On January 15, the CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB) held a one-day workshop with users of its genotyping and data analytics services at the 2020 International Plant and Animal Genome (PAG) conference, held in San Diego, USA.
CGIAR and public sector experts met at the International Potato Center (CIP, Peru) to evaluate genomics resource needs and demonstrate new tools and methods for polyploid crop breeding.
Notice: New 2022 pricing plan for genotyping services
The EiB low-density genotyping service (formerly the High Throughput Genotyping Profect [HTPG]) is a shared KASPTM genotyping platform serving all CGIAR centers and their partner programs.
During 17-21 September, 22 members of the transformative rice breeding project at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) received training in high-throughput genotypic selection and analysis as part of the collaboration between EiB and the High-Throughput Genotyping Project (HTGP).
Excellence in Breeding Platform partners join forces to obtain lower cost services.
The EiB low-density genotyping service (formerly the High Throughput Genotyping Project [HTPG]) is a shared KASPTM genotyping platform serving all CGIAR centers and their partner programs.
"By working together, we can have much greater impact and help train breeders in the latest and most efficient techniques,” Liz Jones, GOBII Director.
This article first appeared on BTIScience.org
Genotyping/ Sequencing Tools and Services
Michael Olsen
Michael (Mike) Olsen has 14 years of private sector experience in conventional and molecular maize breeding as part of Syngenta and Monsanto North America breeding teams. Presently, as trait pipeline and upstream research coordinator at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), he leads the molecular breeding team of the Global Maize Program and provides strategic direction to upstream research efforts. He is currently serving as project lead for Improved Maize for African Soils (IMAS), a multi-institutional public-private partnership to develop maize varieties with improved performance under low fertility conditions common in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is also principal investigator for the Genomic Open-source Breeding and Informatics Initiative (GOBII), at Cornell University – U.S., to enable routine use of genomic data in applied CGIAR breeding programs through integration of appropriate infrastructure, databases, analysis pipelines, and user interfaces.
As of 2022, this work is delivered primarily through CGIAR Initiative on Breeding Resources, Work Package 2.
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Faster and cheaper genotyping and sequencing services have opened up the wealth of diversity in crop and animal varieties for study, and when applied effectively have the potential to accelerate the rate at which new varieties can be developed.
The genotyping/sequencing module supports Platform members to access user-validated, application-appropriate genotyping services and technologies by:
The Bioinformatics, biometrics and data management module supports users to manage and apply genotypic data in breeding programs.
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Important notice: Price adjustment for genotyping shared services from August 2023.