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April 17, 2024
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Job Announcement: National Program Leader for USDA-ARS National Plant Germplasm System, comprising plant genetic resource management, genetic enhancement and applied research programs related to plant genetic resource conservation and sustainable use of 200+ crops from 16,000+ species. Apply by 04/26/2024: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/783750200
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April 16, 2024
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The MGC is hosting a Career Development Workshop on Monday May 6th, 2024 for MGC members! Registration is required, click here for more information.
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March 26, 2024
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Job Announcement: Lead of the USDA-ARS, Plant Introduction Station in Ames, IA. The position provides oversight in producing quality germplasm and research on the acquisition, maintenance, enhancement, and evaluation of germplasm. Apply by 04/23/2024: https://usajobs.gov/job/783276400
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February 12, 2024
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With great sadness, we announce the passing of Peter Rogowsky on February 7th, 2024. Peter was deeply involved in maize research and in plant science management at INRAE, was a member of the Maize Genetics Conference Steering Committee (2007 - 2009), and did pioneering work on the maize kernel development (e.g. the discovering of the embryo surrounding region). He was a very highly valued colleague, and great mentor and friend. He will be sorely missed.
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December 8, 2023
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New update from MaizeGDB! We've just launched new Data Center pages on our homepage, featuring PanAnd genomes, pan-genes, a gene center, and AI resources. Discover them all through our new Quick Links.
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September 26, 2023
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MaizeGDB is excited to release PanEffect - a resource to explore variant effects across the maize pangenome. PanEffect allows users to visualize over 550 million possible amino acid substitutions in the B73 maize reference genome and also to observe the effects of the 2.3 million natural variations in the maize pan-genome. Pre-print is available at BioRxiv.
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August 30, 2023
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It is with sadness that we share the news that Ron Phillips passed away on Friday, August 25. Ron worked for over 40 years at the cutting edge of maize genetics and tissue culture research. Ron mentored scores of graduate students, postdocs, and visiting scientists. Under his guidance, many went on to successful careers in academia, industry, and government. Ron received many awards and honors for his efforts including Regents Professor, election to the National Academy of Sciences, the Wolf Prize, and he was the University of Minnesota's first McKnight Presidential Chair in Genomics. He also taught a popular and engaging cytogenetics course to graduate students during his career.
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July 11, 2023
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We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the unavailability of Twitter's embedded timeline widget for over a week. Unfortunately, the company has not provided any updates on the issue. As a result, we have temporarily removed the widget from our website and will continue posting announcements here and on our Twitter account.
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April 9, 2023
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This month's selection of "hot papers" by the MaizeGDB Editorial Board is live. Thank you Ed Board members for your recommendations.
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March 2, 2023
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Plant Postdocs, are you coming to #MGM2023? Please come and join the postdoc meet up on March 18th (10:00-10:40am) at the refreshment area. Use #MGMPostdocMeetUp to connect with other postdocs and we can re-tweet about your talk, poster & networking sessions.
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June 7, 2021
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NAM founder chain files are now available for download in our Cyverse repository! Chain files are useful to lift over features such as gene models, SNPs, binding site coordinates, and other information from one genome to another.
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April 21, 2021
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MaizeGDB is sad to report the passing of Dr. David F. Weber, retired professor of biology at Illinois State University, on April 15, 2021. Dave trained with Marcus Rhodes and became an excellent cytologist, and was known for pairing traditional cytogentics with modern molecular biology approaches. Dave will be missed by research colleagues and family alike.
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March 29, 2021
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qTeller has now been expanded to include the 25 NAM founder lines and B73 v5!
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February 22, 2021
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Transcription Start Sites (TSSs) from seedling shoots and roots have been remapped from B73 RefGen_v3 to the new B73 RefGen_v5 assembly by the Grotewold laboratory at Michigan State University. Supported by NSF IOS 112520.
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January 8, 2021
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We regret to inform the community of the passing of Dr. Nick Lauter and Dr. Donald Auger. View the announcement here.
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October 21, 2020
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The USDA has announced the retirement of Dr. Sarah Hake. We would like to wish Sarah a happy retirement and congratulate her on a distinguished scientific career. Thank you for your many contributions to science and your immeasurable impact on the maize community.
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September 30, 2020
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The 2021 Maize Genetics Meeting will be held virtually. View the full announcement here.
