The groundbreaking research conducted at INCT PlantStress Biotech was highlighted during the PAG32 conference held in San Diego, USA, from January 10-15. Nayara Sabrina, a postdoctoral researcher under Dr. Fatima Grossi’s supervision, was invited as a speaker to present her compelling work entitled “An ex-vitro soybean hairy root system for screening target molecules and CRISPR strategies applied in biotech approaches". Nayara introduced an innovative soybean hairy root system developed in partnership with Corteva Agriscience, which is now patented as of 2024. She detailed the system’s applications for validating genes associated with root-knot nematode resistance and CRISPR strategies. Her presentation culminated in stunning data on genome editing in stable plants, highlighting the hairy root approach's significance as a foundational step prior to extensive studies on soybean plants.
The PAG32 conference stood out with 7 plenary talks, over 220 scientific workshops, and around 3,200 attendees, including undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and scientists from public and private universities and companies worldwide. PAG was designed to disclose the most recent findings and developments in plant and animal genome research.
The PAG32 program can be found at https://intlpag.org/PAG32/.