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.
21 March 2023
Telomere-To-Telomere crop genome assembly using Oxford Nanopore presented at conferences
Results presented by Sergey Koren at the AGBT AG meeting at the end of March 2023 in Texas, USA, and the Oxford Nanopore Technologies London Calling conference in May 2023
7 March 2023
Marcel van Verk appointed Vice President Crop Data Science of KeyGene
Marcel van Verk has been appointed Vice President Crop Data Science. Marcel will lead KeyGene’s Crop Data Science department from April 1st, 2023.