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In January 2019, Curtis Pozniak was awarded an IWGSC Outstanding Leadership Award in recognition of his leadership in the completion of the IWGSC RefSeq v 1.0.

In January 2019, Hélène Bergès was awarded an IWGSC Outstanding Leadership Award in recognition and appreciation of her leadership in BAC pooling and BAC libraries.

In January 2019, Hirokazu Handa was awarded an IWGSC Outstanding Leadership Award in recognition and appreciation of his consistent support of the IWGSC and his leadership with academia, industry, and funding agencies, especially in Japan.

In January 2019, Francis Quétier was awarded an IWGSC Outstanding Leadership Award in recognition and appreciation of his leadership and support in obtaining a high quality reference of the bread wheat genome

At the IWGSC Business Meeting that took place at the Plant and Animal Genome Conference ( PAG 2019 ) in San Diego, USA, on Saturday 12 January 2019, Michael Alaux (URGI) presented the process to provide updated gene annotations for inclusion in IWGSC RefSeq annotation v2.0.

Arbor Biosciences, a worldwide leader in next generation sequencing (NGS) target enrichment and synthetic biology, announces their partnership with the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC), an international organization dedicated to developing a gold-standard reference genome for bread wheat cv. Chinese Spring. This strategic partnership will provide IWGSC members with a standardized exome panel for research and development as well as expand Arbor’s collaboratively developed myBaits^(R) Expert panels in agrigenomics.

The wheat genome sequence will contribute to global food security

Bethesda, Maryland, USA – August 16, 2018

The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) published today in the international journal Science a detailed description of the genome of bread wheat, 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.