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June 25, 2020
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The 2020 MGC survey results can be viewed here!
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June 23, 2020
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Please join the online MaizeGDB Tutorial on Wednesday, June 24, from 2 - 3pm CDT. MaizeGDB is offering a tutorial on the data and tools available at MaizeGDB and how to use them. If you are interested in joining this free turorial, please contact John Portwood ([email protected]) to receive the link to connect to Zoom.
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April 28, 2020
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Congratulations to Alice Barkan and Toby Kellogg, newly elected members of the National Academy of Science! View the whole list here.
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April 7, 2020
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MaizeGDB now has downloads at our local FTP-style site and Cyverse! The Cyverse folder contains raw data and genome browser tracks, and bulk downloads can be made with iRODS or Cyberduck at the folder location: /iplant/home/maizegdb/maizegdb.
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March 30, 2020
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Congratulations to Jim Holland at the USDA-ARS and North Carolina State University on being voted the 2020 L. Stadler Maize Genetics Mid-Career Award winner by the Maize Genetics Cooperation.
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March 19, 2020
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Congratulations to Matthew Hufford of Iowa State University on being voted the 2020 M. Rhoades Maize Genetics Early-Career Award winner by the Maize Genetics Cooperation. See the ISU press release here.
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March 6, 2020
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Due to the concerns of the spread of the novel Coronavirus COVID-19, the MGC Board of Directors (BOD) together with the Maize Genetics Meeting Steering Committee (MGMSC) have decided to cancel the 2020 Maize Genetics Meeting. Please read the official cancellation announcement
for more information.
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January 30, 2020
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The Illinois Corn Breeders' School is being held from March 2-3 at the I Hotel and Conference Center, Champaign, Illinois! Early registrations are due February 16.
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January 24, 2020
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The genome assembly and annotation for the Quality Protein Maize (QPM) variety, K0326Y is now available at MaizeGDB. This cultivar was developed in South Africa by Hans Geevers and is widely used in QPM research. The assembly and sequencing was done by Wenqin Wang and Yongrui Wu at the Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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January 9, 2020
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In coordination with the NAM sequencing consortium, the assembly and annotations of B73 RefGen_v5 and the 25 NAM founder genomes are now available at MaizeGDB. This release has 26 new genome pages, over 1 million new gene model pages, 206 new files in the FTP, and 134 additional BLAST targets. In addition, MaizeGDB created JBrowse genome browsers for each genome with over 1,000 total tracks of data across the 26 browsers.
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December 26, 2019
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An announcement for the curator position with the USDA/ARS Maize Genetics Cooperation Stock Center has been posted on USA JOBS. The application period closes Tuesday, January 21, 2020. This is a support scientist position for someone with experience in maize genetics research, mutant phenotypes evaluation and/or germplasm maintenance.
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October 25, 2019
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GenomeQC is now available at MaizeGDB. GenomeQC uses multiple metrics to characterize both assembly and gene annotation quality. Our instance has been optimized for maize and is prepopulated with statistics for B73, W22, and Mo17.
https://genomeqc.maizegdb.org/
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October 15, 2019
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Gerry Neuffer (1922-2019). Sadly we report to the community that Gerry Neuffer died at his home October 8, 2019, at age 97. Gerry exemplified the spirit of Cooperation and of enthusiastic research discovery and sharing. More information is available here.
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September 30, 2019
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Based on community input from the recent open comment forum, the Maize Genetics Cooperation, a 501c(3), has been officially established!
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September 19, 2019
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With great sadness, we announce the unexpected death of Joachim Messing on September 13, 2019, at the age of 73. Jo, a pioneer in molecular biology and genetic engineering, made major contributions in many areas of crop science. More information can be found here.
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September 3, 2019
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Drew Schwartz (1919-2019): It is with great sorrow that we announce the death of a pioneer in maize genetics research and an influential member and mentor in the maize community. Drew Schwartz passed away on August 10, 2019 at the age of 99. Additional information about Drew’s incredible career can be viewed here.
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June 6, 2019
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Full PDFs of MNLs volumes 1-87 are now available thanks in large part to the efforts of Dr. Ed Coe and Dr. Lee Kass! Additionally, eight historical letters from Emerson and Beadle have been uploaded with MNL volumes 01, 02, and 06.
