Evan Groover

IGI's Evan Groover with a Gros Michel banana plant, the now-rare cultivar that artificial banana flavoring is based on

"There are now over 250 graduates of the AOCC course whose breeding efforts feed tens of millions of people across Africa. Our #CRISPR course piggybacks on that... accelerate crop improvement as is only possible by using gene editing." --> lnkd.in/erA9-iSX 🌍🌾🧬

19.03.2025 21:03 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Evan Groover and course participant Kingdom Kwapata

IGI’s #CRISPR course with the African Plant Breeding Academy teaches plant scientists from across Africa to use CRISPR in locally important crops! Evan Groover talked to us about the potential for impact & the latest cohort: ow.ly/p7m850V80oX 🌍🌾🧬

04.03.2025 17:01 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

A majority of nations still regulate CRISPR crops as GMO, stifling science and disincentivizing life-saving innovation.

Our roadmap: update biosafety laws based on common sense, foster international collaboration, and get gene editing in the hands of those that need it most.

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A technical approach to global plant genome editing regulation - Nature Biotechnology The Innovate Genomics Institute brought together regulators from 16 countries to discuss global capacity building for the regulation of genome-edited crops. The workshop provided insights into the sui...

Out today in @naturebiotech.bsky.social: we call on the global community to modernize plant gene editing regulations on behalf of 16 nations on the forefront of the CRISPR revolution.

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