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Workshop: Advancing Computer Skills in Plant Breeding
December 13, 2022 | 8:00 am - December 16, 2022 | 5:00 pm
This workshop is open to students, postdocs and faculty.
Location
Plant Science Initiative (PSI), Seminar Room 1322A
NC State University Centennial Campus
840 Oval Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606
Format
Modules: taught by teams of faculty, post-doc, and students
Introduction and demos by the team
Practice on sample data sets
Dates and Modules
Tuesday (12/13)
- Experimental design in plant breeding – Jason Osborne
- Image analysis for high-throughput phenotyping: applied image segmentation and machine learning using OpenCV and Tensorflow in Python – Mark Watson
- Application of DNA markers for QC – Trevor Walker, Yu-Ming Lin, Nasir Shalizi
Wednesday (12/14)
- Predictions of breeding and genetic values – James Holland and Fikret Isik
- Analyses of binary traits – Fikret Isik
Thursday (12/15)
- Genetic relationships and GBLUP – Christian Maltecca, Fikret Isik
- Using DNA markers for disease screening – Jeff Dunne, Ryan Andres
Friday (12/16)
- Linkage and QTL mapping in diploid and polyploid species – Massimo Lorizzo, Marcelo Mollinari
Contact
Dr. Fikret Isik (Co-director of Tree Improvement Program), email: fisik@ncsu.edu
Dr. Carlos Iglasias (Director of Plant Breeding Consortium), email: caiglesi@ncsu.edu
Registration
Maximum 30 people. The fee is $300. It covers lunches and coffee breaks. Free to NCSU grad students.
Deadline for registration: November 14, 2022
Organized by:
Plant Breeding Consortium
Cooperative Tree Improvement Program
North Carolina State University
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