PAG Asia 2013

March 17 - 19, 2013

Life Technologies, Inc.

Plant science researchers are working to answer critical questions, including how to create crops that increase yields, grow in unfavorable conditions, and produce compounds of interest. However, the majority of commercially available molecular biology kits and reagents are not validated for specialized plant and agricultural biotechnology workflow challenges. Some of these challenges are higher ploidy levels, cell structures that are difficult to manipulate, and organisms that can overcome scientists’ attempts to modify genetic material. Life Technologies offers innovative solutions for each step of different plant biotechnology workflows: from genomic tools enabling the understanding of plant genetic makeup, to products for DNA manipulation, gene and protein expression, cell imaging, and copy-number analysis. From Ion Torrent™ semiconductor sequencing to GeneArt® Precision TALs for genome engineering, and from DNA assembly tools to TaqMan® assays for genotyping and copy number analysis, we have the widest selection of products and technologies to help address challenges like food production, land conservation, and protecting plant biodiversity and natural habitats. This workshop is designed to enable attendees get familiar with some of our key solutions for plant research: The Ion Torrent™ semiconductor-based DNA Sequencing solutions for whole genome, targeted resequencing and whole transcriptome approaches to plant genomic research; digital PCR based solutions for effective, high-throughput methods for genotyping and copy number analysis and how this can enhance our understanding of breeding food crops for higher yields and better disease resistance and synthetic biology tools for generating transgenic plants.