New York Times science writer Carl Zimmer delivering the opening keynote "On the Genome Beat" at the 7th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting on March 20, 2012 in Walnut Creek, Calif.

Robert Goldberg of UC Los Angeles on "Using Genomics to Dissect Seed Development" on March 21, 2012 at the 7th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting in Walnut Creek, Calif.

A quick intro to BioProject. For more information see http://blog.openhelix.eu/?p=11931

Michael Schatz from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on "Entering the Era of Mega-genomics" at the 7th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting on March 21, 2012 in Walnut Creek, Calif.

Shawn Kaeppler from the University of Wisconsin-Madison on "Genomic Analysis of Biofuel Traits in Maize and Switchgrass" at the 7th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting on March 21, 2012 in Walnut Creek, Calif.

Adam Arkin from Berkeley Lab on the DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (Kbase) at the 7th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting on March 21, 2012 in Walnut Creek, Calif.

David Hibbett from Clark University on "Evolutionary Perspectives on Diversity of Lignocellulose Decay Mechanisms in Basidiomycetes" at the 7th Annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting on March 21, 2012 in Walnut Creek, Calif.

The 13th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting (GSC 13). Hosted by BGI and held at Kingkey Palace Hotel, Shenzhen, China, March 4-7, 2012 (http://gensc.org/gc_wiki/index.php/GSC_13).

Peter Sterk (University of Oxford): GCDML, GRS.
Jared Wilkening (Argonne National Laboratory): M5

The 13th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting (GSC 13). Hosted by BGI and held at Kingkey Palace Hotel, Shenzhen, China, March 4-7, 2012 (http://gensc.org/gc_wiki/index.php/GSC_13).

Peter Sterk (University of Oxford)
Habitat-Lite, The GSC MIxS Compliance and Interoperability Group, the GSC Biodiversity Working Group and GSC Membership

The 13th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting (GSC 13). Hosted by BGI and held at Kingkey Palace Hotel, Shenzhen, China, March 4-7, 2012 (http://gensc.org/gc_wiki/index.php/GSC_13).

Peter Sterk (University of Oxford)
GSC Projects and activities: The MIxS family of GSC standards