Yidong RAN

Dr. Yidong RAN

Tianjin Genovo Biotechnology Co. Ltd.
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Biography

1. Plant cell, tissue and organ culture. Having long term experiences in tissue culture of various ornamental plants and main food crops. 2. Plant biotechnology. Mainly focus on including plant transformation and genome editing. 3. Plant breeding. Creating new breeding lines or developing new varieties in potato, ryegrass, soybean and wheat.

Affiliations

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Honors and Awards

honor

Outstanding Achievement Award 2004

Plant & Food Research Institute (PFR), Auckland, New Zealand

Developed a throughput perennial ryegrass transformation system, which is the first robust transformation system for the crop in the world. PFR received a big research grand from a seed company.

honor

da Vinci innovation award 2015

Victorian AgriBioscience Centre (AgriBio), Bundoora, DPI Victoria. Australia

Achievement made in wheat genome editing using Zinc Finger technology

Experience

President, CEO or Director

Tianjin Genovo Biotechnology Co. Ltd.

01 May 2016 - present

Senior Scientist or Principal Investigator

Victorian AgriBioscience Centre, Bundoora, DPI Victoria. Australia

01 Feb 2008 - 01 Apr 2016

Research Director

Multiflora Laboratories Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand

01 Aug 2006 - 01 Jan 2008

Research or Laboratory Scientist

Victorian AgriBioscience Centre, Bondoora, DPI Victoria

01 Mar 2005 - 01 Jul 2006

Research or Laboratory Scientist

Plant and Food Research Institute, Auckland, New Zealand

01 Sep 2001 - 01 Feb 2005