Current News:

The University of Missouri-Columbia and the Gyeongsang National University in Jinju, Korea, hosts the 2nd Annual Joint Plant Research Symposium on October 2-3, 2007.

Dr. Zhanyuan Zhang’s laboratory has recently improved Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in maize Hi-II using standard binary vectors.

The 2nd annual Maize in situ Hybridization Workshop was held at the University of Missouri from June 4-8, 2007.

Attaching genes to minichromosomes In maize may lead to resistant crop development, medically important proteins and metabolites; based on a recent PNAS paper by Dr. Jim Birchler's research team.

Upcoming events:

The 50th Annual Maize Genetics Conference will be February 27 - March 2, 2008, in Washington D.C.

Older News:

The Maize in situ Hybridization Workshop held at the University of Missouri from June 5-9, 2006.

The USDA, ARS, Plant Genetics Research Unit welcomes Dr. Mel Oliver as Research Leader.

The maize diversity project (Mike McMullen co-PI) published a paper on "The effects of artificial selection on the maize genome" in Science.

A comprehensive book on biological variations of corn (maize), authored by MU scientists, is being distributed to scientists and teachers around the US and the world.