Tucson's Annual Math Science Technology Funfest (MSTFF) will be featuring hands-on and informational activities aimed at getting students excited about the WONDERFUL WORLD OF PLANTS and plant science under the overarching theme of "Feeding The World".

Speakers:
Xianlong Zhang, Xiangfeng Bryan Wang, Changyin Wu, Chieri Kubota, Lizhong Xiong, Mike Barker, Zhibiao Ye, Eric Lyons, Shelly McMahon, Meizhong Luo, Mark Beilstein, Jinling Meng, Rebecca Mosher, Yongzhong Xing, Shane Burgess, Rod A. Wing …

Carlos Ramirez, a young AGI scientist and high school student, participated in this summer's internship program called KEYs: " Keep Engaging Youth in Science ".

Extraordinary Faculty Award Dr. Rod Wing is a Professor of Plant Science, Bio5 Institute and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and the Director of the Plant Genomics Institute, whose primary focus is in the area of structural, evolutionary and functional genomics of crop plants.

On March 4th, 2011, AGI hosted its first Plant Science Family Night (PSFN) at Ventana Vista Elementary School. Read a local news article about this exciting event and download the PSFN Journal we distributed highlighting the importance of plant science research in our community.

Rod Wing has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor accorded to distinguished members of the Association, the world's largest scientific society and publisher of Science magazine.

Scientists seek to develop a rice strain that is better capable of withstanding drought and poorer soils and produces higher yields than current forms of domesticated rice.

The NSF funded Maize Genome Sequencing Consortium is pleased to announce the release of a significantly improved version of the B73 Maize Genome Sequence: B73 RefGen_v2.

The complete set of maize FLcDNA clones is available for public distribution.

The Maize Genome Sequencing Consortium publishes the B73 Reference Sequence today in Science. AGI played a leading role by selecting and validating a minimum tiling path of 16,000 BAC clones across the maize genome.