Computomics: Discussions On Innovations To Drive Advanced Agriculture Solutions

Get to know Dr. Alisa-Noemi Sieber and gain insights into the Wheat Initiative in this episode of the Computomics podcast. What is the idea behind the Wheat Initiative, who is part of it and what are first results? Additionally, learn what a pre-breeders work is and what role the Swabian specialty "Spätzle" played in the work life of Alisa. Last but not least understand what role plant breeding pl...

In this episode Sebastian Schultheiss, Managing Director of Computomics, is talking about the new investment of BVC and Amathaon, the impact it has, the technology and why entrepreneurial independence is of highest importance to Computomics.

In this episode Prof. Dr. Chris Schön shares insights about her research especially within the MAZE project which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The goal of the MAZE project is to analyze the diversity of landraces and make them available to widen the diversity of germplasm we use today. More information: All details about the MAZE project Computomics' p...

In this first episode of season 3 we are speaking with Andy LaVigne, the President and CEO of the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA). He tells us how he ended up in agriculture, gives insights on the focus and main challenges of ASTA, explains how the pandemic changed and impacted the seed industry, shares ASTA’s plans for the setup of the CSS & Seed Expo 2021 and much more.

Miguel Rapela talks to us about his career in bridging the divide between intellectual IP and agricultural development in Argentina as well as about the collaboration between UBATEC and Computomics.

In this episode we chat with our Director of Global Business Strategy, Ruth Mayes, on the ways we can support our clients on their journey to success.

Kevin Falk is a recent PhD graduate of Iowa State University where he focused on soybean breeding, plant phenomics and image analytics. In 2019 he started with Corteva Agriscience as an Integrated Field Sciences Research Scientist where he sits on the IFS Global Innovation team. Kevin is also on the National Association of Plant Breeders education committee, has a passion for science communication...

In this episode we discuss the need to integrate environmental data into phenotype predictions. Our Computomics xSeedScore Scientist Björn leads us through what type of data is needed to untangle complex traits and how a focus on the client's needs is integral in providing data that is actionable and useful.

VITO is an international research organization with the mission of accelerating our path to a more sustainable world through research in the applied technology domain and by utilizing human creativity. We discuss their products for translating remote sensing data to actionable insights for the agricultural sector.

In this episode we discuss the current status and the promise of the epigenetic landscape within plant sciences. Claude Becker serves as Professor of Genetics at the LMU in Munich and studies the role of epigenetic marks in plant-environment interactions; to understand how and when epigenetic variation arises, if and how it is inherited, and whether it influences plant physiology and phenotype. He...

In this podcast we follow up on the questions we received during our December Webinar titled Innovation in Plant Breeding: Advanced machine learning for predictive plant breeding . If interested, please download the webinar: https://computomics.com/webinar-2020.html or listen to the replay https://seedworld.com/seed-world-innovation-webinar-series-advanced-machine-learning-for-predictive-plant-bre...

Detlef Weigel, Computomics co-founder and Managing Director at the MPI for Developmental Biology discusses his scientific career and where he sees scientific discovery headed in the future. 

In this end of the year episode we look back on lessons from 2020 and look forward to 2021.

This episode dives into a discussion on human psychology and dealing with the instability in our world while moving technology forward.

Max from ConstellR discusses the challenges of integrating and homogenizing earth observation data and the need to make it accessible and usable for agricultural purposes. 

We talk with Johannes from Colugo and Oliver from the Max Plank Institute for Developmental Biology about our new venture to use our CropScore cameras combined with AI interpretation to predict and help identify markers of food waste in fruits and vegetables. 

Prof. Dr. Albrecht Melchinger provides a primer on maize breeding and how machine learning capabilities can improve accuracy and prediction capability for complex traits. 

This week we talk to Saskia Biskup, the co-founder of CeGaT, a diagnostic company that's moving the field of human health forward. Their microbiome analysis tools utilize MEGAN6 to bring patients improved understanding of what their metagenomics results really mean.

The final episode in our series on Metagenomics analysis concludes with an interview with Computomics Co-Founder and MEGAN6 author Daniel Huson. We discuss how MEGAN came about, what long-reads sequencing has meant to Metagenomics, and the way forward. 

Dr. Oliver Deusch from Computomics will talk about interactive and reproducible metagenomics data analysis with MORPHEUS. MORPHEUS enables comparative data analysis and storage of hundreds of samples without the need for your own high performance compute infrastructure. It offers interactive and reproducible analysis of taxonomy and function. 

We launch a multi-episode series focused on metagenomics analysis and Dr. Sebastian Schultheiss, Managing Director of Computomics, gives us an overview of what we envision as the future of metagenomics analysis tools.

We interview Simone Graef-Hoenninger who is head of CANNABIS-NET on the benefits of international collaborations in agricultural challenges around cannabis and hemp production.

We talk with Larisa Golovko from Landviser on the emerging and interesting field of using geospatial, drone, and sensor data for agricultural challenges.

Volkmar is Head of the Department of Photonics and the Environment at the Fraunhofer UMSICHT and he tells us about their guiding principles in making urban farms as efficient as possible.  Find their most recent project here: https://www.altmarktgarten-oberhausen.de

Michael Krohn is head of Research and Development at Brain and he sits down with us to discuss the topic of biotechnology and what the future holds.