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May 31, 2019
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A track showing assembly and annotation issues has been created on the B73v3 and B73v4 genome browsers!
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April 2, 2019
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Philip S. Stinard (1958 - 2019); It is with profound sadness that we report the loss of our colleague and friend. Phil Stinard passed away suddenly and unexpectedly last Tuesday (March 26, 2019). Phil served the maize research community as the curator of the Maize Genetics Cooperation - Stock Center since 1993. Phil will be deeply missed. Additional information about Phil is available at: http://maizecoop.cropsci.uiuc.edu/phil.php
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March 11, 2019
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Congratulations to Dr. Margaret Woodhouse for being selected as MaizeGDB's new Computational Biologist!
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December 4, 2018
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Applications for the Disciplinary Breadth financial aid award to attend the 2019 Maize Meeting are now being accepted! The deadline to apply is January 1st, 2019.
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November 15, 2018
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Applications for the MaGNET and PUI financial aid awards to attend the 2019 Maize Meeting are now being accepted! The deadline for MaGNET applications is December 15th and the deadline for PUI applications is January 1st.
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November 1, 2018
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MaizeGDB is hiring a full-time Computational Biologist. The incumbent will conduct research in bioinformatics, develop new computational and analytical methods, and serve as a resource and advisor to the Maize Genetic and Genomic Database (MaizeGDB) project in the area of computational biology. Please visit this link for more information on how to apply.
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October 24, 2018
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The 2019 maize meeting website is now available! Registration and abstract submissions for the conference will open at a later date. Stay tuned!
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July 3, 2018
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qTeller, a comparative RNA-seq expression platform, is now available at MaizeGDB with multiple expression datasets mapped to B73v4! Eventually, datasets mapped to Mo17, W22, PH207 and more will be incorporated!
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May 16, 2018
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SNPs from dbSNP at NCBI that were mapped to B73 are now available on our B73v3 and B73v4 genome browsers! Note that due to the dense nature of these datasets, the SNPs will not load when viewing regions >= 10kbp.
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December 14, 2017
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The 2018 Maize Meeting pre-conference workshops are now open for registration! Please register early as space is limited for some of the workshops.
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November 24, 2017
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MaGNET applications for the 2018 Maize Genetics Conference are now being accepted.
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September 7, 2017
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MaizeGDB is now redirecting all requests over HTTPS. If you notice something is no longer working please let us know by submitting feedback.
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June 27, 2017
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CornCyc 8.0 is now available with the B73 RefGen_v4 gene models.
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June 13, 2017
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The B73 RefGen_v4 paper has been published and can be viewed here. As such, whole-genome research on this assembly may now be submitted for publication.
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May 16, 2017
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We now display the March 2017 NCBI gene model set for B73_v4 on our genome browser. You can turn on this track under the “select Tracks” tab. We always recommend that you turn on ALL the “gene model” tracks, to get the most complete picture of the gene landscape.
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March 24, 2017
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A short course on Operations Research in Plant Breeding will be held in Ames, IA from May 22 - May 26. Details about the event can be found here.
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March 2, 2017
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The full program for the 59th Annual Maize Meeting is now available.
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February 27, 2017
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The schedule for the 59th Annual Maize Meeting is now available.
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February 13, 2017
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The schedules for the workshops prior to the maize meeting have been posted. Early registration to the workshops is strongly recommended.
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February 7, 2017
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The EP1 and F7 assembles from TUM are now available at MaizeGDB! Annotations for these assemblies will be released later, but for now you may BLAST them or view their metadata.
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January 25, 2017
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We welcome new members Fang Bai, Lin Li, Ruben Rellan-Alvarez, Jason Wallace and Philipp Weckwerth to the 2017 MaizeGDB Editorial Board! They will be recommending your Hot New Papers this year. We also thank the 2016 Board Members for their service to the Maize Research Community: Carolyn Rasmussen (served 2 years), Eli Rodgers-Melnick, Yan He, Arnaud Ronceret, Michelle Facette and Andrea Eveland (half year). Thank you for serving!
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January 19, 2017
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The deadline for submitting MaGNET applications has been extended to January 25th. Click here to submit an application.
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January 3, 2017
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This morning we received sad news regarding Dr. Donald S. Robertson's passing. Dr. Robertson was widely known for his work on what's now known as Robertson's Mutator and will be missed by the Maize community.
