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2nd Annual Plant Genome Engineering Symposium

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Berkeley, CA

UC Berkeley is hosting a student-run Plant Genome Engineering Symposium (PGES) to highlight the current progress in the field of plant genetic engineering. Prominent researchers in the field will present a series of talks throughout the course of the day. This event is open to the public and freely available for all!

Please REGISTER to reserve your space.

When/where:

Friday, June 2, 2017
8:30 AM – 6:00 PM PDT

University of California, Berkeley
245 Li Ka Shing Center
Berkeley, CA 94709

Keynote speakers:

  • Jennifer Doudna, UC Berkeley
  • Dana Carroll, University of Utah
  • Hank Greely, Stanford
  • Linda Hanley-Bowdoin, North Carolina State University
  • Niren Murthy, UC Berkeley
  • Siobhan Brady, UC Davis
  • Myeong-Je Cho, IGI / UC Berkeley
  • Bob Meeley, DuPont Pioneer
  • Neal Gutterson, DuPont Pioneer

Funding for the student-run UC Berkeley PGES is provided by DuPont Pioneer and co-sponsored by the Innovative Genomics Institute. The event is part of the DuPont Pioneer Plant Sciences Symposia series – more information can be found here.

Contactplant.genome.engineering@gmail.com