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
GOBii Hackathon at ICRISAT – April 2018
Developers met at ICRISAT, India for a GOBii Hackathon to review topics such as HDF5…
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GOBii/EiB cross-project workshop showcases integrated breeding resources and tools to African partners
“We are at a pivotal point in time where there are several open-source data systems…
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Open-source tools accelerate plant breeding in developing countries
Crop breeders in developing countries can now access free tools to accelerate the breeding of…
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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.
