IITA suucessfuly finished ETS audit for second cycle. excellencethroughstewardship.org/post/congratul…

We held a highly productive annual meeting of Plant B+B members in Ghent. The subsequent day provided a wonderful opportunity to connect with many friends and colleagues at the symposium commemorating Prof. Marc Van Montagu's 90th birthday. IITA Patricia Nanteza Plant Biotechnology & Breeding Network

Today we celebrated the graduation of African Breeders Academy CRISPR class1. Ten student from 6 countries graduated. We were honored to get blessings from Nobel laureate Prof Jennifer Doudna and Dr. Howard-Yana Shapiro. #iita_cgiar #crispr

Interesting article published with our collaborator, Yiping Qi from the University of Maryland.
Genome editing can transform agriculture and shape the future of food. doi.org/10.1038/s44222…
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Tanzanian President and IITA to strengthen cooperation in agriculture and other sectors
iita.org/?p=25996 via IITA

Study unveils Cas-CLOVER as a highly efficient genome editing technology in banana. iita.org/news-item/stud…

Join Leena Tripathi, Dr Ihuoma Okwuonu NRCRI UMUDIKE and other seasoned scientists around the globe to discuss the Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities of Plant Transformation Research in Africa.

#plantgene

Gates Foundation Chiedozie Egesi Sahel Consulting NARO Uganda Fed Min of Agric/RD

IITA DG, Dr. Simeon Ehui, visited IITA Eastern Africa Hub office in Dar es Salaam and addressed the staff IITA

IITA team led by DG, Dr. Simeon Ehui had a meeting with Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Hussein Bashe on 8th September to discuss the cooperation of IITA with Government of Republic of Tanzania. IITA Simeon Ehui

IITA was honored to have presidential audience by Her Excellency Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, president of United Republic of Tanzania at State House. IITA delegation was led by the Former President of Federal Republic of Nigeria and IITA Ambassador, Chief Obasanjo. IITA

Very productive meeting with the Former President of Nigeria Hon. Obasanjo and the DG of IITA. IITA Simeon Ehui

We in partnership with Demeetra AgBio have established a new genome-editing tool for banana using Cas-CLOVER. IITA CGIAR
doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14…

A new review article from our group.
Advances in Somatic Embryogenesis of Banana mdpi.com/2370242 #mdpiijms via IJMS MDPI

Grant Trains African Scientists to Improve Regionally Important Crops foundationfar.org/news/grant-tra… CGIAR IITA

FAO: Food Safety of Gene-Editing “Not Much Different” than Traditional Breeding Techniques food-safety.com/articles/8522-…

Food insecurity and malnutrition: Lindiwe Majele Sibanda from University of Pretoria details the imperative to transform agriculture in a climate crisis: a global challenge that must be met through partnerships at @AGBT Agriculture 2023 in San Antonio. #AGBTAg #AGBTAg 23

How should #CRISPR be regulated? Relevant 4 #SDGbergen23 conference: The socio-scientific-political process of understanding & agreeing 2 regulate #CRISPR gene-editing: Example from Kenya @FernWickson anna.wargelius Simon Dankel Melina Claussnitzer, Ph.D. Lise Øvreås Tora F.Økland Lluis Montoliu

It was great participating in Day Zero workshop, SDG Bergen.

Awesome day @ work today! Thank you to Tora F.Økland Lluis Montoliu @FernWickson Lise Øvreås Leena Tripathi Dr. Eoghan P. Reeves for the great kick-off for #SDGbergen23 ! We'll disseminate the recording soon! 🥳🌊💉🧑‍🤝‍🧑🧑‍🤝‍🧑🌏🌍🌎🧑‍🤝‍🧑🧑‍🤝‍🧑🌊

Meet Leena Tripathi, one of our #AGBTAg speakers 👋

🟢 The Director of the East Africa Hub
🟢 An Elected Fellow of the AAAS
🟢 Involved in plant biotechnology for more than 25 years

Learn more here: rebrand.ly/AGBT-Ag-Speake…