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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Read the Virtual Issue: Introducing Transformative Plant Biotechnology 

 

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