Genome editing technologies, in particular CRISPR-based systems, have generated huge excitement over the opportunities they offer for improved agriculture. Already these technologies are allowing research to progress at a much faster pace and in a few countries, the first genome edited crops have been made commercially available.

In this webinar, we explored the contribution that this technology could make to more sustainable agriculture, and we heard from two experts using genome editing technologies in crops and livestock, respectively.

Invited Speakers:

• Dr Joyce Van Eck from the Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, New York
  
• Professor Bruce Whitelaw from the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh

This webinar was chaired by Professor Wendy Harwood, Head of Crop Transformation Group at the John Innes Centre.

If you are interested in exploring more content related to this webinar, take a look at some of our previously published issues and papers in Emerging Topics in Life Science:

• Gene Editing in Agriculture: Biotechnology and Biosafety
• Perspectives on Bioethics