PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP DAY | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2025
8:00 am Registration & Morning Coffee
9:00 am – 12:00 pm Workshop A
Enhancing Crop Flavor & Appeal Through Gene Editing: Maximizing Consumer Satisfaction
Synopsis
Enhancing crop flavor and appeal through gene editing not only increases consumer satisfaction but also aligns agricultural innovation with evolving market demands, driving the future of sustainable food production. By improving taste, texture, and specialty traits, gene editing can create crops that are both more enjoyable and more functional, ultimately strengthening the connection between scientific advancements and everyday consumer
preferences while fostering greater acceptance of gene-edited foods.
Attend this workshop to experience:
- Optimizing Flavor and Texture: How modifying specific flavor and texture enhance the sensory appeal of consumer crops
- Specialty Traits and Functionality: The focus on targeted traits that directly improve crop performance while enhancing consumer satisfaction
- Sustainability Flavor Synergy: how improving flavor could contribute to sustainability
- Consumer Preferences and Market Alignment: Ensuring gene-edited crops meet market demands for better-tasting, higher-quality produce
- Building Consumer Acceptance: How to effectively communicate the genuine benefits of gene-edited crops to foster trust and market adoption
- Consumer Knowledge of Food Technologies: Explore current consumer understanding and feelings on new technology in food systems
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Workshop B
Revolutionizing Plant Gene Delivery with Next-Generation Biolistic Methods
Synopsis
Effective gene delivery remains a significant challenge in plant biotechnology. The biolistic delivery system is a critical tool in plant genetic engineering, enabling the delivery of DNA, RNA, and proteins across diverse tissue types, genotypes, and species. Despite its broad application, challenges related to efficiency and consistency have persisted for decades. This workshop aims to provide researchers with a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms underpinning current biolistic devices, while showcasing recent advancements in device engineering, materials preparation, and best practices that have demonstrated efficiency improvements ranging from four to thirty-fold.
Attend this workshop to experience:
Understand the Biolistic Delivery
- Reveal the fundamental mechanics behind the Gene Gun device
- Investigate the challenges in achieving high efficiency and consistency
- Discuss the best practices for sample preparation and optimization
Uncover Next-Generation Biolistic Devices for Higher Efficiency
- Learn about new biolistic delivery devices designed to improve efficiency and consistency
- Demonstrate new gold particles that enhance the delivery process
- Explore new delivery agent that helps improve RNP delivery