. #plantgenomicsafrica #africanplantgenomics www.plantgenomicsafrica.org

📢 Why should we care about (plant) genomes? Find out at the inaugural African Plant Genomics Symposium in sunny Nairobi, Kenya! 🌱🧬 @plantevolution.bsky.social @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social @novo-nordisk.bsky.social #plantgenomicsafrica #africanplantgenomics

📢Find out about the use of Illumina technologies for plant genomics research in Africa from F&S Scientific, represented by Dr Peter Nthiga. 🌱🧬 #plantgenomicsafrica #africanplantgenomics

📢Exciting talk alert! Dr. Florence Wambugu will unveil Africa Harvest's findings from the AU-NEPAD landscape analysis of genome editing capabilities in 16 African countries—covering policy, institutions, legal frameworks, funding, projects, and training. Don't miss it! 🌍🌱🧬

📢 4 WEEKS TO GO! 🌱🧬 Check out the programme here: plantgenomicsafrica.org/our-schedule/ The inaugural African Plant Genomics Symposium is not to be missed! #plantgenomicsafrica #africanplantgenomics

📢 Save the dates! Bernice Waweru will give a talk on how short genomic DNA sequences, k-mers, can be used to detect and characterise genetic variation in plants; and their application in plant breeding. 🌱🧬 #plantgenomicsafrica #africanplantgenomics @johninnescentre.bsky.social

📢Find out how you, an African scientist, can get access to genome sequencing services and bioinformatic skills development through the GetGenome project. Dr. James Canham will speak at the African Plant Genomics Symposium about how @getgenome.bsky.social addresses inequitable access to genomics. 🌱🧬

📢 We meant it when we said we had something for everyone! Participants of the African Plant Genomics Symposium will learn how to get their research findings published in top scientific journals. 👩‍🔬📝🌱🧬 We are excited for the presentations from Science and from The Plant Cell!

Celebration time 🥳 Catarina Lino, PhD student supervised by @drpchronicles.bsky.social, won a competitive grant from @maxplanck.de as part of the ARTEMIS Mentorship program. She's headed to the Uni of Zimbabwe to lead a workshop on plant genome assembly. Well done!!

📢*7 DAYS UNTIL ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CLOSES* Registration is free! 🧬🌱 Topics include sequencing, breeding, genome editing, systematics and taxonomy, conservation, transcriptomics, epigenomics, microbiomes and metagenomes, structural genomics, and regulatory issues. docs.google.com/forms/d/1k58...

📢The speaker line-up for the African Plant Genomics Symposium is amazing! Register at plantgenomicsafrica.org to hear Dr. Kwasi Agbleke's plenary talk on 'The heteroblasticity of flowering plants'. #africanplantgenomics #plantgenomicsafrica

Are you studying the genomics of African plants, or working in a relevant field (looking at you lab tech companies, policymakers, ag dev NGOs, ethicists)? Present your work or organisation at the upcoming African Plant Genomics Symposium 2025. plantgenomicsafrica.org