Dear DSSAT community members,We have one new announcement and one reminder to share:1. New: The next Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI) training workshop, "Combined GWAS and TWAS using SVEN" will be May 17 from 10 AM to 1 PM (CDT; UTC-5). The workshop series will cover: Fundamental of Bayesian hierarchical models in association studies; Demonstration of SVEN from R package bravo using data from a maize panel; and, Hands-on experience in using SVEN under the R statistical software. By the end of the workshop series, you'll be able to: Understand the marginal inclusion probability as an alternative [...]

Dear Colleagues,The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) is looking for apostdoctoral researcher with strong *process**-based cropmodelling*skills in the field of *climate **adaptation**and agriculturalsystems’ transformation*with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africaand India.Further details and applications athttps://potsdam.pi-asp.de/bewerber-web/?xsrf=493B51FBCB1A6A2D841749E862D40EA5&company=PIK-FIRMA-ID&tenant=&lang=E#position,id=a4bb620f-a7b3-4910-8b23-bc9f30fad0b9,popup=y<https://potsdam.pi-asp.de/bewerber-web/?xsrf=493B51FBCB1A6A2D841749E862D40EA5&company=PIK-FIRMA-ID&tenant=&lang=E#position,id=a4bb620f-a7b3-4910-8b23-bc9f30fad0b9,popup=y>Please circulate this job offer among your networks and contacts.Kind regards,Christoph--*Prof. Dr. Christoph Gornott*Working Group: Adaptation in Agricultural Systems<https://www.pik-potsdam.de/research/climate-resilience/research/adaptation-in-agricultural-systems/> [...]

Hi All,The Young African Leaders Initiative Regional Learning Center (YALIRLC's) application windows open. The Cohort 49 window has just openedand the YALI RLC is currently recruiting for its second online cohortthis year.This cohort is a sector specific cohort focusing on digital solutionsfor community challenges. This program will bring together up to 200youth between the age of 18 and 35 across the 9 West African countries,who have innovated business, social, and public sector initiatives usingdigital technologies to solve specific community problems. Participantswill be young people who are facing challenges typical to [...]

Dear all,We would like to share an upcoming workshop on distributed databases for data sharing and citizen science that we are giving next week at EGU24. In this workshop, participants will learn how to share and collect citizen science data in Constellation (https://docu.réseau-constellation.ca/; https://réseau-constellation.ca/<https://réseau-constellation.ca/#/>), a peer-to-peer scientific database network that allows scientists to set up citizen science projects with no need for servers or IT knowledge. [...]

Dear colleagues,we are looking for a crop modeler to implement the simulation of temperate arable crop rotations in DSSAT and assess G x M optimization for climate change adaptation and mitigation in Germany. We link crop models with life-cycle-assessment for a comprehensive assessment of environmental trade-offs.We are an international team of crop modelers and programmers based at the outskirts of Berlin. [...]

Dear DSSAT community members,The next Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI) Field Day will be "Digital Tools for Agriculture Research - AG2PI "Coconut" Grant Outcomes" and will be on Wednesday, April 24 from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM (CDT, UTC-5). In this field day, we will first hear from Dr. Trevor Rife regarding how his app "Field Book" can be used as a tool for plant phenotyping. Then, Dr. Jinha Jung, Dr. Minyoung Jung and Benjamin Hancock will introduce their open source online platform for UAS HTP data management and sharing. Both of these presentations are outcomes from AG2PI [...]

Dear AllWe have an exciting open position at the rank of Assistant/AssociateProfessor in the Agribusiness Management Academic Program, Department ofFood, Agriculture and Bioresources, School of Environment, Resources andDevelopment, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.Please widely publicize this announcement in your network.More information can be found in the following website:https://www.hro.ait.ac.th/job/show/893The application deadline is *21 April 2024*. [...]

Dear all, With the kind request for maximum dissemination to allpotential interested parties, I announce that there is an open call fora _12-month (renewable) research grant in Statistics for experimentaland technological research (SESC-S/02) _at the University of Brescia(Italy). The title of the research project is '*Development ofquantitative models for the assessment of sustainability in agriculture'*. [...]

If you are planning to attend the upcoming DSSAT International TrainingProgram scheduled from May 20-25, 2024 at the University of GeorgiaGriffin Campus, please note that early registration ends in about twoweeks on April 1. The workshop is rapidly filling up.This will be a completely in-person workshop with no option for remoteparticipation. We feel that we can be more efficient in training you onthe use and application of DSSAT through in-person workshops, especiallythe hands-on experience with the software. [...]

Dear DSSAT members,The next Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI) Field Day will be "Phenomic Prediction & Bioinformatic Workflows - AG2PI "Coconut" Grant Outcomes" and will be on Wednesday, March 20 from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM (CDT, UTC-5). In this field day, we will first hear from Dr. Daniel Runcie regarding how phenomic prediction can be used as a tool for plant breeding. Then, Dr. Fiona McCarthy will review new bioinformatic workflows her team has developed to support genomic analyses. Both of these presentations are outcomes from AG2PI "coconut" (large seed) grants. [...]