Recent blogs and commentaries
Dec 2019
Capturing Hybrid Vigour in Crops
The potential for apomixis technology to affect the seed business and global food access
Feb 2020
Regulating Nature: King Canute on Genome Editing
A commentary on the ruling of the European Court of Justice on genome editing in the EU
Feb 2020
King Canute and the Purple Sweater
The absurdity of trying to regulate mutations and mutagenesis in plant breeding in the EU
March 2020
“Pump and circumstance” in the days of a Coronavirus
The story of Dr. John Snow and the birth of epidemiology
April 15 2020
April 25 2020
RNA vaccine developments for Coronavirus
Oxford University and Imperial College enter clinical trials
How genotyping and phenotyping will lead two the creation of "smart plants"
June 1 2020
The rehabilitation of Tobacco in the era of COVID-19
How tobacco shaped our knowledge of viruses and how it is being repurposed to help combat COVID-19