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Perspectives on RNA: RNA Technologies in Plant Science & Agriculture

  • 29 Apr 2026
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Online (Zoom)

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Perspectives on RNA: RNA Technologies in Plant Science & Agriculture

Wednesday, 29th of April 2026 @ 3 to 4:30PM  EST

Panelists:
  • Alejandro Arevalo, Ph.D.
    Head of Fungicide Discovery, GreenLight BioSciences
  • Mark Belmonte, Ph.D.
    University of Manitoba
  • Steve Whyard, Ph.D.
    University of Manitoba
  • Brigo Castillo
    PhD student, Belmonte Lab, University of Manitoba

Topics:

  • Introduction to the applications of RNA in plant science and agriculture
  • Using RNA technologies to protect crop plants from disease
  • Developing the First Commercial Fungicide using Spray Induced Gene Silencing (SIGS) technology
  • Control of Crop Pests Using RNA-based Insectides.

More details here:

https://www.rnacanada.ca/etn/perspectives-on-rna-rna-technologies-in-plant-science-agriculture/

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