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December 8, 2016
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The PH207 assembly, and a B104 pseudomolecule (beta) assembly is now available at MaizeGDB. Please see the release notes for more information about these assemblies.
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December 1, 2016
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Registration for the 2017 Maize Genetics Conference is now open! The deadline to register is January 22, 2017. Please visit the conference website for more information.
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November 3, 2016
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B73 RefGen_v4 is now available at MaizeGDB. Please see the release notes for more information about this release. Additionally, a tool allowing SNP comparisons between inbred lines called SNPversity is now available for beta testing.
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October 14, 2016
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MaGNET applications for the 2017 Maize Genetics Conference are now being accepted. More details about the meeting will be released with the conference website in the coming weeks.
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September 26, 2016
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The pre-release beta-version of the maize B104 genome and annotations are now available. This release includes a genome browser and BLAST targets. Please read the release disclaimer here.
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September 25, 2016
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Update: An upgrade to Iowa State's network has been completed and MaizeGDB should be fully functional now. If you experience any issues please let us know through the feedback form at the top-right of the page.
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August 24, 2016
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A proteomic expression atlas of maize has been published in Walley JW et. al (2016). The full dataset will be available at MaizeGDB on September 6th.
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May 12, 2016
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The Workshop in Cereal Genomics is being held at CSHL from October 19-25. Topics covered include: comparative anatomy, GWAS, Next Gen expression analysis, whole genome sequencing assembly, emerging model systems, genome editing and phenomics. This excellent course is only offered every few years so sign up now.
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March 31, 2016
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Gramene presented the new B73 RefGen_v4 at the Maize Meeting in Florida.
They are kindly allowing limited access to the "pre-release" version of B73 RefGen_v4
to researchers that agree to abide by the terms set out in their early release statement. Thank you Gramene!
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March 9, 2016
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The abstract book
for the 58th Annual Maize Meeting is now available.
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February 26, 2016
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The schedule for the 58th Annual Maize Meeting is now available.
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February 16, 2016
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Going to the Maize Meeting? Workshops are being offered on MaizeGDB, Gramene, and new genome assemblies
before the meeting officially starts!
Click here for more info and to sign up!
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November 9, 2015
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B73 x teosinte NILS are available at the Maize Genetics Cooperation Stock Center.
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November 4, 2015
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New links to the Neuffer Guide to Maize Mutant Phenotypes have been added to a number of phenotype records. See adherent tassel for an example.
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September 11, 2015
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The Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Project will hold its annual Field Day on Tuesday, Sep 22, 2015 from 8:30 to 5 PM CST.
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August 27, 2015
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The network update is complete and all services are now fully functional.
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August 5, 2015
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An RNA-Seq gene expression atlas of 79 tissues has been added to MaizeGDB. View this expression data on our
gene model page
or as a track on our genome browser.
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August 4, 2015
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MaizeGDB has been updated. See the release notes to find out what's new.
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July 9, 2015
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A Pan Genome Sequence Anchors track from Lu et. al. (2015) has been
added to our genome browser. Click here to view the track.
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July 7, 2015
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MaizeGDB has been updated! Read the release notes to find out what's new.
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June 24, 2015
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MaizeGDB has recently had some issues with our annotation account creation form. If you have recently been unsuccessful in creating an account please try again. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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June 3, 2015
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Ian Sussex passed away on May 10, 2015 at age 88. He was considered one of the most influential plant developmental biologists of the 20th century,
and he was a kind person. Read more here.
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May 6, 2015
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The book 'Maize for Biological Research' by Dr. Bill Sheridan (1982) is now available in PDF format
on our classical reads page. The book was
initially published by the Plant Molecular Biology Association (PMBA), and converted to PDF by
WF Sheridan, CTE Yeh, and PS Schnable.
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April 29, 2015
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Congratulations to Joachim Messing
on being elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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April 7, 2015
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MaizeGDB's interface has been updated! Read the
release notes to find out what's new.
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March 2, 2015
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Going to the Maize Meeting? To learn more about our new website,
come to the MaizeGDB tutorials from 4 to 6 pm on Thursday right
before the meeting officially starts!
Click here for more info and to sign up!
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February 26, 2015
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The redesigned MaizeGDB has been formally released!
Click here to see the release notes.
