Buckler Lab team develops the HARE method to improve genomic prediction accuracy in maize Genomic prediction uses DNA information to predict differences in important maize traits, like grain yield or flowering time. Typically,...
PanAnd project featured in "SeedWorld" Recently highlighted in the "SeedWorld" publication, PanAnd is a project funded by the National Science Foundation and it comprises a...
Sarah Jensen receives the McClintock Award Congratulations to Sarah Jensen, a graduate student in the Buckler Lab, who is one of six recipients of the The Barbara McClintock...
Buckler Lab Members Build a tRNA Thermometer Identifying an organism’s optimal growth temperature (OGT) is an important step in understanding how organisms evolve and adapt to their...
September Virtual Hackathon On September 14 - 18, 2020, the Buckler Lab hosted its second virtual Hackathon due to the on-going social distancing requirements of the...
The First Maize PHG Database Now Available The first maize PHG database is composed of haplotypes derived from the assemblies of the NAM founders. For broader compatibility with...
View the Virtual PHG Workshop On Monday, June 8, 2020, the Buckler Lab hosted a virtual Practical Haplotype Graph (PHG) introductory workshop. The workshop provided a...
Buckler Lab Hosts Virtual Hackathon On May 11 - 15, 2020, the Buckler Lab hosted its first-ever virtual Hackathon due to the social distancing requirements of the ongoing...
Wheat PHG Hackathon The Buckler Lab hosted a hackathon in February 2020 to develop a Practical Haplotype Graph (PHG) for wheat to be used by wheat breeding...
Improving Prediction of Agronomic Traits in Hybrid Maize In a paper published in the May 2020 issue of Genetics, Buckler Lab members Guillaume Ramstein and Cinta Romay investigate the relevance...
