Wageningen, The Netherlands
July 18, 2007
Keygene and the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences
(SIBS) announce the establishment of a Joint Lab for Plant
Molecular Breeding within the Institute for Plant Physiology and
Ecology of SIBS, a branch of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The Joint Lab has been established
at the premises of SIBS in Shanghai, China and will be used to
execute joint research and service activities in the area of
plant molecular genetics and breeding, The Joint Lab was opened
at July 12, 2007 by Mr. Frank Heemskerk, minister for Foreign
Trade of the Netherlands, Prof. Chen Xiaoya, director of the
SIBS Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, and Prof. Arjen
van Tunen, CEO of Keygene.
Arjen van Tunen, CEO of Keygene
states: "We are very pleased with the establishment of the Joint
Lab. It provides an excellent opportunity to benefit from the
combination of the Molecular Genetics power (with technologies
like AFLP®, SNPWave®, CRoPS™ and KeyPoint™) and commercial
expertise of Keygene and the Biological and Life Sciences
expertises of SIBS particular in Asian Crops. I am confident
that this will pave the way for the improvement of vegetable and
field crops in a collaborative and innovative way."
The Shanghai Institutes for
Biological Sciences (SIBS) represent world leading institutes
active in Life Sciences for more than 50 years generating
scientific and technological innovations with the aim to raise
its international competitiveness. The Institute of Plant
Physiology and Ecology is part of SIBS and focuses on cutting
edge functional genomics and molecular physiology of plants,
microorganisms and insects, plant- insect- microbe interactions
and molecular ecology.
Keygene N.V. is an
internationally operating R&D company with the mission to be the
leading company in developing and applying DNA expertise in the
field of molecular genetics for its shareholder breeding
companies. Keygene has developed a strong proprietary technology
platform based on AFLP®, SNPWave®, CRoPS™ and KeyPoint™. Keygene
exploits its proprietary technologies, databases and know-how
through contract research and products for applications in the
Life Sciences industry and more specifically in innovative
breeding applications such as Breeding by Design™. Keygene has
five shareholders consisting of major vegetable seed companies:
De Ruiter Seeds, ENZA Zaden, Rijk Zwaan, Vilmorin & Cie and
Takii & Co. Keygene has more than 100 researchers and staff.
The AFLP® technology, SNPWave®
technology, CRoPS™ technology and KeyPoint™ technology are
covered by patents and/or patent applications of Keygene N.V.
AFLP and SNPWave are registered trademarks of Keygene N.V.
Applications for trademark registration for CRoPS, KeyGene and
KeyPoint have been filed by Keygene N.V.
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