The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) invites you to attend a presentation on
Genome Editing in Agriculture: Methods, Applications, and Governance
Three time and venue options in Washington, DC
July 9, 2018~~10:00 a.m., noon, or 2:30 p.m. Eastern
RSVP requested
Can't attend in person? A video will be available on the CAST website post event.
Dr. Adam Bogdanove is a professor of plant pathology and plant-microbe biology at Cornell University. He researches mechanisms of bacterial plant pathogenesis and plant defense to develop improved crop resistance to bacterial diseases, in part using genome editing. Bogdanove pioneered the use of TAL effector proteins from the plant pathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas as genome editing tools and has played a major role in the development of the field. He earned his B.S. in biology from Yale in 1987 and his Ph.D. in plant pathology from Cornell in 1997, and he carried out postdoctoral work at Purdue University and the Boyce Thompson Institute before joining the faculty at Iowa State in 2000 and moving to Cornell in 2012.
CAST will release this issue paper, which will be the focal point for the presentation, on July 9, 2018 when it will be available as a free download from the CAST website. (www.cast-science.org/publications)
10:00 a.m. at
Association of Public & Land-grant Universities
1307 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
*Located right beside 1331 H Street NW
~cohosted by APLU~
Noon Lunch Seminar in 1300 Longworth House Office Building
Chick Fil-A Lunch, Veggie Option (if desired, please request)
2:30 p.m. in 328A Russell Senate Office Building
~cohosted by NC-FAR~