African Plant Genomics Network

Information from the African Plant Genomics Network

[African Plant Genomics Network @AfricanPlantGen]

📢 Join us for our 2nd Quarterly Journal Club & Focus Group Meeting!
🗓 Date: 26 June 2026, 13:00-15:00 CAT
🔗 Join here: https://t.co/yv8eGz3jtr

More info at:
https://t.co/gD8ZgtpyGN

#plantgenomicsafrica #africanplantgenomics @DAISEA_AfricaBP

[African Plant Genomics Network @AfricanPlantGen]

📢 So many lessons from our Focus Group and Journal Club meetings today!
https://t.co/dPuM1HFP11

[African Plant Genomics Network @AfricanPlantGen]

📢 SAVE THE DATE! Join us on Zoom at the end of this month to discuss exciting plant genomics techniques.

🔬 Focus Group Meeting
🗓 March | ⏰ 14:00–15:00 CAT

📚 Journal Club Meeting
🗓 March | ⏰ 15:00–16:00 CAT

👉 Register here: https//tinyurl.com
and share.

[African BioGenome Project @DAISEA_AfricaBP]

Please help complete survey on Intellectual Property, Genetics Resources, Digia Sequence Information (DSI), and Access and Benefit-Sharing: https://t.co/1Vkpq1rKra

[African Plant Genomics Network @AfricanPlantGen]

FYI: Abstract submissions for the African Plant Breeders 2025 Conference close on the 18th of this month.
#APBAConf2025 #africanplantgenomics #plantgenomicsafrica
https://t.co/ipem5rs60e

[African Plant Genomics Network @AfricanPlantGen]

Do you have plant genomic data that is awaiting analysis? Apply for financial support by June 30th to benefit from The Genomics and Bioinformatics Data Hackathon, a great opportunity provided by the African Plant Breeders Association – APBA and Novo Nordisk Foundation.

[African BioGenome Project @DAISEA_AfricaBP]

Today, we are awarding African Plant Genome Assembly and Annotation Fellowship 2025 to 8 African researchers across 6 African countries. They shall spend time at @IITA_CGIAR

@yefoun
@blessing.odogwu
@HyppoliteAignon
@MvogoRolly
@HawilaTesfaye
@AshleySean_
@OjuederieTina

[African BioGenome Project @DAISEA_AfricaBP]

Several African scientists turned up at the University of Calabar, Nigeria, for the hands-on practical session on molecular biology during the African BioGenome Project Open Institute West Africa Regional Workshop 2025.

Ntui Valentine

[African Plant Genomics Network @AfricanPlantGen]

#africanplantgenomics #plantgenomicsafrica

[African Plant Genomics Network @AfricanPlantGen]

🌿Thank you, Africa! 🌍

We extend our heartfelt thanks to all the participants, hosts, sponsors, exhibitors, and service providers who made the inaugural African Plant Genomics Symposium a resounding success!

See more here: https://t.co/hnW9bTZEWZ

[Patience Chatukuta @drpchronicles.bsky.social @DrPChronicles]

Prof. Herve Vanderschuren, KU Leuven, at the @AfricanPlantGen on developing omics tools for tropical crop improvement #plantgenomicsafrica #africanplantgenomics

[Patience Chatukuta @drpchronicles.bsky.social @DrPChronicles]

Great plenary talk by @Leena_Tripathi @IITA_CGIAR to open the inaugural @AfricanPlantGen African Plant Genomics Symposium
#plantgenomicsafrica #africanplantgenomics

[Willy Kibet @kibetwilly35]

Participating in the African Plant Genomics Symposium. “Africa needs a critical mass of people and organizations involved in plant genomics to generate new knowledge using genomics & to drive a unified agenda for development continentally & globally."
#AfricanPlantGenomics

[Pablo Manavella @manavellalab]

The @AfricanPlantGen has started!!! Such a cool initiative! I'm very happy to be here, share our science, and also explore which opportunities @ThePlantCell can bring to the global south.

[African Plant Genomics Network @AfricanPlantGen]

See you tomorrow! 🌱 🧬

#plantgenomicsafrica #africanplantgenomics

[African Plant Genomics Network @AfricanPlantGen]

📢 Have you heard of HiFi long-read sequencing? Acclaim Moila of Inqaba Biotec will give a talk on PacBio HiFi sequencing and its applications in plant genomics.
Make sure you visit their exhibition booth too!
🌱🧬
#plantgenomicsafrica #africanplantgenomics
@inqababiotec @PacBio

[African Plant Genomics Network @AfricanPlantGen]

📢Excella Biotechnologies will give a talk, in addition to their exhibition, this Thursday. We are excited for Irene Muriuki's presentation!
🌱🧬
#plantgenomicsafrica #africanplantgenomics

[African Plant Genomics Network @AfricanPlantGen]

📢 7 DAYS TO GO❕
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Have you registered? Entry to the venue and the livestream will be restricted to registered persons.
#plantgenomicsafrica #africanplantgenomics
https://t.co/5Pzu0GqHzC

[African Plant Genomics Network @AfricanPlantGen]

#plantgenomicsafrica #africanplantgenomics @Striga_Steve

[African Plant Genomics Network @AfricanPlantGen]

📢 Poster prizes up for grabs! Thanks to @plantspplplanet , we are offering:
Top poster: USD300
2nd runner-up: USD200
3rd runner-up: USD150
If you have not done already so, submit your abstract at: https://t.co/GNjKvii124 by Friday 5th April at 23:59 EAT