Calyxt Names Bobby Williams as Gene Editing Director
February 06, 2020 at 09:35 pm IST
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Calyxt has appointed Bobby Williams, to the newly created role of Director of Gene Editing. Dr. Williams has been on the forefront of advancements in plant sciences, and is an expert in the gene editing field. His accomplishments include developing new gene silencing technology and leading efforts to discover small RNAs to precisely engineer beneficial crop traits. In addition, Dr. Williams led gene discovery initiatives to improve crop traits to support sustainability, specifically drought resistance, improved nitrogen efficiency and yield enhancement. With more than 15 years of expertise in the agriculture and seed industry, Dr. Williams most recently served as Senior Research Manager at Corteva Agriscience, where he led multiple trait discovery efforts and cross functional teams through field advancements.
Cibus, Inc. is an agricultural technology company that uses gene editing technologies to develop plant traits in seeds. Its business is the development of plant traits that help address specific productivity or yield challenges in farming, such as traits addressing plant agronomy, disease, insects, weeds, nutrient-use, or the climate. It is also engaged in developing, certain alternative plant-based oils or bio-based fermentation products. Its technology is its gene editing platform called the Rapid Trait Development System (RTDS). It is the underlying technology in the Company's Trait Machine process, an end-to-end semi-automated high-throughput gene editing system that directly edits seed companies' elite germplasm. It has a pipeline of five productivity traits, four of which are applicable to multiple crops. These traits are PSR in Canola and HT1 and HT3 in rice. In addition, it also has two advanced traits for Sclerotinia resistance and another novel broadleaf HT trait, HT2.
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