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February 23, 2015
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The MaizeGDB interface redesign will go live on Thursday, February 26th. For a short time we will
still host the old interface at
http://archive.maizegdb.org/.
Please leave feedback if you have any questions or comments on the new
interface.
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February 23, 2015
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The USDA ARS announces a job opening for a Computational Biologist to
direct the research team at MaizeGDB. Details available
here.
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February 5, 2015
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The USDA ARS announces a job opening for a Computational Biologist to
direct the research team at MaizeGDB. Details available at
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/393297700.
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December 15, 2014
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Just in - MNL note by
Lanzanova C et al
on Italy-Canada collaboration on Fusarium resistance in maize.
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December 5, 2014
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The first beta release of the redesigned MaizeGDB has been completed!
Click here to see the release notes.
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November 14, 2014
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Nov 14: The Maize Genetics Executive Committee announced that the winner of the
2015 McClintock Prize
for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies is Prof. Susan Wessler of the University
of California at Riverside.
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September 2, 2014
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The September release of the alpha site has been completed. Click here to see the release notes.
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September 1, 2014
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Guide to Mutants of Maize by Neuffer et al 2014 released at MaizeGDB.
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June 27, 2014
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The June release of the alpha site has been completed. Click here to see the release notes.
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May 23, 2014
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Listen to Jack Gardiner's latest podcast with the National Corn Growers Association on the topic of shoot apical meristem (SAM). View full story here.
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May 12, 2014
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MNL News: zebra7, luteus17 are allelic to lemon white1 (Stinard and Sachs).
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May 7, 2014
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Anthony (Tony) J Pryor, (CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia) has passed away. He was a graduate student of Drew Schwarz and amongst his many contributions to science were cloning of the maize ADH gene and cloning of the first cereal rust resistance gene, the maize Rp1 gene. He retired in 2005 but was a very active Honorary Research Fellow right up his death on 24th April 2014. Send remembrances to [email protected], for posting to vol 88 of the MaizeNewsletter
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April 29, 2014
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Congratulations to Ed Buckler and Scott Poethig on being elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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April 16, 2014
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Congratulations to Brent Buckner who has won the ASPB Excellence in Education Award. Click here for additional details.
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April 10, 2014
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Wilbert Russell passed away on Sunday, April 6. Included among his many accomplishments was the development of the B73 inbred line. Link to a full obituary.
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March 31, 2014
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View results of the 2014 MGEC community survey here .
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March 28, 2014
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Congratulations to Jim Birchler who was recently awarded an Einstein Professorship by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Jim received the award in a ceremony at the Academy's Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology in Beijing on March 18. Click here for more details.
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January 7, 2014
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In collaboration with Gramene , MaizeCyc 2.2 was released at MaizeGDB .
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December 19, 2013
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The First International Setaria Genetics Conference will be held on March 10-12, 2014 in Beijing,China prior to the Maize Meeting. Announcement letter.
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December 3, 2013
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There has been technical issues with the hotel registration website for the Maize Meeting. Please check back on Thursday, December 5th.
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November 19, 2013
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Plant Metabolic Network released CornCyc 4.0 in collaboration with MaizeGDB. Here are the links: PMN and MaizeGDB
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October 28, 2013
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B73 RefGen_v3 is now available at Genbank
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October 28, 2013
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Early registration for the 2014 Maize Meeting has been extended until November 30th
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October 17, 2013
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Good news! We are back in business.
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September 11, 2013
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Sarah Hake has been inducted into the ARS Science Hall of Fame. More information.
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September 5, 2013
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Speakers are needed for the 2013 jointly organized meeting by the International Sweet Corn Development Association (ISCDA) and the Corn Breeding Research (CBR - NCCC167). Click here for more information.
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August 14, 2013
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Gramene released MaizeCyc 2.1 in collaboration with MaizeGDB. Here are the links: MaizeCyc 2.1 at Gramene, MaizeCyc 2.1 at MaizeGDB.
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July 3, 2013
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Illumina MaizeSNP50 SNPs are now viewable on our Genome Browser. These include 28,000 genetically mapped SNPs.
