Who We Are
We are a team of developers, molecular breeders, statisticians, bioinformaticists and breeders with a rich experience in managing data and applying genomic technologies to improve breeding. We are the first large-scale public-sector effort with the goal to systematically apply high-density genotypic information to the breeding of staple crops in the developing world. Initially the focus is on rice, wheat, maize, sorghum and chickpea in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The genomic data management systems will include databases, imputation systems, and decision support tools for plant breeders.
Our Mission
To build open-source genomic data management and analysis tools to enable breeders to implement genomic and marker-assisted selection as part of their routine breeding programs.
Latest News
“Connecting Crop Phenotype and Genotype Data Workshop” Plant and Animal Genome XXVII Conference January 12th, 2019
A successful GOBii workshop at PAG
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Genomic breeding workshop in China, August 6-8, 2018
Invited and sponsored by Shenyang Agricultural University, Star Gao, Kelly Robbins, and Kate Dreher held…
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Alpha testing at Cornell with Collaborators May 2018
CIMMYT, ICRISAT, IRRI, GOBii met at Cornell University May 30-June 1st, to conduct alpha testing…
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Our Products
GOBii Genomics Data Manager (GDM)
GOBii Genomics Data Manager (GDM) consists of a data loader, a database, file systems, data extract, and email notification. Communication between the layers occurs through web services.
GOBii DArT Tools
The GOBii-QC (quality control) module was developed with Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Ltd using their open-source analysis platform KDCompute. GOBii-QC run by KDCompute is fully integrated with the GOBii-GDM system.
GOBii JHI Tools
Marker-Assisted Back Crossing (MABC) module: is an open source platform developed by GOBii with the James Hutton Institute (JHI) for conducting marker-assisted backcross visualization and selection analysis.
