We are thrilled to welcome three outstanding individuals to the Crop Bioengineering Center: Erica Unger-Wallace and Josh Strable from GDCB, and Walter Suza from Agronomy.
On December 17th, a record 57 members and guests gathered at Reiman Gardens for our highly anticipated 2024 Annual Members Meeting. The event featured three distinguished guest speakers who shared cutting-edge research in plant biology:
Congratulations to CBC council member Professor Kan Wang on receiving the honor of Distinguished Professor in Agriculture and Life Sciences, Agronomy, and Global Professor in Biotechnology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
We are thrilled to announce that four of our outstanding faculty members have been recognized for their exceptional contributions to our academic community.
A recent article written by Scott McFetridge, Associated Press, highlights Dr. Dior Kelley, an assistant professor at Iowa State University and also a member of the Crop Bioengineering Center.
The Crop Bioengineering Center hosted an enriching three-day Plant CRISPR Workshop from May 14-16, 2024, marking the first hands-on session since the pandemic.
The 2023 Crop Bioengineering Center (CBC) Fall Members meeting took place on December 7th and 8th, 2023 in the ISU Memorial Union. Our featured speakers were Maura McGrail of GDCB and Shaun Curtin of the USDA-ARS. Dr.
A recent review article, written by Dr. Keunsub Lee (a CBC member) and Dr. Kan Wang (CBC co-director) discusses various ways to improve the process of genotype-flexible plant transformation.
Researchers have come up with a simpler way to study genetic variations in pan-genomes, which are the complete set of genes in a particular species, by using a type of computer learning called unsupervised machine learning.
Maize genetic transformation is technically challenging and resource demanding. It can take many months when using the traditional protocol. Masters et al.
The schedule for the 2022 CBC Spring Seminar Series is here! Please join us at noon on every other Wednesday. Please click the link below to view the current schedule.
Improved, practical crop breeding tools are essential to meet the increasing global demands for sustainable food production, made more urgent by the unpredictable stresses driven by a changing climate.
The CBC members and associates met in the Reiman Gardens on December 5-6 to review the state of the center, share research and discuss long-term program direction.