Gramene (http://www.gramene.org), a knowledgebase founded on comparative functional analyses of genomic and pathway data for model plants and major crops, supports agricultural researchers worldwide.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlants, and the biological systems around them, are key to the future health of the planet and its inhabitants. The Plant Science Decadal Vision 2020-2030 frames our ability to perform vital and far-reaching research in plant systems sciences, essential to how we value participants and apply emerging technologies. We outline a comprehensive vision for addressing some of our most pressing global problems through discovery, practical applications, and education.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Plant Science Research Network (PSRN) comprises scientific societies and organizations with a mission to build and communicate a consensus vision of the future of plant science research, education, and training. This report enumerates a set of far-reaching recommendations for postgraduate training that emerged from workshops held in October 2016 and September 2017. These recommendations broaden and deepen the T-training concept presented in the Decadal Vision for Plant Science, which emphasizes experiential learning beyond the traditional disciplinary focus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTraining for experimental plant biologists needs to combine bioinformatics, quantitative approaches, computational biology, and training in the art of collaboration, best achieved through fully integrated curriculum development.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGramene (http://www.gramene.org) is a knowledgebase for comparative functional analysis in major crops and model plant species.
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