Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop

Workshop Details

• Date: July 21, 2024
• Time: 8:00A – 12:00P CST
• Attendance Limit: 60 Graduate Students
• Sponsored By: Bayer Crop Science@ & Corteva AgriscienceTM

The purpose of this workshop is for graduate students to better understand and learn specific skills that are generally useful in life but specifically when working in industry and looking for a sucessful

Highlights of this workshop include:

• Learning skills to help balance workload and prioritize tasks
• Manage to have a healthy balancebetween work and life
• Understand the why and the how in relationships at work
• Interact with course participants to share your story
• Gain insights from a panel of industry representatives including recent graduates on their experience

NAPB Breeding Tools Workshop

Workshop Details

• Date: July 21, 2024
• Time: 8:00A – 3:00P CST
• Attendance Limit: 60
• Sponsored By: National Research Support Project 10 (NRSPI O), USDA NIFA SCRI Award #2022-51181-38449, and the Breeding Insight Project

The goal of this workshop is to familiarize breeders with three important breeding tools: the publicly available Breeding Information Management System (BIMS) for managing breeding data, the Field Book App for phenotype data collection, and the Breeding Insight Project. The workshop is free of cost for participants attending the NAPB Annual Meeting.

Highlights of this workshop include:

• BIMS training
• Setting up and using Field Book
• Overview of Breeding Insight