Introducing Transformative Plant Biotechnology

New Phytologist Workshop: introducing Transformative Plant Biotechnology

20–22 September 2023

National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

The New Phytologist Foundation hosted a three-day workshop to launch New Phytologist’s Transformative Plant Biotechnology section. This workshop brought some of the leading researchers in plant biotechnology together to share their current research, and to discuss Transformative Biotechnology and what developments New Phytologist hopes to encourage with this new section.

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Confirmed participants include:

Claire Halpin, Section Editor Transformative Plant Biotechnology, University of Dundee, UK
Moran Anfang, Tel Aviv University, Isreal
Nicky Atkinson, University of Edinburgh, UK
Wout Boerjan, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
Cheng-Yen Chen, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore
John Christie, University of Glasgow, UK
Trang Dang, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Teresa Fitzpatrick, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Sarah Guiziou, Earlham Institute, UK
Renier van der Hoorn, University of Oxford, UK
Jonathan Jones, Sainsbury Laboratory, UK
Yuan Li, Green Bioactives, UK
Christian Lorenzo, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
Frank Machin, University of Edinburgh, UK
Cathie Martin, John Innes Centre, UK
Jacopo Menconi, Sant'anna School for advanced studies, Italy
Naomi Nakayama, Imperial College London, UK
Johnathan Napier, Rothamsted Research, UK
Reynante Ordonio, Philippine Rice Research Institute, Philippines
Anne Osbourn, John Innes Centre, UK
Nicola Patron, Earlham Institute, UK
Grace Pender, University College Dublin, Ireland
Liz Rylott, University of York
Ari Sadanandom, Durham University, UK
Alison Smith, University of Cambridge, UK
Steve Strauss, Oregon State University, USA
Nigel Taylor, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA
Lucy Turnbull, University of Edinburgh, UK
Xiaohan Yang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Richa Yeshvekar, University of Leeds, UK