Announcing the #banana pangenome generated by @keygene.com using @nanoporetech.com long PromethION read platform. www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan...

@Maureen van Eijnatten, team leader in systems biology, data science & software development, will present KeyGene’s AI-including Systems Biology platform for plant breeding at PAG33 workshop on Scientific Machine Learning for Systems Biology in San Diego, January 10 www.keygene.com/revolutioniz...

@keygene.com 's @awngs.bsky.social will be a speaker during the Industry Workshop of Oxford Nanopore Technologies ( @nanoporetech.com ), presenting some recent results in technology development for single-nuclei transcriptomics at PAG33 in San Diego on January 12.

Join Alexander Wittenberg at #PAG to uncover how he is utilising Oxford Nanopore technology to develop high-quality reference genomes and uncover genetic and phenotypic variants, which will help develop methods to improve crops. https://bit.ly/48tzBDa

New opportunity to join our #EvoMPMI group @johninnescentre.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Researcher working on the mechanistic basis of immunity in diverse plants. Please spread the word, reach out by email, and/or apply if interested! More details here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

Ben jij een ervaren en zelfstandig analist met een passie voor microbiologie en moleculaire biologie? Het onderzoeksteam van Microbiële Ecologie bij het NIOO zoekt een moleculair biologisch analist. Interesse? Reageer uiterlijk 4 januari op de vacature: nioo.knaw.nl/nl/vacatures...

‼️Please RT: The CEPLAS Graduate School call for 2026 is now open! Detailed info on our website: bit.ly/4q19JWk @hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de @leibnizipk.bsky.social @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social

Researchers @wurplant.bsky.social and @keygene.com have published a method for plant cells to regenerate into complete plants without the need for added hormones. It can help plant breeding to accelerate the development of innovative varieties across various crops. www.keygene.com/researchers-...

We're proud to share that we have incorporated a state-f-the-art 'spatial transcriptomics' platform in our research facilities: the Merscope by @vizgen.bsky.social. To be used in e.g. innovative research on the interaction between plants & fungi for crop improvement. www.keygene.com/keygene-to-d...

VACANCY - We’re looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join Ding-Dean Group, working on cutting-edge science in Arabidopsis molecular genetics. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po... Closing date - 8 October 2025 Salary - £37,500 - £45,350 Contract - Full time, 36 months @yiliangding.bsky.social

September 16-19, Tanya Radoeva, expert in plant reproduction at @keygene.com, will participate in the 5th International Conference on Apomixis in France. The conference is devoted to the elucidation and the use of apomixis in plant breeding and agriculture. www.alphavisa.com/apomixis/2025/

KeyGene's phenotyping innovation experts Marco van Schriek and Henry Payne will be participating in the European Plant Phenomics Symposium (EPPS) in Germany, September 16-19, bringing together scientists from academia & industry, advancing plant phenotyping research & technology. lnkd.in/efbk5Uhi

September 8-10, KeyGene's Wladimir Tameling will participate in the Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025 in Edinburgh, UK. PPRM 2025 brings together researchers from around the world to explore the latest discoveries in plant immune and developmental signalling pprm2025.events.kdmeventsportal.co.uk

KeyGene's Natalia Carreno Quintero will attend the Brassica2025 congress in Giessen, Germany, September 1-4. The conference brings together scientists and breeders with a common interest in genetics and improvement of cruciferous vegetable and oilseed crops. More information: www.brassica2025.de

Please help us spread the word! Please amplify! We are searching for an associate or full professor (Canada Excellence Research Chair) in Biodiversity Genomics at the University of Guelph! 🐟🌿🦠🐜🐸🐝 Applications are due October 6 2025. careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-C... #AcademicJobs #EvoBio

@keygene.com 's Wenlong Liang, researcher and nanotech expert, will attend the 50th World Chemistry Congress & IUPAC general assembly in Malaysia, July 14-19. Read more about the event: iupac2025.org Contact Wenlong via Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/wenlong-l...

In 2026, CROP Innovation & Business (CropIB) will be held in Wageningen, the Netherlands, March 29 - 31. Subscribe to the CropIB newsletter (see link below) to stay informed about the program and other details! www.cropib.com/newsletter Partners: @ceplas.bsky.social @wurplant.bsky.social & VIB

@keygene.com is hiring, for its research team in the USA, an experienced and passionate PhD-level scientist who will support plant innovation research at the interface of plant breeding & molecular biology. Working autonomously and in changing project teams. www.keygene.com/career/phd-s...

On July 2, KeyGene's Matthias Berens will participate in the GeneBEcon EU project End-of-project Symposium 'Capturing the potential of gene editing for a sustainable bioeconomy' in Bruxelles. The project innovates climate-friendly solutions for agriculture & aquaculture genebecon.eu/2024/09/23/c...

Joint research by @keygene.com & Ultima Genomics shows that single-pollen-nuclei sequencing can help plant breeders to improve their breeding by better understanding the recombination of the mother and father DNA during meiosis without raising and analysing an F2. www.keygene.com/newsitem/sin...

@keygene.com 's Bjorn Kloosterman will speak at the 20th Joint Meeting of EAPR 'Breeding and Varietal Assessment' and EUCARPIA 'Potatoes', June 15-18, in the UK. The title of Bjorn's talk: 2S1® - Stem cell technologies for potato variety development. Website: www.eventsforce.net/standrews/fr...