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June 4, 2013
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The B73 RefGen_v3 assembly is now available on the MaizeGDB Genome Browser and at Ensembl Plants. Currently, this is a bare assembly with no other tracks. Structural annotations (gene models) are anticipated to become available within 4 weeks (pending GenBank approval). Other genome annotations (e.g., transposon insertions, SNPs, and expression glyphs) will become available as tracks on the genome browser starting later this month. Cooperators who have contributed data for display within the MaizeGDB Genome Browser are encouraged contact us via feedback links to determine how best to project from RefGen_v2 onto v3 or realign data to the new assembly.
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May 22, 2013
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Important: MaizeGDB will have a scheduled hardware maintenance on Tuesday, May 28 starting at 7:30 AM CST, work should be completed by the end of the day. Services that will be unavailable include: BLAST, Metabolic Pathway Tools, and sequence data.
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January 25, 2013
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There is a great profile of Dr. Jim Birchler in the January 23 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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January 14, 2013
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The MaGNET awards, providing full support for travel to the 2013 Maize Genetics Conference, are still being accepted. The deadline has been extended to January 20.
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December 7, 2012
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Maize Meeting registration, abstract submission, and lodging reservation links are now available!
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November 28, 2012
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Congratulations Vicki Chandler! The Genetics Society of America extends its congratulations to the six new members elected by the membership to the 2013 GSA Board of Directors including Vicki Chandler, PhD (Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation). She will serve as vice president in 2013 and GSA president in 2014.
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November 16, 2012
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Applications are being accepted for the MaGNET awards, aimed at increasing diversity in the maize research community via supporting travel to the Maize Genetics Conference.
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November 1, 2012
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The NEW MaizeGDB is almost here and we want to hear your opinion before we go live! All maize researchers are encouraged to participate. This is your chance to make your voice heard! Interested? Click here and sign up by November 9th.
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August 31, 2012
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Plant Metabolic Network released CornCyc 2.0 in collaboration with MaizeGDB.
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August 6, 2012
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Have you noticed the Expression Analysis Data Center? See the link from the front page in the lower left green margin.
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July 20, 2012
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Check out the gene model pages! They now have ortholog information, functional annotations, and expression displays available. Example: GRMZM2G442658 (AKA adh1).
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June 12, 2012
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Ed Buckler is named "Distinguished Senior Research Scientist of 2011" by USDA-ARS. Full announcement is here.
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May 22, 2012
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Click here to learn about the status of RefGen_v3.
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March 28, 2012
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View results of the 2012 MGEC community survey here.
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February 6, 2012
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China Lunde and Danielle Black in Sarah Hakes at the PGEC have submitted 16 new PGEC SSR markers for chromosomes 2, 9, and 6
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January 30, 2012
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Applications are being accepted for the new MaGNET awards, aimed at increasing diversity in the maize research community via supporting travel to the MGC.
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January 6, 2012
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MaizeGDB is offering hour long "How to" tutorials immediately before the Maize Meeting at 3:00, 4:00 and 5:00pm on Thursday, March 15, 2012. Sign up and learn more!
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September 12, 2011
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The Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Project will hold its annual Field Day on Wednesday, Sep 21, 2011 from 8:30 to 5 PM
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August 4, 2011
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Read the tribute to retired Russian Maize Meiosis Geneticist Inna Golubovskaya in the July issue of Genetics!
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July 22, 2011
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The National Corn Growers Association has funded a project to support the implementation of functional genomics tools at MaizeGDB
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July 21, 2011
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In collaboration with Gramene, MaizeGDB released MaizeCyc v2.0 (official release). You can reach it through the "Pathways" link on the left page.
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May 4, 2011
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Jim Birchler elected to National Academy of Sciences.Congrats, Jim!
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May 4, 2011
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Jim Birchler elected to National Academy of Sciences.Congrats, Jim!
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April 8, 2011
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Activate the new "Maize Developmental Atlas-Nimblegen" track on the Genome Browser using the checkbox toward the bottom of that page.Be sure to mouse over the expression
histogram for details
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March 29, 2011
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Need somewhere to put your short reads since GenBank closed the SRA? Try EMBL-EBI's ENA
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March 23, 2011
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Reconstructed chromosomes from the maize tetraploidy event from J.Schnable and M.Freeling (Reference) available via the Genome Browser.
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March 22, 2011
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Looking to align many sequences to B73 RefGen_v2 and deploy tracks in the MaizeGDB Genome Browser? Try ZeAlign!
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March 5, 2011
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The 2011 Maize Meeting Program is now available on the Maize Meeting page or directly here.
