In 2015, the California Life Sciences Association was founded. (CLSA) was founded when the Bay Area Bioscience Association…
On Jun. 12, 2014, the American Chemical Society announced the Priestley Medal was awarded to Jacqueline K. Barton…
On Apr. 5, 2014, Missouri University (MU) announced that it had received a $1.1 million gift to its…
On Jul. 23, 2013, Matrical Bioscience announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets…
On Jun. 19, 2013, Dr. Marc Van Montagu, Dr. Mary Dell Chilton, and Dr. Robert Fraley shared the…
On Mar. 16, 2013, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented the first inventor to file (FITF)…
On Jan. 13, 2013 an international research team led by the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University announced they…
On Nov. 28, 2012, scientists from the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), as part of an international team,…
On Jun. 3, 2012, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues have published the most comprehensive…
On Apr. 24, 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed…
On Jan. 6, 2012, scientists reported that small-seeded soybeans indicating wild-type soybeans date to 9,000 years ago. Historical…
On Dec. 1, 2011, Rainbow Papaya from Hawaii was approved for commercial shipments to Japan. This announcement marks…
On Jul. 10, 2011, members of the Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium (PGSC) announced publication of the complete potato…
On Jul. 1, 2011, the Kansas Legislature abolished the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC) in a cost-cutting proposal…
On Jan. 12, 2011, The Danforth Foundation’s made a final gift of $70 million to the Donald Danforth…
On Dec. 26, 2010, an international team ey had sequenced the genome of the woodland strawberry. This diminutive…
On Jul. 1, 2010, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists announced a genetic map of…
On Nov. 9, 2009, The Global Cassava Partnership (GCP-21) — a team of academic, government and industry researchers…
On Nov. 1, 2009, an international consortium lead by Chinese and U.S. institutions announced they had sequenced the…
In 2009, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) reported that global biotech acreage grew to…
On Nov. 19, 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened its first foreign office in Beijing to…
On Jun. 15, 2008, Australia announced it had approved the first locally made vaccine to protect humans from…
On Jun. 1, 2008, Oregon BioEvolution was published illustrating life science companies and non-profit research organization in the…
On May 6, 2018, Alberta Life Science Bio Evolution was published illustrating life science companies and non-profit research…
On Feb. 6, 2008, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault was opened on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen near…
In 2008, the Bio-Research and Development Growth (BRDG) Park building was constructed on the north end of the…
On Feb. 1, 2007, BP announced that it had selected the University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with…
On Apr. 3, 2006, UW Madison alumni John and Tashia Morgridge pledged $50 million – the largest individual…
In 2006, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) granted Dow AgroSciences the first regulatory approval for a plant-made…
In 2006, the Kansas State University Biosecurity Research Institute dedicated the Biosecurity Research Institute (BRI) that was designed…