155 activity posts
Genesys Achievements in 2023 and Plans for 2024

The Genesys 2023 annual report and 2024 workplan are now available online. Here is a brief overview.

18 April 2024
Passport Data Upload via the Genesys Uploader Tool

The latest Genesys webinar for our data providers took place on April 4. Here are the details.

17 April 2024
Accession Number 184

A forage powerhouse unveiled.

16 April 2024
In case you missed it: Webinar recording Part 3

The recording of the third and final webinar on trait data upload is available!

8 March 2024
In case you missed it: Webinar recording Part 2

The Genesys webinar on uploading trait data continued on February 20. Here are the details.

26 February 2024
In case you missed it: Webinar recording

The first Genesys webinar of 2024 for our data providers took place on February 2. Here are the details.

6 February 2024
New data from national genebanks

Here are the updates made in the last half of 2023.

31 January 2024
Last website update of 2023

Read about the new download methods and upgrades to Genesys tools to wrap up the year.

28 November 2023
Genesys Uploader 2.1

A new Genesys Uploader is now available for download!

3 October 2023
More features added in August!

Read about the upgrade of the traits search, quick download option, and the new curation type descriptor added to Genesys in August 2023.

12 September 2023
Genesys R package 2.0.0

The genesysr package is updated in line with recent changes to how you log in to Genesys.

28 July 2023
More features added in July!

Read about the improvements and new features added to Genesys in July 2023.

28 July 2023
Genesys Uploader 2.0

A new Genesys Uploader is now available for download!

18 July 2023
Enregistrement: Comment utiliser Genesys

L'enregistrement du webinaire Comment utiliser Genesys est maintenant disponible.

6 July 2023
Advanced data filters

Filtering data by taxonomy and provenance is cool, but do you know about our advanced filtering options?

5 June 2023
Unleashing Traits through Dynamic Visualization

Genesys now unpacks raw characterization and evaluation data from genebanks.

25 May 2023
Genesys: a gateway into the world’s gene banks

Read about Genesys through the lens of DivSeek.

18 May 2023
Genesys rolls out the Subsetting Tool

You can now create your own subsets of accessions by using the climate and soil variables of your choice.

8 May 2023
Software synergies: reimagining the future of crop breeding

Read about our collaboration with Germinate at the James Hutton Institute through the lens of DivSeek.

5 May 2023
Mali’s national genebank joins the Genesys family

Continuing its effort to include data from more national genebanks, Genesys welcomes the Institute of Rural Economy as a new data provider.

2 May 2023
Update of EURISCO data

Genesys is (again) updated with the latest data from EURISCO.

24 April 2023
Webinaire: Comment utiliser Genesys

Vous voulez savoir comment utiliser Genesys et où se cachent les fonctionnalités avancées ? Participez à notre webinaire!

19 April 2023
Genesys Strategy 2023-2025 brief

The Genesys Advisory Committee met last October to discuss how to grow and develop the platform. The goals for the next three years are to meet the needs of partner genebanks while continuously improving the website.

2 March 2023
Unlocking the secrets of crop diversity: Genesys connects genebanks and users worldwide

Learn more about all the services Genesys provides to genebanks and their users in our new handout document, and don’t forget to share it in your networks!

24 February 2023
Genesys 2023.1

Read about the improvements and new features added to Genesys in January 2023.

21 February 2023
Update to the data from NARC, Jordan

Data from the National Agricultural Research Center in Jordan uses a new FAO InstituteCode: JOR105

9 February 2023
Search by climate

Did you know that you can search for accessions by climatic variables? This guide explains how this works in Genesys.

7 February 2023
Spotlight: The World Vegetable Center

Learn about the work of the international vegetables genebank.

14 November 2022
Step-by-step guide to requesting accessions

Want to learn how to request genebank accessions through Genesys? Check out our newest tutorial

15 August 2022
Spotlight: The Australian Pastures Genebank

Learn about the work of Australia’s national pasture and forage genebank.

1 August 2022
What does it take for a genebank to go online?

Data managers from the national genebanks of Ghana and Zambia spill the beans

18 July 2022
Genesys Advisory Committee meets again

It discussed the latest developments, and where we go from here

28 June 2022
Genesys gets a (bit of a) makeover

Get familiar with the latest user interface updates

10 June 2022
Recording: Subsets and trait data in Genesys

The recording of the webinar Subsets and trait data in Genesys is available!

27 May 2022
Genesys X Seeds for Resilience

Staff from the Seeds for Resilience partner genebanks learned about Genesys during the GOAL workshop that took place in Nairobi, Kenya 9-13 May 2022

1 June 2022
Accession subsets and trait datasets in Genesys

Want to learn more about C&E datasets and subsets in Genesys? Sign up for the webinar!

20 May 2022
What’s new since January 2022?

Check out the latest data updates made during the first two quarters of 2022

25 May 2022
Embedded Genesys

What is Embedded Genesys and its newest features.

18 May 2022
Genesys welcomes EBI!

The Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute is the latest Genesys Data Provider.

10 May 2022
Recording: How to use Genesys

The recording of the webinar “How to use Genesys” is now available.

24 March 2022
New passport data from three African national genebanks

Partner genebanks of the Crop Trust-led Seeds for Resilience project publish the first batches of data in Genesys.

17 March 2022
Webinar: How to use Genesys

Want to learn more about the different things Genesys can do? Join our webinar!

14 March 2022
The latest news from CGIAR genebanks

CGIAR genebanks marked the end of the Genebank Platform by updating data on more than half a million accessions on Genesys.
 

18 March 2022
An update from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Millennium Seed Bank at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew updates passport data in Genesys.

10 March 2022
Eggplant trees: The ramifications of dividing up the eggplant genepool

The diversity tree developed as part of the global conservation strategy for the conservation and use of eggplant genetic resources is now available in Genesys.

1 February 2022
New descriptor lists for neglected fruits

The World Agroforestry Centre and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations have just jointly published six new descriptor lists.

14 December 2021
ICRISAT genebank in Niamey, Niger shares data on Genesys

Genesys welcomes the largest collection of pearl millet, sorghum, groundnut and pigeonpea in West and Central Africa.

13 December 2021
Uploader 1.8 available!

A new release of Genesys Uploader 1.8 is available for download!

11 December 2021
CSIR-PGRRI joins Genesys

Genesys welcomes the national genebank of Ghana as a new data provider.

1 December 2021
Genesys partners up with Nepal’s national genebank

Continuing with its effort to include more national Genebanks, Genesys partners up with NAGRC-NARC, Nepal’s national genebank.

26 November 2021