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KeyGene @keygene.com · 09/01/2026

@Maureen van Eijnatten, team leader in systems biology, data science & software development, will present KeyGene’s AI-including Systems Biology platform for plant breeding at PAG33 workshop on Scientific Machine Learning for Systems Biology in San Diego, January 10 www.keygene.com/revolutioniz...

Portrait photo of Maureen van Eijnatten, Maureen van Eijnatten, team leader in systems biology, data science, and software development at KeyGene.

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 16/10/2025

We're proud to share that we have incorporated a state-f-the-art 'spatial transcriptomics' platform in our research facilities: the Merscope by @vizgen.bsky.social. To be used in e.g. innovative research on the interaction between plants & fungi for crop improvement. www.keygene.com/keygene-to-d...

Microscopic picture of a leaf, showing bright red dots in the cells in which a certain gene is active. In this picture, the studied gene is mainly active in the stomata: cells in the outer layer of the leaf that are responsible for the regulation of gas exchange between the plant and the environment.

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 11/09/2025

September 16-19, Tanya Radoeva, expert in plant reproduction at @keygene.com, will participate in the 5th International Conference on Apomixis in France. The conference is devoted to the elucidation and the use of apomixis in plant breeding and agriculture. www.alphavisa.com/apomixis/2025/

Portrait photo of KeyGene's Tanya Radoeva

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 08/09/2025

KeyGene's phenotyping innovation experts Marco van Schriek and Henry Payne will be participating in the European Plant Phenomics Symposium (EPPS) in Germany, September 16-19, bringing together scientists from academia & industry, advancing plant phenotyping research & technology. lnkd.in/efbk5Uhi

Portrait photo of KeyGene's Marco van Schriek

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 04/09/2025

September 8-10, KeyGene's Wladimir Tameling will participate in the Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025 in Edinburgh, UK. PPRM 2025 brings together researchers from around the world to explore the latest discoveries in plant immune and developmental signalling pprm2025.events.kdmeventsportal.co.uk

Banner of the Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025 in Edinburgh

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 26/08/2025

KeyGene's Natalia Carreno Quintero will attend the Brassica2025 congress in Giessen, Germany, September 1-4. The conference brings together scientists and breeders with a common interest in genetics and improvement of cruciferous vegetable and oilseed crops. More information: www.brassica2025.de

Portrait photo of KeyGene's Natalia Carreno Quintero

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 08/07/2025

@keygene.com 's Wenlong Liang, researcher and nanotech expert, will attend the 50th World Chemistry Congress & IUPAC general assembly in Malaysia, July 14-19. Read more about the event: iupac2025.org Contact Wenlong via Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/wenlong-l...

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 07/07/2025

In 2026, CROP Innovation & Business (CropIB) will be held in Wageningen, the Netherlands, March 29 - 31. Subscribe to the CropIB newsletter (see link below) to stay informed about the program and other details! www.cropib.com/newsletter Partners: @ceplas.bsky.social @wurplant.bsky.social & VIB

Photo of the Omnia building at Wageningen Campus

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 01/07/2025

@keygene.com is hiring, for its research team in the USA, an experienced and passionate PhD-level scientist who will support plant innovation research at the interface of plant breeding & molecular biology. Working autonomously and in changing project teams. www.keygene.com/career/phd-s...

Photo of a hand holding a mini tube and a hand holding a pipetting device

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 30/06/2025

On July 2, KeyGene's Matthias Berens will participate in the GeneBEcon EU project End-of-project Symposium 'Capturing the potential of gene editing for a sustainable bioeconomy' in Bruxelles. The project innovates climate-friendly solutions for agriculture & aquaculture genebecon.eu/2024/09/23/c...

Portrait photo of Matthias Berens, team leader gene editing at KeyGene

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 12/06/2025

@keygene.com 's Bjorn Kloosterman will speak at the 20th Joint Meeting of EAPR 'Breeding and Varietal Assessment' and EUCARPIA 'Potatoes', June 15-18, in the UK. The title of Bjorn's talk: 2S1® - Stem cell technologies for potato variety development. Website: www.eventsforce.net/standrews/fr...

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 10/06/2025

June 16-20, @keygene.com 's Rik Op den Camp will participate in the International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR2025) in Ghent, Belgium, bringing together some 1000 scientists whose primary research organism is the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. web.cvent.com/event/448810...

