CHIC scientists and artists meeting at Keygene

CHIC scientists and artists meeting at Keygene

NEWS | Chic > CHIC scientists and artists meeting at Keygene Scientists and artists meet at KeyGene -an independent biotechnology company- in Wageningen, last week. IDConsortium The CHIC project aimed at implementing New Plant Breeding Techniques in chicory, in...
What is CRISPR?

What is CRISPR?

NEWS | Chic > What is CRISPR? CRISPR stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaces Short Palindrome Repeats. The gene editing tool makes it easier for scientists to edit DNA strands that are cancerous or malignant. IDConsortium CRISPR has been developed over the past...
Cichorei als basis voor voeding en medicijn

Cichorei als basis voor voeding en medicijn

NEWS | Chic > Cichorei als basis voor voeding en medicijn Cichorei is een gewas met veel potentie. Het zou mooi zijn als we op beide fronten – als bron van voedingsvezels en medicinale stoffen – slagen kunnen maken. Dat is de doelstelling van het CHIC-programma’,...
Plant breeding techniques in a new era

Plant breeding techniques in a new era

NEWS | Chic > Plant breeding techniques in a new era Scientists of Wageningen University & Research have published a concise booklet that gives some new insights into several aspects of plant breeding techniques such as CRISPR-Cas: ‘Plant breeding techniques in...