MaizeGDB
@maizegdb.bsky.social
MaizeGDB is a community-oriented informatics service to researchers focused on the crop plant and model organism Zea mays.
New at MaizeGDB: The "Site Map" is a detailed launchpad to our tools, datasets, and resources. From the "Explore MaizeGDB" link in our menu, jump to Data Centers, JBrowse, BLAST, SNPversity, PanEffect, Phylostrata, Fusarium Protein Toolkit, and more. maizegdb.org/sitemap
September 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
New at MaizeGDB: The "Site Map" is a detailed launchpad to our tools, datasets, and resources. From the "Explore MaizeGDB" link in our menu, jump to Data Centers, JBrowse, BLAST, SNPversity, PanEffect, Phylostrata, Fusarium Protein Toolkit, and more. maizegdb.org/sitemap
🌽New tool at MaizeGDB: Explore evolutionary origins of maize proteins! Search up to 100 genes to visualize conservation or to download homologs’ subcellular localization & GO terms! Whole-genome results available for download for B73 and the NAM founders. phylostrata.maizegdb.org
August 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🌽New tool at MaizeGDB: Explore evolutionary origins of maize proteins! Search up to 100 genes to visualize conservation or to download homologs’ subcellular localization & GO terms! Whole-genome results available for download for B73 and the NAM founders. phylostrata.maizegdb.org
New data from the Bob Schmitz lab (Marand 2025) on cell type-specific cis-regulation in maize! This study, in @science.org, reveals how DNA changes impact expression and maize traits. Explore the 176 new tracks on the browser under Epigenetics and DNA binding.
➡️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
➡️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The genetic architecture of cell type–specific cis regulation in maize
Gene expression and complex phenotypes are determined by the activity of cis-regulatory elements. However, an understanding of how extant genetic variants affect cis regulation remains limited. Here, ...
www.science.org
June 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
New data from the Bob Schmitz lab (Marand 2025) on cell type-specific cis-regulation in maize! This study, in @science.org, reveals how DNA changes impact expression and maize traits. Explore the 176 new tracks on the browser under Epigenetics and DNA binding.
➡️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
➡️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We're excited to share PlantCAD browser tracks: a new, unpublished dataset integrating AI techniques for plant genome analysis. Explore it here: github.com/andorfc/Plan...
We welcome the community's feedback and innovative use cases for this data!
We welcome the community's feedback and innovative use cases for this data!
June 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We're excited to share PlantCAD browser tracks: a new, unpublished dataset integrating AI techniques for plant genome analysis. Explore it here: github.com/andorfc/Plan...
We welcome the community's feedback and innovative use cases for this data!
We welcome the community's feedback and innovative use cases for this data!
🌽 New browser tracks: Dr. Laura Tibbs-Cortes aligned proteomes spanning 11 evolutionary levels (from E. coli to sorghum) aligned to B73, NAM & PanAnd maize genomes! Additional tools coming soon! jbrowse.maizegdb.org?loc=chr2%3A2...
May 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🌽 New browser tracks: Dr. Laura Tibbs-Cortes aligned proteomes spanning 11 evolutionary levels (from E. coli to sorghum) aligned to B73, NAM & PanAnd maize genomes! Additional tools coming soon! jbrowse.maizegdb.org?loc=chr2%3A2...
Join us Thursday, Mar 6th (2–5 pm) before the Maize Meeting for the Maize Genetics & Genomics Resources Workshop, "Shaping the Future of Maize Pan-Genomes." We'll have 8 talks on building & visualizing pan-genomes plus a discussion led by Matthew Hufford & Candy Hirsch. maizegdb.org/mgc/maizemee...
February 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Join us Thursday, Mar 6th (2–5 pm) before the Maize Meeting for the Maize Genetics & Genomics Resources Workshop, "Shaping the Future of Maize Pan-Genomes." We'll have 8 talks on building & visualizing pan-genomes plus a discussion led by Matthew Hufford & Candy Hirsch. maizegdb.org/mgc/maizemee...
Need a flyer to share or print for #MGM2025? Download it here: documents.maizegdb.org/maizemeeting...
November 17, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Need a flyer to share or print for #MGM2025? Download it here: documents.maizegdb.org/maizemeeting...
The announcement for the 67th Annual Maize Genetics Meeting (#MGM2025) is here! 📅 Join us March 6-9, 2025, at Union Station, St. Louis, MO, USA. 🌽 View the PDF announcement: documents.maizegdb.org/maizemeeting...
documents.maizegdb.org
November 17, 2024 at 3:13 AM
The announcement for the 67th Annual Maize Genetics Meeting (#MGM2025) is here! 📅 Join us March 6-9, 2025, at Union Station, St. Louis, MO, USA. 🌽 View the PDF announcement: documents.maizegdb.org/maizemeeting...
