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DOE Highlights ABPDU Industry Partnerships and Bioeconomy Scale-Up (2020)

by afingentech | May 4, 2020 | Uncategorized

May 2020 – The ABPDU was established in 2012 to accelerate commercialization of renewable technologies that could strengthen the bioeconomy. Its partners have ranged from national laboratories and universities to startups and established companies, and many have...

TechAccel Reports Growth in Agricultural Biotechnology Investments (2020)

by afingentech | Mar 26, 2020 | Uncategorized

Mar 2020 – TechAccel’s Ag Biotech Market Map reports that investment in agricultural biotechnology startups roughly doubled, to about $6.9 billion across 385 companies, compared with about $3.4 billion across 245 companies in 2017. The map counts agricultural...

USDA SBIR Phase I Award Supports AFINGEN® Corn Forage Biotechnology Research

by afingentech | Sep 6, 2019 | Uncategorized

Sep 2019 — Astalake Biosystems, Inc. received a $106,500 USDA SBIR Phase I award for “Genetic optimization of corn lignin biosynthesis for synergistic improvements in forage quality, yield and preservation.” This research contributed to the development and expansion...

AFINGEN® APFL Patent Application Published by WIPO as WO2019148193A1

by afingentech | Aug 1, 2019 | Uncategorized

Aug 2019 — The international APFL patent application WO2019148193A1 was published on August 1, 2019. The published application describes genetic constructs and transgenic plants using vascular xylem tissue-targeted overexpression of transcription factors involved in...

Jan 2018 — AFINGEN® Participates in Seed Central Technology Showcase at UC Davis

by afingentech | Jan 11, 2018 | Uncategorized

Jan 2018 — AFINGEN® participated in Seed Central’s technology showcase at UC Davis, presenting its plant biotechnology platform alongside agricultural and life-science startups from California and internationally.Source: ↗ seedcentral.org · ↗...
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