Seminar title:Sustainable Agriculture and Monsanto's Technology Innovations
Speaker: Xiaoping Wei
Date and Time: July 4th, 2016, 3:00 pm
Room: E602 Meeting Room ,College of Life Sciences

Abstract:
Sustainable agriculture is an ultimate goal for global food & cloth production, but our planet faces some challenges due to growing global population, declining arable land, changing global climate, etc. Monsanto, one of world's most influential agriculture companies, is committed to making all efforts to focus on sustainable agriculture. In this talk, the speaker - a R&D research scientist from Monsanto Biotechnology Department - will share some insightful information about the company's new technology development platforms, with emphasis on Biotech products development, safety assessment, and global regulation. The contribution of biotech products to sustainable agriculture will also be discussed.
About speaker:
Dr. Xiaoping Wei is an alumnus of Northwest A&F University. She's currently a research scientist in Monsanto's Biotechnology Department. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Crop Genetics and Breeding from Northwest A&F University  and Ph. D. in Plant Developmental & Reproductive Biology from the University of Oklahoma. She has worked in several research institutes, universities, and companies including The Northwestern Institute of Botany, Beijing Plant Cell Bioengineering Laboratory in Beijing A&F Academy, Washington State University, Pennsylvania State University, The Donald Danforth Plant Center, and Monsanto. Her work has focused on crop cytogenetics and breeding, cellular and molecular basis on plant development and reproductive biology, and transgene expression regulation and regulatory elements discovery. Most recently, she's working on new herbicide tolerant gene discovery and biotech products development, transgene over-expression and suppression regulations. She has published 16 peer-reviewed papers and filed 7 patent applications.

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June 30, 2016