Happy birthday to us! Researchers at Murdoch's Centre for Crop & Food Innovation & SABC Genomics Pre-breeding Bioinformatics at Murdoch University celebrate their 2nd birthday with Director Rajeev Varshney FRS. The Centre is growing fast with a highly-dedicated research team. Here’s to the future!#agriculturalresearch

Dive into this exciting research on peanut diversity & trait improvement in China! Our analysis reveal genes linked to higher yields & disease resistance, marking a leap forward in crop breeding. 🥜 Rajeev Varshney FRS Anu Chitikineni Sunil Gangurde Manish Pandey Murdoch University Research

Celebrating #InternationalWomensDay with inspiring stories is a fantastic way to highlight the achievements and experiences of women. Thank you all for participating and your encouraging words. It was a joy to see them smile and laugh together…

Please retweet! Time to register for #IWC2024 taking place in Perth Western Australia 22-27 September. iwc2024.com #wheat wheatgenome IWYP Hosted by Murdoch University Murdoch's Centre for Crop & Food Innovation & SABC in collab with GRDC Wheat Initiative

Early career scientists keen to make a difference in #agricultureandfood are reminded to apply for the WA Agricultural Research Collaboration’s new Postgraduate Research Scholarship Program by 16 April. Twelve top-up scholarships of $24,000pa on offer 👉🏻 wa.gov.au/government/ann… (Photo: GRDC/Evan Collis)

Applications closing soon for our Genomics Facility Manager, based in Sydney. 💻 To learn more and apply here: linkedin.com/jobs/view/3901… Apply before midnight Sunday, 5 May. #AGRF #Genomics #JobAlert #TeamAGRF #SydneyJob #ScienceJob #FullTime #FacilityManager

Delighted to share our latest article on #Cicer Super-pangenome Nature Genetics. The article emphasizes the significance of wild relatives in Crop Improvement and offers valuable insights into #chickpea genetic diversity. Warmest congratulations to Rajeev Varshney FRS, Sir & entire team.

"Wild is the new breeding goldmine” For more, check our article (nature.com/articles/s4158…) on Cicer super-pangenome providing insights into species evolution & agronomic trait loci for chickpea crop improvement, published in Nature Genetics Rajeev Varshney FRS Aamir W Khan Murdoch University Research

Thrilled to share this feature by Murdoch University about our work on super pangenomes for crop improvement led by Rajeev Varshney FRS Murdoch's Centre for Crop & Food Innovation & SABC Grateful for the support & collaboration that makes this impactful work possible Australian Society of Plant Scientists Women in STEMM Aust The Courier-Mail Geelong Advertiser

Thank you Perth Voice for featuring this story on wild rellies. Always fun to explain what we do in simpler terms. Grateful to my supervisor Rajeev Varshney FRS for the opportunity to work on such an exciting project Murdoch University Australian Society of Plant Scientists Women in Bioinformatics Australia Murdoch University Research

Thank you Espereance Weekender for publishing news about our #GeneticGainPulses project supported by GRDC and run by Murdoch's Centre for Crop & Food Innovation & SABC Murdoch University in collaboration with several partners in Australia- UQ News QLD Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation Agriculture Victoria @nswdpi Uni of Adelaide University of Sydney ChickpeaBreedingAustralia and

Immensely proud to share that the latest research on Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) genome assemblies by CCFI researchers has been published in Nature Genetics. The study - led by CCFI Director Prof Rajeev Varshney FRS and with CCFI researcher Dr Vanika Garg as principal author - marks a

Very excited to see our article on T2TGenomes published in Nature Genetics today. Great work, Vanika Garg! Many thanks and congratulations to all authors- Vanika, Abhishek, Martin, Manuel Spannagl, Xu Xun, Michael Bevan and Jeff. Enjoy reading article at nature.com/articles/s4158…

From distant dream to reality- Telomere-to-telomere (T2T) genome assemblies are transforming crop improvement! Learn more about the status of T2T, strategies & their potential from our latest Review article rdcu.be/dOSkh published in Nature Genetics

Review by Vanika Garg et al. Manuel Spannagl Michael Bevan Rajeev Varshney FRS Murdoch's Centre for Crop & Food Innovation & SABC Murdoch University Nature Genetics Unlocking plant #genetics with #telomere-to-telomere #genome assemblies nature.com/articles/s4158… #PlantSci NY Genome Center BGI Genomics Plant Science DNA&RNA Universe 𝕏

Crops that don’t stop! Indulge in the latest media coverage on our Cicer super pangenome work by The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand tinyurl.com/28ryt2ju & full article nature.com/articles/s4158… #cropwildrelatives #futureofbreeding Rajeev Varshney FRS Murdoch University Murdoch's Centre for Crop & Food Innovation & SABC

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Unlocking plant genetics with telomere-to-telomere genome assemblies (Nature Genetics) Vanika Garg, Rajeev Varshney FRS, Manuel Spannagl, Michael Bevan (Summary by Ileana Tossolini Ileana Tossolini) buff.ly/4cpTBWZ #PlantaePSRW

Thanks very much Plantae and Ileana Tossolini . You guys have simplified it further . Also would like to mention that Vanika Garg is a Plantae Fellow - so this makes publishing of summary of Vanika’s article here more important!

NucBalancer: Streamlining Barcode Sequence Selection for Optimal Sample Pooling for Sequencing biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_bioinfo