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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

USDA-ARS Research Plant Geneticist Projects focus on corn improvements, including: agronomic qualities, nutritional quality, ⬆️ production, or ⬇️ of plant pathogen, pest, or stress impacts, using genetic/genomic approaches. www.usajobs.gov/job/872588000 Closes 7/15/2026 #plantsciencejobs

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SoyBase.org @soybase-database.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Post Doc in soybean breeding & genetics -focus on identifying & characterizing wild soybean germplasm w/ stress-tolerance traits relevant to resilient crop development -use sequencing information & evidence-based analytical workflows @plantpostdocs.bsky.social www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/... 🌾🧬🖥️

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Zintellect - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - USDA-ARS Training Opportunity in Soybean Breeding and Genetics - USDA-ARS-MWA-2026-0064

*Applications are reviewed on a rolling-basis. ARS Office/Lab and Location: A research opportunity is currently available with the U.S. Department of Agric

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SoyBase.org @soybase-database.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

2026 NDSU #Soybean Symposium - Communication in Science On March 5, 2026 in Fargo, ND www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/... The symposium bridges multiple disciplines: soybean agronomy, #breeding, foster collaboration, & develop new networks for cutting edge soybean #research. #PlantScience

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Soybean Symposium

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SoyBase.org @soybase-database.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

2026 Missouri #Soybean Symposium This free in-person symposium is open to researchers, students, industry, farmers, and other stakeholders interested in soybean. This symposium will be held at University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. soybeancenter.missouri.edu/symposium/ #PlantScience

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Symposium // Missouri Soybean Center // University of Missouri

US Soybean Symposium, Missouri Soybean Center

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

USDA-ARS Computational Plant Biology Fellowship - Use computational biology & ML to gather information about gene function in the legume family - Identify correspondences among agronomically important genes across legume family. www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/... 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🌾 #plantsciencejobs

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Zintellect - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - USDA-ARS Computational Plant Biology Fellowship - USDA-ARS-MWA-2026-0012

*Applications are reviewed on a rolling-basis. ARS Office/Lab and Location: A research opportunity is currently available with the U.S. Department of Agric

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SoyBase.org @soybase-database.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

The theme of the 2026 #Soybean Breeders Workshop 🌱🧬is: Abiotic Stress. Topics include: - abiotic stress resistance breeding methods - physiology of stress tolerance - developments in high-throughput phenotyping technology - and more Registration opens soon. #plantscience #plantbreeding

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SoyBase.org @soybase-database.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

May 2025 SoyBase Update: Newest tool from SoyBase: Allele Search - Search for alleles within a gene and flanking region - Search for alleles within a region of a chromosome Link to tool: www.soybase.org/tools/allele... ----- Link to update: eocampaign1.com/web-version?...

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Allele search – SoyBase

A collaborative, community resource to facilitate crop improvement by integrating genetic, genomic, and trait data across legume species.

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Discover the fast-growing field of plant single-cell biology, interact with pioneers and experts in various aspects of single-cell biology, estimate its future impact on your research, and develop your collaborative network. www.grc.org/single-cell-... #plantscience @plantpostdocs.bsky.social

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SoyBase.org @soybase-database.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

April 2025 SoyBase Update: - Soy2025 Abstract submission deadline approaching - Soybean Career Award nomination open - Survey to tell the SoyBase team how we are doing eocampaign1.com/web-version?...

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SoyBase.org April 2025 Update

Soy2025 abstract deadline is approaching and the Soybean Career Awards nominations are open.

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

2025 NAPB Annual Meeting, taking place May 19–23 at the breathtaking Outrigger Kona Resort and Spa on Hawai‘i Island. www.napbannualmeeting.org Student opportunities to present research, connect with mentors, and explore career paths #PlantBreeding #PlantScience 🧪

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National Association for Plant Breeding – Annual Meeting

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The database I curate was highlighted in a Purdue University new post. “The database serves as an important resource for both basic and applied research. By making our data available there, we catalyze further research." said Professor Ma ag.purdue.edu/news/2024/11...

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Advancements in genomic research reveal alternative transcription initiation sites in thousands of soybean genes

In 2010, Jianxin Ma, a professor of agronomy, and his collaborators built the first reference genome for soybeans on the widely studied Williams 82 variety. Thousands of scientists and plant breeders ...

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

There is still time to register for the Soybean Breeders' Workshop! The theme this year is Pathology & Breeding Innovations. There are 10 days submit a poster abstract. Plus, there are a few spots left in the Effective Visualization Techniques workshop! www.soybase.org/community/sb...

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URGI @urgi-inrae.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Great presentation from @johannconfais.bsky.social at #PAG2025 #PAG32 on the first result obtained with panREPET tool a non reference centric approach

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Joe Edwards @rhizosphere.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

If you are at #PAG32 and want to learn more about how long read sequencing is enabling plant and soil microbiome research, come by our session this evening in Pacific H-I at 6:20.

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The CapituLab @thecapitulab.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Hey #PAG32, don’t miss the Compositae session this morning at 10:30am! @reidselby.bsky.social will be presenting new work on capitulum development and lettuce genomics 🥬🌻

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Patricia Baldrich González @pbaldrich.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

How long does it take to commercialize a GMO tomato? At #PAG32 Cathie Martin shares the journey of the purple tomato.

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Sergio Cerezo Medina @sergio-cm.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Amazing talk from Cathie Martin at #PAG32 today on how crops can be fortified through biotechnology to improve diets and address the global challenge of escalating chronic disease.

