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Topic outline
This course introduces two complementary systems that support the management of ex situ data on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA): GRIN-Global Community Edition (GGCE) and Genesys.
GGCE is an open-source genebank management system with its origins in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). It helps genebanks capture, organize, and use PGRFA data to support consistent workflows and informed decision-making. Genesys is a global portal that publishes accession-level data from participating institutions, enabling users to search, analyse, and request germplasm. The course helps learners develop a practical understanding of how both systems are used and how data quality principles and standards support effective data sharing and use.
This course is in the final stages of development and is expected to open for enrolment in April 2026.
This course is intended for:
- Genebank staff.
- Genebank data managers and system administrators.
- Data provider institutions and publishing team.
- Researchers, breeders, and other germplasm users.
- Students and interested professionals.
- GGCE as a system for supporting germplasm collection management and associated data across core genebank operations.
- Accession and inventory records in GGCE, and their role in supporting the traceability of physical material.
- GGCE functions for routine genebank activities, including inventory monitoring, viability testing, regeneration, multiplication and distribution.
- The main functions of Genesys and the types of accession-level data available through the platform.
- Methods for querying and interpreting data in Genesys using manual filters and Genesys AI.
- Data quality principles and standards that support effective data management in GGCE and effective data sharing through Genesys.
This course consists of two lessons of approximately 40-55 minutes duration each:
- Lesson 1 – Introduction to GRIN-Global Community Edition (GGCE)
- Lesson 2 – Introduction to Genesys
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