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Allen Van Deynze

Principal Investigator

University of California, Davis

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Breeding pepper for climate change, disease resistance & quality

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Our Pepper breeding program focuses on understanding and introgressing traits in chiles. Thus far we we have characterized major source of resistance for late blight blight, Tswv, mechanical harvesting (co)developed genomes and genomic tools in peppers and gene editing.

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University of California, Davis

Transgene-free gene editing in Capsicum annuum using carbon nanotube-mediated Cas9 delivery

A DNA-free CRISPR gene editing platform for pepper that uses carbon nanotubes to deliver Cas9 into meristems, enabling heritable edits without foreign DNA integration. This approach addresses transformation challenges in...

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Allen Van Deynze

Principal Investigator

University of California, Davis

Work experience

University of California, Davis

Principal Investigator

Cornell University

Postdoctoral Scientist

1993 - 1995

University of Guelph

PhD, Plant Breeding