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March 2, 2011
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Agilent microarray probes from the Walbot Lab available via the Genome Browser.
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February 22, 2011
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The Genome Browser B73 RefGen_v2 track has been updated to show more detail.
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February 16, 2011
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Brutnell group extension data available via the Genome Browser.Turn on additional tracks (bottom of browser) to see all tracks.
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February 8, 2011
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The B73 RefGen_v2 Filtered Gene Set (FGS) is now available in the Genome Browser.The "B73 Gene Models" track shows FGS in green, other models in yellow.
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December 7, 2010
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We are pleased to announce the release of the MaizeCyc database. Developed by the comparative genomics database Gramene and the maize model organism database MaizeGDB in collaboration with the Maize Genome Sequencing Project, MaizeCyc is a catalog of known and/or predicted metabolic and transport pathways from Maize (Zea mays mays).
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November 24, 2010
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The B73 RefGen_v2 gene models (as part of Release 5a.59) are now on our genome browser in collaboration with MaizeSequence.org! Also, please visit our brand new gene model pages. The default view on our genome browser will be the B73 RefGen_v2 as of today.
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November 21, 2010
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It is with great sorrow that we share the loss of Janet Day Jackson, who many know from her work at the Maize Genetics Cooperation - Stock Center. Her obituary is available here.
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November 16, 2010
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Read the MGEC report on the September 8, 2010 NSF meeting to discuss the concerns of and opportunities for the maize genetics community.
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November 8, 2010
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A maize disease genetics workshop will be held in Raleigh Feb 20-23 2011, see http://www.pngg.org/maize/. The workshop is designed to promote collaboration amongst scientists in the academic, government and private sectors in the area of the genetics of corn disease control and pathogenesis. Registration and abstract submission are open right now. The abstract submission deadline is Dec 1.
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November 12, 2009
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The MaizeGDB Genome Browser now serves the maize pseudomolecules (B73 RefGen_v1) and tracks mapped to B73 RefGen_v1! Users can still reach BAC-based browser from here. Interlinks are also provided between the BAC-based and pseudomolecule views.
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June 15, 2009
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Mo17 SNPs and indels generated and mapped to B73 by JGI are now available as a track at the MaizeGDB Genome Browser.
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December 23, 2008
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Maize Meeting registration, abstract submission, and lodging reservation links are now available!
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November 6, 2008
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Ceres just deposited over 500,000 maize cDNAs in GenBank!
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October 24, 2008
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We have established our guidance group members and beta testers for our Genome Browser. We would like to thank them very much for their work.
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December 28, 2007
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Maize Meeting conference and hotel registration will only remain open until January 9! Click here to register.
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November 14, 2007
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The History Channel's production "MODERN MARVELS: CORN" gives a good overview of what happens to corn after it has been harvested (e.g., processing into ethanol, high fructose corn syrup and bio-plastics). This show is scheduled to be broadcast in some markets next Monday (Nov 19th) at 8 PM, but check your local listings.
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October 3, 2007
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We've created a new centralized Data Center for all those hard-to-find cytogenetics resources!
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November 20, 2006
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Please read this announcement about new sorghum genome sequencing resources and opportunities.
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November 7, 2006
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The Maize Genome Sequence Browser has been released! Visit it at maizesequence.org!
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November 23, 2005
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The NSF, USDA, and DOE have announced the latest maize genome funding award. More details here and here.
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September 13, 2005
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We've recently added several new maps and map reports, including the recombination nodule map! Check them out!
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May 5, 2005
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US postage stamps have been issued honoring a quartet of top scientists, including Barbara McClintock!
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August 6, 2004
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Pioneer, Monsanto, and Ceres have made some of their sequences available for non-profit use. Check out MaizeSeq for details
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July 21, 2004
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We are starting a page for pictures of maize research labs! Please send us a URL of your group's picture and we'll add it to our page!
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December 20, 2002
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A new tool has been developed that allows you to visually navigate through the maize genome. Try out MaizeGDB's bin viewer tool, and suggest to us some useful places to provide the visual chromosome views.
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December 13, 2002
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We're now officially known as MaizeGDB! The official URL is http://www.maizegdb.org... update your bookmarks!
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December 11, 2002
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The image browser tool has been significantly improved, adding browsing through phenotypes, pest species, and traits in addition to mutants, and adding the ability to filter the images.
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