29 June 2023
Building Back Biodiversity: Expanding the Banana Family
The International Day for Biological Diversity is sanctioned by the United Nations to promote and act on biodiversity issues. Our expert scientist Fernando Garcia-Bastidas dives into the positive impact of biodiversity on the banana work at KeyGene and the future of the banana.
29 June 2023
Breakthrough shared: Telomere-to-telomere crop genomes using only one DNA sequencing platform
Collaboration between KeyGene & Telomere to Telomere consortium has resulted in telomere-to-telomere assemblies of tomato and maize, using one sequencing technology only.
22 June 2023
Harrold van den Burg named professor by special appointment in Phytopathology
The chair was established by the Stichting Foodvalley, with the support of KeyGene.
14 April 2023
Pillar Biosciences and KeyGene enter into Licensing Agreement
Non-exclusive licensing agreement related to KeyGene's patent family entitled 'Combinatorial sequence barcodes for high throughput screening'
6 April 2023
Genome structure of Asian soybean rust offers clues for genetic basis of its flexibility
KeyGene scientists are co-author of a paper in Nature Communications that explains the genome structure of Phakopsora pachyrhizi, the fungus causes Asian soybean rust
27 March 2023
Rice gene identified that boosts number of flowers when inactivated
An international research team has identified a gene in rice that, when blocked, boosts the number of inflorescence branches & flowers. KeyGene scientists developed three plants, each having a small mutation in the gene.