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Second Sequel II sequencer at AGI

Since a few weeks AGI is producing HiFi data… in stereo!

Dave and Teresa Kudrna retirement dinner

Good luck Dave and Teresa on your next adventures in retirement.

AGI is hiring: help us in the lab!

The Arizona Genomics Institute is looking for a motivated and dependable student to help in the lab activities.

New Associate Director at Arizona Genomics Institute

International group of researchers from the USA, UK, and the Philippines receives BBSRC-NSF funding to improve rice genome annotation.

Researchers from Oregon State University and the University of Arizona in the USA, University of Liverpool and EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in the UK, and CGIAR’s International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines were awarded a three-year international project funding by the joint panel of the National Science Foundation (NSF, USA) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC, UK).

Arizona Board of Regents Confirms Five New Regents' Professors at UA

The title Regents' Professor serves as recognition of the highest academic merit and is awarded to faculty members who have distinguished accomplishments in teaching scholarship, research or creative work.

Opening the doors to food security through genomics

The development of Green Super Rice, a new breed of stable, climate-smart, high-yielding varieties, opens up the potential of understanding and using genomics of agroecosystems in responding to the increasingly complex challenges the agricultural sector is facing today.

Rice Genomics: 'Editor's Pick' on the Springer Nature Grand Challenges

Harnessing the genetic variation in wild and cultivated rice populations will be key to developing Green Super Rice varieties with high yield and low environmental costs.

As Asians get rich and healthy, 'smart crops' replace rice on future menus

TAIPEI, May 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Lunchtime in Taipei's Ximending district is a test of wills and patience as tourists and locals jostle at restaurants and street stalls to choose from steamed and fried dumplings, flat and thin noodles, stuffed pancakes, grills and desserts.