Your DNA-to-Decision Genomics Hub at PAG 2026
We’re headed to San Diego January 9-14 for PAG 2026, and we’d love to see you there! Whether you want to talk shop with our genomics experts, learn from our workshops and posters, or just stop by to play a game and win prizes, we’re making it easy to connect.
Join HudsonAlpha in San Diego for an inside look at the future of genomics.
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Can’t fit it all into your schedule? We’ve got you covered. Fill out the form to book time with us or receive all of our PAG 2026 materials, including workshop slides, posters, and more, straight to your inbox after the conference.
You can find HudsonAlpha near the main entrance of the Exhibit Hall. Come say hello, see live demos, and join the HudsonAlpha Connect 4 challenge for a chance to win exclusive prizes.
Leveraging Pangenomes and Low Coverage Whole Genome Sequencing for Crop Improvement
Josh Clevenger
Monday January 12, 2026
12:50 PM – 3:00 PM
Palm 5-6
Plant Reproductive Genomics
Alex Harkess
Sunday, January 11, 2026
1:30 PM – 3:40 PM
Palm 1-2
Bioenergy Grass Biology: Genomes, microbiomes, traits and applications
Kankshita Swaminathan
Saturday, January 10, 2026
10:30 AM – 12:40 PM
Pacific D
BER Plant Genomic Science
Jeremy Schmutz
Monday, January 12, 2026
6:20 PM – 8:30 PM
Palm 3-4
Comparative Genomics
John Lovell
Saturday, January 10, 2026
10:30 AM – 12:40 PM
Pacific A
John Lovell
Applying Pangenomics in Diverse Biofuel Feedstock Plants
Sunday, January 11, 2026
5:05 PM – 5:20 PM
Pacific D
Josh Clevenger
Whole Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Genetic Insights into Flavor-Related Traits in Peanut
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
2:06 PM – 2:24 PM
Pacific E
Jeremy Schmutz
PacBio: The Universal Cornucopia for Genomics
Monday, January 12, 2026
2:35 PM – 2:55 PM
Town and Country C
Charity Z Goeckeritz
The Genetic Basis of Apomixis In Apple (Malus, Rosaceae)
Friday, January 9, 2026
10:50 AM – 11:10 AM
Pacific C
Sarah Carey
An X-Linked Sex Determination Mechanism in Cannabis and Hop
Saturday, January 10, 2026
11:50 AM – 12:10 PM
Pacific H-I (2nd Floor)
Renan Souza
Reshaping Wild Silphium into a New Oilseed Crop with Genomics
Saturday, January 10, 2026
2:33 PM – 2:54 PM
Pacific C
Charity Goeckeritz
Molecular Breeding in Fruits
Friday, January 9, 2026
3:10 PM – 3:30 PM
Palm 1-2
Alex Harkess
TBA
Saturday, January 10, 2026
12:40 PM – 1:06 PM
Pacific C
Hallie C. Wright
Against the Grain: Developing Genomic Resources to Support Finger Millet Breeding
Monday, January 12, 2026
2:20 PM – 2:50 PM
Pacific C
Laramie Smith-Akozbek
Toward Complete Genomic Characterization of a Dioecious Plant Family: Sex Chromosome and Sexual System Evolution In Myricaceae
Sunday, January 11, 2026
2:42 PM – 3:00 PM
Palm 1-2
Nicole Szeluga
Leveraging Biomarkers Predictive of Internal Ethylene Production in Apples for Point-of-Contact Maturity Assay
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
4:20 PM – 4:40 PM
Palm 5-6
Avril Harder
Leveraging Multiple Pecan References to Enable Typing of a Complex Dichogamy Locus
Saturday, January 10, 2026
11:30 AM – 11:50 AM
Pacific A
Joanna L. Rifkin
Dynamic and Variable TE Landscapes In a Cenchrus Pangenome
Monday, January 12, 2026
6:58 PM – 7:16 PM
Palm 3-4
Avinash Sreedassyam
Towards Pangenome-Guided Breeding for Accelerated Genetic Gain In Cotton Fiber Quality and Resilience
Sunday, January 11, 2026
4:00 PM – 4:20 PM
Palm 7
Laramie Smith-Akozbek
Chromosome-Scale Genome Assembly of Quercus virginiana Reveals Novel Centromeric Architecture In the Genus
Sunday, January 11, 2026
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Pacific H-I (2nd Floor)
Sharon Reikhav
How a Nonprofit Can out-Commercialize a Startup: My Perspective from inside HudsonAlpha
Saturday, January 10, 2026
12:10 PM
Town and Country D
Chloee McLaughlin
P653 Applications of a Pangenome-Informed Genotyping Approach
Sunday, January 11, 2026
4:00 PM – 4:20 PM
Palm 7
Charity Z Goeckeritz
The Genetic Basis of Apomixis In Apple (Malus, Rosaceae)
Friday, January 9, 2026
10:50 AM – 11:10 AM
Pacific C
Hallie C. Wright
Against the Grain: Developing Genomic Resources to Support Finger Millet Breeding
Monday, January 12, 2026
2:20 PM – 2:50 PM
Pacific C
Laramie Smith-Akozbek
Chromosome-Scale Genome Assembly of Quercus virginiana Reveals Novel Centromeric Architecture In the Genus
Sunday, January 11, 2026
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Pacific H-I (2nd Floor)
Laramie Smith-Akozbek
Toward Complete Genomic Characterization of a Dioecious Plant Family: Sex Chromosome and Sexual System Evolution In Myricaceae
Sunday, January 11, 2026
2:42 PM – 3:00 PM
Palm 1-2