Van de Peer Lab | Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Genomics

African Orphan Crops Consortium

The African Orphan Crops Consortium (AOCC) aims to sequence, assemble and annotate the genomes of more than 100 traditional neglected or under-utilized African crops, as well as to re-sequence hundred lines for each species.

ORCAE - AOCC

These reference genomes are made available through our online genome annotation system ORCAE at http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/orcae/aocc

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Use it or lose it: How seagrasses conquered the sea

Gene analyses revealing the capacity of marine flowering plants to exist under changing environmental conditions provide clues for the conservation and sustainable use of important ecosystems

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Yves Van de Peer appointed as the new Scientific Director of the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology

Prof. Yves Van de Peer has been appointed as Scientific Director of the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, succeeding Prof. Dirk Inzé, who recently retired from this position.

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