SETAC Pellston workshop on Pesticide Risk Assessment for Pollinators
Results of key workshop helped inform development of US EPA risk assessment paradigm. Source: Publication: Pesticide Risk Assessment for Pollinators, D. Fischer and T. Moriarty eds
Handbook of pesticide toxicology third edition published
"Third edition, 2010: Haye's Handbook of pesticide toxicology The Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology is a comprehensive, two-volume reference guide to the properties, effects, and regulation of pesticides that provides the latest and most complete information to researchers investigating the environmental,…
Syngenta launches “Operation Pollinator”
Operation Pollinator is a program to provide essential habitat and food sources for pollinating insects across Europe. It is based on eight years of research and the success of Operation Bumblebee in the United Kingdom. It is a 5-year EUR…
CRISPR® Technology Elucidated
CRISPR (/ˈkrɪspər/) (which is an acronym for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) is a family of DNA sequences found in the genomes of prokaryotic organisms such as bacteria and archaea. These sequences are derived from DNA fragments of bacteriophages…
Syngenta and the Royal Society of Chemistry create the Pan Africa Chemistry Network
PAN Africa Chemistry Network's purpose is to connect African chemists more effectively and to enable them to achieve greater levels of innovation and scientific development to help promote the economic and social development of the continent. View Source
UHPLC and Core-shell columns arrive to improve HPLC
Chromatographic resolution gains have been made with smaller columns as well as reducing solvent volumes and run times. UHPLC columns (with sub 2 µm particles) are adopted when commercial equipment becomes available to support the higher pressures. By 2007, core–shell…
Asian Soybean Rust first reported in the Continental US
Soybean rust is caused by two types of fungi, Phakopsora pachyrhizi and Phakopsora meibomiae. It affects several important commercial plants, however, most notable for soybeans, affecting yields up to 80%. P. pachyrhizi is thought to have been carried by wind…
Human genome sequenced
The Human Genome Project (HGP) was one of the great feats of exploration in history. Rather than an outward exploration of the planet or the cosmos, the HGP was an inward voyage of discovery led by an international team of…
First hybrid barley variety
Syngenta introduces the world's first hybrid barley variety in the United Kingdom. The variety is named Colossus and is conventionally bred. View Source
Mary Dell Chilton receives the Franklin Institute Award
The award is in recognition of her pioneering work in the area of gene transfer into plants. View Source