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Graph showing the telomere-to-telomere sequenced chromosomes of tomato

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

Marcel van Verk, KeyGene

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.

Peter van Dijk, KeyGene

31 January 2023

Plant geneticist Peter van Dijk to receive Mendel Memorial Medal 2023

International research team from KeyGene and Wageningen University & Research, both in the Netherlands, and Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry in Germany

Logo of Crop Innovation & Business (CropIB)

24 January 2023

CROP Innovation & Business (CropIB), 16-18 April 2023, Amsterdam

Initiated by KeyGene more than twenty years ago, CropIB will again bring together 200 R&D managers, CEOs and CSOs of breeding companies, academics, and other experts from the international agri-food community.

Portrait of Gregor Mendel, father of genetic research

16 January 2023

KeyGene to host Mendel Day 2023 on March 8 in Wageningen

KeyGene is honored to host Mendel Day 2023. During the event, Dr. Jiří Mitáček, Director General of the Moravian Museum, Brno will present the Mendel Memorial Medal to KeyGene's Mendel-expert and plant geneticist Peter van Dijk.

Logo of the Plant & Animal Genome Conference (PAG) in San Diego, USA

2 January 2023

KeyGene industry workshop at PAG 2023: Driving Technology Innovation for Crop Improvement

During PAG 2023, KeyGene is organizing an Industry Workshop about recent and future technology innovation for crop improvement developed and applied at KeyGene, for and with partners.

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