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Together we are making progress on resilient potatoes!

"Reimagining Partnerships to Transform the Agri-food Innovation Chain" will address how public-private partnerships revitalize investment by mapping where greater efficiencies & market orientation drive #AgResearch 🌾 🎟️ Register here: bit.ly/4lA4fz3 @2blades

Researchers develop game-changing solution for major issue in food supply: 'We now have the biotechnology' <thecooldown.com/sustainable-fo…>

We took the dream of August- and of many months before August- to Lusaka, Zambia, end of last month. This dream, of #ABBC2025, in which we strived to ramp up the momentum towards the efforts to #TalkScienceFacts, gave us a lot of sleepless nights- we were very excited for the symposium. There, we sat long hours discussing, we welcomed on board brand new ideas, we ate quite delicious fish, and we noted down recommendations that will help us wage a winning battle against misinformation and disinformation in science. We made sure to cast our nets far and wide. We figured out that this battle needed concerted efforts, and we intended NOT to leave anyone behind. And now some of the lovely stories from Lusaka are here with us, in the 86th Issue of The DrumBeat, our e-newsletter. Amazing penmanship, and an even better video. We present this with pride, the result of the painstaking efforts of a team that took to Lusaka with vigour and determination, and who left that lovely city having forged one of the clearest pathways that man can draw. Misinformation and disinformation are in our crosshairs! Enjoy your DrumBeat 86!!

@DiscoverJKUAT's @omar_fatma99 makes a presentation titled Agriuard: Africa's AI shield against agricultural misinformation during #ABBC2025. @omar_fatma99's pitch came in a session that sought to identify the role of AI in addressing misinformation. #talksciencefacts

FACT: Bt maize, Bt cotton, and late blight-resistant potato could create $467 million in benefits over 30 years, with significant gains in farm productivity and incomes- @ChinokoV #ABBC2025 #ScalingforImpact #ProsperitythroughTechnology #AATFAfrica.

The team @Cipotato and @kalromkulima teams are approaching the end zone of the long and pain-staking process to bring resilient potatoes to Kenya!! So great to see their hard and careful work approaching market to protect harvests and improve the potato, a key food for all

Excited for this to finally begin!

Senator @amyklobuchar visited the 2Blades lab in St. Paul last week to discuss the serious threat toxigenic fungi pose to U.S. agriculture, farmer livelihoods, and food safety. We 👀 a few Blades in the clip, as well as some of our close collaborators at the @USDA_ARS Cereal Disease Lab and @CFANS.

@MakeItBetterNFP Thank you @MakeItBetter for spotlighting how our innovations help farmers protect their harvests (and livelihoods) from devastating crop diseases and pests. We are grateful to be featured alongside other high-impact organizations across Chicagoland!!

Over 700M people faced hunger in 2023—but 2.8B suffer from “hidden hunger,” a lack of proper nutrition. @2blades  uses AI, gene editing & more to fight crop disease and build a resilient food system. Read more⬇️ tinyurl.com/yyx3h9bd

We are thrilled that @2blades’ work was selected to appear in the “You Said It” section of Better magazine by @MakeItBetterNFP. The piece spotlights how our innovations help make farmers’ lives better by protecting their harvests (and their livelihoods) from devastating crop diseases and pests. Make It Better identifies and empowers the most transformative nonprofits by mobilizing its philanthropic community with opportunities to make lives better. It is an honor to be featured alongside other high-impact organizations across the greater #Chicago region.

@readwatchetc @HenryEOliver That’s our favorite as well.

Yes, one of my favorite, most enduring lines: "whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together"

delighted to be able to share an updated website for our project to bring Precision Bred disease resistant potatoes to public use in the UK biopotatoes.tsl.ac.uk

Join 2Blades’ Group Leader @kamiljwitek and @Leena_Tripathi at the 2025 @ISMPMI Congress in Cologne this summer! #2025ISMPMI They will be co-hosting the session "Management of Diseases and Emerging Diseases," which will explore innovative, environmentally friendly strategies for disease management, including genetic resistance and integrated pest management. Abstract submissions are now open for those interested in presenting during the session. Submit your abstract by March 11 using the link below. ismpmi.org/Events/2025Con… We look forward to your contributions!

Excited to follow along as @ScienceAndShe profiles @helenbrabs, Team Lead of our NLRseek™ program at @TheSainsburyLab! #ScienceAndShe #womeninscience

2024 was an exceptional year for @2blades. We made key advancements in our work and forged new partnerships with collaborators across the industry. We also managed to have a little fun as well! tinyurl.com/2yffapnk Click the link to watch our 2024 Year in Review.

Mycotoxins, [ mahy-koh-tok-sin ] noun,Pathology: chemicals produced by certain fungi that grow within the corn plant, cause illness and death in humans and animals. Corn is one of the most consumed crops globally, but crop diseases are a major threat to yield. In the United States, mitigation efforts and crop losses due to mycotoxins cost growers $1.4 billion annually. FFAR & partners are awarding a grant to @2blades to use new genetic tools to develop corn with strong, long-lasting resistance to these fungi. @MarsGlobal @Bayer4Crops