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 19/05/2025

The University of Milan published the genome of the downy mildew-resistant grapevine ‘Mgaloblishvili’. The research was boosted by the winning of a high-quality high-molecular-weight DNA extraction in KeyGene's DNA-Day contest of 2021. Check this post: www.keygene.com/newsitem/geo...

Fruits of the grapevine ‘Mgaloblishvili’

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 26/02/2025

Art and science are a nice team in communicating about science. Scientists inspire artists, and the other way around! Here's a nice example: Anna Dumitriu, earlier 'artist in residence' at KeyGene, will talk about faba bean at Norfolk & Norwich festival in May. nnfestival.org.uk/whats-on/art...

Art by Anna Dumitriu, inspired by faba bean research at KeyGene

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 18/02/2025

We are glad to share some early results of our EU-cofinanced FabaFood breeding program in faba bean, for more plant-based proteins in our diet. Plants with new traits! Shorter internodes - so stronger in the field - and larger beans. Discover the FabaFood story: www.keygene.com/newsitem/fab...

Two pictures of faba bean breeding at KeyGene for the FabaFood program. Left a photo of three faba bean plants. The left one is a regular one, the others are new and have shorter internodes (distance between leaves) and may thus be stronger in the field. The picture on the right shows two rows of twelve beans. The left row is from a regular plant, the row on the right has larger beans, harvested from a new variant.

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 11/02/2025

We are honoured that the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), a partner in the Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), has awarded Marcel van Verk an honorary guest professorship in Crop Data Science. www.keygene.com/newsitem/hei...

Photo of Marcel van Verk during the ceremony for the awarding of his guest professorship at the Heinrich Heine Universität, also showing Guido Grossmann of CEPLAS

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 04/02/2025

On Wednesday, February 5, KeyGene's Anker Sørensen will speak at the Fruit Logistica in Berlin. Anker will contribute to the session on "New fruits and vegetables by design." Here's the sessions program of the event, which aims to inspire and drive innovation: lnkd.in/enYiTVrR #breeding #genetics

Portrait of KeyGene's Anker Sorensen, who will speak at the Fruit Logistica in Berlin, on Wednesday, February 5

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 03/02/2025

This week, the 7th CRISPR AgBio Congress is held in Raleigh, NC, USA. Three of KeyGene's experts in technology innovation in gene editing for improved crops will participate: Matthias Berens, Thea van der Wijk and Alec Hayes. Want to know more about the event, check crispr-agbio-congress.com

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 23/01/2025

We were happy to receive the Groen Links faction of Provinciale Staten Gelderland on January 22. KeyGene’s technology innovation for crop improvement, societal relevance, banana research & Yelloway banana breeding, research for protein transition & involvement in regional networks were discussed.

KeyGene's Anker Sørensen explaining about KeyGene's banana research and Yelloway banana breeding during the visit of the Groen Links faction in Provinciale Staten Gelderland

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 07/01/2025

We are glad to share some content from the first CROP Innovation & Business conference held in Asia: CropIB Asia 2025 in Sanya, China. You can view recordings of the sessions via: wx.vzan.com/live/mk/aggs... CropIB Asia 2025 is organised by Sanya Yazhou Bay Innovation Research Co. Ltd. and KeyGene.

Photo of Roeland van Ham, CEO of KeyGene, during his opening address at CropIB Asia 2025

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 02/12/2024

We're proud to be part of the AI consortium FIND, which received funding from the Dutch Research Council and the Ministry of Economic Affairs! 12 companies & 6 knowledge institutes, for automating complex industrial tasks & a resilient high-tech industry Read post at www.nwo.nl/en/news/inve...

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 03/10/2024

We are proud that we could present-to-the-press, Yelloway One: the first prototype of Yelloway banana varieties with resistance to TR4 Fusarium wilt & Black Sigatoka last week. Like to know more? Check out the post on keygene.com: www.keygene.com/newsitem/yel... #banana #plantscience #breeding #TR4

Photo of Fernando García Bastidas of KeyGene, giving an interview to a TV crew from Germany, during the presentation of Yelloway One

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KeyGene @keygene.com · 23/05/2024

Looking forward to meeting fellows from seed business & research during the ISF 2024 World Seed Congress in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, May 27-29. Here's an artist's impression of our booth, number 3.5, close to the Trading Tables hall. #technoloy #innovation #crop #breeding #seeds #ISF

Artist impression of the KeyGene booth during ISF 2024 World Seed Congress in Rotterdam

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