Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology (PBGB) symposium held - Dec 12-13th, 2019
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EmailThe annual Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology (PBGB) symposium was held - December 12-13th, 2019. It was well attended and organized by Michigan State University (MSU) graduate students .....
The annual Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology (PBGB) symposium ran December 12-13th, 2019. It was well attended and organized by Michigan State University (MSU) graduate students and has been an institution of the program for over a decade. In 2019, MSU was invited to join the Corteva Plant Sciences Symposia Series and the Symposium was expanded to a two-day event featuring invited talks from both academia and industry, round-table discussions with invited speakers, graduate student workshops, as well as lightning talk and poster competitions. This year’s Symposium, ‘Phenomic Applications in Plant Breeding,’ was also a unique partnership with NRT-IMPACTS trainees who designed and led a genomic data analysis workshop. Graduate students also practiced crafting and delivering a compelling elevator pitch to faculty in a separate workshop let by Career Consultant Ed Tillett. The Symposium concluded with a poster reception where students and faculty alike had the opportunity to informally interact with the invited world-class experts from universities and companies across North America.
Lightning talk and poster competition winners can be found here and further details about the PBGB Symposium, including biographies of invited speakers, can be found at our website. Photos by Natalie Kaiser.
