Events
2nd Annual Plant Genome Engineering Symposium
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.
Contact: plant.genome.engineering@gmail.com
We strive to make our events accessible and inclusive. The Innovative Genomics Institute Building is ADA compliant, and has a lactation room that visitors can use. For disability accommodation information and/or access to the lactation room, please contact the event organizer or email igi-info@berkeley.edu.