Research seminar: Syngenta's Transformative Operations Research in Plant Sciences
Date/Time: | Friday, 13 Nov 2015 from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm |
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Location: | Room 004 Scheman Builiding |
Cost: | Free |
URL: | http://www.cals.iastate.edu/SyngentaSeminar |
Phone: | 515-294-5616 |
Channel: | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
Categories: | Conferences Special events |
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Syngenta has successfully applied operations research to soybean breeding to make genetic improvement and development of plant cultivars more efficient. For its efforts, the Syngenta team has won the prestigious 2015 Franz Edelman Award presented by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. The team is led by Joseph Byrum ('99 PhD plant breeding), global head of soybean seeds and traits R&D.
The seminar will include moderated discussions involving Iowa State faculty and Syngenta scientists. Key ISU presenters include Bill Beavis, George F. Sprague Chair and professor of agronomy, and Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, associate professor of mechanical engineering. There also will be a discussion of graduate student career development.
The afternoon's schedule of events is online.