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   from the issue of September 8, 2005

     
 
iDiverse to develop stress resistant crops

UNL and iDiverse, a biotechnology company based in San Diego, announced in August the signing of an exclusive license agreement to commercialize UNL's transgenic plant technology which provides plants resistance to a broad spectrum of diseases and environmental stresses, including drought.

UNL and iDiverse also signed a research agreement to expand the work of Martin Dickman, Charles Bessey professor of plant pathology at UNL, whose research is the basis for the licensed plant technology.

"I am pleased and excited about the opportunity and prospects of taking our research and applying it to field-based agriculture," said Dickman, who also is a consultant to iDiverse. "I am glad to be working with iDiverse. Their support of my work will help expand our knowledge of the mechanism of the genes I discovered and to explore the full extent of disease and environmental stress protection these genes provide to plants."

Officials from iDiverse are seeking a location to establish laboratory operations for the project. Dipanjan Nag, director of operations for the UNL Office of Technology Development, said Nebraska is a potential site.


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iDiverse to develop stress resistant crops
ITLE grants bolster teaching
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