Jun 03
Meet BGU Prof. Simon Barak
Bethesda, Maryland
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Region
Presentation
Prof. Simon Barak
French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research
Date
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Wednesday, June 03, 2015 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Location
Americans for Ben-Gurion University Washington/Baltimore Office
4800 Hampden Lane, Suite 200
Bethesda, MD 20814
4800 Hampden Lane, Suite 200
Bethesda, MD 20814
RSVP
R.S.V.P. to David Speer at 240-482-0611 or [email protected]
Prof. Simon Barak received his Ph.D. from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and did a post-doctorate at UCLA, studying the circadian clock of plants. His research focuses on identifying genes that allow plants to tolerate the harsh environmental stresses characteristic of arid regions. Prof. Barak’s team has found that, by removing two different genes from the Arabidopsis plant, its tolerance to heat, salt, and drought could be increased. An agreement between BGN Technologies, BGU’s technology-transfer company, and Bayer Crop Science, will allow Prof. Barak’s team to identify additional genes that have an effect on making plants more “stress-resistant.”