New Genomic Technologies - A Versatile Toolbox for Crop and Livestock Improvement

Keynote speaker:
Prof. Steven Runo from the Kenyatta University Nairobi, Kenya
Leveraging genome editing to enhance food security in Africa.
Program
14:00 Welcome and opening. Eva Schulev-Steindl, Rektor, BOKU
14:15 A quick introduction into New Genomic Technologies. Hermann Buerstmayr, BOKU
14:25 Keynote lecture: Leveraging genome editing to enhance food security in Africa. Steven Runo, Kenyatta University, Nairobi
15:00 Pitch presentations on the application of New Genomic Technologies in current research projects.
15:00 From model to crop: targeting drought resistance in soybean. Irma Tkachenko, PhD student, BOKU
15:10 Finding the needle in the haystack - How CRISPR helps in resistance gene discovery. Herbert Michlmayr, Post Doc, BOKU
15:20 Using CRISPR/Cas-based editing to uncover gene function in barley. Claudia Rosa Espinet, MSc student, BOKU
15:30 How to use CRISPR to label developmental lineages in living plants. Mattia Dona, Post Doc, GMI
15:40 Coffee break - sponsored by ÖAW & AgriGenomics poster presentations*
16:20 Overview on GMO-free production and markets in Austria and perspectives under current developments. Adolf Marksteiner, Austrian Chamber of Agriculture
16:45 How can science communication work? - Wie kann Wissenschaftskommunikation gelingen? Birgit Dalheimer, ORF Ö1 Section Science
17:10 Panel discussion
17:40 Buffet and chill out - sponsored by BOKU & AgriGenomics poster presentations*
PhD students in the Doctoral School AgriGenomics present their doctoral projects.
Contact: Prof. Hermann Bürstmayr, BOKU and Gregor Mendel
Society Vienna. Email: [e-mail]
Monday, February 10, 2025, 14:00 - 18:00
BOKU University, Vienna, Ilse Wallentin House, Seminar Room 29.
Peter Jordan Strasse 82, 1190 Vienna / Austria
Hosted by BOKU University Vienna, in cooperation with the Gregor Mendel Society Vienna, the Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, and the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
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