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Meet Dr. Armin Spök, WP6 Coordinator

August 17, 2022 in /by

As a researcher, Dr. Armin Spök of TU Graz in Austria thinks that majority of the countries will facilitate market access type of NPBTs in the future, which will depend […]

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Meet Maria Hingsamer!

August 3, 2022 in /by

“It is very interesting to collaborate in this project with the different project partners working in completely different fields, contributing with their expertise to a common goal, and work together […]

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Meet Dr. Paul Bundock, WP1 Coordinator

July 13, 2022 in /by

New plant breeding techniques (NPBTs) have a great future, according to Dr. Paul Buddock, Senior Scientist at Keygen, a biotechnology company located in Wageningen, The Netherlands. He believes that “the […]

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Meet Dr. Ingrid van der Meer, WP2 Coordinator

June 29, 2022 in /by

Dr. Ingrid van der Meer obtained her Ph.D. in Regulation of Plant Gene Expression at the Free University in Amsterdam and has subsequently gained over 25 years of research experience, […]

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Meet Dr. Dirk Bosch, CHIC Project Leader

May 16, 2022 in /by

“I am fascinated by the enormous diversity of bioactive molecules that plants produce,” according to Dr. Dirk Bosch, a scientist with ca 30 years of research experience. His primary research […]

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Meet Suvi Häkkinen, Work Package 8 Leader

April 27, 2022 in /by

For Senior Scientist and Project manager at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Suvi Häkkinen believes that NPBTs (new plant breeding techniques) will definitely be used in the future as […]

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Developing Different NPBTs, We’re Moving Forward

April 5, 2022 in /by

n general terms, New Plant-Breeding Techniques (NPBTs) (or gene editing) are methods that allow scientists to develop new plant varieties with desired traits, by modifying the seeds and plant cells’ […]

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The Project’s Exploitation Strategy

April 5, 2022 in /by

he CHIC project aims to develop the technology behind its research for business purposes. As part of the project’s work, researchers are developing an exploitation strategy that’s built on two strong […]

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NPBT for Dietary Inulin, How We Implement It?

April 5, 2022 in /by

Inulin is a dietary fiber with health-promoting characteristics mainly targeted at gut health. But what is gut health? “Gut health” describes the function and balance in the human’s gastrointestinal tract, […]

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Extracting Inulin From Chicory Is Not Easy

April 5, 2022 in /by

In the past, it was not easy to extract inulin from root chicory. The latex of chicory contains large amounts of sesquiterpene lactones, which interfere with the extraction of inulin. […]

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