July 20, 2022

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The true legacy of Gregor Mendel: careful, rigorous and humble science - The friar’s experiments laid the groundwork for genetics — and his understated approach to his work is inspirational (Nature)

May 23, 2022

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The grand challenge of breeding by design (Nature)

May 6, 2022

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Crucial factors for the feasibility of commercial hybrid breeding in food crops (Nature Plants)

March 23, 2022

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Broken bread — avert global wheat crisis caused by invasion of Ukraine (Nature)

February 16, 2022

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China’s approval of gene-edited crops energizes researchers (Nature)

December 7, 2021

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Current status and future challenges in implementing and upscaling vertical farming systems (Nature)

September 7, 2021

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Waive CRISPR patents to meet food needs in low-income countries (Nature)

August 24, 2021

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Data-driven decentralized breeding increases prediction accuracy in a challenging crop production environment (Nature)

August 3, 2021

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A race against time to feed the world - Agrochemical scientist Sarah Iveson is excited about digital agriculture’s potential to make crops more resilient to climate change as the global population grows (Nature)

March 17, 2021

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United Kingdom - Revamp of CRISPR regulation will require public trust (Nature)

March 20, 2020

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Using CRISPR to develop superior corn hybrids - CRISPR-waxy corn demonstrates the power of gene editing and provides a case study for regulators and the public (Nature Research)

August 28, 2019

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Scientists say sustainable forestry organizations should lift ban on biotech trees (Nature)

July 24, 2019

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CRISPR conundrum: Strict European court ruling leaves food-testing labs without a plan - Scientists struggle to detect the unauthorized sale of gene-edited crops whose altered DNA can mimic natural mutations

June 20, 2019

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Pick a leader with vision for the Food and Agriculture Organization (Nature)

April 24, 2019

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Australian gene-editing rules adopt ‘middle ground’ - Updated regulations allow scientists to use some genome-editing techniques in plants and animals without government approval (Nature)

January 9, 2019

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Transgenic trees face rocky path from farm to forest - Report from the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine highlights thorny issues with releasing engineered trees into the wild (Nature)

October 31, 2018

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Use the patent system to regulate gene editing (Nature)

October 5, 2018

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Super-tomato shows what plant scientists can do - A better-tasting tomato highlights problems with Europe’s outdated approach to gene editing (Nature)

July 26, 2018

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CRISPR plants now subject to tough GM laws in European Union - Top court’s ruling threatens research on gene-edited crops in the bloc (Nature)

March 23, 2018

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Rethink public engagement for gene editing - The breadth of social and moral questions raised requires a new architecture for democratic debate, insists Simon Burall (Nature)

A global observatory for gene editing - Sheila Jasanoff and J. Benjamin Hurlbut call for an international network of scholars and organizations to support a new kind of conversation (Nature)

January 26, 2018

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European court suggests relaxed gene-editing rules - Judicial opinion says restrictive regulations may not apply to plants and animals bred using CRISPR technique (Nature)              

November 9, 2017

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The bitter battle over the world’s most popular insecticides - As regulators consider a ban on neonicotinoids, debate rages over the harm they cause to bees (Nature)

June 13, 2017

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Harmonize conflicting regulations for genetically engineered plants and animals - Researchers must seize the chance to inject scientific sense into US governance of modified crops and livestock (Nature)

February 24, 2017

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Gene editing in legal limbo in Europe - The European Union is dragging its feet on gene-editing rules and scientists should push the issue (Nature)

February 6, 2017

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Deadly new wheat disease threatens Europe’s crops - Researchers caution that stem rust may have returned to world’s largest wheat-producing region (Nature)

January 26, 2017

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Plant biologists welcome their robot overlords - Old-school areas of plant biology are getting tech upgrades that herald more detailed, faster data collection (Nature)

January 20, 2017

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India’s first GM food crop held up by lawsuit - Scientists accused of deceiving the public about benefits of transgenic mustard (Nature)

December 1, 2016

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A new global research agenda for food (Nature)

September 16, 2016

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Agricultural R&D is on the move - Big shifts in where research and development in food and agriculture is carried out will shape future global food production (Nature)