Congrats to Rita Hayford on the publication of her work mapping RNA-Seq reads from 24 publicly available datasets (17 abiotic & 7 biotic studies) to B73v5 and annotating over 3k stress-related functional annotation of maize gene models. doi.org/10.1186/s128...
Functional annotation and meta-analysis of maize transcriptomes reveal genes involved in biotic and abiotic stress - BMC Genomics
Background Environmental stress factors, such as biotic and abiotic stress, are becoming more common due to climate variability, significantly affecting global maize yield. Transcriptome profiling stu...
doi.org
May 30, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Congrats to Rita Hayford on the publication of her work mapping RNA-Seq reads from 24 publicly available datasets (17 abiotic & 7 biotic studies) to B73v5 and annotating over 3k stress-related functional annotation of maize gene models. doi.org/10.1186/s128...
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A new issue of #GENETICS is out today! It features updates from @alliancegenome.bsky.social, @flybase.bsky.social, @pombase.bsky.social, @tairnews.bsky.social, @maizegdb.bsky.social, www.informatics.jax.org, fungidb.org, www.echinobase.org & thecellvision.org. Read the full issue: bit.ly/44E2xpG
May 7, 2024 at 7:27 PM
A new issue of #GENETICS is out today! It features updates from @alliancegenome.bsky.social, @flybase.bsky.social, @pombase.bsky.social, @tairnews.bsky.social, @maizegdb.bsky.social, www.informatics.jax.org, fungidb.org, www.echinobase.org & thecellvision.org. Read the full issue: bit.ly/44E2xpG
Reposted by MaizeGDB
Here we hope to solve this by providing
1) a regularly updated VCF of public sequence data
2) user-friendly online tools to search and analyze the data
Absolutely fantastic work from Carson and Maggie at
@maizegdb.bsky.social. Check out our preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1) a regularly updated VCF of public sequence data
2) user-friendly online tools to search and analyze the data
Absolutely fantastic work from Carson and Maggie at
@maizegdb.bsky.social. Check out our preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A unified VCF data set from nearly 1,500 diverse maize accessions and resources to explore the genomic landscape of maize
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
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May 4, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Here we hope to solve this by providing
1) a regularly updated VCF of public sequence data
2) user-friendly online tools to search and analyze the data
Absolutely fantastic work from Carson and Maggie at
@maizegdb.bsky.social. Check out our preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1) a regularly updated VCF of public sequence data
2) user-friendly online tools to search and analyze the data
Absolutely fantastic work from Carson and Maggie at
@maizegdb.bsky.social. Check out our preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The schedule for the 2024 Maize Genetics Meeting (#MGM2024) is now available on the MGM homepage or directly at this link.
documents.maizegdb.org/maizemeeting...
documents.maizegdb.org/maizemeeting...
February 12, 2024 at 10:13 PM
The schedule for the 2024 Maize Genetics Meeting (#MGM2024) is now available on the MGM homepage or directly at this link.
documents.maizegdb.org/maizemeeting...
documents.maizegdb.org/maizemeeting...
An improved pan-gene dataset is included in the January update. Bulk downloads of the pan-gene CDS and protein sequences, alignments, and various table views of the data are available in the pan-gene download directory. download.maizegdb.org/Pan-genes/Pa...
Index of /Pan-genes/Pan-Zea
download.maizegdb.org
January 18, 2024 at 7:28 PM
An improved pan-gene dataset is included in the January update. Bulk downloads of the pan-gene CDS and protein sequences, alignments, and various table views of the data are available in the pan-gene download directory. download.maizegdb.org/Pan-genes/Pa...
There will be several pre-Maize Meeting workshops this year. MaizeGDB will be hosting a 2-part workshop on the new pan-genome, pan-gene, and AI tools at MaizeGDB. Some of the workshops have limited space and require registration. www.maizegdb.org/mgc/maizemee...
December 20, 2023 at 8:15 PM
There will be several pre-Maize Meeting workshops this year. MaizeGDB will be hosting a 2-part workshop on the new pan-genome, pan-gene, and AI tools at MaizeGDB. Some of the workshops have limited space and require registration. www.maizegdb.org/mgc/maizemee...
Reminder: The deadline for early registration and to submit a talk abstract for the Maize Genetics Meeting is Friday! www.maizegdb.org/mgc/maizemee...
December 20, 2023 at 4:46 PM
Reminder: The deadline for early registration and to submit a talk abstract for the Maize Genetics Meeting is Friday! www.maizegdb.org/mgc/maizemee...