BIOTECH ATTRACTION – SESSION I – Curriculum reviews

Welcome and introduction

IFEMA. Raul Calleja. Director FRUIT ATTRACTION

Raúl Calleja has a degree in commercial management and marketing and has a Master's degree in communication and marketing. In addition, he is a specialist in team coaching and trade fair and event marketing. He has 16 years of experience at Ifema and is currently director of Ifema agri-food events (Fruit Attraction, Meat Attraction or Intersicop).

BIOVEGEN. Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna. Manager

Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna Gutiérrez He is an agricultural engineer and has a Master's degree in Biotechnology Business Management from the Aliter International Business School. Currently, he works as manager and coordinator of the Association for the Promotion of R&D in Plant Genomics (INVEGEN) entity that brings together companies and research organizations in the agriculture and plant production sector, and that aims to improve the competitiveness of the sector through the incorporation of new technologies and the promotion of R&D activities related to Plant Biotechnology such as innovation engine.

COMPANIES

Creating Tomorrow's Crops: Unique Challenges & Opportunities in Applying CRISPR in Plants. HUDSON RIVER BIOTECHNOLOGY. Gabino Sánchez. Business Development Director

Gabino Sánchez has academic training in bioinformatics and plant genomics developed in Spain, Canada and the Netherlands. With over 7 years of executive experience at Wageningen University and as CEO at Genetwister Technologies, he has a keen eye for detecting and translating new technologies into feasible applications in current breeding programs within the agricultural industry. Now, it has taken on a new challenge to take Hudson River Biotechnology to the next level in the plant genome editing market.

UNITED GENETICS. Implementation of new biotechnological tools. UNIGEN. Francisco Javier Puyo. Sweet Pepper Plant Breeder

More than 10 years of experience in the world of intensive agriculture and focused on the cultivation of pepper. Agricultural technical engineer from the University of Almería and with a Master's degree in Plant Genetic Improvement from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Professional journey began in 2006 as a breeding assistant at De Ruiter Seeds, later as a Research Associate at Monsanto Agriculture Spain and currently as a pepper Plant Breeder at United Genetics Spain.

Varietal innovation in citrus fruits. AVASA. Jose Cuenca. Technical director

José Cuenca is a Technical Agricultural Engineer and Agricultural Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. He has a Master's degree in Plant Genetics and a Doctorate in Biotechnology. with Cum Laude Mentions, International Doctorate, Extraordinary Doctoral Thesis Award. Additionally, he is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University – US Department of Agriculture, Geneva, NY (USA). Since 2001, he has worked as a researcher in the citrus genetic improvement program, obtaining, agronomic evaluation and selection of new hybrids using in-plant cultivation techniques. vitro, biotechnology and the development of new molecular markers. He is currently the Technical Director of AVASA (Agrupación de Viveristas de Agrios, SA).

SCIENCE-BUSINESS PROJECTS

GOCITRUS: Innovation for citrus varietal identification and management. Manuel Talon. Valencian Institute of Agrarian Research (IVIA)

Doctor in Biological Sciences, he is a researcher at the Genomics Center (Valencian Institute of Agricultural Research), where he serves as director and is also an Associate Professor at the University of Valencia. He is editor of several technical and university books related to plant development and has published in highly prestigious magazines such as NATURE. He is the scientific leader of the public-private consortium CITRUSEQ, which aims to develop genomic techniques for the improvement and varietal management of citrus fruits.

MEICOM project, crossing borders in agriculture. Monica Pradillo. Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)

Graduate in Biology with a mention in Genetics from the Complutense University of Madrid. After enjoying a scholarship to pursue a doctorate (2004), I had a contract as an Assistant Professor, and I am currently a Contract Professor with a PhD in the Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology of the Complutense University of Madrid. This position allows me to combine teaching and research tasks. I have participated in five Spanish and four European research projects, which has allowed me to maintain synergistic interactions through collaborative research and training networks. My research has focused mainly on the study of meiosis, a cell division essential for the formation of pollen.

HybRice: new biotechnological strategies for obtaining rice hybrids. Cristina Ferrándiz. Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants – IBMCP (CSIC-UPV)

CSIC researcher since 2002. I lead a group focused on the study of genetic circuits related to different aspects of reproductive development in plants. Much of our research has a character of generating basic knowledge and is financed by national, regional and European programs, but we also seek the transfer of this knowledge to the productive sector and innovation.

Colloquium and questions

Conclusions and closing