Registrations for the Euroseeds2025 Congress are open!

April 08, 2025

Registrations are officially open!
The wait is over - Euroseeds2025 is back!

Future Climate data for today’s decisions - introducing the CLIMTAG toolbox

March 18, 2025

The Climate Challenge in Plant Breeding

As climate change accelerates, climate resilience has become a cornerstone of modern breeding programs.

However, progress in developing climate-adapted crop varieties is hindered by a limited understanding of changing genotype-by-environment interactions (GxEs).

The benefits of removing alcohol from genomic workflows

March 17, 2025

The contemporary genomic laboratory faces many challenges associated with nucleic acid isolation and purification. In part these are related to the hazardous reagents that have become the standard in the industry. The standardized methods using (magnetic bead-based) DNA isolation currently rely heavily on flammable and hazardous substances such as isopropanol, ethanol and chaotropic salts.

CEPLAS/TRANSPLANT: Bridging the Gap Between Fundamental Plant Science and Real-World Impact

February 24, 2025

The Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS) is expanding its research transfer activities through the TRANSPLANT initiative, launched in 2024. This collaborative project, involving Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, University of Cologne, and Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Kleve, is funded by the NRW Ministry for Culture and Science. TRANSPLANT aims to maximize the impact of fundamental plant science research by fostering collaboration between academia, industry and farmers, and by promoting entrepreneurship among scientists, to drive innovation within NRW and beyond. Ultimately, TRANSPLANT seeks to translate research excellence at CEPLAS and Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences into enhancing socio-economic impact.

Annick Verween, head of the Biotope incubator in Flanders, sets out her predictions for the biotechnology sector in 2025

February 03, 2025

Biotech start-ups will see more venture capital (VC) investment this year, according to Annick Verween, who leads Biotope, an incubator set up by the Flemish Institute of Biotechnology. “Part of this is a prediction, and part of this is a very strong hope,” she told Science|Business.

First CROP Innovation & Business Asia: 5-7 January 2025 in Sanya, China

November 07, 2024

In two months from now, KeyGene and Sanya Yazhou Bay Innovation Research Co. Ltd. will organize the first edition of CropIB Asia in Sanya, Hainan, China.

Quick bookers, get your discount!

September 24, 2024

Book your ticket before December 1, 2025 and get a 100,- EURO discount on a full conference ticket.

Use couponcode QUICKCROPIB2025 upon registration!