On 17 August 2018, the IWGSC published in the international journal Science a detailed description and an analysis of the reference sequence of the bread wheat genome, the world’s most widely cultivated crop.
This work will pave the way for the production of wheat varieties better adapted to climate challenges, with higher yields, enhanced nutritional quality and improved sustainability.
The research article – authored by more than 200 scientists from 73 research institutions in 20 countries – presents the DNA sequence of the bread wheat variety Chinese Spring ordered along the 21 wheat chromosomes. It is the highest quality genome sequence produced to date for wheat.
Read the IWGSC press release and the information package about the publication (Q&A, quotes, media kit, and more).
Watch this explainer video and this interview video to learn more about the IWGSC reference sequence of bread wheat.
Jane Rogers has worked at the forefront of genomics research for over twenty years, specifically in the management of large scale sequencing projects ranging from the human genome project, through to the recent production of the reference sequence of the wheat genome with the IWGSC.
Jane has been part of the IWGSC since its beginning, as Coordinating Committee member since 2008 and then as staff member since 2013. Over the last year, she was a co-leader of the IWGSC RefSeq project.
Read her interview here .
Since 2007, the IWGSC has included an early career speaker in all of its sponsored workshops. The goal is to engage young and early career scientists in wheat genomics broadly and in the IWGSC specifically.
The latest awardee is Carolina Sansaloni, Scientist at CIMMYT. She will present a talk entitled: "Studying Global Wheat Genetic Diversity of Germplasm" at the IWGSC workshop at PAG on Saturday 12 January 2019.
Read her interview here
PAG 2019
Saturday 12 January
8:00 to 10:10 am
IWGSC Workshop
Tuesday 15 January
1:30 to 6:10 pm
Manual and Functional Annotation Workshop
- Program of IWGSC Wheat Genome Manual and Functional Annotation Workshop at PAG 2019 The IWGSC Wheat Genome Manual and Functional Annotationworkshop at PAG 2019 will take place on Tuesday 15 January 2019 from 1:30 to 6:10pm.The wor...
- Program of IWGSC workshop at PAG 2019 The IWGSC scientific workshop at PAG 2019 will take place on Saturday 12 January 2019 from 8:00 to 10:10 am.The IWGSC led the effort to develop a...
- Carolina Sansaloni Carolina Sansaloni was awarded an IWGSC Early Career Award and will receive her award at the Plant & Animal Genome Conference (PAG) in San Die...
- IWGSC Newsletter – March to August 2018 Welcome to the IWGSC newsletter No2/2018
- Call for contributions to the Frontiers' article collection: Use of Barley and Wheat Reference Sequences: Downstream Applications in Breeding, Gene Isolation, GWAS and Evolution The editors of the Frontiers Research Topic: “Use of Barley and Wheat Reference Sequences: Downstream Applications in Breeding, Gene Isolation, GW...
In January 2018, at the Plant and Animal Genome Conference in San Diego (United States), the IWGSC presented an Outstanding Leadership Award to Catherine Feuillet in recognition for her unwavering leadership, support, and dedication to the IWGSC over the last 13 years.
Hélène Rimbert , Manuel Spannagl and David Swarbreck received IWGSC Leadership Awards for their leaderships in the annotation of the IWGSC reference sequence of bread wheat. Cristobal Uauy, Philippa Borrill and Ricardo Ramirez-Gonzalez received IWGSC Leadership Awards for their leaderships in the functional annotation and analysis of the IWGSC reference sequence.
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