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Mike Schatz @mikeschatz.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

#PAG2025 | #PAG32 continues! Todays highlights are the Bioinformatics session (starting now in Pacific A) and the Galaxy Workshop (starting at 4pm in T&C D)!

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Jeremy Wilkinson @jewilki.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Fantastic turnout and standing room only at the #PacBio workshop at #PAG32!

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

#PAG32 | #PAG2025 Dr. Wattenburger 2) Completeness and Contents - Coding regions well represented, clearer relationship to traits, better placement certainty Mysterious missing regions are research opportunites -Maize Knobs - Repetition - Non-systematic regions

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

#PAG32 | #PAG2025 Dr. Cassandra J. Wattenburger presents about "Evaluating Genome Graph Quality for Zea mays with Minigraph-Cactus" in the Application of Genetics and Genomics for Large-scale Breeding Programs workshop

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

#PAG32 | #PAG2025 Dr. Filiault BAHAR summary: progress & expansion Successful field trials to hybrids Sequencing-based genotype works - Practical Haplotype graph based genotyping & variant calling Ambitious plans for 2025 & beyond - Functional BAHAR-omics (long read haplotype and transcriptomics)

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

#PAG32 | #PAG2025 Dr. Filiault BAHAR lines contain ~10% diverse windows used short read sequencing (~5x coverage) - Most genomic windows contain diverse material but percent varies among and across chromosomes. - Does low diverse % truly reflect resistance to introgressions?

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

#PAG32 | #PAG2025 Dr. Filiault How to genotype lines without established markers? Sequencing! Step 1: Optimize variant calling - Practical haplotype graph of 4 elite parents Step 2: Identify non-elite regions by divergence - Non-elite (diverse) regions have high SNP density

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

#PAG32 | #PAG2025 Dr. Filiault BAHAR line construction > 2,500 varieties (1750 were tropical from USDA Plant Germplasm System; remainder from internal open pollinated germplasm) - Selection for elite lines - Field trials, Genotyping, GWAS, Pangenome resources

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

#PAG32 | #PAG2025 Dr. Filiault BAHAR - a mapping population - Directly incorporate lines of interest - Describe new alleles and their phenotypic effects - Data to explore genetic and GxE interactions

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

#PAG32 | #PAG2025 Dr. Filiault speaking about "Evaluating and Incorporating Diverse Maize Genomes through the Bayer Haplotype Resource (BAHAR)" Diverse Germplasm: Broad source of potential new variation Select for local important traits Open pollated populations

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

#PAG32 | #PAG2025 Dr. Lee What will this LRLP get us? - Selection Accuracy - Large Inserion Capture nature.com/articles/d44... Publication has been submitted to bio-archive and should be availble soon.

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Low-pass sequencing: leveraging entire genomes for trait selection

WATCH ON DEMAND | This webcast took place on: Wednesday 26 April 2023

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

#PAG32 | #PAG2025 Dr. Lee Khufu from @hudsonalpha hudsonalpha.org/khufudata/ Blueberry KhufuPan - Preliminary Over 1 million Variants - Small indels but variants with 45K Long-read low Pass (LRLP) 1 sample - coverage 36x 24 samples - ~3.7x - long-reads covered more area / short reads pile up

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Khufu Data – HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

#PAG32 | #PAG2025 Dr. Lee Which genomes to sequence and put in pan-genome? Custom Work: What is most udeful tool for a breeder? -Local adaption representation -Known QTLs of founders will be represented -Necessary genetic diversity

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

#PAG32 | #PAG2025 Dr. Lee Pangenomes are trying to capture everything everywhere all at once

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

#PAG32 | #PAG2025 Next speaker is Dr. Lee talking about "Utilizing Bespoke Pangenomes in Polyploid Crop Breeding" -- Benefits of Polyploidy -Increased Genetic Diversity -Increase stress resistance BUT - Genome recombination between subgenomes - and many more

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

#PAG32 | #PAG2025 Dr. Jarvis: They gave developed interspecific quinoa with domesticated and wild species. Interspecific quinoa has shown signs of recombination / introgression -- noting that introduction (re-introduction) of genetic diversity.

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

#PAG32 | #PAG2025 Dr. Jarvis: During domestication a large degree of genetic diversity was lost in Quinoa but there is still a large diversity from wild quinoa - with a wide range of diversity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Genome assembly of a diversity panel of Chenopodium quinoa - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - Genome assembly of a diversity panel of Chenopodium quinoa

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

#PAG32 | #PAG2025 Dr. Jarvis: Quinoa can grow on marginal lands but not well adapted to new environments, including insects, early shattering. They developed tools to improve quinoa in non-native areas focusing on genomic and genetic resources. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Hybridization and polyploidization within the Chenopodium album aggregate analysed by means of cytological and molecular markers

Hybridization and polyploidization represent an important speciation mechanism in the diploid-polyploid complex of the Chenopodium album aggregate. In…

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

#PAG32 | #PAG2025 For the afternoon sessions I am going to the Functional Genomics workshop. The first speaker will be presenting about "Developing Tools for Functional Genomics and Agronomic Improvement in Quinoa"

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JD Campbell, PhD @campbell-jd-phd.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

#PAG32 | #PAG2025 Are you working on a large data set? Do you feel buried under a mountain of data? Come to the @PAGmeeting workshop "Big Data: Manage your data before your data kills you" January 12, 2025 at 4pm Room Palm 2 plan.core-apps.com/pag32/event/...

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