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BGI-Research, KeyGene Collaborate on Using Spatial Transcriptomics for Crop Sciences

The firms said they will apply BGI-Research’s Stereo-Seq technology to help identify genes involved in the interaction between plants and pathogens.

Napigen Advancing Organelle Genome Editing Technology for Crop Hybrid Seed Production
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The Wilmington, Delaware-based startup is hoping to leverage its proprietary mitochondrial and chloroplast gene editing technology in wheat, rice, and beyond.

US Department of Energy to Provide $30M for Plant Functional Genomics Research

DOE said the awards will support research into gene function in plants relevant to the sustainable production of bioenergy and bioproducts.

Computomics Sells Minority Stakes to BASF Venture Capital, Amathaon Capital

The bioinformatics firm will use the unspecified funding to expand global activities to help agricultural customers fight climate change.

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.

Feb 19, 2021

NRGene Looks to Royalty-Based Partnerships in Wake of IPO
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Jul 3, 2019

Precision Biomonitoring, AgriSeq Form Strategic Alliance

Dec 18, 2018

Evogene, TMG Ink Pest-Resistant Soybean Development Deal

Feb 1, 2018

Newly Funded Genome Canada Projects Focus on Proteomics, Rare Disease, Crop Genomics
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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

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Study Links Evolution of Longevity, Social Organization in Mammals

With the help of comparative phylogenetics and transcriptomics, researchers in Nature Communications see ties between lifespan and social organization in mammals.

Tumor Microenvironment Immune Score Provides Immunotherapy Response, Prognostic Insights

Using multiple in situ analyses and RNA sequence data, researchers in eBioMedicine have developed a score associated with immunotherapy response or survival.

CRISPR-Based Method for Finding Cancer-Associated Exosomal MicroRNAs in Blood

A team from China presents in ACS Sensors a liposome-mediated membrane fusion strategy for detecting miRNAs carried in exosomes in the blood with a CRISPR-mediated reporter system.

Drug Response Variants May Be Distinct in Somatic, Germline Samples

Based on variants from across 21 drug response genes, researchers in The Pharmacogenomics Journal suspect that tumor-only DNA sequences may miss drug response clues found in the germline.