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The “Nobel World” Acknowledges the Huge Potential of Genome Editing
Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier, inventors of the Crispr-Cas genome editing tool, receive the 2020 Nobel prize in Chemistry. Euroseeds congratulates the two scientists. “This price is well...
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New Technology Accelerates Crop Improvement with CRISPR
Researchers know how to make precise genetic changes within the genomes of crops, but the transformed cells often refuse to grow into plants – one international team has devised a new solution. The...
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The World Got a New Pair of Scissors!
In a long-expected move, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, “for the development of a method for...
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Researcher Expands Plant Genome Editing with Engineered Variant of CRISPR-Cas9
longside Dennis vanEngelsdorp, associate professor at the University of Maryland (UMD) in Entomology named for the fifth year in a row for his work in honey bee and pollinator health, Yiping Qi,...
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Euroseeds: Celebrating the International Day of Women in Science
On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February, we asked our members to share inspiring stories of women and girls working as researchers, plant breeders, plant...
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Innovation to Preserve Tradition
How the latest breeding techniques are saving the taste of our most cherished grape vine varieties European Seed (ES): Michele, could you tell me a bit more about your project? Michele Morgante (MM):...
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Upgrade for CRISPR/Cas: Researchers Knock Out Multiple Genes in Plants at Once
Using an improved version of the gene editing tool CRISPR/Cas9, researchers knocked out up to twelve genes in plants in a single blow. Until now, this had only been possible for single or small groups...
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WUR Gives Away CRISPR Intellectual Property Licenses for Free in Fight...
The ultimate aim of plant breeding has always been to make plants resistant to drought and diseases. That could help eliminate hunger around the world. This is no longer a distant thought, thanks to a...
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The Uses of Gene Editing – A Perspective
Among the long list of New Breeding Technologies established some years ago, the current discussion mainly focuses on one group: targeted mutagenesis or gene editing, more recently labelled as New...
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Are Consumers Willing to Buy CRISPR Tomatoes?
Researchers from Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry conducted a survey to investigate the willingness of consumers to purchase tomatoes developed using CRISPR. Their findings are published in...
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Less Browning and Lower Acrylamide Levels Achieved in Potatoes Thanks to CRISPR
A researcher in Australia was successful in producing gene-edited potatoes with decreased cold-induced sweetening and acrylamide formation in fried potato products, an option that may prove to be...
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Chinese Experts Develop Fragrant Sorghum Using CRISPR
Experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported the successful development of fragrant cultivated sorghum using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology. Their findings are published as a...
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Major Discovery Made for CRISPR Technology in New Study
A team of scientists, including researchers from Benson Hill, have conducted a groundbreaking research study that highlights a new mechanism for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic...
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How Young Plant Scientists are Creating Crops of the Future: Watch This...
The three recipients of this year’s Canadian Plant Breeding Innovation (CPBI) Scholarship have one big thing in common — they’re doing important work on a number of major crops that could ensure a...
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