In the Media

In the Media

A selection of news coverage of the IWGSC work

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Pushing ahead with gene editing - The Around Farm Progress podcast digs into the latest plant breeding tools

The latest episode of the BASF podcast " The Science Behind Your Salad " is on wheat and features an interview with Kellye Eversole, along with Alison Bentley (CIMMYT) and John Jacobs (BASF).

Kellye Eversole was interviewed about the wheat genome project on the show "Constant Wonder" on BYU radio.

The publication of the reference sequence of bread wheat in the scientific journal Science in August 2018 generated an extensive media coverage around the world, in WIRED, the BBC, the Guardian, El Mundo, ABC News, Süddeutsche Zeitung and more

An article retracing the history of the IWGSC – from 4 people in 2005 to 1,800 members now, 12 years later – published on the Global Engage website.

An article published on the website The Counter about the wheat genome and why its sequencing is so chalenging.

The October 2015 issue of Seed World featured an article about the IWGSC, highlighting its achievements and making the case for more funding to be fund to finish the reference sequencing of bread wheat.

The IWGSC published an article in the magazine European Seed highlighting its achievement so far and making the case for more funding to be fund soon to finish the reference sequencing of bread wheat.

The publication of the draft sequence of bread wheat in the scientific journal Science in July 2014 generated an extensive media coverage around the world: The Washington Post, Reuters, The National Geographic, Scientific American, El Mundo, The Times of India, Xinhua, Die Welt ...