Alexander H.J. Wittenberg, genomics scientist at KeyGene's headquarters in the Netherlands, will give a presentation on the latest successes of KeyGene scientists in banana (pan)genomics during PAG Australia, in the workshop of Oxford Nanopore Technologies, on Wednesday, September 18. Alexander's presentation is titled "Unveiling the banana pangenome: A leap towards sustainable cultivation and enhanced disease resistance." The banana breeding of Yelloway, carried out by KeyGene, aiming for the development of resistant varieties, is one of the 'outlets' that will quickly use the new knowledge generated in this work on revealing and understanding genetic diversity in banana. The abstract of Alexander's presentation can be found at: https://lnkd.in/ebume34p Check out the program of the Oxford Nanopore Technologies workshop: https://lnkd.in/eKut_6rX Check out the program of PAG Australia: https://lnkd.in/eaB2PQrp
KeyGene
Biotechnologisch onderzoek
Wageningen, Gelderland 11.116 volgers
The crop innovation company
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KeyGene is the go-to research company developing and applying technology innovation for crop improvement, for and with partners. With our intellectual capital, solution driven approach and collaborative spirit, we work for the future of global agriculture with partners in the AgriFood sector. Using our proprietary technologies, we support customers with the development of new and improved crops. Our goal is to support organizations with their toughest R&D challenges, combining our cutting edge breeding technologies, bioinformatics & data science expertise and trait technologies. KeyGene was founded in 1989 by a number of Dutch seed companies. The company started as a molecular marker specialist that revolutionized plant breeding by the development of its DNA fingerprinting technology. Today, innovative research remains at the heart of our company and drives us to deliver novel crop improvement solutions for our partners. At KeyGene, we work in an international environment with more than 150 professionals from all over the world. Our company is based in Wageningen, Netherlands, Rockville, MD, USA and Hyderabad, India. www.keygene.com
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- Branche
- Biotechnologisch onderzoek
- Bedrijfsgrootte
- 51 - 200 medewerkers
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- Wageningen, Gelderland
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- Particuliere onderneming
- Opgericht
- 1989
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- crop innovation, bioinformatics, data science, DNA, plant breeding, disease resistance, digital phenotyping, gene discovery, mutation breeding, plant traits, genome sequencing, genotyping, tissue culture en genome editing
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Agro Business Park 90
Wageningen, Gelderland 6708 PW, NL
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9600 Gudelsky Drive
Rockville, Maryland 20850, US
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Updates
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Jifeng Tang, bioinformatics researcher at KeyGene will participate in the Single Cell Genomics meeting in Greece, September 16-18. Single-cell genomics can tell us about gene expression, e.g. in relation to cell functions. It is an exciting field of research, with great potential for technology innovation for crop improvement.
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Raymond van Daelen, data scientist at KeyGene's headquarters in the Netherlands, will participate in the 23rd European Conference on Computational Biology in Finland, September 16-20. The University of Turku, Finland and the Finish CSC – IT Center for Science have joined forces to host the European Conference on Computational Biology ECCB2024 in Turku, Finland this year. Among the sub-session titles are Microbiomes, Genomes, Systems Biology and Digital Health. Check out the program at: https://eccb2024.fi/
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Johanna Acevedo Garcia, Team Leader Biotic Interaction at KeyGene, will be participating in Plant Pathology 2024 (PPATH2024) in Oxford, September 11-13. Plant pathology research can yield fresh insights that lead to ideas and inventions in the field of technology innovation for crop improvement. One can think of innovations to breed varieties with new resistance mechanisms, to make agriculture more and more sustainable. Find out more about this important event: https://lnkd.in/eX8HpH4Z
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Hugo Ferdinand Hofhuis, technology innovation expert in cell and tissue culture technology at KeyGene, will be one of the participants at the 12th Plant Peptides and Receptors Meeting (PPRM2024), September 11-13 in Wageningen. KeyGene is sponsoring the meeting since it covers an exciting field of research. This research will surely yield knowledge offering new possibilities for technology innovation for crop improvement. Check out the program of the meeting at https://www.pprm2024.nl/
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KeyGene is proud to be the sponsor of the poster awards of the 21st International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics (ISRFG 2024) in Arkansas, USA next week. On September 10, KeyGene's Wladimir Tameling, rice breeding research expert, will present some of the crop improvement research we have done together with one of our Indian partners using KeyGene's technology innovation. Title of his presentation during the session on Comparative Genomics & Technology: "Enhancing rice grain yield through functional genomics & advanced breeding techniques". For more details about the symposium, check https://isrfg2024.org/
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In the field, the practice of desuckering is very, very, very important, as it allows to establish an appropriate growth sequence for the "mother", "daughter " and "granddaughter" and ensures permanent production of fruits. At Yelloway breeding program in KeyGene we do the same thing, but since we use pots, we either remove or transfer the suckers to new pots. As a result, we have a constant supply of flowers (and pollen) for our crosses. Have a nice day! #drbanana Ft. Willem van Rengs 🔪 🍌 #bananabreeding Chiquita #yelloway #FusariumTR4 https://lnkd.in/e4FHfBmw
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Akshat Medakker, KeyGene's country head India, will give a presentation during the session "What’s next in varietal innovation?" at the Asia Fruit Congress of the ASIA FRUIT LOGISTICA in HongKong, on Thrursday, September 5. Check out the session program, the congress, and details about other AsiaFruit Knowledge Centre events during the Asia Fruit Logistica: https://lnkd.in/eGCFfvVJ
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Rudi van Bavel and Koen Nijbroek, both data scientists at KeyGene, will join the RSECon 2024 meeting in Newcastle, UK, 3-5 September. This vibrant event on research software engineering (sold out) will bring together a mix of hundreds of engineers, developers, researchers, community managers, funders and educators on a shared journey of learning and growth. More details about RSECon2024: https://lnkd.in/gSSfQEXZ Want to find out in which other conferences KeyGene experts will take part in the coming month? Check out the 'Meet our' experts at https://lnkd.in/e7jFYbdH
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In the Netherlands (or 'Holland') it's quite warm this week: some 28 oC. In KeyGene's banana breeding station in the village of Bemmel, it's always that warm! Here's a post by the joint Yelloway initiative (together with Chiquita and MusaRadix), in which KeyGene performs the breeding. In Yelloway, we develop banana varieties with resistance against TR4 Fusarium wilt (Panama disease) and Black Sigatoka.
It's often said that you can't pick your parents. In plant breeding, that's actually what it's all about. Our breeding program @Yelloway is unique in several ways; one of which is the population we select from. Another is the selection procedure. Learn from our Yelloway head of breeding, Fernando A. García-Bastidas why this is important and how it's done. Stay tuned for the next update, where we'll continue with more information about the pollination process Video courtesy of 🎥 Fernando A. García-Bastidas #DrBanana #Bananabreeding #resistantbananas #Bananasofthefuture #Pollination #EP2