The Maize Genetics Cooperation is hosting its 67th annual meeting from March 6th to the 9th of 2025 in St. Louis, Missouri. The meeting will include plenary talks, oral presentations, poster sessions, and opportunities for networking. The invited speakers are:
- Doreen Ware, USDA-ARS and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, “Plant genomes: Understanding their past and managing their future”
- Jonathan F. Wendel, Iowa State University, “Genes, jeans, genomes, and the wonders of polyploidy in plants”
- Ivan Baxter, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, “You need a real maize geneticist”
- Sióbhan Brady, HHMI and UC Davis, “Environmental integration with root cell type development”
- Helen Anne Curry, Georgia Tech, “Input, Insurance, Objective: Reflections on diversity from the history of crop science”
- Edward S. Buckler IV, USDA-ARS, the McClintock Prize awardee
Conference topics include:
- Biochemical and Molecular Genetics
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Computational and Large-Scale Biology
- Cytogenetics
- Education & Outreach
- Evolution & Population Genetics
- Quantitative Genetics & Breeding
- Transposons & Epigenetics
Registration and abstracts are due by January 8, 2025. For more information see the conference website.
The 67th Annual Maize Genetics Meeting will be held in-person on March 6-9th in St. Louis, Missouri