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Kan Wang, Co-Director of Crop Bioengineering Center, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor, and Global Biotechnology Professor in the Department of Agronomy, received the 2026 Maize Genetics Cooperator Award.

A recent paper, “Genomic Selection: Essence, Applications and Prospects,” published in the respected journal The Plant Genome, explores the potential of genomic selection as part of a special issue on crop genet

Congratulations to Ghanshyam Kandel, Shuyang Qu, Fally Masambuka-Kanchewa, Lulu Rodriguez, and Michael Martin — authors of a 2025 North Central Region AAAE Distinguished Research Presentation, "Tracing the Origins of Biotech Beliefs: Perspectives

The Crop Bioengineering Lab at Iowa State University has expanded its capabilities to include soybean transformation services.

Engineers and plant scientists at Iowa State, including several members of the Crop Bioengineering Center, worked together to improve a DNA delivery system for enhancing basic and biotechnology research for plants.

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.

CBC council member Dipali Sashital is being honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. 

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.

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.

Maize transformation is a crucial technique for introducing desired genetic traits; however, this is a challenging process for many laboratories.

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.