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Sunghwa Choe

CEO

Bayer Crop Science

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2 years ago

Enhancing Crop Traits with CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing

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R&D activities focus on enhancing nutritional content and stress tolerance in crops using CRISPR-Cas9 and CRISPR-Cas12a. Notably, recenwork includes the development of gene-edited tomatoes with increased levels of provitamin D3, aiming to address global vitamin D deficiency.

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Bayer Crop Science

Metabolic engineering to enhance provitamin D3 content in tomatoes

This solution involves advanced CRISPR-Cas12a gene editing to increase provitamin D3 levels in tomatoes by targeting the SlDWF5A and SlDET2A genes. It aims to produce tomatoes with higher nutritional value for the proces...

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Sunghwa Choe

CEO

Bayer Crop Science

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Bayer Crop Science

CEO

2016 - Present

G+FLAS Life Sciences

CEO

2016 - Present

University of Arizona