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Ag-Bio Firm KeyGene Partners With Annogen to Study Non-Coding DNA in Plant Breeding

The companies will use Annogen's SuRE technology, which screens entire genomes for mutations that affect the activity of promoters and enhancers.

NRGene Looks to Royalty-Based Partnerships in Wake of IPO
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The Israeli bioinformatics firm is also mulling an expansion into human genetics.

Precision Biomonitoring, AgriSeq Form Strategic Alliance

The companies will combine their respective technologies to offer genomic services for the plant and animal breeding sectors.

Evogene, TMG Ink Pest-Resistant Soybean Development Deal

Evogene and Tropical Melhoramento & Genetica aim to develop non-genetically-modified nematode-resistant soybeans using CRISPR genome editing.

Newly Funded Genome Canada Projects Focus on Proteomics, Rare Disease, Crop Genomics
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Genome Canada and its partners recently funded two new initiatives with C$255 that will back precision medicine, genomics, and technology development.

Jan 15, 2018

SNP Study Squeezes French Wine Clues From Ancient Grape Seeds

Sep 14, 2017

Ginkgo Bioworks, Bayer to Invest $100M in New Agbio Company

Apr 18, 2017

VHL Signs Norwegian Distribution Agreement

Mar 9, 2017

Illumina, IMPLAD Partner to Sequence Medicinal Plants

Jan 16, 2017

KeyGene Inks New Licensing Agreements With Phenome, U Minnesota

Dec 14, 2016

VirusDetect Enables Computational Analysis of sRNA Data for Plant, Animal Pathogen ID
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Jul 18, 2016

Arabidopsis Studies Tap 1,001 Genomes Data to Explore Genomic, Epigenomic, Speciation History

Jan 27, 2016

Seagrass Genome Elucidates How Flowering Plant Re-adapted to Marine Environment

Jan 14, 2016

Rebranding Reflects iPlant Platform's Growing Popularity in the Life Sciences, Other Domains
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Dec 3, 2015

Novogene, International Center for Tropical Agriculture Partner to Construct Cassava Pan-Genome

Nov 17, 2015

Computomics Looks to Expand Plant Genome Analysis Service in North America
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Nov 5, 2015

German Plant Bioinformatics Startup Computomics Raises €500,000 From VC Investor

Sep 4, 2015

New DivSeek Initiative to Encourage Genomic Characterization of Seed Bank Holdings
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Jul 29, 2015

Calyxt Licenses Plant Gene-Targeting IP from U of Minnesota

Jul 28, 2015

Global Ag-Bio Organization Collaborates with Novogene on Potato Sequencing Project

Nov 24, 2014

Genome Sequencing Sows Seeds for Understanding, Conserving Orchids

Jul 22, 2014

Evogene, Marrone Bio Collaborate to Control Insects

Dec 3, 2013

African Plant Breeding Academy Will Sequence 100 Traditional Food Crops

Nov 26, 2013

Evogene Closes US IPO, Raising $84.8M

Nov 21, 2013

Evogene Raises Nearly $74M in US IPO

Breaking News
The Scan

For Those Thick Tiger Stripes

Tigers in India with thick stripes harbor a genetic change, as Gizmodo reports.

High GABA Tomatoes

The Japan News reports that genome-edited tomatoes with higher GABA levels are now for sale in Japan.

Approach for Inclusivity and Diversity

A National Human Genome Research Institute team calls for the field to "adopt diversity as an ethos."

Science Papers on Tumors Immune System Evasion; Drivers of Genomic Instability, Inflammation

In Science this week: study of how tumors evade the adaptive immune system, and more.