Attention ICGI Members:

You are cordially invited to attend the 2020 ICGI Workshop at PAG on January 12, 2020 from 4:00 - 6:15 pm in East 1 at the Town and Country Hotel in San Diego, CA. We have an exciting program planned at this year's workshop as noted below.

We will hear a total of 6 talks (each 20 minutes) from an array of distinguished international scientists.

* Dr. Jeff Chen, University of Texas, 'Upland Cotton Genome Sequence' * Dr. Xueying (Yuki) Guan, Zheijang University, 'Neofunctionalization of LncRNAs Originated in Cotton Interspecific Hybridization and Polyploidization' * Dr. Avinash Sreedasyam, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, 'Genome-wide Variations Provide Insight into the Genetic Architecture of Cotton Elite Lines' * Mr. Jeevan Adhikari, University of Georgia, 'Development and Characterization of a Reciprocal Set of Interspecific Near Isogenic Lines in Cotton' * Dr. Gregory Thyssen, USDA-ARS, 'MAGIC Population from 11 Upland Cotton Varieties Reveals Genetic Loci Affecting Agronomic and Fiber Phenotypes Including Flame Retardancy of Textiles' * Dr. Shuangxia Jin, Huazhong Agricultural University, 'New Variants of CRISPR RNA-Guided Genome Editing System in Cotton'

At the conclusion of these excellent talks, we will hear from the lead organizer of the ICGI 2020 Conference Israel, Dr. Yehoshua (Shuki) Saranga.

I hope that you will plan to attend this exciting workshop, and please accept our best wishes for a Happy Holiday season!

Best regards,

Todd Campbell, ICGI Co-Chair Tianzhen Zhang, ICGI Chair