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2017 Cornell Pioneer Symposium, “Seed to Start-Up”, to be hosted by Synapsis on March 10th

Synapsis members

Members of Synapsis, the academic and social organization of the SIPS Section of Plant Breeding and Genetics, are pleased to invite the Cornell community to “Seed to Start-Up”, the 6th annual Cornell Pioneer Symposium.

-Magdalen Lindeberg

The start-up business mentality is broadly characterized by small size, risk taking, and innovative thinking, and may be beneficial to plant breeding efforts. This symposium features speakers addressing how small plant breeding companies start and find success in a marketplace dominated by larger breeding companies, how large companies evaluate, acquire, and collaborate with start-ups, and how researchers start work on largely unknown and novel crops.

  • When: Friday, March 10, 8:30 – 5:00 pm
  • Where: 135 Emerson on the Ithaca campus.  A Zoom link will also be made available.
  • Register: Register here if you are attending in person and would like lunch.
  • Contact: Questions can be directed the Symposium steering committee: Lauren Brzozowski, Daniel Sweeny, Matt Baseggio, Kittikun Songsomboom, and Tiffany Ho.

Speakers include:

  • Charles Yarish
    (University of Connecticut): Seaweed Aquaculture in Northeast U.S.A. for Production, Ecosystem Services and Strain Development
  • Neil Hausmann
    (Pioneer): In Pursuit of Predictive Ag: A DuPont Pioneer Perspective
  • Steven Cannon
    (Iowa State University): Applying modern breeding approaches to the North American “potato bean” (Apios americana), and other underutilized crops
  • Allen Van Deynze
    (the Seed Biotechnology Center and the Plant Breeding Center, UC-Davis):  TBA
  • Matthew Goldfarb
    (Fruition Seeds): Germinating and growing Fruition Seeds

Dupont Pioneer sponsors symposia at universities around the world to “enhance discussion amongst the academic community and private industry; build key organizational and management skills in future plant scientists; and expose students to career opportunities in agriculture.” Read more about the mission and locations of symposia.

Read more about Synapsis and past Symposia

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