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.
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
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.
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.