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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.

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.

Kan Wang's team has published a new article on the transformation of teosinte, which is the ancestor of modern maize (Zea mays).

Congratulations to Diane Bassham and Madan Bhattacharyya who were named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science!

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.

CBC_Spring_2022_Seminar_Series.pdf

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 2020 CBC Fall Members Meeting was held virtually on Dec. 8 and 9.

Congratulations to Kan Wang who was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science!

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.