June 16-20, @keygene.com 's Rik Op den Camp will participate in the International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR2025) in Ghent, Belgium, bringing together some 1000 scientists whose primary research organism is the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. web.cvent.com/event/448810...

@keygene.com, Twist Bioscience, and Beckman Coulter Life Sciences developed an ultra-high throughput workflow for plant exome analysis: characterizing more than 9,000 samples per day, reducing costs of detecting functional SNP variation in breeding and research. www.keygene.com/newsitem/aut...

The University of Milan published the genome of the downy mildew-resistant grapevine ‘Mgaloblishvili’. The research was boosted by the winning of a high-quality high-molecular-weight DNA extraction in KeyGene's DNA-Day contest of 2021. Check this post: www.keygene.com/newsitem/geo...

We're hiring 📢 The Research Cross-Journal Editorial Team @natureportfolio.nature.com has not one, but TWO openings for Associate or Senior Editors in Life Sciences. If you fancy a career in editorial, we'd love to hear from you 😀

'Fresh' PhD graduates who lived outside the Netherlands for at least 24 months during 36 months before September 10: there's less than a month to apply as candidate for a joint Marie Curie grant application for a 'PostDoc in industry' at KeyGene! Deadline is May 19 ! www.keygene.com/newsitem/cal...

Rene Hogers @keygene.com presented his work on establishing single-cell research for crop improvement at #RNGS25. ▶️Watch his video pitch to find out more.

Art and science are a nice team in communicating about science. Scientists inspire artists, and the other way around! Here's a nice example: Anna Dumitriu, earlier 'artist in residence' at KeyGene, will talk about faba bean at Norfolk & Norwich festival in May. nnfestival.org.uk/whats-on/art...

We are glad to share some early results of our EU-cofinanced FabaFood breeding program in faba bean, for more plant-based proteins in our diet. Plants with new traits! Shorter internodes - so stronger in the field - and larger beans. Discover the FabaFood story: www.keygene.com/newsitem/fab...

We are hiring a systems biology scientist for our HQ, Wageningen. A holistic approach will enable deeper understanding of complex traits & create possibilities to tackle areas earlier too complex to unravel. Check our offer, the job profile and the candidate profile: www.keygene.com/career/scien...

We are honoured that the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), a partner in the Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), has awarded Marcel van Verk an honorary guest professorship in Crop Data Science. www.keygene.com/newsitem/hei...

On Wednesday, February 5, KeyGene's Anker Sørensen will speak at the Fruit Logistica in Berlin. Anker will contribute to the session on "New fruits and vegetables by design." Here's the sessions program of the event, which aims to inspire and drive innovation: lnkd.in/enYiTVrR #breeding #genetics

This week, the 7th CRISPR AgBio Congress is held in Raleigh, NC, USA. Three of KeyGene's experts in technology innovation in gene editing for improved crops will participate: Matthias Berens, Thea van der Wijk and Alec Hayes. Want to know more about the event, check crispr-agbio-congress.com

We are proud to again sponsor the EPS (Experimental Plant Sciences) Annual Meeting, which brings together more than 450 scientists (PhD students, supervisors and Principal Investigators) studying plants.

We were happy to receive the Groen Links faction of Provinciale Staten Gelderland on January 22. KeyGene’s technology innovation for crop improvement, societal relevance, banana research & Yelloway banana breeding, research for protein transition & involvement in regional networks were discussed.

We are glad to share some content from the first CROP Innovation & Business conference held in Asia: CropIB Asia 2025 in Sanya, China. You can view recordings of the sessions via: wx.vzan.com/live/mk/aggs... CropIB Asia 2025 is organised by Sanya Yazhou Bay Innovation Research Co. Ltd. and KeyGene.

We're proud to be part of the AI consortium FIND, which received funding from the Dutch Research Council and the Ministry of Economic Affairs! 12 companies & 6 knowledge institutes, for automating complex industrial tasks & a resilient high-tech industry Read post at www.nwo.nl/en/news/inve...

We are proud that we could present-to-the-press, Yelloway One: the first prototype of Yelloway banana varieties with resistance to TR4 Fusarium wilt & Black Sigatoka last week. Like to know more? Check out the post on keygene.com: www.keygene.com/newsitem/yel... #banana #plantscience #breeding #TR4

This week, we celebrate KeyGene's 35th anniversary! On this occasion we have interviewed our shareholders, two partners from other international seed businesses, an academic partner, one of our technology providing partners, and one of KeyGene’s inventors: eygn-zcmp.campaign-view.eu/ua/SharedVie...

Looking forward to meeting fellows from seed business & research during the ISF 2024 World Seed Congress in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, May 27-29. Here's an artist's impression of our booth, number 3.5, close to the Trading Tables hall. #technoloy #innovation #crop #breeding #seeds #ISF

Herro error corrected @keygene.com banana 🍌 @nanopore simplex reads versus duplex and HiFi data. Amazing work by @msikic and team. See you next week in London! #nanoporeconf #accuracy #pangenome #banana

@keygene.com has optimised high molecular weight (HMW) nuclear DNA 🧬 protocols for vegetables 🥬, field crops 🌽, ornamentals 🌺 and berries 🫐. HMW DNA is a prerequisite for long read #nanopore sequencing #worldDNADay #innovation

SeedWorld article about apomixis for plant breeding: Big Steps Towards Plant Breeding’s Holy Grail: Apomixis. An interview with Mary Gehring of MIT and KeyGene's Rik Op den Camp about the progress, genetics and perspectives for variety development www.seedworld.com/big-steps-to...