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To Safeguard Threatened Plants, Scientists Must Master the Tricky Art of Seed Banking - smithsonianmag.com/science-nature… @smithsonianmag

An Agrobacterium-mediated base editing approach generates transgene-free edited banana Van den Broeck et al. 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/BKAHCWFJ…

New tech from @KU_Leuven's @hv_lab and @BiovIntCIAT_eng enables transgene-free genome editing in sterile bananas via CRISPR base editing. A major step for climate-resilient crops. 🧬 @NewPhyt: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… #PlantScience #CRISPR #BananaResearch

111: The Refugee Seeds theshowaboutscience.com/2025/03/15/111… Nice podcast for youngsters and not-so-youngsters showing the importance of conservation of crop genetic resources for next generations and how this is done.

It was an honor to co-author this state-of-the-art article with this bunch of cryo specialists. Also note the fantastic artwork of Manuela!

It was a pleasure to meet last week with @BelgiumDGD to discuss the outstanding support we are receiving from Belgium. We’re grateful for their commitment to our cause. 🇧🇪 @BelgiumMFA

We look forward to close future collaboration! #BananaResearch

Scientists and #cropbreeding program leaders met with @Ekesa_Beatrice - our Country Representative and @CGIAR Convener for Uganda - and the @narouganda to share progress on #plantbreeding, pest management and #biotechnology.

🌍🍌 Exciting developments in banana research and #agriculturalinnovation! We were honored to host Sebastien Carpentier - Global Lead of our Banana Program - in our office in #Uganda.

🌿 Celebrating #IDB24 with a brand new seed bank! Our team from Leuven 🇧🇪 met our partners at @MeiseBGarden for the grand inauguration. Our collaborative efforts in agri-crop diversity conservation foster healthier ecosystems & enhance #foodsecurity for generations to come🌱

✨ #WorldBananaForum Conference attendees, we've arranged a super cool booth here! ✨ Stop by to chat with our scientists and discover our research on sustainable #bananas 🍌 farming! 👋 @FAOwbf I @FAO I @DitaMiguel

Bringing Diverse Bananas to Market alliancebioversityciat.org/stories/bringi…

Training School on Dormant Bud Cryopreservation via @ECPGR ecpgr.cgiar.org/resources/late…

🍌Thanks to collaboration with the Belgian government and @KU_Leuven's Tropical Crop Improvement Lab, our team conserves >1,700 banana varieties to improve nutrition & livelihoods worldwide.🙏We're honored to welcome Minister @carogennez & Mayor @MohamedRidouani to our gene bank!

This is how we distribute healthy 🍌 plants around the world for research and for use by farming communities. Beautiful and impactful work of @BiovIntCIAT_eng from our In-Trust banana collection held at @KU_Leuven. @CGIAR

It was with great😢that we learned that E. De Langhe passed away. MGIS owes great deal to his INIBAP presidency, He actively supported H. Tézenas Du Montcel's idea for developing a network and DB on 🍌Genetic Resources. @MusaDiversity @promusa_banana @AgroBioDiverse @musalac

📢EPSO wishes to encourage the development of ideas & imaginative thinking in #PlantScience & offers 2 awards🏅to young scientists to present at the EPSO General Meeting Science Day on 12 June 2024 Submission deadline is 31.1.2024. Details👉 bit.ly/3MiJhpI

@wilmske @biosystkuleuven @hv_lab @KU_Leuven @LeuvenPlantInst @BiovIntCIAT_eng Congratulations, Clara, well deserved!

Congratulations to now Dr. Gambart for giving a wonderful presentation on #climate smart #banana 🍌 during her #phd defense. (1/3) @biosystkuleuven @hv_lab @KU_Leuven @LeuvenPlantInst @BiovIntCIAT_eng #phdone