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Tune In Here! Unrestricted Futures 2018 Our planet is rapidly approaching nine billion people and with that rise in population comes serious threats to our food supply and health. At […]

Ivan Liachko, Ph.D., Founder/Chief Scientist, Phase Genomics, Inc, presents From Contigs to Chromosomes: How Hi-C is transforming genome and metagenome assembly. Chromosome conformation capture methods like Hi-C measure the 3D organization of […]

Following the Board of Directors meetings each spring and fall, the State of the Institute is a presentation delivered to all of BTI by President David Stern and his designees. […]

As small technology transfer offices demonstrate successes, their functions and responsibilities may expand and evolve requiring increased resources. Join Paul Debbie, Director of Research at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI), […]

Dr. Fay-Wei Li and Cinemapolis for Science On Screen: Little Shop of Horrors. Fay-Wei will discuss some of Earth’s most dangerous plants, covering toxicity and even predatory behavior. Little Shop of […]

Special Seminar  Michael Werner Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen "The epigenetic hills, valleys, and consequences of phenotypic plasticity." Early life experiences can affect the development of physiology, behavior, […]

Georg Jander “Chemical defense tradeoffs in maize-insect interactions” 11-12pm in the BTI Auditorium

Margaret Frank "Connecting the pieces: new technologies to understand the ancient practice of plant grafting" 11-12pm in the BTI Auditorium

Scott McArt “Pesticides and pathogens and pollinator declines: What do we know?” 11-12pm in the BTI Auditorium

Art at BTI presents: Color Is A Beautiful Thing: Intersections of Plants and Popular Culture by Sarah Gotowka Space is limited, please register here. Join us for a night of […]

Summer Seminar Series: Adam Bogdanove "Transcriptional activation of plant susceptibility genes by the pathogen Xanthomonas - and what to do about it” 11-12pm in the BTI Auditorium

Summer Seminar Series: Anurag Agrawal “Of monarchs and milkweed” 11-12pm in the BTI Auditorium

Summer Seminar Series Fay Wei-Li 11-12pm in the BTI Auditorium

Summer Seminar Series: Jennifer Thaler “The Ecology of fear in Tritrophic Interactions” 11-12pm in the BTI Auditorium

It has been an exciting summer filled with research for BTI’s 2019 summer interns! Want to learn all about the research the students have contributed to over the past 10 […]

The BCBC is excited to host its Nanopore symposium on October 28 & 29, 2019! The Nanopore Symposium will showcase using Oxford Nanopore technology in your research. Click here for more […]

JOIN US! SPECIAL SEMINAR "Regulatory and Consumer Acceptance Issues on the Road to Bringing Gene-Edited Agricultural Products to Market" Gregory Jaffe, J.D. Visiting Professor of Practice, CALS Director, Biotechnology Project, […]

*Due to COVID-19 and ongoing restrictions for social gatherings on the Cornell University campus, Art at BTI is going virtual! Join us as we celebrate National Soil Health Day by […]

This event has ended. Click here for future Breaking Grounds! Karen-Beth Scholthof and Paul Debbie “From TMV to COVID-19: The History of Virus Research at BTI” September 30, 2020    12:00 PM ET Register […]

PGS is excited to open registration for the first BTI PGS Virtual Symposium, which will be held through Zoom on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15th. This year’s theme, “SYMBIOSIS IN SCIENCE - A new […]

"Spooky Plants” with Fay-Wei Li October 29, 2020    12:00 PM ET This event has ended. For future Breaking Ground head to https://btiscience.org/breaking-ground-discussion-series/Do you believe that plants are harmless inanimate objects that […]

"Feeding the World with Plant Breeding Databases" with Lukas Mueller   November 18, 2020    12:00 PM ET   This event has ended, click here for more info about future […]

Featuring Maria Harrison   December 15, 12pm EST   Microscopic Relationships Could Reduce Fertilizer Use   Join BTI for a virtual chat with Dr. Maria Harrison where she will talk […]

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Registration is now open for the BCBC's workshop on De novo genome assembly and annotation with an emphasis on phylogenetic and population genetic studies. The workshop is planned for May 4, 2021, from 9am to 5:15pm. Please […]

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This event has ended. To register for future Breaking Grounds please click here.   "Inheritance & the environment: a brief history of a complicated relationship" — Breaking Ground with Eric […]

In East African countries, bananas are an important staple food and cash crop. However, most of the East African bananas are susceptible to pests and diseases, threatening the livelihoods of […]

Nutritional insecurity is a pressing topic around the globe. Some nations struggle with widespread lack of access to nutritious foods and the related hunger, while other nations are facing significant […]

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Starts: 10 February 2022 12:00 pm EST Ends: 10 February 2022 1:00 pm EST   Under the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard, which took effect Jan. 1, the US now requires mandatory bioengineered […]

Starts: 22 February 2022 11:00 am EST Ends: 22 February 2022 12:00 pm EST Biotechnology is a powerful tool that is starting to be used for enhancing the nutritional content of fruits […]

Discussions about the future of our food system have never been more polarized and grounded in ideology. Scholar and author Robert Paarlberg offers a bold, science-based corrective to the groundswell […]