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...
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...
What are New Plant Breeding Techniques (NPBTs)?

What are New Plant Breeding Techniques (NPBTs)?

NEWS | Chic > What are New Plant Breeding Techniques (NPBTs)? NPBTs are innovative tools that enable plant breeders to develop novel plant varieties that may provide solutions for environmental and food quality as well as food supply challenges. IDConsortium...
Are you wondering why this European project is called CHIC?

Are you wondering why this European project is called CHIC?

NEWS | Chic > Are you wondering why this European project is called CHIC? CHIC is the Chicory Innovation Consortium. Its objective is to implement New Plant Breeding Techniques (NPBTs) in chicory in order to establish it as a multipurpose crop for the production of...