2018 BIENNIAL MEETING:  In the very near future, members should receive one or more emails with information regarding our 2018 biennial meeting.  Details are being solidified at this time, but our 2018 meeting will be in

Edinburgh, Scotland

May 28 – June 1.

NOMINATIONS:  At this time (May 2-16), ICGI solicits your nomination of individuals who would like to serve as ICGI officers. 

Each of the 6 officer positions involves a 4-year commitment:  two years as Co-Chair and then two years as Chair.  These positions are a great way to serve cotton, science, and the international community!

Note that you can nominate yourself, and/or someone else, but IF someone else, PLEASE ask them before submitting their name.

International Cotton Genome Initiative (ICGI) Workshop at PAG XXV, San Diego, CA, USA (1/15/17)

The lack of a common, structured vocabulary to describe cotton phenotypic traits is an obstacle for researchers wanting to understand the work of colleagues as well as for integration of QTL associated with these traits into CottonGen.  Cotton Trait Ontology (a set of standardized and structured vocabularies for cotton traits) aims to provide a central location with controlled vocabulary for phenotypic traits to improve discussion and collaboration among research groups within the cotton

CottonGen Pathway Tools updated to v20.  Currently available pathways are G. raimondii (D5, JGI version) and G. hirsutum (AD1, NBI version).